The Song of Qing Ping Li Bai
The Song of Qing Ping One of the Songs
The clouds want to be clothed and the flowers want to look beautiful,
The spring breeze brushes the threshold and the dew is thick.
If it were not for the Jade Mountain,
I would have met under the moon at Yaotai.
The second part of the Song of Qing Ping
A branch of red dew condenses fragrance,
Clouds and rains are in vain, and the Wushan Mountain is in vain.
If you want to know who can do the same in the Han Palace,
Pity the poor swallows leaning on their new makeup.
The third part of the Song of Qing Ping
The famous flower is the favorite of both countries,
and the king often smiles at it.
Explaining the infinite hatred of the spring breeze,
the Shenxiang Pavilion leans on the appendage in the north.
Explanation of the poem
Your appearance dress is so beautiful and touching, so much so that even the white clouds and peonies have to come to dress up for you, the spring breeze myrtle, lightly brushing the railing, the beautiful peony flowers in the crystalline dew looks more colorful, your beauty is really like a fairy, if you are not in the fairyland of Qunyushan to see you, then it is only in the yao tai of the Queen Mother of the West can appreciate your face.
You are like the bright red peony flower, the leaf is full of thick dew, and the flower condenses clear fragrance. You and the king were together in fish and water, incomparably in love. Legend has it that the king of Chu met with the goddess at Wushan Mountain, and once compared with you, you are really inferior. Who can be as beautiful as you and get the emperor's favor in the Han Palace in the past? Probably only the Zhao Feiyan who was as light as a swallow and could dance on the palm of her hand!
The noble peony, the beauty of the country, the two reflect each other, making each more and more colorful, and won the king's heart, and he looked at it from time to time with a smile on his face. Now the spring breeze is infinite melancholy, and it y feels that it has come to the time when it can be dissolved. You see, the king is leaning on the north side of the Shenxiang Pavilion on the balustrade, looking at the famous flowers and beauty!
Word Explanation
Threshold: balustrade.
Qunshan: the name of the mountain.
Hui: should. Makeup: grooming and dressing.
Famous Flower: peony flower.
Shenxiang Pavilion: a pavilion built with incense wood.
Poetry Appreciation
These three "Qingping Tune" poems about Li Bai are among the most widely circulated and well-known poems written by Li Bai during his stay in Chang'an. It is said that during the reign of Emperor Tang Xuanzong (唐玄宗) in the year of Kaiyuan (开元), the palace used to plant a lot of valuable peonies along the banks of the Sinkiang Pavilion (沉香亭) to the east of the Xingqing Pond (兴庆池), and when the flowers bloomed, they were in purple-red, light-red, and full-white colors, which was very beautiful. One day, Emperor Tang Xuanzong rode his beloved white horse, and Yang Taizhen, or Yang Guifei, took a sedan chair to enjoy the flowers together, and brought along the most famous musician in the palace at that time, Li Guinian, who was a famous musician. Li Guinian saw the emperor and Yang Yuhuan interest in the flower, will make his group of pear orchard disciples out of musical instruments, ready to play music and dance for the emperor and the concubine, Tang Xuanzong said: "Appreciate the famous flowers, the love of the princess, which can still listen to these old words and old songs?" So called Hanlin scholar Li Bai into the palace, Li Bai into the palace, a little thought, there is an idea, and soon pen like flying, a wave, in the gold flower paper wrote three "Qingping tone" poem sent on, Tang Xuanzong looked very satisfied, and immediately made the Pear Orchard children play the silk and bamboo, Li Gui Nian show throat and song, Yang Guifei took the glass seven treasures cups, poured on the western Liangzhou tribute to the grapes and wine, while drinking wine while enjoying the song, do not feel happy, and the eyebrows, the Emperor and Guifei, the Emperor and Guifei, the Emperor and Guifei, the Emperor and Guifei, the Emperor and Guifei, the Emperor and the Guifei, the Emperor and the Guifei, the Emperor and the Guifei, the Emperor and the Guifei, the Emperor and the Guifei. Tang Xuanzong saw more and more excited, can not help but also personally blow up the jade flute to help, each to the end of a song at the time, are to extend the music, repeat the performance, as happy as possible to stop. Yang Guifei drank the wine and listened to the wonderful music, so she bowed down and expressed her gratitude to Tang Xuanzong. This legend from the "Yang Taizhen Outreach" may have a lot of exaggeration, fictional elements. But it is indisputable that although there are countless poems describing the women around the emperor in history, there are not many that can be loved by the parties concerned and praised by the descendants, and the most famous of them is Li Bai's three songs "Qing Pingtiao".
