Zhang Zao
As long as you remember the things you regret in your life.
Plum blossoms have fallen.
Like watching her swim across the river.
Like climbing a pine ladder.
Dangerous things are beautiful.
Why don't you watch her ride back?
Shy. Bow your head and answer the emperor.
A mirror is always waiting for her.
Let her sit in the mirror where she often sits.
Looking out of the window, as long as I think of things I regret in my life.
Plum blossoms fall in the south mountain.
This poem by Zhang Zao is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and pure poems. As Bai Hua said, "it's a very simple poem, it's just a sigh, mumbling, very light, like Zhang Zao", and it can also be said to be a poem that simply appeals to vision or perception; In other words, it is an extremely open and broad poem, with both modern and traditional temperament, with both contemporary and historical feelings. It pays attention to people, reality or politics.
Poets have little to express, but there are many.
You can feel it at will, just as Taoism says, "swim with the clouds, tender as water." The first level is to look and see a poem: plum blossom, bold woman, swimming, climbing ladder, shy obedience, one day or life, love, freedom and regret. The second level is the perception of the whole body and mind, which is where a poem hits people's hearts directly. I, the woman, the emperor, all live and all live in history. There is no need to translate sentence by sentence, let alone explore the meaning of the whole poem. As long as we understand its subtle and ingenious realm and feeling, it is the success of this pure poem. 1984 One night in late autumn, Zhang Zao found Bai Hua in The Mirror and horsman. He knows horsman very well, but his feelings about "Frozen in the Mirror" are vague. There is no doubt that the poet's feeling is correct. He may not be able to explain "in the mirror" accurately and clearly in his mind, but this is poetry, pure form, pure content and pure aesthetic feeling. "As long as I think of what I regret in my life, the plum blossom will fall." This is a beautiful and peculiar poetic feeling.
Of course, a poet may want to express a lot, or he may want to accomplish more with one poem. As he himself said, "I especially want to write a poem that is very emotional and thoughtful." Meditation is not boring, it is really like apple juice, with its death and thoughts, but it will always be an apple. "Zhang Zao said, in fact, it is the poem" Romance in the Mirror "that gives people the feeling of" beautiful, charming, a little sad, yet bold and unconstrained, with a vast world ". It is not only a lifelong regret of love, but also a light crossing in a "denser and heavier" environment. There are many regrets in one's life. You didn't say hello to the girl who fell in love at first sight. You didn't realize your shortcomings and didn't get a love. You are not more mature and rational in dealing with contradictions. It's a pity that you didn't spend your life together. You have no more time to spend with your parents. You missed a hard-won opportunity because of a mistake. Regret should be heavy, but when you look at it in life and recall it in history, maybe it will become lighter. In other words, there are always a few unforgettable regrets in a person's life, which will make you feel more about life, and make you feel that the eye you have seen is so beautiful, the cute and capable teenager is so fresh, the love of parents is so deep and warm, and you still have life and time to cherish and grasp the future at this moment, and life is broadened in your many feelings. " As long as you think of things you regret in your life/plum blossoms are all over Nanshan "is the ultimate life experience."
The title of the poem, plus many seemingly irrelevant images, the mirror, the other side of the mirror, the emperor, the whole poem seems to drift with the tide, but it is also an image of multiple spaces. In fact, a poem has given many experiences and feelings, not only eternal love, the woman who rode back to do dangerous and beautiful things, the emperor in history, and the lightness and agility of plum blossoms that permeated Nanshan, but also a sense of life, from thick to light and sinking to light.