Farewell to Xue Hua is a poem written by Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo to his fellow countryman friend Xue Hua. The poem begins with a pun on the couplet, which points out that the world is difficult and the future is bleak. The antitheses used by Zhuan Xu and Jing Lian not only reveal the bad luck that friends may encounter on the road of nature and life, but also express the poet's personal feelings on the road of life. The last couplet is in line with the meaning of the topic, expressing the lovesickness that both sides will bear after parting.
There are many difficult roads ahead, and only one person found his way in a hurry. On the way of thousands of miles of frustration, lonely cold will destroy life, but a hundred years of body. Thoughts are wandering and life is short. Go or stay, it will be another person in the dream.
Five-character poetry is a genre of China's traditional poetry, which belongs to the category of modern poetry. This poetic style originated in the period of Qi Yongming in the Southern Dynasties, and its prototype is Shen Yue's new poetic style which pays attention to rhythm and antithesis. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was basically shaped by Shen Quanqi and Song Dynasty, and matured in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The whole article consists of eight sentences, each with five words. There are two basic forms: ascending and descending, and the two couplets in the middle must be couplets.
Representative works include Li Bai's Farewell to Friends, Du Fu's Spring Hope, Wang Wei's Autumn Night in the Deep Mountains, and Xin Mao's ci of visiting the Second Palace.
Five-character verse is the same as seven-character verse, with four sections and eight sentences. Each couplet has a specific name. The first couplet is called the first couplet, the second couplet is called Julian, the third couplet is called the neck couplet and the fourth couplet is called the tail couplet. Parallel couplets and neck couplets must be opposite, and the first couplet and the last couplet can be right or wrong. Different from the seven laws, the first couplet of the five laws uses antithesis, mainly because the first sentence of the five laws does not rhyme much, and the first sentence of the seven laws does not rhyme much. But this reason is not absolute. In the case that the first sentence rhymes, there are still examples of antithesis in the first couplet.