Li Bai was suddenly summoned to the palace, to write a specific subject matter has an unusual grasp of accuracy, that is, tightly grasp the Tang Xuanzong special psychological, from the "appreciation of flowers, to the love of the princess," this particular angle into, so that all of a sudden make the whole poem, whether in the intention of the plan, or in the This instantly makes the whole poem, whether in terms of intention and plotting or in terms of rhetorical techniques, seem to be easy to use and easy to handle. However, it is by no means an easy task to be so well thought out and complete in advance when creating a poem. First of all, this is thanks to Li Bai's innate temperament of "regard the same friends as grass, play ten thousand times (sheng sound left) as bureaucratic friends". Zhao Yi, a Qing man, said well: "Before the waving of ten thousand rides, it is no different from the city of Chang'an when drunken sleep, this is also like gas" ("original poem"). Li Bai was originally summoned to Chang'an, the capital of the West, with his ambition, "Laughing up at the sky and going out the door, my generation is not a man of artemisia" ("Nanling Bie children into the capital"). He originally thought that this time to the capital can realize his "so that the Huan District, the sea county clear one" of the great political ideals, but never thought that the Tang Xuanzong only as a kind of peace and prosperity of the embellishment, so for this imposed role of the imperial literati, Li Bai's heart felt very painful and lost. In his poem "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking", Du Fu once vividly depicted Li Bai's drunken life in Chang'an: "Li Bai drank a hundred poems and slept with the wine merchants in the Chang'an city. The Son of Heaven called to him without getting on the boat, claiming himself to be an immortal in wine." Li Bai with his extremely special "to be called Hanlin" identity, coupled with his natural pride, so even in front of the emperor and the consort, has never been at ease in front of the calm, unassuming, the only thing that can be so, will not be unprepared in this kind of sudden, and can only write a good can not write a bad instant creation of the front of the busy hands and feet, messed up! The only way is to be able to do so. Because at this time the emperor's interest is high, Your Highness is also waiting on the sidelines, for others, I'm afraid that only the general writing and delivery of the text. Therefore, from the idea of calm, unique intention, waiting for the waiting, quick thinking, is the "Qingping tone" poem is the most important, but also often people can't see the rare and valuable place.
This group of poems a *** wrote three, of which the first is the most outstanding, "clouds want to dress flowers want to face, the spring breeze brushing the threshold dew Hua thick. If not for the group of jade mountain head to see, will to Yao Tai under the moon to meet." And this is one of the most amazing is the beginning of the "clouds want clothes and flowers want to face", all the ideas, ideas are from this sentence actually gradually unfolded. Sentence in the two "want" word, the real into the virtual, the combination of the real and the virtual, the Tang Xuanzong at this time the most proud of the "flowers" and the "Concubine" very cleverly linked to the colorful clouds in the sky, as if the Concubine fluttered. The colorful colorful clouds in the sky are like the fluttering nishang (chang yin chang) of the Concubine, and the delicate peonies in front of the eyes are just like the Concubine's flowery face and moonlight appearance. The blossoming peonies and the beautiful Concubine, which is called "the national color and the fragrance of heaven," are so easily linked together by Li Bai with a short seven-word line of poetry, which is really a reverie. It's really fantastic. Since the first sentence is a two to, to flower metaphor, then the next verse naturally pen is flower, and sentence write people, "the spring breeze whisk threshold dew hua thick", but which can distinguish, in the bright spring breeze, under the pavilion threshold, that the magnificent, bright, overflowing with infinite life charm and display of the creation of the masterpiece of the handiwork, but also makes Tang Xuanzong was fascinated by the peony blossoming in the wind? Or is it a beauty with a beautiful demeanor? Or are the two complementary and comparable to each other? This is really a collection of beautiful scenery and pleasures in one place at one time. No wonder Tang Xuanzong would say, "enjoy the flowers, on the consort, where can still listen to the old song it!" And it is not difficult for us to imagine, this kind of implicit but not explicit, will flower anthropomorphism technique in that particular occasion can receive twice the effect with half the effort. Imagine this kind of poem, if not written like Li Bai, but directly depicting the peony and Yang Yuhuan's beauty, even if it is written in a long and detailed way, and this poem compared to what I am afraid will fall into the snake, the end of the effort is not pleasing to the eye. The next two lines, the author has been unable to stop, so simply let go of the pen and ink, all in one breath: "If not a group of jade mountain head to see, will be to the yao tai under the moon." Still is a metaphor, only from the actual scene in front of the move away, into the heavenly fairyland, the group of jade mountain, is the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven where the Queen Mother resides, it is said that the mountain is rich in jade, because of the name; and Yao Terrace, the legend of the Kunlun Mountains, is the Queen Mother's fairy palace. If not, will be to, were spoken at that time, and today's spoken "if not" and "should be in" means almost the same, that is, (such a beautiful woman like heavenly fairy) if not in the group of jade mountain to see, should only be in the Yaotai fairyland encounter. The implication is that this rare event, i.e., "enjoying the famous flowers and the beloved concubine," brings great sensory enjoyment and spiritual beauty, which is beyond the imagination of ordinary laymen. This is not only in praise of Yang Yuhuan amazing beauty, but also clearly in the Tang Xuanzong as a generation of peace in the Tang Dynasty, since the face and flowers in front of the integration of this, so that the same with the grace and dew, and make it glow with the beauty of life and flavor, natural and rightfully should enjoy and monopolize all of this! And he also expresses his heartfelt honor to have the opportunity to participate in such an event. All these meanings, including the beauty of the Concubine's amazement, the praise of Tang Xuanzong's virtue, and the celebration of his own being in the event, there is absolutely not a single word of positive mention in the poem, but none of the omissions, aptly expresses the most, and this is only in the short four lines of twenty-eight words, in addition to calm, calm, the atmosphere of the heavenly relegation of the Immortal, the earthly poetry immortal Li Taibai, who can have such a skill? Who would have such a handwriting? Famous flowers, beautiful, virtuous gentleman, poet, this time in the Xingqing Palace in the Shenxiang Pavilion can really be called "the world's four best", of course, there was also history's most famous court musician Li Guinian and his class of Pearland disciples, but in this four beautiful and set of occasions, they are destined to only play the role of the accompaniment.
