On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the flower market is brightly lit. The moon rose to the willow tree, and he met me at dusk. On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of this year, the moonlight and lights are still the same as last year. I will never see my old friend last year again, and my tears are soaked through my clothes. -Song Ouyang Xiu "Cha Sheng Zi Yuan Xi"
Ouyang Xiu, whose real name is Yong Shu, is called Zuiweng, a famous writer, politician and calligrapher in Song Dynasty. His literary creation covers many forms, such as poetry, prose and fu, especially prose, which is praised by later generations as one of the "eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". Ouyang Xiu's ancient poetry works are concise in language and profound in artistic conception, showing its unique artistic style and high cultural connotation.
Among them, Cha Sheng Zi Yuan Xi is one of Ouyang Xiu's most popular ancient poems. A poem said: "Last January night, the flower market was brightly lit. The moon rose to the willow tree, and he met me at dusk.
On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of this year, the moonlight and lights are still the same as last year. I will never see my old friend last year again, and my tears are soaked through my clothes. "This poem is based on the Lantern Festival, and through the comparison between the past and the present, it expresses the feeling that things are different and time flies. In the poem, the sentence "On the willow tip and the moon, people meet after dusk" has a beautiful artistic conception, which gives people infinite reverie and becomes a famous sentence that has been praised through the ages.
Ouyang Xiu's ancient poems often incorporate his profound thoughts on life, history and society. For example, the poem "Thrushcross Birds" said: "Hundreds of sounds follow, flowers and trees are red and purple. I realized that it is better to sing freely in the forest than to listen to the golden cage. " This poem takes thrush as a metaphor, expressing the yearning for free life and dissatisfaction with the bound life, and embodying Ouyang Xiu's ideological tendency of pursuing freedom and opposing bondage.
In addition, Ouyang Xiu's ancient poems also have distinct characteristics of the times. He lived in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was an era of increasingly intensified social contradictions and deepening national crisis.
In Ouyang Xiu's ancient poems, there are many concerns about social reality and national destiny. For example, in the preface to the drunken pavilion, "drunkenness can be fun, and people who wake up can tell stories, which is too defensive." Who is the satrap? Fuling Ouyang Xiu also. " This passage shows Ouyang Xiu's attitude of taking literature as a weapon, caring for the people and actively participating in social politics.
Ouyang Xiu's ancient poems are also innovative in artistic form. He is good at using various rhetorical devices and expressions, such as metaphor, personification, contrast and symbol. This makes his poems vivid and profound in artistic conception. At the same time, he also pays attention to the beauty of rhyme and rhythm of poetry, making it catchy and charming.
Generally speaking, Ouyang Xiu's ancient poetry works have profound ideological connotation, distinctive characteristics of the times and high artistic achievements. They not only show Ouyang Xiu's personal talent and charm, but also represent the highest level of literature in the Song Dynasty. These ancient poems will be handed down to the world forever, praised and studied by future generations.