original text
Qiupu Song (Part 15)
White hair three thousands of feet, sorrow like a beard.
I don't know where to get autumn frost in the mirror.
To annotate ...
1, A: So, so.
2, autumn cream: describe hair as white as autumn cream.
Vernacular translation
White hair as long as three thousands of feet, it is because of sadness that it grows so long. Somewhere in the mirror, autumn frost falls on my head.
Writing background
Qiupu, a county in Chizhou County in Tang Dynasty, is located in the west of Guichi County, Anhui Province. Named after Qiupu water in China, it is one of the producing areas of silver and copper in Tang Dynasty. Li Bai visited Qiupu three times in his life, leaving more than 70 excellent works. These seventeen poems were written when I went to Qiupu for the second time in the 13th year of Tianbao (754) (said to be the 12th year of Tianbao). At that time, Li Bai had left Chang 'an for ten years because of being left out in the cold. During these ten years, Li Baiyun traveled all over the world, and the four seas were home, from Yanzhao in the north to Jianghuai in the south; There were many happy times, especially with Du Fu, traveling hand in hand with Liang and Song, talking about wine and poetry. However, he was not in a good mood when he was in Qiupu. In the 12th year of Tianbao (753), he visited Ji in the north and witnessed the powerful forces of An Lushan and the monarch's ruby. At this time, he went to Jiangnan again with great grief and indignation. ?
Make an appreciative comment
This is a poem expressing anger. With unrestrained passion and romantic artistic techniques, the poet created the image of "self", gave vent to deep resentment and depression, and exerted a strong and touching artistic power.
"White hair three thousand zhangs. How can white hair be three times as long as thousands of feet? Li Bai's chanting of Lushan Waterfall as "Flying Down Three thousands of feet" is already extraordinary; It is said here that white hair is ten times longer than Lushan waterfall, which is bold and exaggerated, not dare by Li Bai.
As for Li Bai's "White Hair and Three thousands of feet", although it seems unreasonable (Hu Zai's "Tiaoxi Fishing in Conghua" said: "White Hair and Three thousands of feet", its sentence can be described as luxurious, so why not? "), but completely in line with the truth of the poet's feelings. The poet said: "White hair is three thousands of feet, and sorrow is like a long beard. "Obviously, the poet didn't say that white hair is really 3,000 feet long, but that it is very long; It looks three times as long as thousands of feet because of the white hair. This writing not only accurately expresses the authenticity of the poet's inner feelings, but also subtly endows the external image of the poem with greater appeal. Such exaggeration is not only illusory, but also measured; As Liu Xie's "Literary Mind Carving Dragons and Exaggerated Ornaments" said: "It can be said that praise is restrained, and it is true to embellish it, but it is also taken. "
If the first two sentences are a bit abrupt, then the last two sentences simply say so. Explain that when the poet looks in the mirror, he can't help but feel very sorry when he sees his white hair covered with autumn frost. The poet uses the words "I don't know" and "where" to form a question. But he seems to ask questions, or know perfectly well, just to express his feelings. "Autumn frost" refers to white hair, but it gives people a bleak feeling. The poet expresses his psychological feelings by feeling and feeling. If readers naturally think of the poet's misfortune in his later years, they will inevitably feel sad and lonely together. ?
Brief introduction of the author
Li Bai (70 1 ~ 762), whose name is Taibai, is a violet layman. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "poetic immortal" and is also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing the arrogant spirit of contempt for powerful people, expressing sympathy for people's sufferings, being good at depicting natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The poetic style is magnificent and bold, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, the melody is harmonious and changeable, and it is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and myths and legends, which constitutes its unique magnificent and gorgeous color and reaches the peak of poetic art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than 1000 poems, including 30 volumes of Li Taibai's Collection.