He witnessed the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty, and also witnessed the song poetry from withering to tragic, he is the late Song poet Shu Yuexiang. In that era of foreign iron riding trampling, Shu Yuexiang created a sense of distress at the time of national crisis, and his self-confidence and pride aroused the enthusiasm of the literati and inkers at that time. His poems have survived in many generations, with the spirit of poetic history, recording many historical events and historical figures, and have obvious relics. Today, we will enjoy the ten masterpieces of Shu Yuexiang, a famous relict poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, and experience its spirit of serving the country and the people, I believe you will be touched.
It is said that Shu Yuexiang was born in a family of scholars, received a good education since childhood, and could export chapters in childhood, making adults envious. At the age of 38, Shu Yuexiang embarked on a career path, but because of his arrogance, he was not used and resigned. Due to the period of dynastic change and frequent wars, Shu Yuexiang had to be displaced, and his solid family foundation was also burned in the war. In the absence of anything to do, Shu Yuexiang dragged his old body, wandered everywhere, lived a hard life, and his life in his later years was extremely embarrassing.
As a Song Dynasty immigrant poet, Shu Yuexiang was a prolific poet at the end of the Song Dynasty and an extremely important poet at the end of the Song Dynasty. He personally witnessed the demise of the dynasty, he dared to stand up and attack reality, care for the people, and lash out at tyranny, which is absolutely rare among the poets who have left behind, showing such a lofty national integrity, from this point of view, Shu Yuexiang is definitely the leader among the poets of the late Song Dynasty. It is worth mentioning that Shu Yuexiang's poetry creation imitates Du Fu, because both of them have experienced the difficulties of the country and the people, and they will inevitably send out the pain of their homeland in the face of the situation of broken mountains and rivers and broken families. Therefore, Shu Yuexiang and Du Fu have similarities in their experiences, the former imitating the latter, reflecting national consciousness and a sense of justice.
Special periods create a special mentality of poets, and the same is true of Shu Yuexiang. When he was 58 years old, the Song Dynasty fell, he could have enjoyed the glory and wealth, but he did not bow to the magnates, did not flatter the magnates, and lived a life that was not safe at any time, and the social situation at that time either ran or surrendered, so the status quo, The upright Shu Yuexiang looked in his eyes, angry in his heart, wrote in poetry, and attacked this ugly human nature. In Shu Yuexiang's heart, the plot of the remnants is deeply rooted, he praises the officials who have not surrendered, praises their political stance, and denounces the brutality of the Yuan soldiers, the temperament is straight, blunt, full of integrity, can represent the mentality of the remnants, and has great spiritual strength.
In addition, in the stage of dynastic change, poets will also suffer twists and tribulations in their lives, because the chaotic social background makes their lives suffer, and Shu Yuexiang feels anxious because of his livelihood. In his pen, he described hunger, true and vivid; described the soaring prices and hardships of life after the war; described the decline in the quality of life after the war, and the inability to make a living; so Shu Yuexiang had a more profound experience of Tao Yuanming's realm and Du Fu's living situation, but it was in this poor living environment that Shu Yuexiang did not lose confidence, although it was difficult, but maintaining an optimistic attitude and living a leisurely and free life was also the poet's inner pursuit.
At the end of Shu Yuexiang's life, after the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty took Confucianism as an important strategy, and the imperial court's advice to the southern literati was open,And the imperial court exempted them from military service, which was indebted to the southern scribes represented by Shu Yuexiang to the imperial court. Although the above mentioned Shu Yuexiang as a relict of the people, is a resolute opposition to the atrocities of the Yuan Dynasty, but he finally found a way to fit with the Yuan Dynasty, he agreed with the Yuan Dynasty's confucian governance policy, but also praised the Yuan Dynasty Xing School, in the heart of the homeland and see the yuan Dynasty's strength and tolerance, in his poems can reflect complex emotions, both the feelings of the remnants, but also the Yuan Dynasty's practices are deeply agreed, the emotions are entangled in the heart, unable to extricate themselves.
From the perspective of poetry content, Shu Yuexiang's poems have a wide range of themes, such as chanting, writing history, inscriptions, paintings, gifts, etc., all kinds of themes are available, the emotions are mainly the thoughts of the homeland, the thoughts of the monarchs, there are also the complex mentality of Buddhism and desire, and the difficult life in his later years does not lose his will, the mentality is optimistic, and the outlook on life is free. In Shu Yuexiang's pen, there are many poems, especially for flowers, flowers are his hobby, but also his spiritual sustenance, more seriously, flowers are part of his life, the aria of different flowers, but also can explain the poet's different state of mind, worth savoring.
Current affairs poems mainly record the pain of national subjugation, deeply denounce the disasters brought by war and chaos to the people and the country, and also have the troubles of war on people's lives, this kind of poetry has a sense of reality and practical significance, and is also an important historical document, which is worthy of further study by future generations. The gift poems are sincere in emotion, and mostly express the poet's sad and angry psychology and lonely feelings. In short, Shu Yuexiang's poems have a wide range of themes, a large number, admiration for Du Fu, strong pen strength, promote the development of the poetry of the remnants, the style follows Tao Yuanming, with the characteristics of "truth and righteousness", today we will appreciate his ten poems, experience its spiritual connotation and national complex, I believe you will feel something.