In ancient poetry, the image of "dusk" has not only been comprehensively developed in terms of content, but its role in poetry is also constantly changing.
From "The Book of Songs? Junzi" We can see in "Yi Yu" that the original image of "dusk" is the role of excitement. When we live in nature, the heaven and earth have feelings for us. The grass, trees, birds and beasts in nature, the sun, moon, mountains, rivers and man-made artifacts are all ancestors. The materials that people use in poetry create chaotic images in the vividness of nature. The external natural scenery triggers creative factors, expressing the ancestors' universal and deep feelings about pure natural beauty, and poetry naturally rises. "The Book of Songs." The description of the natural scenery at dusk such as cattle, sheep, and birds in "The Gentleman in Service" is so natural and vivid, facing this scene, how could the missing woman not feel emotional!
After "The Songs of Chu", the image of dusk has been changed from The role of excitement turns to the role of metaphor and symbolism. The poet's anger and dissatisfaction are stagnant in his heart. Due to external pressure, he cannot express clearly and clearly, so he has to use imagery to express euphemistically, especially his sentimentality about time and space, and his fear of being unable to grasp time. The pain of time isolation only likes to be expressed through the description of dusk. Since ancient times, time and destiny have been almost always connected. In works, the change of time and the transformation of space are often used to imply the impermanence of life. Or the inexorability of the flow of time. Resistance and changes in space symbolize the terrible power of fate. For example, Li Shangyin's "Le Youyuan": "I felt unwell towards the evening, so I drove to the ancient plains. The sunset was infinitely beautiful, but it was almost dusk." The space-time image of "dusk" is used to imply the meaning of life. Impermanence, the uncontrollability of beautiful things.
The latent image of dusk was not used much in the Tang Dynasty. Li Shangyin was a special poet. The most common dusk image in the Tang Dynasty was emotional imagery. This is also Thanks to the extremely rich language and highly developed poetic techniques of the Tang Dynasty, in the writings of Tang Dynasty poets, the image of dusk is no longer a simple image. It is often associated with spring, autumn, mountains, ancient roads, deserted cities, fallen flowers and withering grass, etc. The combination of the image of decay aims to show that the heyday of natural objects and humanized nature has passed, and the eyes are full of decay. The dusk scene is permeated with infinite sadness, which reflects the poet's painful state of mind. The poet's feelings and the dusk scene have reached a high degree of unity. .
“The green hills are still there, and the sunsets are red a few times.” As the years go by, the outstanding poets and celebrities in history have passed away with the wind, but their singing under the sunset has never faded through the ages. The role of dusk is An image with a strong mournful atmosphere is widely used and deeply rooted in people's hearts.