The Song Dynasty not only produced the Song Ci, which is known as "a generation of literature", but also behind the Song Ci, there are also interesting passages of the past that have been recorded in their notes by the literati and inkers, and these notes also provide a lot of valuable information for the study of the Song Ci by later generations.
No, the Northern Song Dynasty scholar Cai Qi recorded such an interesting story in his notebook "Discussion on the Tiewei Mountain":
It is said that during the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Wen once went to a banquet at the home of a scholar-doctor, and there was a singer who loved to sing at the banquet, and he did not pay much attention to him. After several rounds of drinking, he asked who he was, and Fan Wen replied: "So-and-so is the son-in-law of 'Mountain Smearing Clouds'." Everyone knew that he was the son-in-law of the famous "Mountain Smear WeiYun Jun". So, the whole seat fell on him and looked at him with astonishment.
Who is Fan Wen's "Mountain Smear Micro Cloud Jun"? It turned out that he was none other than Qin Guan, a famous lyricist of the Northern Song Dynasty and one of the "Four Scholars of Sumen". Speaking of which, this elegant name was given to him by his teacher Su Shi, because Su Shi especially liked the term "Man Ting Fang" of Qin Guan, and "Mountain SmearIng Wei Yun" was derived from Qin Guan's "Man Ting Fang".
After Su Shi saw this poem of Qin Guan, he was also overwhelmed by Qin Guan's talent, especially the praise for the opening three sentences, so he couldn't help but say: "The mountain smears the cloud Qin Bachelor, and the dew flower reflects Liu Tuntian." In this way, Qin Guan got the elegant title of "Mountain Smearing Clouds". The Liu Tuntian in Su Shi's mouth refers to the famous Northern Song Dynasty lyricist Liu Yong, and it is not difficult to see from Su Shi's words that he compared Qin Guan's lyrics with Liu Yong, indicating that Qin Guan and Liu Yong's words were the most widely circulated and influential lyricists at that time.
The word Qin Guan was not only accepted by the famous artists of the same era, not only in the scholar's banquet, but also in the Songlou liquor store, once became a popular song at that time, which shows how popular this Qin Guan word is.
What kind of words is this "Man Ting Fang" that people are rushing to sing? Follow the small words and poems into this songwriting, the original words are as follows:
The mountains wipe the clouds, the sky even fades with grass, and the sound of the painted horns breaks the door. Pause the levy and talk about the common leader. How many old things in Penglai, empty looking back, smoke and mist. Outside the slanting sun, jackdaws are ten thousand points, and the flowing water surrounds the isolated village. Soul destroyer. At this time, the sachet is secretly dissolved, and the strip is lightly divided. He won the favor and Qinglou Bo survived. When will I see you here? On the sleeves, there are empty cry marks. At the place of injury, the high city was broken, and the lights were already dusk.
This "Man Ting Fang" is one of Qin Guan's outstanding lyrics, with superb writing and beautiful rhyme. The opening sentence "The mountains wipe the clouds, the sky even fades into the grass" is a very meaningful sentence, and it is also a good sentence that can bring people a refreshing look. After Seeing This Poem by Qin Guan, Qin Guan's good friend and one of the "Sumen Scholars" Chao Shuzhi praised it and said, "Although this language is illiterate, it is also known to be a naturally good language. ”
Qin Guan (秦觀), also spelled Too Virtual, and Zi Shaoyou, was a Jiangsu Gaoyouren, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the "Four Scholars of Sumen", and was revered as a generation of poets of the Wanyue Sect. Qin Guan's phrases are elegant and profound, with unique aesthetic significance and artistic value, he makes good use of color objects to create a color painting environment, thus depicting deep psychology and emotions.
Qin Ci is not only full of deep feelings, but also creates a unique form of picture beauty. In some of the words of Qin Guan, Qin Guan chooses words with great color appeal, thus creating a color that matches the context of the word, and the lyricist places his emotions in cold and warm tones, thus creating a unique beauty of the scene blending.
In this song "Man Ting Fang", Qin Guan's selection and capture of color can be described as a sufficient effort. This song is written about parting, and it is a parting with a woman in love, and judging from the strong emotions that overflow from the lyrics, Qin Guan's feelings for her are sincere.
