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The Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous period of poetry in Chinese history, and it created the most brilliant generation of literature in the history of literature - Tang poetry! The glory of the Tang Dynasty is inseparable from the many poets of the Tang Dynasty, who are closely following the changes of the times and innovating and changing the format and genre of poetry, so that they have Tang poems that are loved by the public. It is also their creation that enables us to read those famous sentences of the people throughout the ages!
If a rough hierarchy is made for the poets of the Tang Dynasty, then from the perspective of the number of poems, artistic achievements, degree of circulation, and influence on future generations, Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Bai Juyi, Du Mu, Li Shangyin and others can be ranked first-class; while the Ten Talents of the Great Calendar, Mengjiao, Jia Dao, and others can be said to be second-rate; and some works with fewer works and unknown poetic names are almost all listed in the third-rate! Generally speaking, first- and second-rate poets have significant poetry titles, many good business cards, and have a great influence on the poetry world of later generations. And the third-rate and unpopular poets not only have a small number of poems and few people know, but also have very few famous sentences and almost no influence!
However, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a third-rate poet who was extremely special, and although his artistic achievements in poetry in his life were not high, he wrote a lot of famous sentences from ancient times. What is even more interesting is that the famous sentences handed down by this person have little influence in the poetry world, but they are passed on by word of mouth among the people and have become popular folk proverbs. This person is the late Tang Dynasty poet Luo Yin, and he came to admire a seven-sentence poem written by Luo Yin:
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bee
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Whether it is flat or mountain tip,
The infinite scenery is occupied.
After harvesting a hundred flowers into nectar,
For whom hard for whom sweet.
This sentence "After harvesting a hundred flowers into honey, for whom to work hard for whom to sweet" Presumably everyone is extremely familiar, this poem is also easy to understand, full of life, in the folk circulation, even far beyond the famous Tang Dynasty sentences. Over the millennia, it has gradually become a proverb under the word of mouth of the people, describing those who have worked hard but achieved others!
In fact, from this poem, we can see Luo Yin's poetic style: the language is popular like vernacular, the subject matter is very life-like, and it contains many philosophies of life. It is precisely because of this grounded poetry style that Luo Yin's influence on the poetry world of later generations is almost zero, but the impact on the folk is indeed huge, just like the "for whom the bee" wrote "for whom hard for whom sweet", spread widely!
This "Bee" is a poem of chants, the object of the chant is the bees seen in daily life, the first two sentences write that the bees are constantly shuttling between the flat mountains, occupying the scenery; and the last two sentences say that it is hard work to guess the flowers and make honey, and such hard work is empty to provide sweet honey for others! It looks like a bee, but it is actually a poem that criticizes social reality, using "bees" to symbolize the toiling masses, praising the hard work of laborers, and criticizing the decadent rulers for exploiting and squeezing and getting something for nothing!
In Luo Yin's pen, the image of the bee is vivid and incomparable, but the language is popular as vernacular, a sentence "After picking a hundred flowers into nectar, for whom is hard and sweet for whom" is straightforward and rich in philosophy of life, intriguing, it is no wonder that this poem has been loved by the vast number of working people for thousands of years!