In ancient China, emperors, in order to satisfy their personal desires and show their national strength, after political stability and national strength, always ordered the construction of a large number of standardized and grand palaces.
In addition to the "royal palace" dedicated to the emperor's handling of government affairs and rest and entertainment, successive emperors also ordered the construction of many temporary official offices or residences dedicated to the empress when he left the capital, that is, the "palace".
As one of the most powerful periods in Chinese history, the rulers of the Tang Empire built many palaces, such as Luoyang Shangyang Palace, Chang'an Huaqing Palace, and Shou'an Lianchang Palace, all of which are famous. During the Kaiyuan Tianbao years, Tang Xuanzong often rode in the palace and had fun with Yang Guifei. However, the sudden outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion awakened Tang Xuanzong's dream.
Since then, the feudal towns have been divided, the wars have continued, and the military chaos has been everywhere, and the Tang Empire has gradually entered the abyss of unrecoverable disasters. And the palatial palaces of the past have also become dilapidated and unattended. Since then, this period of history has become the subject of many literati's nostalgia for the past and the present, and it has endured for a long time. One of the most famous poems is the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's "Long Hate Song".
"Long Hate Song" has a total of 120 sentences, 840 words, and a long length, which is extremely difficult to surpass in the history of Chinese poetry. It tells the historical facts with Li Yang's love tragedy, which makes people feel a lot of emotions. Today, the Tang Dynasty Five Absolute "Palace" that the author wants to introduce is also related to this history.
Although it is only 20 words, it is full of historical vicissitudes and great changes, and its poignant beauty directly chases after "Long Hate Song". The full poem is as follows:
Liao Luo ancient palace, palace flowers lonely red.
The white-headed palace lady was there, sitting idly and saying Xuanzong.
"The Palace" is a five-piece classic by the great Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Shu, which mainly depicts the loneliness and loneliness of the Shangyang Palace of the Tang Dynasty, conveys a deep sense of historical rise and fall, and also shows the poet's sympathy for the tragic fate of the palace women. "Liao Luo ancient palace, palace flowers lonely red." The Shangyang Palace in front of the poet has undergone too many vicissitudes and changes, it seems so ancient, and it is so desolate and cold, only the clusters of bright red flowers are still opening lonely.
"The white-headed palace lady is here, sitting idly and talking about Xuanzong." Safflower, whitehead. The red flowers are still blooming, and the palace maid has a white head. The bustling and lively palace of the past was scattered, leaving only the palace women's green silk white. The claustrophobic palace girl, her heart like ashes, has nothing to do, and can only hopelessly recall the joy of the former Xuanzong's heyday.
In the last two sentences of the poem, the author is a palace girl who laments the emptiness of youth and grievances, but the meaning is not only here. The Ming Dynasty scholar Xu Zeng once commented on this poem in "Speaking of Tang Poems": "Xuanzong's old affairs came out of the mouth of the white-haired palace people, and the white-haired palace people sat in the red of the palace flowers, and the palace really could not look back." ”
Here, the poet sees the "bald palace girl" as an eyewitness to the rise and fall of ancient and modern times, and a witness to the passage of time. The rest of the people were gone, leaving only the bald-headed palace maid. Are the palace ladies talking about the Tianbao relic? Or are you lamenting how things have changed? The poet has left us a great artistic gap for us, let us think and play.
It can be said that compared with the crying and mournfulness of "Long Hate Song", this "Palace" is short and concise, with endless aftertaste and far-reaching meaning. The historical vicissitudes and great changes contained in it, said plainly from the mouths of several ordinary and special "palace people", seem to be inadvertent, but in fact, they imply the poet's great sadness, but it is even more lamentable. From this point of view, this "Palace" catches up with "Long Hate Song" in terms of poignant aesthetics.
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