Pipa Xing with Preface" Original Text and Appreciation

Pipa Xing (The Walk of the Pipa) is one of the long musical poems of the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi. It was written in the 11th year of Yuanhe (816). Through the description of the pipa girl's excellent playing skills and her unfortunate experience, the poem exposes the unreasonable phenomenon of bureaucratic corruption, withering of people's livelihoods, and the burial of talents in the feudal society, and expresses the poet's deep sympathy for her, as well as the poet's resentment towards his own innocence of being deported. The following is the original text and appreciation of "Pipa Xing and Preface" that I have collected and organized, for reference only, let's take a look.

Pipa Xing and Preface

Yuanhe ten years, I left to move to Jiujiang County Secretary. In the fall of next year, I sent a guest to the mouth of the Penpu River, and I heard the pipa player in the boat at night, and I listened to his voice, and I heard the sound of Kyoto in a clanking manner. When I asked her about her, she was an advocate of Chang'an. Tried to learn pipa in Mu, Cao two good talent, old age, color decline, committed to the Jia people's women. He ordered her to play a few songs. The song finished compassionate, recounting the joys of the young hours, now sinking and emaciated, migrating between the rivers and lakes. I have been out of the government for two years, quiet and at ease, feeling the words of the people, is the evening began to feel the intention to move banishment. Because of the long sentence, the song to gift, where six hundred and sixteen words, named "Pipa Xing".

Xunyang River night to send guests, maple leaves and dirigible flowers in the fall.

The master dismounted from his horse and the guest was in the boat, and he raised his wine to drink without pipa.

Drunkenness is not a joyful parting, but a parting of a vast river with a moon in it.

The sound of the pipa on the water is heard, and the master forgets to return to the ship.

The sound of the lute was heard on the water, and the master forgot to go home.

The sound of the lute is not enough.

The boat was moved close to the invitation to see each other, and the wine was added to the lanterns to reopen the feast.

The first time he came out was when he was holding the pipa, and the second time he was holding the pipa, and the third time he was holding the pipa.

The three or two strings of the axle are plucked, and there is a feeling of love before the tune is written.

The strings are not only a source of frustration, but also a source of frustration for the people of the world.

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The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, and the second time I saw it was when I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley.

The big strings are noisy like rain, and the small strings are like whispers.

Noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy.

The warbler's words are slippery on the bottom of the flower, and it's hard to get down from the ice in the pharynx.

The ice spring is cold and the strings are frozen.

Otherwise, there is a secret sorrow and hatred, but at this time there is no sound than sound.

The first time a bottle of water is broken, the iron rider protrudes from the sword and spear.

At the end of the song, the dials were set, and the four strings sounded like cracking silk.

The east boat and the west boat are silent, and the only thing you can see is the white moon in the center of the river.

The song is a very beautiful one, but it's a very beautiful one.

I said that I was originally a woman from the capital, and my family lived under the toadstools.

The song was once taught to the good talents, and the makeup was made up for the jealousy of the Autumn Lady.

The first time I saw the lute was when I was a young man, and the first time I saw it was when I was a young woman.

The first year is the next year, and the second year is the next year, and the third year is the next year, and the third year is the next year.

I've been in the army for a long time, but I've never seen the same color.

The oldest man was married to a merchant woman.

The businessman is more interested in profit than in parting, and he went to buy tea at Fu Liang in the month before last.

The boat is empty, and the moon is bright and the river is cold.

The night was deep and I dreamed of my youth, and I cried tears of red.

I heard the pipa already sighed, and then heard the words again chirping.

The same people are at the end of the world, so why should we meet each other?

I resigned from the emperor's capital last year, banished to Xunyang City.

Xunyang is a remote place with no music, not heard the sound of silk and bamboo.

The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a long journey, and I was in the middle of a long journey.

What do you hear at night and day? The first is the "Cuckoo Cries Blood".

I'm not sure if there is a mountain song or a village flute, but it's hard to listen to them.

I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get through this, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to get through this, and I'm going to be able to get through this.

I am not going to sit down and play a song, but I am going to write a song called "Pipa Xing" for you.

I am very happy to hear your words, but I am very happy to see you play a song for me.

It's not like the sound of the past, but it's like the sound of the future, and you can hear it all over again.

Who wept the most? The first time I saw it, it was a very good one, and the second time I saw it, it was a very good one.

Works Appreciation:

The main idea of this poem is "The same people at the end of the world, why should we ever meet each other."

