Relieving Boredom (Part 6)
Recalling Meng Haoran of Xiangyang, all the poems of the Qing Dynasty can be passed down.
Nowadays, the old people are talking about the five new languages, and they are fishing for bream with narrow necks.
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Appreciation of Du Fu's "Twelve Poems to Relieve Boredom (Sixth)" Original Translation Recalling Meng Haoran of Xiangyang, every line of Qing poetry can be passed down.
Nowadays, the old people ② have no new words, and they are fishing for bream with their heads and necks reduced. I also think of Meng Haoran from Xiangyang. His plain poems are worth reciting every sentence.
Among the old and famous people at present, no one can come up with new ideas and have to go fishing. [Note] ① Qing: refers to the artistic style of Meng Haoran’s poems—refreshing and distant. Meng Haoran's poetry has a long reputation because he writes about the pure state of nature and the aesthetic subject's pure appreciation of nature.
②瀆(qí)老: A person who is old and prestigious, so he is old.
③槎 (chá): generally refers to a boat.
④ Neck: Also known as bream, it is called because of its small head and narrowed neck. Also known as "Chatou bream". "Xiangyang Zhi" says: "There are breams in the Han River. The natives use chas to cut off the water, and many breams rely on chas, so they are called Chatou breams." In Meng Haoran's poem "Xian Tan Zuo", there is "I tried to hang a bamboo pole to fish, and I got a good result." "Head-headed bream" poem.
The reason why Du Fu became a great poet is, of course, related to his "genius": "When you are seven years old, you are strong when you think about it, and when you open your mouth, you chant the phoenix. When you are nine years old, you can write a bag of big characters." ("Zhuang You") 》) But the main reason is because of his hard work and his hardship. During his long creative journey, he has always held a solemn and serious attitude, constantly learning from the ancients and peers, and perseveringly exploring poetry creation. He has never had a good night's sleep in his life. Even in his wanderings, he never stopped. "I am too late to read poems in foreign lands, but I dare not abandon my poems." This is a true reflection of his lifelong pursuit of "refining beautiful poems for human nature, and never ending his poems if they are not surprising."
"Relieving Boredom (Part 6)" is one of the twelve poems written by the poet to relieve worries when he was living in the southwest in the second year of Yongtai (766), faced with the dilemma of leaving and leaving, and was depressed.
This poem praises Meng Haoran, who seems to have passed by in the future, and highlights the characteristics of Meng Haoran's poetry: refreshing and distant. From his praise of Meng Haoran, it can also be seen that Du Fu had a conscious understanding and high regard for the Tang Dynasty, an unprecedented golden age of poetry; and it also proves that he had a profound understanding of the different arts of the poets who created this golden age of poetry. He has a profound understanding of talent and nature, and can convince others of his kindness and the beauty of adulthood. This kind of spiritual realm that can appreciate the artistic talents and talents of all poets is a broad and noble spiritual realm.
The first sentence "Recalls Meng Haoran of Xiangyang". Xiangyang is Meng Haoran's hometown. The word "you" is placed before the sentence, which highlights the important position of this poet of the mountain and river field school in Lao Du's heart. A generation of " "The Poet" thinks of Meng Haoran many times, why?
The second sentence, "Every line of Qing poetry can be passed down" answers the question of "remembering" Meng Haoran because: Meng Haoran's poetry is refreshing and distant. Lao Du said that every sentence of Meng Haoran's poems is worth reciting. Lao Du accidentally read all of Meng Haoran's poems. This is obviously an exaggeration, but Lao Du cannot exaggerate. Only in this way can he express his praise and admiration for Meng Haoran.
In the third and fourth sentences, "Nowadays, the old people have no new words, and they are fishing for bream with narrow necks." "Qijiu" definitely does not refer to "Meng Haoran", because Meng died in 740, and Du Fu wrote This set of poems dates from the second year of Yongtai (766), 26 years after Meng Haoran left the world. "Today's elders have nothing new to say", which should mean that today's young and prestigious people admire Meng Haoran, but they feel ashamed in front of Meng Haoran. The poems they wrote cannot surpass Meng Haoran, so they have to give up and imitate Meng Haoran. Fishing for "Chatou bream" can be regarded as a tribute to Meng. In these two poems, the first sentence uses "the old people have no new words" to contrast Meng Haoran's "Qing poetry", and the latter line uses the words "the old people" and "fishing for the bream with their heads and necks" to set off Meng Haoran's reclusive image. At that time, Lao Du was living in the southwest, faced with the dilemma of whether to live or leave, and was in a state of depression. Did he have any deep meaning in praising Meng Haoran like this? Then we, the readers, have to think about it.