Appreciation of Five Free Words (Ⅱ)

In 8 10 (the fifth year of Yuanhe), Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi's good friend, was demoted to Cao Jun, a scholar in Jiangling, for offending powerful people. During his stay in Jiangling, Yuan Zhen wrote five "Chats" to express his feelings: "Death is an idle life. What are you going to do?" "I have to walk to the left twice to know my life, and I will be honored several times." Five years later, Bai Juyi was demoted to Jiangzhou Sima. At this point, Yuan Zhen has been transferred to Tongzhou Sima. After hearing the news, he wrote an affectionate poem "I heard that Lotte awarded Jiangzhou Sima". Bai Juyi is on his way to be demoted. He was deeply moved by the wind and waves, and also wrote five poems "Gossip" to offer peace. This poem is the second one, which mainly talks about the transformation and gain and loss of fortune.

This poem contains a simple dialectical view of contradiction transformation. It should be pointed out that there are certain conditions for the mutual transformation of contradictions. Without certain conditions, it is impossible to happen or realize transformation. This is the story of "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise" in the poem. Sai Weng's horse was recovered, and it was a blessing to bring back a good horse; But later, my son broke his leg riding a horse, and the blessing turned into a curse. One of the sons went riding, either because he didn't take safety measures in advance, or because he was not good at riding, he fell off his horse. This is the condition for his blessing to turn into disaster. However, the statement that "the horse should be concerned about the country and the people" only talks about transformation, ignoring the conditions of transformation, which is one-sided and inappropriate. Of course, this is a poem, so it can't be said in that detail. Future generations can't be harsh on the ancients.