Cui Dong
Xie Fuming stayed on the lake for several years.
Bamboo scarf is called love.
Sometimes outside the clouds, meet the temple.
There is nothing to do along the river in the west.
Looking at flowers and hair in Tao Qian County,
The moon in Yu Liang Building is very bright.
Who gives books to Wan Li for reading,
The king lives in Jiuchong City.
This poem was written in Cui Dong's later years, expressing his inner contradiction of wandering between being an official and hiding all his life. "A few years on the lake in Xie Fuming, the bamboo scarf was called love." According to Chronicle of Tang Poems and Poems by Cui Yaoyou, Cui was promoted to be a scholar and worked as a scavenger in Dali. Later, he was demoted to Cao (now north of Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Province) and made a state secretariat. Judging from the age and tone of this poem, it may have been written on the post station of Lufu Gongcao. Gong Cao was an idle official, and the poet was far away from court life. Therefore, the first sentence of the poem says that he has been wandering the rivers and lakes for several years and abandoned the false name of being an official. The next sentence "bamboo scarf", a secluded costume, means to live comfortably and realize one's lifelong wish. Jin Shengtan criticized, "Sui is a wonderful word! Wonderful! Words are generous and redundant, and there is no shortage. I don't know when and why I want to present another book, so countless expressionless (Selected Poems of Tang Dynasty by Jin Shengtan, Volume 4) were born. The next couplet specifically describes the chic life:
"Sometimes I stay in the temple outside the cloud and have nothing to do with Xijiang." Beyond the cloud, that is, outside the secular world and the official sea, this refers to the poet's leisure place now. The United poet told himself to do what he wanted, sometimes staying in the temple, sometimes setting sun on the western hills, and wandering by the river when nothing happened. These two sentences are quite similar to Yi Shi in Jiangcun written by Sikong Shu, in which "the fishing boat returns without a boat, and the moon sets in Jiangcun."
The tie comes down to the original intention of sending Wei Li. "Looking at flowers in Tao Qian County, there is a bright moon in the building." The last sentence refers to Li Mingfu, and Tao is Peng's, so Tao is not as good as Li, and the next sentence refers to Wei's Yu Liang. Tao Yuanming is a reclusive poet in ancient and modern times, and Li is a friend of Cui Yao. It is not difficult to see that Li Mingfu is also an enlightened figure by reading the sentence "The voice of running water sees business and the shadow of cold mountain sees people" in To Li Mingfu, a fellow official. Yu Liang was appointed as the governor of the Jin Dynasty. In 73, The Book of Jin was published: Ren Liang was the governor of six countries, and the town was Wuchang. "Assistant minister Yin Hao's entourage, boarded the South Tower in the autumn night, and will be avoided at dawn. They said,' You gentlemen live less, and Lao Tzu thrives here'. According to Hu Chuang whistling, there are many kinds of rates. " "The Moon in the Building" has doubts about this matter. Wei is a famous landscape poet from Dali to Zhenyuan. He is elegant and quiet, with a quiet poetic style, and is not a person who pursues fame and fortune. Cui Dong compared two elegant and generous ancients to two equally elegant and generous modern people, saying that they were officials, not by their achievements, but by their flowers and the moon. This kind of writing is mainly about their yearning for "seclusion" life, but also shows a little self-injury.
"Whoever studies in Wan Li, the king is deep in Jiuchong City." At the end of the couplet, the poet complained to two friends: I'm not far from Wan Li, and I'm going to the capital to present a book. Who knows that "the door of the monarch is heavy", sincere to go against the sky, without knowing it. These two sentences are not "regret giving books" He has no remorse for giving books, but he blames himself for his bad luck. He also blames the king for living in the Forbidden City and not appreciating his talent, which makes him unable to be an official and lead a life of "sending the sun and the moon into the cabinet" like Wei Suzhou (Wei ornaments) and Li Mingfu. The poems of "ten gifted scholars" are often intertwined with the contradiction between "being an official" and "hiding". They are all middle and lower intellectuals. For them, the most pleasant thing is to live in seclusion, such as "looking at flowers and hairs in Tao Qian County, looking at the moon in the bright building". Cui Dong resents that he has not been treated like this, but his "resentment" is "resentment without anger", which conforms to the golden mean. Cui Yao's friend Wang Lie has a poem "Reward Cui Yao", which vividly describes his ambivalence: "I am willing to go for a long time, and I will be an official every time. Want to eat green onions, ashamed to see white clouds. Rong Chong has no heart and is difficult to resist. "
This poem is like Gao Hua, with meaning and resentment. It is a masterpiece of Cui's poetry with elegant pen.