Zeng Rui's Selected Works of Yuanqu Opera

Zeng Rui's Four Jades of Nanlv - Nanlv scolds Yulang over the Song of Tea Picking for the Emperor's Favor - Zhonglv Shanshanpo Sheep - Zhonglv Shanshanpo Sheep over the Qingge'er - Dashi Tunes Green Apricot Son - Shang Tunes Jixianbin (南吕四块玉-南吕骂玉郎过感皇恩采茶歌) is an anthology of Yuan dynasty compositions, which was written in the Yuan Dynasty, and is now being published in the Yuan Dynasty.


Zeng Rui (曾瑞? -1331?) was a famous poet and writer of the Yuan Dynasty. Zeng Rui (-1331?) was a famous poet and writer in the Yuan Dynasty. He was a native of Daxing (present-day Daxing County, Beijing). He was a man of loose character, who did not want to be a man of honor and did not seek advancement in his career. He appreciated the talents and scenery of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he moved to Qiantang and the area around Jianghuai. The officials and dignitaries would often help him, so his life was not bad. He learned from Fan Kuan, painted landscapes, and was able to make cryptic speeches. He was the author of the play "Talent and Beauty Mistake the Lantern Festival", which is still in existence today, and the collection of prose songs "Poetry and Wine", which has been lost. The collection of loose songs "Poetry and Wine Yuyin" has been lost. 55 pieces of loose songs [Zhenggong - Drunken Peace] and the set number [Zhenggong. The first 17 songs are from the preface of the song.

Coolies

The official situation is sweet, the public road is dangerous, the tigers and leopards are in the whole majesty of the pass ①, and the people are tired of the enmity and the kindness. The world's most important thing is that the world's most important thing is the world's most important thing.

The theme

The main content of this piece is to expose the darkness and cruelty of the government by describing the cool officials. In the author's writing, the officials are like wolves, tigers and leopards to the people, but the author is not without warning: when you are full of wickedness, the punishment of the end will not be able to escape in any case. The language is lively and clear, and the revelation is thorough and profound, which characterizes the style of this piece.

Notes

① Tiger and leopard - tiger and leopard guarding the layers of barriers, meaning that the door is tightly closed. Qu Yuan, "Chu Rhetoric - Recruitment": "Tiger and leopard nine passes, pecking damage to some of the people."

② Karma through the surplus - that is, full of evil. Karma, Buddhist language, said the sins.

The girl in the girl's room heard the cuckoo

The merciless Du Yu idle naughty ①, the head straight up to the bottom of the ear ②, the sound raucous heart broken ③. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.

The curtain is lowered and the door is closed. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night. The spring drinkers are aroused ⑦, and the dawn dreams are awakened. The night of no tomorrow, idle noise, boy forbidden to hold ⑧.

[Tea Casting Song] How many times have I left this embroidered apartment? I was advised for no reason that it would be better to return! The maniacs in Jiangnan are fascinated ⑩, this sound is good to go to my person to cry (11).

The title

"Cursing Yulang over feeling the emperor's grace tea-picking song", this is a song, by "cursing Yulang", "feeling the emperor's grace", "Tea Picking Song" is composed of three tunes. The three tunes can not be used individually as a small order, but can only be used in the band over the song. "scolding Yulang" is also known as "Yaohua Order", the positive sentence pattern for seven, five, seven, three, three, three, three, *** seven sentences; "feel the emperor's grace" positive sentence pattern for four, four, three, three, three, three, four, four, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, Four, three, three, three, three, *** ten lines; "tea song" a "Chu River Autumn", positive sentence pattern for three, three, seven, seven, seven, seven, *** five lines. This piece of music expresses the love of a woman. Spring is in full bloom, the azalea cries, but the heroine feels infinite boredom; the azalea cries, and did not call her sweetheart back, the spring light teasing, more so that she is spring; "mad guest" has not returned, so she is bored, the scenario is blended, meticulous psychological description, so that this piece of music has a high artistic value.

Notes

① Du Yu - cuckoo bird. According to the legend, Du Yu, the emperor of Shu, was transformed into a cuckoo after his death, and every time he cried until his blood came out, his voice was like "better to return". After the cuckoo bird is also called Du Yu.

② head straight up to the base of the ear - from the top of the head to the base of the ear. Head straight up, the top of the head.

③ raucous (guō) - the sound is noisy and distracting.

④就里-内情,此指心思。

⑤ 重門 - heavy courtyard door.

⑥ Rend - the railing.

⑦酲(chéng) - delirium due to drunkenness.

⑧厮(sī)禁持 - to entangle and torment each other.

⑨没没由由 - without reason, inexplicably.

⑩狂客 - a spiteful term for a person of interest.

(11) Good - should.

