A Brief Analysis of Su Shi's Xiang Zi Shu Huai

The author first describes the lyrical environment: the night air is fresh, there is no dust and no me, and the moonlight is like silver. The beauty of this night can only be felt after the moon calms down, which is completely different from the noise of the world during the day. Drinking on the moon is often a poet's pleasure: full of wine, alone, looking up at the sky, daydreaming endlessly. Li Baiyue, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, expressed his wild romantic passion when he was alone. Su Shi was troubled by political disputes and depressed, so he didn't "ask for wine from heaven" or "dance with shadows" at the moment, but seriously thought about the meaning of life. The moonlit night is empty and mysterious, and there is no one, just thinking calmly about life in order to get rid of it. Su Shi is famous for his erudition and eloquence, and he often makes comments in his poems. After describing the lyrical environment, the word entered metaphysical thinking. The author has expressed the theme of "life is like a dream" many times in his works, but it is more clear and concentrated in this word. He wants to explain that people's pursuit of fame and fortune is futile, everything in the universe is short-lived, and people's life is like "a pony in a gap, a fire in a stone, a dream in a dream."