There are many things that can be born in life, but more things need to go through all kinds of hardships to get. Those who achieve great things are often open-minded and forward-thinking, and at the same time know how to be patient and persistent. Once the heart is filled with all kinds of desires and distractions, it is bound to be difficult to pick up and put down.
Zen Buddhism tells people that the world is full of pain and trouble, and only by adapting to one's own circumstances and being quiet and indifferent can one not be troubled by attachment. In fact, everything in the world is a transfiguration, when the heart is pure and the heart is like water, a round of bright moon can appear in the mind, so you can feel the clarity and tranquility, as if the sky is clear. The following is an introduction to a Zen poem of the Song Dynasty, a simple word, but full of Zen principles.
Farewell
Song Dynasty: He An
Thousands of miles of waves are a leaf boat, and the autumn wind is like an arrow moon like a hook.
There is no need to ask more about the things on the way, and it is better to live three times.
The author is a fallen talent of the Song Dynasty, who has repeatedly tried and failed, and has to wander around in order to make a living, often lacking food and clothing. Once the poet met him in his hometown, he was very excited, and they talked to each other for a long time, but finally had to break up. Although the mood of sending a guest from a foreign land is very sad, the poet endures grief and comforts the other party not to be too depressed.
On autumn nights, the wind is cold and the rivers are cold, but the poet wants to bid farewell to his friends at this time, and the first sentence shows a broad artistic conception, "a leaf boat in the waves of thousands of miles". Above the waves, where the water and sky are connected, there is a floating flat boat, looming between the clouds and the sky. It immediately reminds people of Li Bai's famous sentence, "The lone sail is far away and the blue sky is exhausted", and the artistic conception in it is very similar.
The poet thinks about the scene of his friend leaving, and he stands silently on the shore, watching his friend go away, clinging to his feelings, and self-evident. The second sentence expresses the poet's feelings, "The autumn wind is like an arrow and the moon is like a hook." It was hard to say something intimate, but in the blink of an eye, they were about to break up, and the autumn wind shot like a flying arrow. The crescent moon that has just risen in the sky also sets off the author's feelings of loss. The autumn wind is cold, and the leaves are flying, which symbolizes that life is floating everywhere.
"The moon is like a hook", which is a symbol of lack and loneliness, and it is exactly opposite to the full moon. Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, once had the scene of "going up to the West Building without words, and the moon is like a hook", which was used to pin the kind of parting that was constantly cut and rationalized.
Although the author is uncomfortable in his heart, he is reluctant to say more words such as Ding-Da cherish, and the last two sentences are to encourage friends, "Don't ask more about things on the way, even if you live three ba even if you rest." "No matter how difficult the road ahead is, as long as you cross the dangerous shoals of Sanba, you can rest assured."
Although the poet pays lip service to "no need to ask more questions", in fact, he must be calculating the date in his heart. The word "no need" conveys a generous and cheerful pride, and it is also an encouragement to friends.
This farewell poem is simple in language, true in emotion, and contains profound truths. Whether it is the pursuit of dreams or the search for truth, it is very difficult, like a leaf boat floating in the waves, not only dazed, but also to endure the test of drifting and loneliness.
Only by crossing the sandals of Samba can we reach the realm of freedom. The "Three Bars" symbolize the other side of all kinds of difficulties and happiness, and when you are freed from the troubles of the world and cultivate the right results, you become detached.
The Zen enlightenment is also the same truth, the usual cultivation process is like driving a flat boat on the ocean with huge wind and waves, there is a danger of overturning at any time, only by concentrating on energy and overcoming fear can we get out of the predicament. The whole poem does not show the traces of Zen scholars, but it contains deep Zen principles, and it is worthy of being a masterpiece.