Yang Shen
The Yangtze River rolls east, and the waves have exhausted the tears of heroes.
What is right and what is wrong is empty.
The green hills are still there,
A few times the sunset is red.
The white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the river,
watching the autumn moon and spring breeze.
A pot of turbid wine is a joy to meet.
How many things have happened in the past and present,
All of them have been put into a laughing matter.
Notes
淘尽：remove all of them.
Fisherman and woodcutter: fisherman and woodcutter.
islet: a small piece of land in the water.
How many times: how many
Testimonials
This is the opening line of the third paragraph of "Speaking of the Qin and Han Dynasties" in Yang Shen's "21 Historical Playbook", which was put at the beginning of the volume of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" when it was commented and engraved by Mao Zonggang and his sons.
The first two lines of the poem remind us of Du Fu's "The boundless fallen trees are under Xiao Xiao, and the Yangtze River rolls on and on" and Su Shi's "The great river is going east, and the waves are sweeping away all the heroes of the past", which compares the course of history to the never-returning river, and to the heroes who are powerful and powerful, with the latter waves pushing the former waves. The hero's great accomplishments are compared to the great achievements of the heroes. However, all this will eventually be taken away by the river of history. "Right and Wrong, Success and Failure" is a summary of the historical phenomenon of the last two sentences, from which we can also see the author's open-minded view of life. "The green hills and the setting sun symbolize the ancient longevity of nature and the universe, and despite the rise and fall of successive generations and the cycle of sadness, the green hills and the setting sun will not change, and a sense of sadness about the passing of life is quietly born. The next piece shows us the image of a white-haired fisherman and woodcutter, let it be shocked by the waves, right and wrong, he only focuses on the spring breeze, autumn and moon, holding a cup of wine between the talk and laughter, and abide by a serenity and indifference. The old man is not a general fisherman and woodcutter, but a scholar who knows the past and present, it is even more obvious that he is indifferent and free from the mind, which is the ideal personality pursued by the author.
The whole word seems to be nostalgic, seems to be like a materialistic. The opening from the big place to write, cut into the history of the grand stream, four, five sentences in the scenic language in the philosophical, deep mood. The next piece is a specific portrayal of the image of the old man, in its living environment, life interest in their own ideals of life, thus showing a great enlightenment of the historical outlook and outlook on life.
This sentence is very bold, sad, which has a great hero after the success of the loss of fame, loneliness, but also contains a mountain hermit on the fame and fortune of the tantalizing, contempt. The passing away of the hero's greatness in the river, like the rolling Yangtze River, surging eastward, cannot be refused, leaving greatness in the air. And I think this sentence than compared to Dong Po's "the great river goes east and the waves are exhausted, thousands of people of the past" more sad and poignant feelings. Although the heroes of the first time, the spring breeze, but once the bloodbath, once the iron and steel, has been with the time far away, all the success or failure of the merits and demerits of the right and wrong have been in the past, was swallowed up by the long river of history.
History gives a person the feeling of thick, deep, not like a single knife into the fast, but like after all the glory and humiliation of the vicissitudes of life. "The mountains are still there" is like a reflection of the hero's greatness, but also like its negation, but these do not have to look deeper, "a few degrees of sunset red", in the face of the blood of the sun, history seems to be solidified. "Still" and "a few times" in the reality of change and unchanging struggle. Perhaps the world is really so, full of change and unchanging.
In this frozen historical picture, the white-haired fisherman, the leisurely woodcutter, the interest in the autumn moon and spring breeze. But the word "habitual" also shows the inexplicable loneliness and vicissitudes of life. Perhaps when everything is over, the heart will have the coolness and calmness of hanging on to the ancient battlefield, somber and transcendent. "A pot of turbid wine and joyful meeting" makes this loneliness and coldness have a comfort, the joy of having friends come from afar, to the quiet atmosphere of this word added a few dynamic. The "turbid wine" shows the friendship between the master and the guest, and the meaning is not in the wine. In the hearts of these mountain hermits, the great achievements of those who have been immortalized for ages are just the talk of the town after dinner, which is not worth mentioning!
Author introduction:
Yang Shen (1488-1559) Ming Dynasty writer. The word with Xiu, No. Shengan. Xindu (now in Sichuan). When he was a young man, he was smart, and at the age of 11, he was able to write poems, and at the age of 12, he wrote "Ancient Battlefield Texts" and "The Essay on Exceeding the Qin Dynasty", which were marveled at by people. When he entered Beijing, he wrote the poem "Yellow Leaves", which was appreciated by Li Dongyang. Zhengde six years (1511), the first in the Imperial Examination, authorized by the Hanlin Academy compilation. Yu repair "Wuzong real record", endowed with uprightness, every thing must be straight book. Wu Zong micro line out of Juyongguan, the rustication to resist advice. When Emperor Shizong succeeded to the throne, he was appointed as a lecturer on the scripture feast. Jiajing three years (1524), the ministers for "discussing the great gift", contrary to the will of Emperor Shizong by the court cane, Yang Shen garrisoned in Yunnan Yongchang Wei, living in Yunnan for more than 30 years, died in the garrison.
Yang Shen saved about 2300 poems, written by a wide range of content. Because he lived in Yunnan for more than 30 years, so "homesickness", "wistful return" of the poem, a large proportion. When he was banished to Yunnan, his wife, Huang E, accompanied him to Jiangling to say goodbye, and the poem "Farewell to Jiangling" expresses his feelings of parting, with a deep and poignant touch. The "Overnight at Jinsha River" describes his feelings on the way to and from Sichuan and Yunnan: "I don't want to drift away from the head of the miasma sea, Jialing looks back and turns around, the sound of the river and the moon color that can be said to have broken the Jinsha Jinsha ten thousand miles of the building." The pain of separation is set off by the contrast between the present and the past traveling thoughts. Before his death, he made a poem entitled "Sentiments in Sickness on June 14th", which reads: "More than seventy years of life have gone gray, and the law has allowed me to return to my retirement. He was already a Ba Jiang old man when he returned to rest, and he was a prisoner in the Dianhai Sea when he came back to the country." The poem describes the regret of his return to Sichuan due to illness, but he was recovered on the way, which is y touching.