The type of poetry in Hui Lo Tian Yong Lao’s Insights is: lyric poetry.
This poem illustrates the author's point of view. The author believes that although people in old age have disadvantages such as thinness, thinning, weakened vision, and many diseases, they also have rich experience in dealing with things, know how to cherish time, and are self-reliant. There are beneficial aspects such as encouragement. If we think about this carefully and comprehensively, we can establish a correct view of old age, free ourselves from the emotion of lamenting the old, and make a difference.
Poet's point of view:
The whole poem expresses the author's clear and optimistic understanding of the issue of life and death, indicating that he can treat life positively with a materialistic attitude under any circumstances. The two sentences "More than the night of mulberry trees, the sky is full of clouds" are deeply appreciated by people and have become famous sentences that have been passed down through the ages. When facing aging, the poet should not be negative or pessimistic, but should spend his lifetime spreading red clouds all over the sky. These two poems are not only a self-confession of the poet's inner world, but also a relief and encouragement to his old friends.
About the author:
Liu Yuxi (772-842), courtesy name Mengde, was born in Luoyang, Henan Province, and was born in Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Henan Province. He said in his autobiography that "his family origin is in Xingshang and his native place is in Luoyang. ", claiming to be a descendant of King Jing of Shanzhong Mountain in Hanzhong. During the Tang Dynasty, he was a minister, writer, and philosopher, and was known as the "Poetry Hero". His family is a scholarly family with Confucianism passed down from generation to generation.
Liu Yuxi's political career:
Political advocate of innovation, he is one of the central figures in the political innovation activities of Wang Shuwen School. Later, Yongzhen's reform failed and he was demoted to Sima of Langzhou (now Changde, Hunan). According to Mr. Zhou Xinguo, a historian and collector in Changde, Hunan, Liu Yuxi was demoted to Sima of Langzhou and wrote the famous "Spring View of Han Shou City" during his demotion.