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The negative words in the first couplet are well used, and the negative sentences express disappointment. People who are overworked on weekdays occasionally play chess in broad daylight when they have nothing to do. It is indeed a bit disappointing to have a good time, but it is also a kind of self-mockery and an interest in taking time off.
The two actions of "seclusion" and "hand talk" express the joy of playing chess, which is better than living in a cave or even chatting with those vulgar people.
On one side of the neck joint, it is written that they have been playing the game for a long time, fascinated by the game, and the game is evenly matched, using exaggerated methods. When they play chess, the desk is covered with dust. Even if the guests wait outside for a long time, they ignore it and take care of the seclusion of the couplets, which shows that they are completely selfless in playing chess. It is said that there are "occasional books", but in fact, I forgot the time when I played chess. The books were piled up and the guests were waiting outside the door. It was a big mistake.
The final couplet can be described as a stroke of genius, breaking the futility of previous chess games, with sighs and discussions, and summing up the philosophy of life from playing chess. When playing chess, he pays attention to the enlightenment of chess, and remembers that the truth of "pride goes before a fall" and "doubt goes before a fall" on the chessboard is also applicable. This is a warning and a self-reminder. It's even more vivid to defeat your opponent in the end. What a relief.
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The first couplet is another useless book, and my friend is just resting. This is an excellent opportunity, so we must have a good fight at the dinner table! Take care of the topic and pave the way for the following description of playing chess.
Zhuan Xu's "Heart is like a spider's silk swimming in the sky, body is like a dead branch", which is a wonderful sentence that only people who can play chess can write. This is the image of a quiet chess player. The last sentence uses a metaphor to describe the meticulous thinking of chess players. The huge chessboard is compared to the sky, so it is natural to be extra careful everywhere in this chessboard. Or we can understand that the chess player is still thinking. His thoughts are like thin spider silk, floating in the vast sky, hoping to find a clear answer. What a strange metaphor! The second sentence uses the allusion of rickets cicada in Zhuangzi. An old man who sticks cicadas with bamboo sticks is good at holding his breath at the moment, and his outstretched hand is like a dead branch. "Me too, if I get arrested; I held my arm like a branch, and the chess player was so motionless and absorbed. At this moment, time seems to have stopped. This tells us that if we focus on one thing, we can achieve a superb situation. This connection transforms static into dynamic and intangible into tangible. We seem to be quietly observing the activities of chess players' thoughts.
There is a better necklace, "One Eye of Xiangdong", which refers to a nobleman who was named "King of Xiangdong" and had one eye. There are two famous "kings of eastern Hunan" in history. One is Liu, who was in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, and later became the emperor of the Song Dynasty. He plays chess badly, and he often goes the wrong way. Wang Kang, a famous chess player, often teased him and said, I would never dare to beat you for your flying chess. Therefore, Ming Di always thought he was a good chess player. The other is Xiao Yi, Emperor of Liang Yuan. Before he proclaimed himself emperor, he was named "King of Eastern Hunan" and was appointed as the secretariat of Jingzhou. He has been blind in one eye since he was a child. "Xiangdong Mu Yi" seems to refer to him. This allusion is really clever here. Go needs two eyes to survive, and "one eye" can only wait for death. And the pen suddenly turned and said that the world is divided from the middle, it is still possible to grasp. In other words, the corners are not alive, but if we grasp the middle plate, it is still very promising. It can be seen that Huang Luzhi's open-mindedness and atmosphere may be influenced by his mentor Su Dongpo to some extent. We feel a natural and unrestrained will and confidence in grasping the overall situation, which is the so-called lost mulberry! This poem may be Huang Luzhi's exhortation to his friends by playing chess. He should be full of hope for the overall situation in the future, not to generalize, but to learn to be willing to give up some meaningless trifles.
Finally, Huang Tingjian sighed. Indeed, Go is so attractive. Time goes by little by little. Even the scholars who cherish time the most almost forget it. In a blink of an eye, it was already late at night. This sentence is in rhetorical tone. Love should not be understood as cherishing, but as being stingy. In other words, we scholars should not always feel that we are particularly stingy with our time to study and deal with government affairs. If we spend time playing chess, we are completely willing to give up, even if we forget the time, it is completely in line with the above optimistic style.
General comments
The two poems vividly describe the scene of the poet playing chess with his chess friends. He thinks that Go is more attractive than the pleasure of mountains and rivers, and it is also better than chatting with ordinary people. The opponent was so absorbed in the chessboard that he forgot the time. The predecessors commented on Japan: "It is different from Wang's method of measuring winning or losing." In other words, Huang Tingjian's attitude of grasping the most critical step in playing chess is quite different from Wang Anshi's attitude of taking pains and taking steps.