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Liu Yuxi: Two Bamboo Branches (Part 1)
Bamboo branch word two (one) (Tang) Liu Yuxi
Yang Liu Qing QingJiang level, smell the Lang River on the song.
The sun rises in the east and the rains in the west, and the road is clear but sunny.
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Liu Yuxi is known as "Shihao", but this small poem written by Liu Yuxi is affectionate and has nothing to do with arrogance, and he can really be described as a wide range of subjects and omnipotent in his creation.
"Bamboo Branch Words" originated from Sichuan folk songs, folk song style has always been fresh and popular, vivid and lively, Liu Yuxi especially liked this folk song when he was an official in Sichuan, and wrote a number of "Bamboo Branch Words".
Let's see where this "Bamboo Branch Word" is good.
The first sentence of the poem writes the scene, the scenery is the river scenery seen in the eyes of the girl, the level of the Yangliu Qingjiang River, a faction of wind and sunshine, and the years are quiet.
Suddenly, a burst of singing shattered the calm in front of him. The song came from the river, and the girl immediately heard that the person singing was her lover.
The song broke the tranquility of the four times, and also touched the girl's mind.
The next two sentences, "The sun rises in the east and it rains in the west, and the road is clear but sunny", we seem to see this girl flying red cheeks, looking down to think. What was she thinking?
It turned out that she had long liked this singing boy, but the young man had never shown his attitude towards her, but just now he heard some affection in his singing.
Alas, this man's mind is really like the rainy weather, do you say that he has affection for me or not?
Here, "the Tao is clear but there is a clear" uses a pun on rhetoric, with "sunny" meaning "affection", implicit and not revealing, but also appropriate and natural.
The whole poem vividly shows the undulating and rich inner activity of a young girl after hearing her lover's song in spring.
The girl is shy and nervous, the boy is uncertain, let us also worry for them: is this sentient or ruthless?
Because of their little thought, because of our little concern, this poem has been recited for thousands of years as if it had a soul. The last two sentences have always been loved by the world and have been quoted countless times.
Liu Yuxi
Liu Yuxi (772–842), courtesy name Mengde, was a native of Luoyang, Henan, a scholar and philosopher of the Tang Dynasty, known as "Shihao". The poems are excellent, covering a wide range of subjects, and there are three philosophical works "Heavenly Theory". Died in Luoyang.
Al reverie
The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of song and dance, do you know what the most famous dance music of the Tang Dynasty was?
It should be the "Neon Dress Feather Song", which is the court music and dance of the Tang Dynasty, and is said to have been composed by Tang Xuanzong Deng Luoyang Sanxiangyi and Wangnu Jixianshan.
This song is a masterpiece of Tang Dynasty songs and dances, and it has been famous for a while, and there are wonderful descriptions in the poems left by countless literati and scholars, but unfortunately it has now been lost.
About the Author
Yan Huile
Founder of Lixue Educational Institution and senior book practitioner.
Love to read, love movies, love to draw, immerse yourself in the fun of audiovisual and try to share them.
Its style is vivid and interesting, with profound philosophies in a witty language.
He has published "The Great Adventure of Crossing Hidden in idioms".