People have sorrows and joys, and the moon has clouds and sunshine. Parting is always sad, but it is an unavoidable subject in life. Because, in real life, people often leave their homes because of factors such as school and work. As a result, parting became a major theme in poetry, and the Song Dynasty poet Mei Yaochen wrote a poem "Xin Zhixi Jing Yongning" when he sent his friend Xin Shu to his post, the original text is as follows:
Prancing Horse Xiqi Ling, Jia Mo in Luoyang.
Clothes stained with cold and rain, flowers hair on the walls of the Forbidden City.
The house of the cold dove, the wide idle water is full of halls.
Send the jun sad to grow old, empty memories of fishing for the catfish.
"Prancing Horse Xiqi Order, JiaQi in Luoyang", you stepped on horseback to go to Xijing Yongning to take up your post, your hometown is in Luoyang. After receiving the order to go to the post, the poet's friend Xin Shushu will gallop to Yongning, Xijing. When the poet heard the news, he rushed to say goodbye to his friends. Because of the tight time, the poet and his friends can only say goodbye in a hurry. In fact, Yongning is a county under the jurisdiction of Luoyang in Xijing, and the distance is not far, but in the poet's view, the friend left Luoyang to go to Yongning to take up his post, which is tantamount to a distant parting, reflecting the deep friendship between the poet and his friend.
"Clothes stained with cold and rain, flowers hair on the forbidden city wall", your clothes are stained with raindrops from the cold food season, and flowers bloom by the walls of the old palace. The day of farewell happened to be the Cold Food Festival, and the gentle drizzle wet the clothes of the poet and his friends, adding a layer of sadness to their hearts. In the midst of sadness, the poet glimpsed a few flowers blooming beside the walls of the old palace that had been eroded by the wind and rain, and in the gentle drizzle, the old palace walls sighed with history, and the newly bloomed flowers reported the news of spring, for all this the poet and his friends did not have the heart to appreciate, they each had a heart, silent in the rain.
"Cold dove house, wide idle water full of hall", the song of the dove bird makes the house more cold; the water fills the pond, making the pond more wide and empty. No matter how much he did not give up, the poet could only watch his friend go away on horseback, and when he could no longer see his friend's back, the poet came back alone, listened to the chirping of the birds outside, and felt that the house was even colder. Looking out through the window, the poet saw a pond full of spring water and felt that the pond was wider and empty. Here, the poet uses the technique of contrast to express his sorrow and sorrow after parting.
"Sending the king to grow old in sorrow, empty memories of fishing for the catfish", I sent you away, feeling sad for the gradual aging; I can only recall in vain the experience of fishing for bream in the Yi River together. This separation made the poet realize that "life does not meet, moving like participating in business", I don't know if there will be a chance to get together in the future, not to mention that the poet is getting older, thinking of this, the poet feels more sad. After the separation, the poet still can't suppress his longing, but he can't see each other, and can only rely on recalling the scene of fishing with friends before to soothe himself, how can he not be sad?
In this "Xin Works ZhixiJing Yongning", the poet bids farewell to his friend Xin Shu to Go to Xijing Yongning, the distance from Luoyang to Yongning is not very far, but in the eyes of the poet, this time is tantamount to a distant parting, because the poet has entered his old age and does not know whether there is a chance to reunite again, so the poet can only rely on memory to soothe himself.