By writing about the misfortune of the pipa girl's life, combined with the poet's own blows in the eunuch's journey, the poet sings the heartfelt words of "the same end of the world, why should we ever meet each other". Social upheaval, the coolness of the world, sympathy for the fate of the unfortunate, their own disillusioned feelings, these originally stored up in the heart of the painful feelings, are poured together in the poem. Its artistic success also lies in the use of beautiful and distinctive, musical language, with visual images to express the auditory feelings; the natural scenery of the rustic autumn winds and feelings of separation, making the work more touching.

In this poem, the poet has made great efforts to shape the image of the lute woman, through which he y reflects the tragic fate of the insulted and damaged music artists and entertainers in the feudal society, and expresses the feelings of "the same end of the world". In the beginning of the poem, it is written that "I sent a guest away on an autumn night", "I suddenly heard" "the sound of the pipa", so I "searched for the sound" and "secretly asked" "about the sound". So he "searched for the sound", "secretly asked", "moved his boat", "invited him to meet", and only after "a thousand calls" did the singing girl "After a thousand calls, the girl came out with her face half covered.

Then the description of the pipa woman playing music to reveal her inner world. First of all, it is the "unfinished tune" of "love", and then the "strings" of "sound thoughts", which tells the whole story of the "life without ambition". Then, the "strings" and "sound of thoughts" tell the whole story of the pipa woman's "life without ambition" and "infinite things in her heart", showing the pipa woman's ups and downs of the tide of her heart.

Then, the pipa girl tells of her own life: her skills were once taught to be "good and talented", her appearance was "made up and envied by the Queen", and the young people in Kyoto "competed for her head". The young men of Kyoto were "fighting for their heads", and "a song of red raw silk is unknown". However, the flow of time kind of like a complaint such as adoration, such as the depiction of sobbing, and above her playing water, "twilight to the morning to come color," and ultimately had to "marry as a businesswoman". This singing complements each other and completes the image of the pipa woman.

Finally, the poet's feelings for the pipa woman's destiny excited, issued a "the same end of the world, why not meet once known" sigh, expressed the same disease, the same voice corresponds to the feelings.

Both endless, and landing theme. It's like a river tide, waves and waves, and it goes on and on. Repeatedly recited, swinging people's chest, infinite flavor. The language is resounding and the metaphors are graphic. "Like the rain," "like whispers," "the water bursts," "knives and spears,"" "The beads fall from the jade plate," "The warbler speaks of flowers. These read like hearing the sound, as if they were there.

The preface of the poem explains the time, place, characters and story, summarizes the sad life of the pipa woman, explains the motive for writing the poem, and sets a poignant emotional tone for the whole poem.

"Pipa Xing" poem *** divided into four paragraphs, from "Xunyang River head night to send guests" to "hold the pipa half cover face" **** fourteen lines, for the first paragraph, write the pipa woman's appearance. One of the first six sentences explain the time, this is a maple leaf red, dixie flower yellow, under the wind of autumn night; explain the location, is the head of the Xunyang River. Xunyang is also today's Jiujiang City; Xunyang River is also the front of the preamble said Penpu mouth. Explained the background, is the poet to his friends to send off. Separation itself is not happy, before the banquet and then there is not a songstress waiter, of course, it is even more lonely and intolerable. In this "master dismounted guest in the boat" sentence is a little strange, its meaning is actually the master accompanied the guests to ride to the riverside, together with the guests dismounted to the boat. "Drunkenness is not a joyful and miserable farewell, farewell to a vast river drenched in moonlight". The scenery and atmosphere here are well described, it gives a feeling of emptiness, loneliness, disappointment, and the master and the guest's disillusionment, sadness and separation of the fusion of one, constituting a strong sense of depression, for the following sudden turnaround in preparation. The last eight lines of the poem are a positive account of the appearance of the pipa girl: "Suddenly, I heard the sound of the pipa on the water, and the master forgot to return to the guest and did not send him out. The sound drifted over from the water and came from the boat, which immediately attracted the attention of the master and the guests, who did not want to go away and return, and they must explore to find out what this wonderful sound was all about. "Seek the sound and ask secretly who is the player? The pipa sound stops and wants to speak late. The boat was moved close to the other side to invite them to meet each other, and wine was added to the lanterns to reopen the banquet. After a thousand calls, she came out, but she was still holding the pipa and half covering her face." The description here is very detailed. Because it was nighttime, and because they heard only one sound, they did not know where the sound came from, and they did not know who the player was, so the words "searching for the sound and asking in secret" here are very evocative. Then "the pipa sound stops" indicates that the player has heard the call of the people; "want to speak late" and the back of the "a thousand calls come out, but holding the pipa half cover the face" are consistent with the player's discouragement and frustration. The player's disillusionment, and ashamed of her own life's sinking, she is no longer willing to show her face. This pipa woman out of the process of the description of all the moving, she did not see his first heard the sound of the pipa, did not hear his words have been slightly exposed its inner pain, for the development of the story behind the creation of many suspense.

