Bodhisattva celebrates Qixi
Song Dynasty: Chen Shidao
Fly east and fly west. I haven't seen you for years. Washing incense cars in heavy rain. The sky turned back to the river.
Stay sad for a thousand years. Look at each other from a distance. It's not like this world. Back to Mount Wan Li.
Distinguish and appreciate
The legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is an ancient myth in China. The Book of Songs Dadong tells that the Weaver Girl and Petunia are separated on both sides of the Milky Way. By nineteen ancient poems, the general outline of the story was formed. Later, this myth was recorded more and more completely in books such as Li, Er Ya Yi and Liang Yinyun's Novels of the Six Dynasties (quoted from). In modern times, it spread among the people, rich, full, active and healthy, and became an ancient myth. Because this myth is generally obscured by the Milky Way in all kinds of books, it can only meet on the annual Qixi Bridge, and finally it is covered with a tragic color. Therefore, scholars of past dynasties often use this fairy tale to express their sadness, and Chen Shidao's "Bodhisattva Man's Tanabata" is no exception.
The first paragraph of the word describes the meeting of cowherd and weaver girl on Tanabata. The first sentence: "fly east and fly west, see you after the year." It means that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are on both sides of the Tianhe River on weekdays and can't meet each other. "Although there are many waters, there are no words" (Nineteen Ancient Poems). Only on July 7th every year can the black magpie cross the bridge and meet the Tianhe River. "Flying east and flying west", the busy sight of black magpies and swallows coming to the bridge in succession, is also the condition for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to overcome the barrier of "Ying Ying-Yishui" and get together. After many years, I can only cry across the river; When we meet at this time, we naturally hate being late. "Rain washes the fragrant car, and the sky returns to the river." It sets off the eagerness of the two people looking forward to meeting, and also symbolizes the hard journey after the disaster. A fragrant car generally refers to a special car for ancient aristocratic women. Liang Di Xiaoyuan's "Poetry of Car Names" says: "Beauty sits in a pepper room, knees facing Lanxun, surrounded by flowing water, and clouds are painted on the side beams. Brocade is very different and clothes are fragrant." This refers to the car in which the Weaver Girl rides. Hehan, that is, Tianhe in Guang Zhi: "Tianhe is called Han Yin and Yinhe, also known as Tianhan, Tianjin, He Jiang and He Ming."
The next film "Leave You Sorrow for a Thousand Years" has a different avatar to express your feeling of being "not like the world" in the sky. The core of the tragedy of Cowherd and Weaver Girl is that lovers can't be well, live a long life and show compassion for others. Far apart, what a pity. And "distance" can still "look at each other for a long time", while "people" can't even "look at each other for a long time". This "last difference" is even more painful. After reaching this conclusion, Returning to Wan Li Mountain will inevitably bring a feeling of admiration and melancholy to the bumpy world. According to The History of Song Dynasty, Chen Shidao "lived a poor life and enjoyed happiness in times of peace" and often "never cooked all day". After his death, his friends "bought coffins and collected them". I am afraid that the author of this poem also used the tragedy of the cowherd and the weaver girl in the sky to set off countless tragedies on earth.
Further reading: Chen Shidao's personal profile.
Chen Shidao was born in an official family, and his grandfather Chen Yue, the official to the third division of salt and iron, gave it to the assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry; Qi Chen, his father, was sentenced to Jiangzhou by doctor Guan Luoguo. By the time I arrived in Chen Shidao, my family had declined. "My First Lady's Behavior" said, "My first husband used his family's clothes to help his younger brothers live a poor life. He wanted to die. Madam, don't get tired of her husband. The first gentleman died of poverty, and his family couldn't live. His wife brought a large family to support his family. People think he is worried and his wife is safe, not tired of his son. When he is old, the family will benefit from poverty. "
Married Guo almost's daughter at an early age. Forced by livelihood, his wife and daughter are eating at his father-in-law's house. /kloc-When he was 0/6 years old, he studied under Ceng Gong. At that time, the imperial court used Wang Anshi's Confucian classics and righteousness to take scholars, but Chen Shidao disagreed and refused to take the exam. In the fourth year of Yuanfeng (108 1), Ceng Gong was ordered to compile the history of this dynasty, and recommended Chen Shidao as his subordinate, but failed because of the arrangement. Dr. Tai Xue is recording and recommending the teacher's learning style, so he refuses. At that time, Zhang Dun, the ruling minister, asked Qin Guan to pay tribute and asked Chen Shidao to meet him and prepare to recommend him, but he replied, "No letter is sent as a minister, no princes are seen." ("and less"), refused to see.
In the second year of Yuan You (1087), Su Shi, Fu and Sun Jue, then a bachelor of Hanlin, recommended him as a professor of Xuzhou Chinese studies. In four years, Su Shi became the magistrate of Hangzhou, passing through Nanjing (now Shangqiu, Henan), and Chen Shidao went to Nanjing to see him off without leave. Soon he was reinstated and transferred to Professor Yingzhou. At that time, Su Shi was a magistrate in Yingzhou, hoping to accept him as an apprentice. Chen Shidao politely declined, saying that "it has always been respected as the fragrance of Zeng Nanfeng". However, Su Shi didn't think so and still gave him guidance. Shao Shengyuan (1094) was dismissed by the court because Su Shi left the party. He was born in poverty, but he still devoted himself to writing and wanted to pass on his poems to future generations. For three years (1 100), Fu Yuan became Professor Dizhou again. On the way to his post, he was replaced as a secretary and died before he took office.