The Moon Image in Ancient Poetry

The description of "autumn moon" in Juyi's famous historical work Pipa Xing is unusual.

* * * wrote "the moon" five times in the poem. At the beginning of this poem, the poem "Although we drank wine, we were not happy, and we were parting, when the river mysteriously widened towards the full moon" was used to express the tragedy of farewell. In late autumn, maple leaves are flying, flowers are dying, and the cool wind is rustling. The author drinks goodbye to his friends. The moonlight is hazy and slightly drunk, and a yellow moon soaks in the river, as if it were a tearful eye, and as if the moon would go with the water. The moon here plays a role in rendering the poet's feelings, and also lays the groundwork for the surprise that "we once heard a sudden sound and a guitar crossed the water".

"The east ship is silent, and the west ship is silent. I only see the autumn moon in the middle of the river." Bai Juyi and his friends were intoxicated by the pipa girl's superb playing skills. After a pipa is silent, people are immersed in wonderful music, and the sound is dead, and there is no ripple on the water. The bright autumn moon sets off the silence around and expresses the audience's infatuation.

"Season after season, joy followed joy, and the autumn moon and spring breeze all passed, but she didn't notice." Autumn Moon Spring Breeze describes the passage of time and condenses the life of Pipa girl. Feeling the shortness of a happy life, writing about people's aging and falling out of favor set off loneliness and loneliness.

"She has been guarding an empty boat at the estuary, with no one to accompany her except the bright moon and the cold river." Write the life scene after the pipa girl "finally married herself to a businessman", and set off the loneliness and bitterness of people with the moon.

"I often pick up the wine and drink it alone on a spring morning with flowers and a moonlit autumn night." After listening to the bitter complaint of the pipa girl, the author told her life story, because she was in the same boat. These two poems are actually a true portrayal of Bai Juyi's miserable, lonely and depressed life. Because Bai Juyi was repeatedly excluded and relegated to a different place, his life journey was not happy. Coupled with worrying about the country and the people, the mood is naturally heavy. How can he have leisure and elegance to bathe in spring and watch the bright moon? Beautiful scenes and lonely scenes set off people's loneliness.