The first poem is so well written and complete that the following two fall easily into place.
The second one is "A branch of red dew condensation fragrance, clouds and rain Wushan in vain. I ask who in the Han Palace is like it, but I pity the poor swallow leaning on her new makeup." The first line not only depicts the peony, but also the beauty of the peony. The first sentence not only depicts the gorgeous color of peony, but also further delineates its charm with the three words "dew condensation fragrance", which seems to be more implicit and internal than the previous song's "dew hua nong". We know that even the best flowers, there is a process from bud to blossom to decay, and "dew condensation incense" is the most brilliant stage of her life, so it is also more and more people love and cherish. Such a flower in the best, people in a special thing, compared to the legend of that every call to mind but unattainable "Wushan clouds and rain" to be a hundred times stronger. This is the story of King Xiang of Chu, according to Song Yu "Gao Tang Fugue" depicted, King Xiang of Chu and Song Yu traveled together in the platform of Yunmeng, looking at the view of Gao Tang, only to see the clouds above the steam, in a moment, a million changes. King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu, "What kind of gas is this?" Song Yu replied, "The so-called morning clouds. In the past, the late king traveled to Gaotang, and when he slept in the daytime, he dreamed of a woman who said, 'I am the daughter of Wushan, and I am a guest of Gaotang. I am a guest of Gaotang. I heard that the king traveled to Gaotang, I would like to recommend a pillow.' The king was honored. When the woman was leaving, she said, 'I am in the sun of Mount Wu, and I am a traveling cloud in the morning and a traveling rain in the evening. I am under the balcony at night and day.'" King Xiang of Chu heard not feel the heart of God, but in the end, the so-called Wushan clouds and rain, but after all, it is nothingness, in vain, sadness only. Indeed, the king of Chu's dream of the goddess, where as well as the Tang Xuanzong in front of the national color, visible and touchable, than than the ancients, look at the eyes, in the wish has been enough, what more do you want! Immediately after, Li Bai used another and Wushan Yunyu also make people envious of the palm story, the Han emperor's palace Zhao Feiyan, can be described as a great beauty, it is said that she is as light as a swallow, able to stand in the tray held by the people dancing. However, her beauty had to rely on heavy make-up before she dared to face the emperor, so how could she compare to Yang Yuhuan's "natural beauty" without any make-up? This second poem focuses on both legend and history, suppressing the ancient and modern, convincingly showing that Yang Yuhuan is really the world's most beautiful, and Tang Xuanzong is of course the world's most blessed son of heaven.
The third poem is the last of the group, naturally, some layout arrangement and even the title of the effort, so from the fairyland back to the reality of the immediate, "the famous flower of the state of the two happy, grow up the king with a smile to see." Li Bai here no longer borrowed metaphors, legends, myths and other techniques, but directly put his pen to the paper. Peony is a flower of national color and fragrance, and Yuhuan is a city and country, the poem did not put down the pen to the title until here, and drew out Yang Yuhuan, but he still used the term "two happinesses" to compare it with the blossoming peonies, because there is no blossoming peonies, and there is no today's reunion. Without the peony in full bloom, there would be no happy gathering today. And the three words "with a smile on his face" also incorporate Emperor Tang Xuanzong into it, making the famous flower, the beautiful woman and the king one and the same, all in harmony, and one is indispensable. Everyone understands that if there is no king's care and favor, flowers and plants, flowers, where is the scenery and decency? "Explaining the infinite hatred of the spring breeze, leaning on the appendage in the north of the Sunken Fragrance Pavilion." The word spring breeze can traditionally be used as a synonym for the king, so here is another pun. The Sinking Fragrance Pavilion is to the east of the Dragon Pond in the Xingqing Palace. This sentence is saying that even if the king has much trouble in his heart, as long as he comes to the peony garden by the Sinking Fragrance Pavilion with your consort, it will be dissolved without a trace. People leaning on the appendage, flowers outside the appendage, the spring breeze, silk bamboo into the ear, how its style and envy, ah.
The ancients praised Li Bai's three songs "Qingping Tune" and called them "colorful language, word by word" (Zhou?). The Qing dynasty Shen Deqian also said: ("Qingping tune") "three chapters together with the flower and the people say, the wind flow charming, the world's rich God." ("Tang Poetry") are not words of praise, three poems, sometimes write flowers, sometimes write people, words here and there, language seems to be shallow and deep meaning, no wonder by the Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei's favorite.