If you don’t believe me, I often cry recently when I open the box and check out the pomegranate skirt. 1. The content of the poem: Looking at Zhu Chengbi, she is full of thoughts, haggard and fragmented, and remembers you. If you don’t believe it, I often shed tears recently when I open the box and check out the pomegranate skirt. [Edit this paragraph] 2. Introduction to poetry Ruyi Niang is a love poem written by Wu Zetian to Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty. The scale of "Ruyi Niang" is full of twists and turns, and it is a better integration of the Yuefu style of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is clear and implicit, gorgeous and fresh. It is the best work among Wu Zetian's poems. [Edit this paragraph] 3. Creative background Wu Zetian entered the palace as a talented person at the age of fourteen, and was given the title Wu Mei by Taizong Li Shimin. After Taizong died, he became a nun in Ganye Temple. Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi saw her in the temple, summoned her back to the palace, worshiped Zhaoyi, and later named her Concubine Chen. Wu Zetian's four years in Ganye Temple were the most frustrating four years in her life. However, misfortunes and blessings always come, and Wu Zetian's days in Ganye Temple were also full of turning points of fate. At Ganye Temple, Wu Zetian wrote "Ruyi Niang". According to historical records, this poem was written to Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. Perhaps, it was this poem that made Li Zhicai suddenly think of his old lover who was still becoming a nun. "Le Yuan" says: ""Ruyi Niang" is a Shang tune composed by Empress Zetian of the Tang Dynasty."[Edit this paragraph] IV. Poetry Explanation "Ruyi Niang" is a poem that expresses the feeling of lovesickness and sorrow. It is just four short words Sentences convey complex emotions at multiple levels and in all directions. The first sentence "Looking at Zhu Chengbi and thinking about it" is both poetic and exciting, and has multiple meanings. Firstly, it is written clearly that the lyrical protagonist is so lovesick that he loses his mind and sees red as green in a daze. This sentence is based on the poem written by King Sengru of Liang Dynasty: "Who knows that the eyes are confused, and the Zhu suddenly becomes green" ("Sorrow at Night Shows All Guests"). It was the confusion that made this infatuated woman confused. Secondly, it alludes to the passage of beautiful spring, seeing the red flowers fade away, leaving only green leaves on the branches. Thirdly, it is used as a metaphor for being alone, with red flowers and green leaves, unable to support each other; it is also used as a metaphor for one's beauty and poor life, falling from the happiness of joyous gatherings in the past to the cold pain of lovesickness today. The two contrasting colors of "Zhu" and "Bi" constitute a strong emotional contrast between warm and cold. The cold green green in front of me is so sad that it arouses countless thoughts. The sentence "haggard and fragmented is to remember you" expresses one's heart directly. From the outside to the inside, it fully expresses the thinness and mental exhaustion of the missing woman. At this point, these two lines of poems are written repeatedly about sadness, loneliness, and deep sadness. The flow of emotions is relatively single. Next, the author turns his pen, breaks the chords of one or two sentences, and reproduces the theme of the poem with a new rhythm and rhyme: "If you don't believe that I have been crying recently, I opened the box and checked the pomegranate skirt" - If you don't believe that I have been crying recently because of missing you. If you cry, then open the box and look at the tear stains on my pomegranate skirt! The unique image of perseverance, determination, no concealment, and no pretense emerges on the page. Li Bai's "Sauvignon Blanc" writes "If you don't believe that my concubine is heartbroken, come back and look in front of a bright mirror." This sentence is similar in concept. These two sentences are the climax of the whole poem, which enriches the emotional composition of the poem. The sentence "Don't believe" tells the heart-breaking lovesickness, and also implies the helplessness of lovesickness, which is indescribable. [Edit this paragraph] 5. The status of poetry "Ruyi Niang" has many twists and turns in its size. It better integrates the Yuefu style of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is clear and implicit, gorgeous and fresh. It is the best work among Wu Zetian's poems. "Look at Zhu Chengbi" later became a commonly used idiom among people in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Li Bai's poem: "Use the strings and brush the pillars to drink with you, watch the red turn into green and the face will turn red." It can also be said to watch the blue turn into red. Xin Qiji's poem: "Leaning on the railing and watching the blue turn into vermilion, the fragrant robe and powder faded away in a moment." "Liu Pavilion Poetry Talk" contains: Li Bai's poem "Long Love" contains "The eyes used to be full of waves, but now they are a fountain of tears. I don't believe that I have a broken heart and will return." "Look in front of the bright mirror." It is said that Li Bai's wife read this poem and said to him: "Don't you hear Empress Wu's poem? 'I often cry when I open the box to check the pomegranate skirt.'" After hearing this, Li Bai "Refreshing as if lost." Later, Meng Jiao, who was known as "cut off the eyes, cut off the heart, pinched the stomach and kidneys," wrote again: "Trying my concubine and your tears, the pond water drips from both places. Take the hibiscus flowers and see who will die for this year!" "This is an amazing sentence. But tracing back to its origin, it still inherited Wu Zetian's creativity.