Question: "What is the meaning of Luo Bin wang's "Wing Cicada"?
preface
Another title of King Luo Bin's (c. 619 – c. 687 AD) "Wing Cicada in Prison" is a five-word poem written by him when he felt something in prison:
The cicadas of the Western Continent sing, and the Southern Crown guests think of invading. The shadow of the kanxuan came to groan at the white head.
It is difficult to fly heavily, and the wind is loud and easy to sink. No one believes in purity, who gives to the heart.
To understand the deep meaning of this poem, we must first know the background of its creation.
I. Preface to the poem "Cicada in Prison"
Before these five-word poems, Luo Binwang also wrote a short article as a preface to the poem, which can understand the mood at that time:
Yu Forbidden Place Forbidden Yuanxi, is the Law Hall Affairs Also, there are several ancient locust plants. Although the business can be known, with the ancient tree of Yin Zhongwen; .....
Therefore, he purified his body, and the gentleman was highly skilled; he also shed his skin and had the spiritual posture of immortal feathering. ......
The servant lost his way and was embarrassed by the emblem of the time. Not mourning and complaining, not shaking and first decaying....
The poet said that there were several ancient locust trees in the courtyard of the gongtang, and here an allusion was used: the ancient tree of Yin Zhongwen. Yin Zhongwen was a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and after the failure of Huan Xuan's rebellion, he returned to Kyoto to take up his post, and there was an ancient locust tree in front of his official hall, with loose branches and leaves. Yin Zhongwen sighed and said, "This tree is delicate, and there is no business!" He thought that the branches of the locust tree were scattered and no longer alive. The main reason was that Yin Zhongwen had a very high self-esteem, but he had no chance to take charge of state affairs. He was soon executed.
In the third year of Emperor Gaozong of Tang 's reign (678), King Luo Bin served as an attendant to the imperial history, but because he wrote to discuss political affairs and offended the powerful empress Wu Zetian, he was imprisoned.
In this short essay, Luo Binwang praised the high and pure character of the cicada, in fact, he also used the cicada to express himself, believing that he had the "high deeds of a gentleman", but "lost his way and was difficult, and was rebuffed by the emblem of the time".
Everyone knows that King Luo Bin opposed Wu Zetian's rule, but this article is written more subtly, only saying his own wrongs, and more words are hidden.
Second, what does "Cicadas in Prison" say
This poem is written about cicadas, but also about oneself, and the first sentence is sung with cicadas: the cicadas of the West Land sing. Then write yourself: Nanguan Kesi Invasion.
The third and fourth sentences, which are cross sentences, can't stand the sound of cicadas hissing in my ears: That can be a shadow, come to the white head. The white head is self-referential, this year Luo Bin Wang is already 60 years old. It is also possible to use the classic of "Bai Tou Yin", which is Zhuo Wenjun's poem to Sima Xiangru, and the ancients often compared the relationship between men and women to the relationship between kings and subjects.
Five or six sentences, writing that the survival of cicadas is arduous: it is difficult to fly with dew and heavy, and the wind is loud and easy to sink. At the same time, it is also to write your own life, it is difficult to make a career, like making your own voice is not easy.
Therefore, the tail link said: No one believes in purity, who gives to the heart. My voice can't go out, my purity is not understood, the world is big, who is the confidant?
Whether it is a poem or a poem preface, Luo Binwang compares himself to a cicada and believes that he has two characteristics:
Therefore, he purified his body, and the gentleman was highly skilled; he also shed his skin and had the spiritual posture of immortal feathering.
Alive, I am a noble person.
Dead, I am also like a cicada "molting its skin", still the spirit is long, do not lose the "fairy feathering spirit posture." “
Both this poem and the preface to the poem had a deep meaning that was not directly written, but Luo Binwang finally said it later, and went to bravely carry it out.