Zhonglv Shanshanpo Yang

Sighing at the world

Glory and splendor should not be proud, poverty should not be laughed at, and the cycle of the world's state of affairs is much inverted①. The spring and the fall, the blossoming and the shedding of flowers are all known to us. This year, the flowers bloomed earlier in the spring, and the flowers are still good, but the people are getting old.

The title

The author has written five songs with the same tune "Sighing at the World", and this is one of them. This piece of music lamented the world's coldness, the vagaries of the human condition, right and wrong is upside down and chaotic, the author's cynicism is overflowing. At the end of the piece, he lamented that spring is easy to pass, life is easy to age, and his feelings are quite deep.

Notes

① cycle of the world - this refers to the human condition.

② Mengchun - the first month of spring, the first month of the lunar calendar.

③ empty tirade old - in vain to let it grow old. The first month of spring is the first month of the lunar calendar.

Zhonglv Shanshanpo Sheep Crossing Qingge'er

Crossing the Water Pass

The mountain is like a Buddha's bun ①, a man climbs on the back of the ao ②, and the stone cliffs through the clouds are coiled with pine and juniper ③. The mountains are like Buddha's buns ①, and one climbs on the back of an ostrich ②, and the cloud-piercing stone steps are coiled with pine and juniper ③. The high, out of the sky leaning; low, the bottom of the clouds and streams.

[Qingge'er] It's not easy for pedestrians to drive, and it's even more difficult in the late fall, when the west wind is blowing through the clothes of the guests. The rain is falling and the insects are chirping; the body is drenched and the soles of the feet are stained with mud. The partridge cries, "I can't walk!"

The title

"Hillside Sheep over Qingge'er", with a song, composed of two tunes, "Hillside Sheep" and "Qingge'er". Banshui Pass, also known as Daguan, in the northwest of Chong'an County, Fujian, is a major transportation hub between Fujian and Gan. This tune expresses the majestic scenery seen when passing through the Banshui Pass, and the feeling of pedestrians that "it is difficult to walk on the road". Banshui Pass is lofty and steep, the peaks of the mountains such as the Buddha bun beautiful, high stone steps such as through the clouds, the water like the Tianhe River pouring, "the Dragon Coiling Tiger Southeast," the author can not help but heartily issued a sigh of admiration. The song "Qingge'er" is mainly written about the traveler's feelings of "difficult to travel", but it is also to set off the majesty of the water pass; this is very close to the writing intention of Li Bai's "difficult road to Shu".

Notes

① Buddha bun - refers to the bun on the statue of Buddha.

② Ao Bui - refers to the sacred mountain on the sea. In "Liezi - Tang Wen", there are five sacred mountains in the Bohai Sea, drifting with the waves, and the emperor of the sky was afraid of them drifting away, so he ordered fifteen giant oars to carry them.

③ Shi Deng - stone steps. Juniper (guì), an evergreen tree.

④ coiled (pán) - curved, coiled. ④ Coil (pán) - to bend and coil.

⑤ "Lingtou" sentence - meaning that the towering ridge seems to divide the Milky Way equally. The first is that it is not a good idea to have a good time, but it is a good idea to have a good time.

⑥ Fay Wei - (fine rain) misty.

⑦ Hate to kill - hate it. The word "hate" is the same as "hate", which is an auxiliary word of degree. The sadness and joy of gathering and dispersing is a common thing, bright eyes and teeth, singing luan dance Yan, each show tenderness.

[Article] People are handsome, and they owe it to their former lives to drink and spend their lives in sorrow. The first thing you need to do is to get the money to pay for it, and then you'll have to pay for it.

[urge beat] love *** bed flowers, hate the white gulls sleep alone on the water. The moonlit night and flowery day, the big feast row back to the snow Weiniang ④, small drink will steal incense Han Shou ⑤. The red sleeves of the goblet are raised, the jade fiber is crossed by the pipe (7), the silver armor is tuned to the zither, and the wine is ordered to be poetic (8). The poem was written in rhyme and rhythm, the soul was moved, and the manuscripts were searched. The past favor when love ⑩. Water fairy mountain ghosts, moon Shu flower demon, such as also met, not allowed to rest (11). I'm sure the ambush will not be leaked(12).

[Missy] Qunfang will be the first (13), prosperous Ying old friends, dreaming back when green fat red thin (14). The glory of the past can be seen thin and thin, property wide began to know thick and dear. When I think of the old, I think of the new, the hairpin is left behind(15), the mirror is broken, the hairpin is separated(16), the bee is jealous of the butterfly. Bad karma is hard to save, chronic disease long hair (17), industry will be full (18), efforts to present the head (19). Cold food with heavy fillings. Mouth knife and tongue sword, kissing and thrusting lips and gun, solo attack and win, no worry about the mixed battle. Not to get to fall people cast enough (20)

[end] show put the flag any who go, the temple calculations will be the mouth of God. A pipe pen in hand, dare to take hold of Sun Wu soldiers fight (21).