From "three or two strings" to "only see the white moon in the heart of the river "*** twenty-two sentences for the second paragraph, write the pipa woman's superb acting skills. Among them, "three or two sound" is written before the formal performance of the string test tone; and then "string string cover", written to the tune of the rustic; "low-eyebrow letter formalities continue to play", written to the relief of the The line of the board. Gathering, twisting, wiping and picking are all techniques of playing the pipa. Nishang: Nishang Yuyi Qu, the name of a dance produced in the court of the Tang Dynasty. Six youngest: the name of a popular dance song at that time. From "big strings noisy as rapid rain" to "four strings a sound like cracking silk "*** fourteen lines, describing the musical image of the pipa music, write it from fast to slow, to weak, to silent, to a sudden storm, and then to the last stroke, ended abruptly, the poet in the Here the poet uses a series of vivid metaphors to turn the relatively abstract musical image into a visual one at once. Here there are big pearls and small pearls falling from the jade plate, there are streams twittering between the flowers between the warblers, there are water flowing under the ice of the silk fine, there are fine to no more "at this time no sound is better than the sound", there are suddenly up the silver bottle cracked, the iron horseman jingo, it makes the listener sometimes sad, sometimes soothing, sometimes relaxed, sometimes and thrilling. "The east boat and the west boat are silent, only the white autumn moon in the center of the river is seen." These two lines are about the effect of the pipa girl's playing. We are all listening to the mesmerized, the performance has ended, and the listener is still immersed in the realm of music, the surrounding silence, only the water reflects a round of bright moon.

From the "meditation put plucking strings" to "dream cry makeup tears red appendage dry" *** 24 sentences for the third paragraph, write the pipa woman's self-titled story of her life, self-titled early years had been red luck, the flourishing, and then the color of the long years of age, the decline of the drift. Sinking: hesitation, the appearance of wanting to speak again and again. Converge: to put away the emotion of playing, and to meet people again with a solemn salute. Toad Ridge: the tomb of Dong Zhongshu in the Han Dynasty, in the southeast of Chang'an City, near the Qu River. The following ten lines from "Thirteen learnt to become a pipa player" write about the girl's popularity in the past. She was young but highly skilled; she was admired by the older artists and envied by her peers. The princes and gentlemen were enamored of her skill: they spent a great deal of money to have her play; and she herself indulged in luxury, and never knew what it meant to be sparing. Thus, year after year, the good times flowed away as quickly as water. The Church Hall: the official office that managed the court band in the Tang Dynasty. The first part: as said the first regiment, the first team. Qiu Niang: a general reference to the beautiful and highly artistic kabuki of the time. Five Tombs: refers to the tombs of five Han emperors, namely Changling, Anling, Yangling, Maoling and Pingling, which were the places where the rich and powerful lived at that time. Wuling young: usually refers to the children of the nobility. Wrapped head: refers to the ancient reward to the art of Ji's financial gifts, the Tang Dynasty with silk, later generations with other property. Red silk: a kind of raw silk fabric. The first one is the hair grate with flower inlay. Cloud Grate: jewelry decorated with gold and emerald jewels. The rhythm of the beat: the beat of the beat. Song and dance beat originally with a wooden or bamboo plate, and now the rise, even take the precious inlaid head cloud grate beat, extreme words of its indulgence and luxury, forgetfulness. Idle: casual, do not pay attention to. From the "brother walk from the army aunty death" the following ten lines write this woman's time change, drift fall. As she grows old, the aristocratic children are no longer door to door, her only a few relatives have also scattered, she is like a pair of out-of-date shoes, no one to look at, no one wants, no choice but to marry a merchant. The merchant cared about making money, never understood art and emotion, he often went out alone, and left the poor woman to stay on the empty ship. People have memories, face today's lonely and cold, think back to the beautiful years of the past, in contrast, how can not let a person hurt! "Deep in the night, suddenly dreaming of teenage things, dream cry makeup tears red appendix." In fact, even if you do not dream, but also a day do not know how many times to think. Furiang: county name, county seat in today's north of jingdezhen, jiangxi province. The red appendage: tears and powder flow full of face.

