1. Title: "Misty Rain in Mount Lushan"; Author: Su Shi.
2. Background: This is a verse written by Su Shi in handwriting to his youngest son Su Guo when he was dying. Su Shi ended his long-term exile and gradually changed from a generous man who was ambitious and committed to serving the country through politics, to an old man who faced the situation calmly and understood the meaning of life. I heard that my youngest son was going to be appointed as the general magistrate of Zhongshan Prefecture, so I wrote this poem.
Extended information:
Word meaning analysis: Lushan Mountain is located in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. The scenery is superb, and the Qiantang tide in Hangzhou is spectacular. If I never go there in my life, I will not be willing to die. It is so You can’t go. When we arrived at Lushan, we saw the Qiantang tide again.
Su Shi made extraordinary achievements in the creation of Ci. In terms of the development of a literary style itself, Su Shi’s historical contribution exceeds that of Su Wen and Su Shi. Following Liu Yong, Su Shi carried out a comprehensive reform of the style of Ci, finally breaking through the traditional pattern of Ci being "Yanke", improving the literary status of Ci, and transforming Ci from an accessory to music into an independent lyric poem. Style, fundamentally changed the development direction of Ci history.
Su Shi's transformation of Ci is based on his concept of Ci poetry integrating poetry and Ci and his creative idea of ??"unique". Since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Ci has been regarded as a "little way". Although Liu Yong dedicated his life to writing Ci and promoted the development of Ci style, he failed to improve the literary status of Ci. Su Shi first theoretically dispelled the concept that poetry is superior and Ci is inferior.
He believes that poetry and poetry have the same origin and belong to one body, and words are "the descendants of poetry." Although poetry and words have differences in external form, their artistic essence and expressive functions should be consistent. Therefore, he often compares poetry with poetry. Since he elevates poetry to the same status as poetry from a stylistic perspective, this provides a theoretical basis for poetry to move closer to the poetic style and achieve mutual communication and penetration between poetry and poetry.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia--Su Shi