Life goes on and on and on. It is not an empty slogan, or a useless cry, but only a slight struggle against the impermanent fate. The so-called "each flower into each eye", can attract attention, must have its own expertise. You can never sing a song that everyone can understand in your affectionate voice.
"Drinking and Looking at Peonies" [Tang] Liu Yuxi Drink before flowers today, and drink a few glasses willingly. But the flowers are sad and not open for the elderly.
This poem "Drinking to See Peonies", fully titled "Tang Lang Zhongzhai and the Princes Drink and Look at Peonies", is written by Liu Yuxi, a famous poet of Tang poetry, and written during the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang. Tang Lang's middle name is Tang Fu, and his deeds are unknown. The poet who has been repeatedly belittled, in the second year of Yamato's return to the dynasty as the main guest lang, and wrote the famous "Re-tour Xuandu Guan Absolute Sentence": "Where the Tao Daoist returns, the former Liu Lang is here again." "The poet's indomitable will is fully revealed.
In the first two sentences: "Drink before the flowers today, and be willing to drink a few cups", the poet writes straight to the point about seeing the flowers and drinking, so as to take care of the topic, so that we can quietly and slowly experience the process of his emotional accumulation. Peony blossoms, rich and compelling, more like the peak of career, flocking to the rhetoric, compliments and patting horses. Based on this, the poet was naturally interested, raised his wine glass around the peony flowers, and unconsciously drank a drunken tincture, not knowing what night it was.
Here, although the poet's "drunk cups" are explained very clearly, saying that he is "willing" and that he is not persecuted by others. However, the little eyes that revealed his grievances were still a bit of a look of wanting to cover up. As for what the reason was, the poet deliberately did not say, leaving a small suspense. Of course, this is not of much use, and even the best mystery has a moment to be solved.
The last two sentences: "But the sorrowful flowers have words, not for the old man", the poet finally unveiled the mystery and wrote the origin of his inner sorrow. All things are born, each of which carries some unknown secrets, such as giving a hundred flowers a variety of flower languages, implying the mysterious atmosphere of life. Will the wealth and glory symbolized by the peony flower still bloom today for an elderly person who has experienced vicissitudes? Actually, the answer is there.
From the moment the poet is drunk with wine, the answer is already very clear: the hero is at the end, the beauty is late, the time is not waiting, everything is empty. Perhaps, although the poet shouts loudly, "Be willing to drink a few cups", there is a strong reluctance and reluctance hidden at the bottom of his heart. It is in this state of reluctance that the poet will drink and get drunk, and will say in a skeptical tone, "But there is a word for sorrow." But, in fact, what he was worried about was the blossoming and not opening of the flower?
The poet compares the delicacy of the blooming peony flowers to the decay of the dying drinker, and the regret and sorrow presented within are particularly heavy. At this moment, when we arrive behind the words, we can understand in great detail the indescribable sorrow and loss in the poet's heart. Its lament also comes not so much from the peony flower "not for the old man" as from the poet's lament for the inexorable passage of life.
The poet uses the most simple and understandable human words to narrate the deepest emotional world belonging to human beings, which is breathtaking and admirable at the same time. The reason why man is human, and what is very different from all species, is that he has emotions. After the charm of this text itself is combined with the poet's rich artistic skills, it is really difficult to resist the deep feeling contained in it, which makes people feel both empathy and evocative.
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