In the opening three sentences, "The mountains wipe the clouds, the sky even fades with grass, and the sound of the painting horns breaks the door", the lyricist sets up a unique and beautiful opening ceremony for the word camp with all kinds of colors, far and near, and audio-visual. The word "wipe" seems to have become a pigment that can be decorated at will, and this "wipe" word is really the ingenuity of the lyricist, and the dull color and fluidity of the micro cloud at the top of the mountain are delicately portrayed at once, which attracts people's reverie and is very accurate.
The word "sticky" gives the grass a stickiness, describing the vast scenery of heaven and earth in the distance, and the pen strength has not faded. Here, the mountains, clouds, sky, and grass are all distant views, and they are the visual experience of the writer. The third sentence is that the lyricist pulls the camera back from a distance and writes about the sound of the painting angle echoing from the nearby castle tower, which is again the listening experience of the lyricist.
Carefully taste the words, the mountains wipe the clouds, not simply write the sky is high and the clouds are light, in fact, there is another layer of meaning, that is, to highlight the vast expanse of mountains and clouds. It is the same as "tianlian fading grass", which means the end of the world: a mountain is obscured by clouds, which outlines a twilight realm; a fading grass and a sky points out the bleak weather of the twilight and autumn scenery.
Although the opening few sentences do not have distinct color words, through the meaning of the words, the dull and cool colors of the twilight winter season have already left their mark on the reader's heart. If these three sentences are the opening ceremony of the wordwriting, then this also sets a dim and poignant tone for the whole word, and the emotional catharsis of the whole word is also triggered by these three sentences.
"How many old things in Penglai, empty looking back, smoke and mist." The years he had shared with her had soothed his soul so truly, but he couldn't stop her from passing. Even if she cherishes and cares for everything, her smile and her watery tenderness will gradually blur in the memory of the lyricist, becoming a passer-by who will never return to the life of the word.
"Empty looking back, smoke and mist", the lyricist can't bear to make meticulous memories and overlooks of the past, so he only reflects the sadness of the parting scene with the confused "smoke mist". The reason why the writer is afraid of recollection is because he is afraid of the soul being hurt again, right? The old times that had warmed his fragile heart had become a mist. Because he could not bear the fact that he was about to leave his lover, he could only let himself not think about it.
Once the good things become the past, they will dissipate in the long river of memory, and this dissipation process will take on different forms because each person's memory is different. In some people's memories, it will slowly decay, fade, and gradually dissolve into fragmented memories.
After the infiltration of time, these fragmented memories will be connected into a complete memory at a certain moment due to similar circumstances, and refilled into the mind, just like a stone thrown into the calm water, and the ripples of the circle will stir.
But in the memory of others, it dissipates very quickly, very quickly, even if there is a stirring of the same situation, it cannot be completely connected in the memory, which will cause a great sense of disillusionment, and sometimes even doubts about whether this thing really happened. Perhaps, as the lyricist said, it will be a state of confusion of "empty looking back and smoke and mist".
Qin Guan is a sentimental person, especially in the face of parting, which makes him sad. Parting means the end of a relationship, but although Qin Guan knows that he will not be able to retain this warmth that will eventually pass away, he still stubbornly places himself in the long sadness of this parting.
The ancients marked their own life journey with parting and inscribed their own mental journey. The parting was at hand, and Qin Guan, perhaps for the sake of his future or for the sake of fame, had to go to another place alone, and had to bear the parting again and again. Since it cannot be retained, this relationship can only be buried deep in the heart and become a lingering cloud in the memory of the lyricist.
As the saying goes, "The scenery is set for love, and the words are made for love", and the writer uses the scene of the twilight and autumn in front of him to make a note to the background of infinite regret in his heart.
So what is the scene in front of this person? And look at "outside the oblique sun, the jackdaws are ten thousand points, and the flowing water surrounds the isolated village", these three sentences can be known that Qin Guan is not suffering from broken intestines at this time.
Qin Guan used the white painting technique to grasp the typical imagery, and did not lay out anything, using only four images of the slanting sun, the jackdaw, the flowing water and the isolated village, to depict the scene of Xiao Ser and render the sad feelings. It was getting late, even the crow was going to roost, and he was still adrift outside. It is conceivable that the bitterness in the heart of the writer cannot be discharged.
