Selected Poems of Wu Weiye is a selected anthology of poems by Ye Junyuan, which was released in 2000. As we all know, the most prosperous era of poetry is the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Meng Haoran, Wang Wei, etc., are famous poets, with a high reputation in history, to this day, their poetry works are still hot, becoming classic works for all ages.
Although the Tang poetry and Song Ci have great fame, but other dynasties also have some talented poets, they wrote a large number of works in their lives, but posterity knows very little, in order to make up for this regret, Ye Junyuan selected the works of Wu Weiye and other poets in the Ming Dynasty into the "Selected Poems of Wu Weiye", so that readers can appreciate the poetry of the Tang Dynasty at the same time, but also understand the masterpieces of other dynasties.
In "Selected Poems of Wu Weiye", there are a large number of Wu Weiye's poetry works, such as "Yuanyuanqu", "Meeting Old Friends", "Reading History Miscellaneous Feelings", etc. Wu Weiye's poets are mostly nostalgic works, which is related to his life experience and the background of the times. In the poem "Feeling Across the Wu River", Wu Weiye wrote: Sunset Songling Road, the dike chief wants to embrace the city; Tapan Lake is moving, and the bridge leads to the moon; Shi Jingren fled, and Jiang Kuanke avoided soldiers; Twenty years of old and scattered, the wine sighed and floated. Through poetic narrative, Wu Weiye first used a large number of images to set off a lonely and lifeless and ruined scene, and then expressed his feelings by taking a step. In the poem, it can be seen that Wu Weiye is sad, but he is powerless to reverse the situation.
"Selected Poems of Wu Weiye" collects poetry works from the Ming and Qing dynasties, so that future generations can interpret the development process and formal embodiment of Ming and Qing poetry on this basis, and read the magnificent works of Ming and Qing poets.
Wu Weiye's Taicheng
Wu Weiye is a famous world in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, enjoying a high reputation in the history of poetry, he is good at writing seven-word poems, and to be narrated, posterity will be his poetic form called "plum village body", his representative works have many, such as "Yuanyuanqu", "Ancient Meaning", "Taicheng" and so on, are his famous poems.
"The victory of the year was a hundred battles, and the descendants were easy to lose the divine state." Jin Chuanshi is still at home, and Yushu Song is still resentful. Xu Deng Gongxun who is the first? Fang Huang's skeleton is always desolate. Poor Qin Huaiyue, who once lowered the stone. This poem is the full text of "Taicheng", by Wu Weiye. Most of Wu Weiye's works are nostalgic and nostalgic, and in the poems, the hatred of the subjugation of the country is revealed, and this poem is no exception. When appreciating this poem, I have to mention the background of Wu Weiye's life.
Wu Weiye was a famous poet and writer at the end of the Ming Dynasty, who passed the imperial examination to enter the DPRK as an official, in the Ming court, Wu Weiye was framed by officials of the same dynasty, as a Jiangnan poet, he was dissatisfied with the slanderous remarks, so he wrote a letter to passionately say his heartfelt words, and both the government and the public admired Wu Weiye's courage and boldness. Subsequently, Wu Weiye was highly valued by the Chongzhen Emperor and presided over the township examination in the Huguang area, and he sent a group of talented people to the Ming court. Later, Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself, Wu Weiye watched the country wither and wrote this "Taicheng" to express his sense of subjugation, he mourned the years of the Ming Dynasty, and sighed where the road of hope was. Under the siege of reality and ideals, Wu Weiye wrote this poem to express his sense of pity.
Wu Weiye round round
Wu Weiye was a famous literary scholar in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and "Yuanyuanqu" is one of his masterpieces and enjoys a high reputation. Wu Weiye told the story of Chen Yuanyuan's life in the form of poetry genres, and accused Wu Sangui of being angry and rushing to the crown as a red face, which eventually led to the situation of the Qing army entering the customs.
In "Yuanyuan Qu", Wu Weiye stated Chen Yuanyuan's life in short sentences. Chen Yuanyuan was very beautiful, one of the famous Qin Huai Eight Yans, who was sold by his relatives into the pear garden as a prostitute in the early years. Chen Yuanyuan is not only beautiful, but also good at singing and dancing, and she received countless applause from her first appearance, and Chen Yuanyuan became famous.
Later, Chen Yuanyuan entered Beijing and became a singer in Tian Hongyu's family. At that time, Tian Hongyu gradually lost his power in the middle of the dynasty because of the death of Guifei, and he wanted to take the opportunity to rely on Wu Sangui, so he arranged for Chen Yuanyuan to sing and dance for Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui was attracted by Chen Yuanyuan's melodious voice and beauty, and after Tian Hongyu found out, he planned to give Chen Yuanyuan to Wu Sangui, who had already prepared a generous dowry to marry Chen Yuanyuan. Just at this time, Li Zicheng, the king of the invasion, invaded the city of Beijing, Liu Zongmin took the opportunity to abduct Chen Yuanyuan, Wu Sangui knew about it, was very angry, originally wanted to defect to the peasant army Of Wu Sangui, and then changed his mind and defected to the Qing army. Under the attack of Li Zicheng's army and Wu Sangui, Emperor Canghuang fled from Beijing, and Wu Sangui also found Chen Yuanyuan in the fires of war, and the two were reunited.
Wu Weiye used catchy language to tell Chen Yuanyuan's life experience, and in these simple and unpretentious languages, he wrote Chen Yuanyuan's life experience, and the love story of her and Wu Sangui in the chaotic world. At the same time, through the description and portrayal of language, Wu Weiye criticized Wu Sangui's act of attracting the Qing army to the customs from the side.
Bian Yujing was a qinggao, good at chanting poetry, and had a great reputation in the Qinhuai area. At a fortuitous banquet, Bian Yujing met the poet Wu Weiye. Wu Weiye has also heard of Bian Yujing's fame for a long time, and today when he saw the beauty's appearance and conversation, Wu Weiye secretly liked Bian Yujing. During the wine table, Bian Yujing, who borrowed wine to help entertain, recited a poem, which happened to get a response from Wu Weiye. While drunk, Bian Yujing asked Wu Weiye if he would like to marry her. Wu Weiye had previously learned that Bian Yujing would be selected to be sent to the imperial palace, so he was vague. I didn't say yes, I didn't say I didn't say I didn't want Later, Bian Yujing told Wu Weiye about his admiration for him. However, Wu Weiye was afraid of offending the dignitaries because of Bian Yujing, so he did not respond to Bian Yujing.