Yan Hong read the Tang poems | "Gifting the Eight Virgins": It's really good, you and I are still alive

It's good that you and I are still alive

One of the most absurd statements I have heard is that Du Fu can learn and Li Bai cannot, as if Du Fu has no genius but only stupid kung fu, my God, you should try to learn.

Du Fu himself was angry when he heard the estimate (another misunderstanding was that Du Fu was a good-tempered person), but people said: "For human nature, the words are not surprising and endless", which is estimated to be the wish of all writers, but few people will say it directly like Du Fu. From this point, it can be seen that we Du Fu are very confident and very colorful.

This may be the impression left by Du Fu's neat legal poems, in fact, Du Fu's most outstanding works are also dangerous and poetic, out of the blue, which is Lu You's saying that "the article is natural, and the clever hand is even obtained."

Let's say that the beginning of his "Gift to the Eight Virgins", "Life does not meet, moving like participating in the business", there is no cause and effect, it is simply a break in the air, but I feel that this cross of words is like iron, and it is rammed into your heart at once, like a meteor landing, forming a huge impact, in ancient literary works, there are not many that can be matched.

Who has not had a similar experience, in this world, how many beloved relatives and friends, said that if they do not see, they will not see, there is no discussion, just like the stars and business stars in the sky.

The star belongs to the constellation Orion, the star belongs to the constellation Scorpio, and when the star rises, the star will fall. Using heavenly reason to witness the situation is even more resolute and unquestionable.

This separation is sometimes perceived by you, for example, in "Dream of the Red Chamber", Qingwen thought that she and Baoyu would be together forever, but under madame Wang's order, Qingwen was expelled from the Grand View Garden, and soon Xiang Yu died and was eternally separated from Baoyu Tianren, which is a naked tragedy.

But there is also a kind of separation that you are unconscious, that person seems to be there all the time, but when you look up, you find that he has disappeared into the sea of people, and there is no reason, there is no reason to go, and it is even more worrying.

Du Fu's Wei Bashi is likely to belong to the latter. The virgin, the one who lives in seclusion and does not become an official, the eighth wei, the surname Wei ranks eighth. This Wei Eight Virgins has not left a record in history, nor has he appeared again in Du Fu's works, and he and Du Fu may not have a profound friendship, but in the chaotic world, there are many dangers and rapid changes, and the word "deceased" alone is already very amiable.

It is said that this poem was written in the spring of 759, before the two years Du Fu had a very ups and downs, after the Anshi Rebellion, he followed Suzong bitterly, Suzong was greatly moved, and sealed him as a left pick-up, it can be said that it can be regarded as a memorable echo in the end, and everyone was very happy.

However, Du Fu was not a man of the times, and thought that he would be able to "make customs and customs pure again to Jun Yao Shun", and wrote to rescue the convicted Fang Zhen, angering Emperor Suzong, and in June 758 he was demoted to the rank of Huazhou Sigong to join the army. He returned to his former residence, Luhun Zhuang in Luoyang, on leave, and when he returned to Huazhou from Lu Hun Zhuang, he visited Wei Ba, who lived in seclusion in the countryside.

Why did Wei Ba wander here? Where did Du Fu get his news? It may be a series of very fortuitous chances that pushed Du Fu in front of Wei Ba.

After many years, I suddenly saw the deceased who thought that I had long been lost, and it was not difficult to imagine the shock, the magic of the fate of the shock, and the shock that each other was still alive in the chaotic world. The original ordinary days have also become unusual: "Tonight and night, this lamp candlelight", in the context of the chaotic world, this reunion has a warmth based on fear.

When the young man is strong, his sideburns are already green.

Visit the old half for the ghost, exclamation of hot midgut.

After twenty years of knowledge, he re-entered the Gentleman's Hall.

Xi Beijun was unmarried, and his children suddenly became married.

They were all once flesh-and-blood teenagers, and when they met again, their sideburns were already pale. Most of the old friends who have visited in the past few years have become ghosts, so it is a little unexpected joy to see each other still alive. In a sigh of amazement, there was an indescribable taste rolling through the chest. I never thought that after twenty years of parting, I can still walk into your house, you were still a bachelor when you left, and now your children have made the trip.

When the old people meet, it is several overlaps of time and space, which seems to be real and illusory, and is shocking and suspicious. You remember that he was always a teenager twenty years ago, but he was already the father of many children, and these children were very cute, and they were both respectful and courteous and warm to Du Fu, an uncle who came from afar.

Yi Ran respected my father and asked me where I came.