"At this time, the sachet is secretly dissolved, and the belt is lightly divided." When she was separated from her lover, Qin Guan untied the sachet she was wearing and gave it to her, and she also untied luo to give it to Qin Guan. This is the return of true feelings, this is the reproduction of true feelings. They all knew in their hearts that after this parting, another meeting would become a slim thing, and after separation, there would be endless bitterness and sorrow. It is not difficult to see from the lines that for this love affair, Qin Guan is sincere and persistent.
"Won by the rumors, and the Name of Qinglou Bo Survives", this is the self-deprecation of the lyricist, and the words are full of ridicule. The Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu wrote in the poem "Sending Huai": "Ten years of a dream of Yangzhou, won the name of Qinglou Bo Xing. "Qin Guan uses Du Mu's poetry in the word.
Du Mu was an official in Hangzhou for ten years, and when he left, he recalled the past and expressed his feelings about life with verses. Qin Guan's two failed imperial examinations were the same feeling. Perhaps on this parting occasion, Qin Guan remembered the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu, because in Qin Guanyan's eyes, Du Mu was talented but trapped in his career, and it was difficult to display his talents and ambitions.
On the other hand, Qin Guan, why not be full of talent and talent? It is such a Qin Guan, but it has twice become a student of the Imperial Examination. They had similar emotional experiences, and this feeling was empathetic and sympathetic to the latter, so Qin Guan would chant such sad and downcast words.
"When will I see you here?" On the sleeves, empty cry marks", after a parting, can you still expect to reunite with your lover again? The writer asks himself, maybe everything is unknown. At this time, the writer can only cover up the inner misery and wandering with silent choking and sobbing, and can only let the tears stay on the sleeves, making him frozen in the endless misery.
The word "empty" in the words cut off all his imagination of the future. He recalls the use of the word "empty" in the past, and imagines that the future also uses the word "empty", and this "empty" word reveals the writer's attitude of determination between the past and the future. For him, the past and the future are empty, and can no longer accommodate any passion of life. The only thing that can take him in is the present. And what is being presented to him at the moment?
In Qin Guan's personality, there is a gentle and slender side, and there is also a generous and generous side. Such a complex personality makes him even if he has been entangled in endless sorrows, he can also speak boldly. His famous sentence "If the two loves are long, will they be in the twilight of the dynasty" pretend to be extravagant, and "man won, and the Thin Name of the Qinglou Survived" is a joke and a pretentious extravagance.
Qin Guan is a sentimental person, fate makes him travel, wander, sleep in the imperial examination, negative talent depression, reality for him has a deep sense of powerlessness, the writer's career is tightly grasped, but it will still flow away from the fingers.
And this accidental encounter with warmth but unable to grasp, so he can only use self-deprecation and ridicule to resolve. Even if he does not see the future, he has to embark on a journey to a distant place again, seeking a space where he can place his talents and ambitions.
The lyrics end with a faint tone of "Wounded, high city is broken, the lights are dusk". The three words "outside the oblique sun" blend the scenes and combine dynamic and static to form a desolate evening picture. The love has reached the depths, and the city where Qin Guan and his lover live together has long been out of sight. The lights of the ten thousand homes add to the loneliness of the lyricist's heart without a sense of belonging.
The city where his love story had been staged had faded away, and as night fell, thousands of lights lit up in the distance. "Lights" often mean warmth and tranquility, and also condenses the imagination and longing for happiness and tranquility of a lonely lyricist who is about to go to the end of the world.
At this time, in the twilight, he walked alone into the confused night with the belt given by his lover, and her figure finally disappeared in the dim twilight. The desolate mountain scenery and the heartfelt parting of the resentment forcibly ended this beautiful past and unforgettable encounter.
I am a small word of poetry, good words to appreciate, good works to read together. Qin Guan's "Man Ting Fang", the words are integrated with words, paintings, and feelings, the words hurt the parting feelings are soft and gentle, sad but implicit, the meaning of the words is beautiful and timeless, and the meaning of the words is long.
Qin Guan is good at capturing different aesthetic objects from the natural world, combining scenes of different colors into words, thus creating a beautiful and dreamy color painting realm, in order to send the lyricist's own a little affection, a few feelings and a piece of word heart.
Qin Guan's words are like a play, and the various characters who appear in the ink and ink jointly interpret a moving story. And this story is a story of color, picturesque. When the plot is frozen, the scene is more like a painting, which is colorful but deep, telling the joy and sadness of the lyricist all the time.