III. "For Xu Jingye's Discussion of Wu Shuo"
The following year (679), King Luobin was released from prison after encountering amnesty. After another year, Luo Binwang served as the county magistrate of Linhai County, so he had another title: Luo Linhai. But soon he abandoned his official position and traveled. During this period, he also wrote the "Yong Huai Poem" Ming Zhi:
The teenager is shallow and does not know how to deal with it.
A word is like a gui, and the four seas stink like an orchid.
The sword is sicun chu, and the golden hammer promises to repay Han.
Humility is in vain, and there is no reason to follow the trail.
Too much to close the mountain danger, call for years.
Forget the opportunity to be vulgar, keep the clumsy Huai'an.
Ruan Was empty and long, and Liu Kun was not happy.
Ten steps of the court, three autumn long moon regiment.
The locust is not exhausted, and the pine night is cold.
The sad tune is urgent, and the poor and drunk are wide.
Mo will lead the flowing water and play to the layman in the air.
These four sentences are worth pondering: ''The sword is thinking of Chu Chu, and the golden hammer promises to repay Han.' Ruan Was empty and long, and Liu Kun was not happy. ''
The sword is stored in Chu, and the allusion comes from Han Yuan Kang's "Yue Zhi Shu Yue Jie Wai Biography" to raise troops to rescue the country. The Golden Hammer reported to Han, from the "Chronicle of History", zhang Liang hired Lux to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, hoping to take revenge on Korea, which was not destroyed by Qin, but unfortunately, the missile-like sledgehammer got the target wrong.
Ruan, ChangXiao, was dissatisfied with Sima and his family's seizure of power in Cao Wei. Liu Kun remained in the north to fight after the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was defeated, and was later killed.
From the use of this "Yong Huai" canon, it is clear that Luo Binwang was worried about the Li clan of the Tang Dynasty.
During this period, Wu Zetian's power grew. Finally, in 684 (the first year of the reign of Emperor Sisheng), Wu Zetian deposed Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and Li Xianlin. In September of that year, Xu Jingye (also known as Li Jingye, Li Ji's grandson) raised an army against Wu Zetian in Yangzhou.
The things that Luo Bin wang did not dare to say in his poem were written in "Seeking Wu Shuo for Xu Jingye":
Pseudo-Advent Wu Clan ,........ Emperor Taizong of Xichong was a servant of the Emperor Chen, who had been dressed in a change of clothes. Late festival, filthy Spring Palace. Hidden in the privacy of the former emperor, the shadow of the backyard. The entrance is jealous, the moth's eyebrows refuse to let people; the sleeves are covered, the fox is charming, and the lord can be deceived...
Look at whose family is in the realm of today! ”
King Luo Bin could finally speak out against Wu Zetian, but unfortunately, Wu Zetian had already had full wings and soon put an end to Xu Jingye's rebellion. A few years later, Wu Zetian deposed his son Li Dan of Tang Ruizong and established himself emperor wuzhou (reigned 16 October 690 – 22 February 705), serving as the Taiping Tianzi for 15 years.
Conclusion
Looking back at Luo Binwang's "Cicadas in Prison", the poem only confesses itself, but the deep meaning does not dare to say. After Xu Jingye raised his army, he finally said his ambition:
Support Li Tang and oppose the Wu clan.
In that year, Emperor Gaozong of Tang discussed with the chancellor Shangguan Yi to abolish Wu Zetian, and as a result, after a court struggle, Shangguan Yi was designed by Wu Zetian to exterminate the clan. Luo Binwang, a small official, was imprisoned just by writing to discuss politics, so where did he dare to speak out against Wu Zetian?
After the defeat of the army, the whereabouts of King Luo Bin became a mystery for eternity. The Biography of Tang Caizi says that he became a monk and once instructed Song Zhiwen in composing poems.
Although his desire to support Li Shi was frustrated, this power has never been eliminated. 21 years later, there was the "Shenlong Coup", and Wu Zetian was forced to abdicate the throne. Emperor Zhongzong of Tang ascended the throne for the second time, and the Tang dynasty regime returned to the hands of Li.
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