The title

"Green Apricot", also known as "Green Apricot", belongs to the Dashi Gong tune. It is in the form of five, five, seven, four, four, four, four, **** six lines. This song can also be people "small stone tune". This set of songs is a true record of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the book club talent and the hooks between the real record of friendship. The same social artists, they live in the "flower and moon restaurant", their creations and performances, the prosperity of the city's literary life. The song also reflects the social reality of the coldness and warmth of human feelings and the coldness of the world: once they are old and yellow, they will be abandoned and suffer from cold treatment. The author dipped into the sympathetic pen and ink, wrote the life of these talented people and songstresses, leaving us a vivid and vivid Song and Yuan talented people songstresses interaction map.

Notes

① "flower and moon" two sentences - meaning that the pursuit of happiness in the House of the Moon is also mixed.

② "with the clouds" two lines - a metaphor for the affair with the woman of the world. The clouds, rain, wind and moon in ancient poetry often refer to the love between men and women ***.

③ silk - lingering flow.

④ back to the snow - snow due to the wind and back to the flying, used to describe the dance of the ethereal, Wei Cao Zhi "Luoshen Fu": "As if Ruoxi if the light clouds of the cover of the moon, floating Ruoxi if the flow of the wind of the back to the snow." Wei Niang, or Du Wei Niang, is a famous courtesan of the Tang Dynasty.

⑤ Stealing incense Han Shou - "Shishu Xinyi - confused drowning", Jin Han Shou, beautiful appearance, the Sikong puisne Jia Chong's daughter Jia Wu see and delight, so that the servant girl sneak through the sound, and steal the Western region of the strange incense to give it. The incident occurred, Jia Chuang attempted to female wife.

⑥ goblet - wine cup.

⑦ Jade fiber horizontal pipe - refers to the woman playing the flute. Jade fiber, a metaphor for women's delicate fingers.

⑧ wine order - drinking wine made by the game can be divided into winners and losers, the loser is punished by drinking wine. Poetry chips, a kind of bamboo chips for drinking orders. Written on a variety of provisions, such as limited rhyme poetry, pointing out that the author of a poem, make up for the lack of words in a poem, and so on; those who can win, those who can not be punished drink.

⑨ Hidden search - the back to play the draft.

⑩宿恩当受-指作者理当接受歌妓们前世欠欠他的恩德。 This is a joking remark.

(11) dry rest - strike off.

(12) The phrase "will ambush" refers to the fact that the news will not be leaked to the outside.

(13) "Qunfang" sentence - refers to himself as the leader of the red women and the deceased.

(14) "Green, fat, red and thin" refers to the sparse leaves and flowers in the late spring, which is a metaphor for the lack of joyful time. Song Li Qingzhao's "Like a Dream Order": "Do you know? I'm not sure if I know. It should be green, fat, red and thin."

(15) Wèi - to give away.

(16) Mirror Broken Hairpin - a metaphor for separation. The mirror is broken, using the allusion to Xu Deyin and Princess Lechang of Chen Dynasty in the southern part of the country. Xu Deyan, the emperor's son-in-law, had a feeling that the country would be destroyed and the couple would be dispersed, so he broke the ancient mirror into two, with each side holding half of it, so that they could meet in the future (see Meng Kai's "Poetry of the Functions"), and the hairpin was divided, and when women separated from their husbands or sweethearts, they would divide the hairpin into two and give it to each other as a souvenir or proof of their meeting in the future.

(17) Chronic Disease - a disease that lasts a long time and is difficult to treat.

(18) Karma will be full - the sin will be full.

(19) Endeavor to present the head - to show more prominence.

(20) Not to get - not to, how can. (20)To be able to - not to be, not to be able to.

(21) take hold of (nuò) war - challenge. Sun Wu (孙吴), the famous militarists Sun Wu (孙武) and Wu Qi (吴起) during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

Shang Tiao Jixianbin

Palace Lyrics

Bored to ascend the building leaning on the appendage to see the twilight view, the sky is wide and the water is flat. The sky is wide and the water is flat. The reflections of the buildings and platforms are dipped into the surface of the pool, and the characters of wild geese are written diagonally across the clouds. The willows are in the moonlight, the windows are in the clouds ②, the lotus is in the water, the pavilion is in the pavilion. The scenery is so bleak that it helps people's worries to be more successful ③, and the makeup building steps down to the moonlit empty court. The birds are scared of the ring, the cranes are blowing the bells ④.

[Easy Music] The scene is like a luan dancing in the mirror. The world's most important thing is to have a good relationship with the people who are in it. The good marriage has failed in this life, and the rain of pain and sorrow is like a pouring of tears. When will I wake up? The west wind passes the jade leakage dingning ⑧. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and it was like three autumns before I was handed over to the fourth night.

