There is a saying in the literary world called: "Wen must be Qin and Han, poetry must be prosperous Tang", the Tang Dynasty was a period of poetry development in Chinese history to the peak, and a large number of brilliant poets emerged. However, there were many talented poets in the Tang Dynasty, but there were very few poets who really had "wind bones", and Li Zhi was definitely a female poet with wind bones. As a female Taoist monk, she once wrote the most fleshy poem, which perfectly expressed the pain of male and female lovesickness.
Li Ye, also spelled Jilan, was born during the kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (730 AD). The family lived in Wucheng, Zhejiang (present-day Wuxing, Zhejiang). He was handsome since childhood, and he was very clever and clever, especially in the talent for poetry creation, which was also very rare among the young geniuses of the entire Tang Dynasty.
When Luo Bingwang was 7 years old, he wrote the "Wing Goose" that has been sung for a thousand years, but if he compares with Li Zhi, it is a small witch. When Li Zhi was only six years old, he wrote the "Wing Rose" that was passed down for a while: "The time has not been erected, and the mood is chaotic. I have seen the clouds scattered, and I have even more thoughts of the wood withering glory. "It can be seen that the wording is much more subtle.
After Li Zhi's father read Li Zhi's poem, he felt that Li Zhi's poem revealed an ominous omen, which was written by a 6-year-old child, and it was clearly an expression of the sifu mood of a woman to be married, and Li Zhi's father was afraid that his daughter would become a woman out of control in the future and corrupt the lintel of the family, so when Li Zhi was eleven years old, he sent him to a Taoist monk.
Although Li Zhi's "identity" has changed greatly, she still has a dashing life, and the well-known writers Lu Yu and Shi Jiaoran are her good friends. Although he faced the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha all day, he never reborn romantically at that time, and his poetry and songs were endowed with ease.
The Biography of Tang Caizi records Li Zhi's life in the Taoist Temple: "Beautiful posture, scattered look, concentrated on Han Mo, good at playing the piano, especially gong ge law." At that time, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was very open, and the stories of famous women such as Wu Zetian, Yang Guifei, Princess Taiping, Princess Yuzhen and so on had long become the talk of people after tea and dinner.
And Li Zhi naturally yearns for their lives, so although she lives in the Taoist Temple, she has had emotional involvement with Zhu Fang, Han Yun, Yan Bojun, Xiao Shuzi and other talents, and is also a close friend of Tea Saint Lu Yu.
People are not surprised by the love and affection contained in her poems, but one of her poems is so fleshy that people can't believe that it was written by a female Taoist monk.
"Lovesickness" Li Ye
The humane sea is deep, not half as deep as acacia.
The sea still has an end, and the acacia is not far away.
Carry the piano to the tall building, the building is full of moonlight.
Playing acacia, the strings are broken for a while.
The meaning of this poem is: People often say that the sea is not deep, but it is not half of my lovesickness. The sea is vast and boundless, but my acacia is boundless. I took the piano up to the tall building to play, and the moon was perfect and I was in the tall building. After playing a prime song, the melancholy intestines of acacia were also broken.
It can be said that Li Zhi's "Lovesickness" fully expresses the pain of lovesickness between men and women, and the artistic conception is long and touching. Sweeping away the shyness of female writers in ancient times, boldly expressing their true feelings in their hearts is rare in the open and inclusive Tang Dynasty, not to mention that the author of this poem is also a female Taoist who is bound by traditional concepts.