From "I heard the pipa has sighed" to the last "Jiangzhou Sima green shirt wet" *** 26 sentences for the fourth paragraph, write the poet lamented his life, express and pipa female feelings of pity. Kiki: sighs. "The same end of the world, why should we ever meet each other." The two phrases have strong feelings, falling tears of the ancient lost people, and also triggering a chance for the ancient lost people to fall in love at first sight. Since "I resigned from the emperor last year," the following twelve lines, write the poet since the relegation of Jiujiang 's loneliness and loneliness. He said: "Xunyang remote land without music, do not hear the sound of silk and bamboo all year round. Live near the pen river low wet, yellow reed bitter bamboo around the house. What do you hear between dawn and dusk? Cuckoo cries blood ape wailing. Spring river flowers towards the autumn moon night, often take the wine also pour alone. There are no mountain songs and village flutes, and it is difficult to listen to them." The terrain is deserted, the environment is poor, the eyes are raised in sadness, and there is nothing at all to cheer up and relieve boredom. In fact, this is to a large extent by the poet's own bitter empathy for the results, we compare the "Water Margin" Song Jiang appreciated the Jiangzhou paragraph, he said: "The end of a good seat Jiangzhou, although I crime far flow to this, but also to see the real mountains and water. Although I have a few famous mountains and monuments there, I don't have this kind of scenery." The poet's sadness and bitterness is entirely due to his political blow, but he can't talk about it. He just said in general and vague that he is also "the end of the world", he is "banished to live in bed sick" here, and other broken heart breaks the heart of the pain is pressed to the bottom of the heart. This is the reason why he heard and saw everything that did not make people sad. Then, as an equal and sincere friend, a confidant in distress, he praised and thanked the pipa lady for her wonderful performance, and asked her to play another piece, and he himself would write a long poem for her, "Pipa Xing". The pipa girl was already reluctant to respond any more, but then, seeing the poet so sincere and moved, she tightened the strings and set the tune, playing a more sorrowful tune. This tune made all the listeners sigh. What about the sentimental poet? Look at the front of his green shirt already wet. The strings are tightened to make the tune higher. The color of the green shirt: the color of the eighth and ninth grade civil officials, Sima is from the ninth grade, so wear a green shirt.

The artistry of this poem is very high. For one thing, he integrates the thoughts and feelings of the singers and the singers into one, saying that you are talking about me and I am talking about you, with the same destiny, closely related. Pipa woman recounted her life, the poet thought they were "the same end of the world"; poet recounted her life, the pipa woman is "feeling my words for a long time", the pipa woman played another song, the poet is more "Jiangzhou Sima wet green shirt. " The poet's soulmate is a moving and compassionate person everywhere. Second, the poem's writing scenery, writing music, the means are extremely skillful, but also write and write the life, express sadness, the atmosphere is the same, so that the work from the beginning to the end immersed in a kind of sadness and grief in the atmosphere. Thirdly, the language of the work is vivid and graphic, with strong generalization, and the turn off jumps, concise and flexible, so the whole poem is popular, very easy to recite. Such as "a thousand calls to come out, but holding the pipa half cover face"; "there is a secret hate, this time no sound is better than sound"; "cold down in front of the door, the oldest married to a businesswoman"; "deep in the night, suddenly dreaming of a young man"; "the oldest married to a businesswoman"; "the oldest married to a businesswoman"; "the oldest married to a businesswoman"; "the youngest married to a businesswoman". "Deep in the night suddenly dream of young people, dream cry makeup tears red appendix dry"; "the same is the end of the world down people, meet why ever know each other", and so on are how condensed and beautiful, how to knock people's heart phrases ah!

Expansion: Pipa Xing and Preface Lesson Plan

Teaching Objectives

1, to understand the poet Bai Juyi's general knowledge.

2. To learn and appreciate the author's artistic technique of reproducing musical images in words.

3. To appreciate the author's infinite sympathy for the pipa girl's life and ****ing.

Teaching focus: learning to use words to express the art of music

Teaching difficulty: feeling the "sound of love"

Teaching methods recitation, reading, group study

Pre-teaching

Pre-teaching