As we all know, due to the extreme underdevelopment of transportation and communication in ancient times, it often takes years for friends and relatives to see each other once they leave. Therefore, a long-term reunion is equivalent to a great joy for the ancients. But the passage of time and the ease of aging will often cause feelings in life. Therefore, in the vast sea of classical poetry, it is not difficult for us to find many classic works that borrow a long goodbye reunion to express the feelings of life.
The "Huai Shang XiHui Liang Chuan's Former Friend" shared with you in this article is a classic poem about reuniting with a long-term farewell with an old friend. It was written by the Tang Dynasty poet Wei Yingwu and was composed by Wei Yingwu when he met a former friend of Liang Chuan (present-day Hanzhong, Shaanxi) in Huaishang (present-day Huaiyin, Jiangsu).
As mentioned earlier, "Huai Shang Xihui Liang Chuan's Former Friend" not only expresses the joy of Wei Yingwu's reunion with his old friend after a long absence, but also expresses his feelings about his life with the passage of time and the ease of old age. Let's take a closer look at Wei Yingwu's poem "Huai Shang Xihui Liang Chuan's Former Friend":
Jiang Han was once a guest, and every drunk returned.
After the clouds parted, the water flowed for ten years.
The laughter is as old as ever, and the sideburns are spotted.
He yin north returned, Huai shang to Qiu Shan.
First of all, the first link of the poem, "Jiang Han was once a guest, and every time they met drunk", Wei Yingwu wrote the joy of reuniting after a long absence through his memories of his and his former friends. That is, when we were a guest in the Jianghan area, we would drink every time we met. Although Wei Yingwu did not directly express his joy here, the "drunken return" in the memory already explained everything.
Then, the jaw link "after the clouds parted, the flow of water for ten years" is a description of the two people's farewell. What it means is that since I parted with you, I have drifted like a floating cloud, and now the years are like the flowing water for ten years. Combined with the first link, we can know that the past is beautiful, but it cannot withstand the toss of the years. Therefore, although there is a happy side to the reunion after a long absence, there is also a sad side.
The sadness of Wei Yingwu's reunion with his old friend for a long time lies in the fact that during the ten years of his absence, he did not realize his political ideals and lofty ambitions, but floated like floating clouds, successively releasing Chuzhou and Jiangzhou Assassin History, inspecting Zuo Shilangzhong, Suzhou Thorn History and other positions. Therefore, in the next neck joint "Laughter is as old as ever, Xiao Shu's sideburns have been spotted", Wei Yingwu expressed his sadness about his reunion with his former friend for a long time.
That is, today we have been reunited for a long time, although the laughter is as old as the old, but unfortunately we are all old and sparse. Although there are many things that can be written in "Ten Years of Flowing Water", I think it is not as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as an aging image. It can be said that there is no sadness and sorrow overflowing with words, and the sorrow of not saying that drifting and wandering is all in the unspoken. Finally, the tail link "He Yinbei returned, Huai Shang to Qiu Shan", should be omitted the invitation of the old friend.
In other words, you asked me why I didn't go home with you, because there was a beautiful Autumn Mountain in Huai. These two sentences can refer to Wei Yingwu's other poem "Climbing the Tower" in the understanding of "sitting tired of Huainan Shou, Qiushan Mangrove Trees", which shows that although Wei Yingwu is tired of the ups and downs of the eunuch sea, the beautiful scenery of various parts of the motherland has become one of the reasons why he is nostalgic and unwilling to return. Of course, it is not excluded that Wei Yingwu hopes to retire from success.
Looking at the "Huai Shang Xihui Liang Chuan's Old Friends", the joy and sorrow of reuniting with the old friends for a long time, as well as the passage of time and the sense of life that is easy to grow old, are actually not limited to Wei Yingwu himself, or even limited to a certain dynasty, it has universality. Taking ourselves as an example today, in the years that have passed, how many old friends have not been reunited, and how many old friends have been reunited, it is a brief joy and the sadness of the years.
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