Poetry name: Qiaoting Maoyin Author: Bai Juyi Dynasty: Tang Genre: Qilu Type:
Qiaoting Maoyin
I drink at Mao and lie down during fasting, There is a pavilion on the high bridge under the forest.
The pine shadow passes through the window before I fall asleep, and the bamboo wind blows my face when I wake up drunk.
Wrap fish and bream on lotus leaves and soak wine bottles in stone canals.
He lives a long life and is humble, but he is willing to be called Liu Ling by his wife.
When Bai Juyi was 59 years old, he wrote "Drinking at the Bridge Pavilion" in Luoyang. The poetic expression is the joy of drinking at Mao hour (5 a.m. to 7 a.m.) under the bridge pavilion. The so-called Mao Shi wine refers to wine drank from Mao Shi, which mainly refers to drinking in the morning.
I occasionally drink and lie down at Mao hour, in the pavilion on the high bridge under the forest.
The pine shadow passes through the window before I fall asleep, and the bamboo wind blows my face when I wake up drunk.
Wrap fish and bream on lotus leaves and soak wine bottles in stone canals.
Bai Juyi has gradually become a habit of drinking in the morning, and drinking under the bridge pavilion is very happy. When drinking, the fish bream wrapped in lotus leaves has a unique flavor. Fish bream is made from the famous carp around Lake Bipa. Although it cannot be used as a staple food, it is a good side dish for meals, so Bai Juyi had a special liking for it. Soaking the bottle in the river to cool it is also a very elegant way of drinking. Compared with Du Fu's poems describing drinking and eating life, Bai Juyi's poems are more interesting and rich in content. ("Chinese Classical Cultural Scenery")
In another article by Xing Shanhong, "Poet and "Food"", which specifically talks about Bai Juyi's dietary life, he also talks about the poem "Boat Travel", and its analysis Now recorded below:
Being appointed as the Sima of Jiangzhou can be said to be the most unsatisfactory experience in Bai Juyi's life, but he hardly changed his research on dietary life until his later years. Even when he sees rough food, he can taste its aroma, which is indeed very rare. The five-character ancient poem "Boat Journey", written during the boat trip from Chang'an to Jiangzhou, sung about his "leisurely" state of mind at that time. The sun was gradually rising, but Bai Juyi was still lying in bed. When he asked the boatman about the time, the answer was "It has been thirty miles." So he started to eat his late breakfast.
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Bai Juyi installed a stove in the boat so that he could cook red carp and eat it. After he finished drinking, he got off the boat for a walk and washed himself in the clear water of the autumn river. Bai Juyi had always wanted to do things as he pleased, but he never expected to end up in this place. Fortunately, his family is still alive and his wife is with him, so this is not a regret. Bai Juyi, who was deeply frustrated by his left move to Jiangzhou to take the post of Sima, could indeed be said to have reached the bottom of adversity in life compared with his situation as a bureaucratic elite at this time. His peace of mind about today's environmental conditions is also his affirmation of reality. Because even the fulfillment of some small wishes is a kind of comfort to him. ("Scenery of Chinese Classical Culture")
At the end of this long article, Xing Shanhong said: "If there were gourmets in the Tang Dynasty, then Bai Juyi can be said to be the most deserving of them.
"And I would also like to add: "Bai Juyi is not only a gourmet, but also the founder of China's leisure life! ”