A generation of sad Chinese Pulsatilla
Liu Xiyi in Tang Dynasty
Li Huafeng, a peach blossom in Luoyang Oriental, flies around, and I don't know whose home it is.
Luoyang woman looks beautiful, sitting alone in the courtyard, looking at the scattered plum blossoms, sighing long.
The peach blossom and plum blossom I saw this year have rotted in color. I wonder who can see the beautiful flowers in the flowering season next year?
I have seen handsome pines and cypresses destroyed into firewood, and I heard that mulberry fields have become the sea.
Old friends no longer lament that the peach blossoms are dying in the east of Luoyang, but now people are still falling in the wind.
Flowers still bloom every year, but they are different every year.
Tell those young people in their prime that they should pity this half-dead old man.
Now he is white-haired and poor, but he is still a handsome young woman.
The old man in his later years once danced with the son of Yu Fangshu's son in the methotrexate song.
There are also beautiful decorative billiard tables like Guanglu Xun Imperial Guards and Horses in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there are also those with colorful fairy painted in the mourning hall like Liang Ji.
When the old man is sick in bed, he is ignored. In the past, he had fun in the spring. Where is the Qing dance now?
How many times can a beautiful woman like a beautiful woman last? After a while, the crane was disheveled and pale as silk.
All the songs and dances of the ages, the birds left in the dusk are empty.
Extended data 1, translation
Peach blossoms and plum blossoms in the east of Luoyang drifted with the wind, flying around, and I don't know whose home they landed in.
Luoyang woman, with a delicate and charming face, sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the scattered peaches and plums and sighing for a long time.
This year, I am here to watch peach blossoms and plum blossoms fade due to withering. I wonder who else will see the brilliant victory when the flowers bloom next year.
I have seen handsome pines and cypresses destroyed and cut down for firewood. I heard that mulberry fields have become the sea of Wang Yang.
Old friends no longer lament the withering of Luoyang Dongtaoli, and now people are still mourning for the falling flowers falling with the wind.
Flowers still bloom every year, but people who look at them every year are different.
Tell those young people in their prime to pity this half-dead old man.
Now his hair is all white, poor thing. However, he used to be a charming young man.
The old man with white hair once played with his son Wang Sun under the fragrant tree, singing and dancing before the flowers fell.
He used to decorate the pool platform with splendid scenery like Ma Fang, who was advised by Guang Luquan in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He also painted clouds and immortals everywhere in the pavilion of his mansion.
Now the old man with white head was once ill in bed and ignored. Where was the joy of singing and dancing in the past?
And how long can a beautiful woman's youthful beauty last? After a while, the crane's hair was unkempt and white as silk.
I saw the land of singing and dancing through the ages, and all that remained was the birds singing in the air at dusk.
Step 2 enjoy
This is a quasi-ancient Yuefu poem. "White-headed Poem" is the old title of the harmony "Songs of the South" in Han Yuefu. In ancient times, it was written that a woman said goodbye to her lover who abandoned her. Liu Xiyi wrote this poem "A Woman for an Old Man", lamenting that youth is perishable and wealth is impermanent. Novel conception, lyricism, beautiful language, harmonious phonology and high artistry. It was praised in the early Tang dynasty and has always been a famous article.
The first half of this poem is translated from Dong Jiaorao, a Yuefu poem written by Song Zihou in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it is more typical after Liu Xiyi's re-creation.
As the conclusion of the first half sentence, the sentence "year after year" is a famous sentence in the Book of Songs, which is accurate in metaphor and accurate in language, making people alert and save. The upside-down repetition of "year after year" and "year after year" not only echoes in rows, but also emphasizes the ruthless fact and helplessness of the passage of time, which is really touching.
The image metaphor of "flowers are similar" and "people are different" highlights the contrast between the ups and downs of flowers and the youth of life, which is intriguing. Combined with the experience of the bald old man in the second half, we can realize that the poet did not use the comparison between "woman" and "spring flower", but used the general terms "person" and "flower", not only because of the limitation of the number of words in the seven-character poem, but also because it included all the poor people who could not control their own destiny, including the poet himself.
Perhaps, because of this, there are many attached legends about this poem. As "Xin Yu of Tang Dynasty" and "Skill Poetry" said, the poet himself thinks that these two poems are ominous, that is, the so-called "poetry expresses ambition". A year later, the poet was really killed and answered the so-called "poetic prophecy". The appearance and spread of this nonsense not only reflects people's cherish of the poet's talent and sympathy for his misfortune, but also shows that the mood of the poem is too sad.
3. Introduction by the author
Liu Xiyi (about 65 1-? ) Tang poet. A Tingzhi, whose name is Yan Zhi, is from Ruzhou (now Ruzhou City, Henan Province), Han nationality. Shangyuan Jinshi is good at playing pipa. His poems are good at singing, writing more about women's feelings, soft and gorgeous, and sentimental.
There is a saying in "Bai tou yin on behalf of the north" that "flowers are similar every year, but people of different ages are different" According to legend, his uncle Song wanted to keep it for himself, but he hoped it would not be allowed, so he had him crushed with a soil bag. Yan's mandarin is not much, and he is down and out. Later, he was killed by others and died before he was 30 years old. The original set has been lost.