The question and answer is not over, children and daughters of the wine pulp.

Pleasant means pleasant, but more soothing. "Ask me where I came from", this sentence is even better, there is the curiosity of the family, but also the care of this uncle who has come from afar. The greeting was not over, and they went to Zhang Luo's wine syrup again.

You see, from the salute, to the greeting, to the preparation of wine and dishes, this series of behaviors is not like a flowing stream. We look at the past with Du Fu's vision, and as old friends, how pleased we are that the children of old friends are so smart, kind and capable.

The following night was perhaps one of the most beautiful nights in Tang poetry.

Yes, there are too many beautiful nights in Tang poems, such as "Last night the stars last night the wind, painting the west bank of the building Guitang East",

For example, "The night of the heavenly steps is as cool as water, lying down to see the morning glory Vega",

For example, "the tide of the Spring River is connected to the sea level, and the bright moon on the sea is born together",

For example, "extinguish the candle and pity the light, and wear the cloak to feel the dew"...

Or the encounter of "tonight and night, see this good man", or the sky is high and the earth is wide, making people forget about each other, and my heart is relaxed, but my favorite is the night when Du Fu and Wei Bashi met, in a turbulent corner, in a discrete crack, Wei Ba gave everything he had and entertained this old friend.

Night rain cut spring leeks, new cooking room yellow sorghum.

The Lord said that the meeting was difficult and exhausting in one fell swoop.

Ten is not drunk, and the feeling is deliberately long.

This treat is also cold and thin, there is no big fish and meat, let alone the world's curiosity, but it is braving the night rain to cut the leeks in the spring. It is said that there is an allusion here, guo linzong of the Eastern Han Dynasty planted his own garden, his friend Fan Kui arrived at night, and Guo Linzong braved the rain to cut leeks and make soup cakes for him.

But I always feel that Du Fu's sentence is written in the real scene, in the face of the sudden appearance of old friends, Wei Ba is too late to prepare, the family may also be very scarce, but lack also has a kind of beauty, will make people cherish everything in their hands more. For example, this fresh leek cut in the night rain, the rice mixed with yellow sorghum, which was cooked, was the most ordinary home-cooked meal, but it was fragrant and hot, which was enough to satisfy Du Fu's hungry stomach and hasty heart at this moment.

Looking back on the foods that have left you with good memories in this life, are they all unrelated to the exquisite cooking methods of expensive ingredients? The eggplant and pigeon eggs in "Dream of the Red Chamber" are not as delicious as the two pounds of beef in "Water Margin", because "Water Margin" writes about hunger and also writes about the satisfaction after hunger is eliminated. Du Fu also used ten words to write out the thousands of tastes in his heart.

What's more, the master Wei Ba said that it was too difficult to get together, and repeatedly raised a glass with courtesy, and the two drank ten cups in succession, and ten cups could not be drunk, remembering the deep friendship of the deceased.

The amount of alcohol is such a strange thing, the same person, sometimes drunk when it tastes lightly, sometimes it does not pour a thousand cups, which is related to the mood at that time. Du Fu may not be massive, but ten cups of belly, but only slightly drunk, it is his inner turmoil, dissolving the wine, you can imagine, Wei Ba and Du Fu, on that night, what kind of emotions should be, talking about the world's mountains and rivers.

This family banquet is a farewell to the wind and a farewell, not only the guards sending du Fu farewell, they are actually sending each other farewell. In ancient times, people were easy to lose contact, and the chaotic world made everything more disorderly, so at this moment, it was the past that drank wine, warming the unpredictable tomorrow.

Du Fu wrote this night so movingly that it reminded me of when I was a child, when I was ready to sleep at night, and friends of relatives or parents suddenly came to the door, and they chatted freely under the lamp, breaking the daily atmosphere, warm and a little disordered, and for no reason people were moved. Perhaps because the night door is always unusual, when it is included in the normal state of "family sitting idle and lighting", there is a kind of jagged contrast.

But the question is, how should such an emotionally charged night end? A person with great talent like Du Fu, the difficulty in writing poetry is not to fly, but to land, who can think that Du Fu will land steadily with ten words.

"Tomorrow is across the mountains, and the world is vast." All of them are under the illumination of parting, and parting is like a shadow, which makes people dare not be happy, but it is stained with all the details of the reunion, making it wrinkled and clear, and it is very moving. Therefore, this poem explicitly writes about reunion, secretly writing parting, only parting lays the bottom, and everything when they meet is more profound.

Just like life, with death laying the foundation, we can live more deeply.

Text / Yan Hong

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