[Golden Chrysanthemum] Autumn bugs night language unbearable to listen to ⑨, crows can not stop crying trees. The strong sleep in the lonely apartment to find a dream ⑩, by the ghost of love nicked the soul (11), even if there is a dream is also difficult to be accomplished.

[Vinegar gourd] I can't sleep (12), I can't sit still, and I don't have any pain, I don't have any pain, I don't have any pain, I don't have any pain. To not think about a moment's heart is not willing (14), not messed up to the end of the night people quiet (15).

[GaoPingSha] shine sad people residual wax blue fluorescent, sinking water incense disappear gold beast tripod (16). The leaves have been removed from the court (17), and the bamboos have been swept away from the pillars (18). Singing is a person and boredom can be difficult to compete (19), then my thin body how dare *** sadness competition (20)? My heart is full of sadness and my body is sick(21). Painted house wind light (22), Cui was increased by the cold, but also the temperature is not warmer than the morning socks cold.

[end] Sandman hope not to come, maids call should not be, incense and candle extinguished cold and quiet. Only Chang'e and people have no worldly feelings, poor us alone another (22). The moon is shining brightly through the curtains.

Problems

"Jixianbin", is the Shang Gong tune, North and South Qu have. North Qu is mostly used for the first song of the suite, the positive pattern sentence pattern for seven, five, seven, seven, four, seven, three, six, **** eight sentences; this tune for ten sentences, when for the change of pattern. To "palace words" as the theme of the poems, from the Tang Dynasty onwards; Wang Jian even has a "palace words" 100, describing the life of the courtesans. But with the form of prose song to write "palace lyrics" is not common, therefore, Zeng Rui this "Jixianbin" is very rare. The song expresses the sadness and sadness of the palace consort in autumn, and to a certain extent, it exposes the anti-humanistic reality of the feudal system. The work uses the writing method of expressing emotions and blending scenes, focusing on a typical environment in the evening of autumn, and delicately portraying the sadness and loneliness of a palace consort who is cold and lonely. The language is elegant and condensed, with high artistic value.

Notes

① "book cloud paper" sentence - a metaphor for the geese flying in the air in zigzag formation. The phrase "writing cloud paper" refers to the geese flying in the air in the shape of characters. Geese word, referring to the geese flying in the air in the shape of a "one" or "human".

② willow brush the moon - in the moonlight, the withered willow branches seem to brush the moon.

③ The more you do it - the more you do it.

④ Duo Ling - wind chimes.

⑤ Easy - the name of the musical card, usually ten lines, but also reduced to eight or nine lines. Luan dance mirror, Southern Song Dynasty, Fan Tai, "Luan bird poem preface": "The former king of the Symphony (jí) Binjie net (jié) Junqi of the mountains, won a luan bird. The king loved it very much, wanting its song but not to. Is decorated with gold Fan, entertained by the precious shame, the more chi, three years do not sing. His wife said: 'I heard the bird see its class and then song, why not hang a mirror to reflect? King from its words, the luan see the shape of the sense of understanding, lamented sadly, sadly ringing in the sky, an excitement and extinction."

⑥ days apart from the sheep car - meaning that the emperor can not get favor. The Book of Jin - Hu Gui concubine biography, Jin Wu Di "often ride the sheep car, want their own, to the feast will be sleeping".

⑦ Fengcheng - the capital.

⑧ West Wind - autumn wind. Jade Hourglass, a beautiful name for the ancient time-telling funnel pot. Dingning, an onomatopoeic word describing the sound of water drops.

⑨ Golden Chrysanthemum Fragrance - the name of the song, the positive form of the sentence pattern of seven, seven, seven, four, five, **** five sentences.

⑩帏 - tent.

(11) nick - take; ghost nick, taken by the ghost.

(12) Vinegar gourd - the name of the song, the proper form of the sentence is three, three, seven, seven, four, seven, **** six sentences.

(13) Disease haunting - the appearance of disease entanglement.

(14) Sharp - i.e., a sharp moment, a moment, a moment.

(15) No mess - the mood is disturbed.

(16) Shenshui Xiang - that is, incense, a valuable spice. Golden Beast Tripod, a bronze tripod cast with the shape of a beast.

(17) Except - stone steps.

(18) Xiuzhu - long bamboo, here refers to brooms. Cang Pillar - originally refers to the green-colored column in front of the hall, here refers to the front of the hall instead.

(19) singing is - really is, really is. It is also known as "畅道是".

(20) "Then I" sentence - meaning how can a body as thin as mine withstand grief.

(21) Teng Teng - means very powerful.

(22) Painted house - an exquisite house with colorful paintings.

(23) Lone another - that is, lone, solitary, lonely.