Green ant new wine, red clay small stove.
Late to the day want snow, can you drink a cup of nothing?
—— Bai Juyi, "Ask Liu Nineteen"
Unlike mainland traditional drinking poems. The traditional poems of the mainland, as long as they mention wine, are full of sorrow, otherwise they are passionate and full of agitated feelings. Bai Juyi's poem can be said to be ingenious, it has written a new meaning for him to write wine, it has become a medium of communication between friends, and even in the wine, there is a tacit understanding between friends.
At the beginning, "Ask Liu Nineteen" is a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi. Bai Juyi's small poem, only 20 words, is shallow and deep, and the paper is short and long. The poem basically says that at dusk on a winter day when it was about to snow, Bai Juyi wrote a poem inviting friends to come and drink wine and share heartfelt thoughts. The beauty of this poem lies in the artistic conception, because the poet has created a warm time and space scene for us, and also left an endless beautiful imagination space for the reader.
Liu Nineteen in the title is one of the poet's confidants. Bai Juyi has mentioned him in many poems, such as "Only Gong Songyang Liu Virgin, Go Gambling Wine until Dawn" in "Liu Nineteen Same House", the relationship between the two can be seen.
As for whether Liu Nineteen will come to the appointment after receiving the poem, the poet did not say it, which is left for the reader to slowly taste from the implicit poetic atmosphere.
It is precisely because of this implicit artistic conception that this small poem of only 20 words is still like an old wine in our reading today, which is timeless and still full of warmth. Therefore, "words are endless and meaning is infinite", the beauty of implicit implications, the artistic conception of Yugan, and the eternal poetry are precisely the experience of beauty that this poem brings us, and this experience is how to get a beautiful word.
Bai Juyi's poem is extremely infectious, and this appeal is not only reflected in the artistic conception of fine wine, small stove, snow night, and drinking, but also the deep affection of "wine is less than a thousand glasses of confidant", all of which give people unlimited imagination and the kind of comfort and warmth after reading.
Walk into Bai Juyi's small poem together, taste the aesthetic poetry of this old wine together, and feel the emotional expression implicitly contained in the poem.
What kind of scene does the poem depict? And look at the first two sentences of the opening chapter "green ant new wine, red clay small stove", the original poet recently had to idle, the newly brewed green ant wine freshly baked, because it has not been filtered, the wine surface floated up a layer of wine residue, the color is slightly green, shaped like an ant, so it is called "green ant".
The poet is preparing warm wine in the house at this moment, and the small mud tire stove in the house is charcoal that has been fully burned, which can really be described as pure fire; the crackling sound of charcoal when burning adds a moving pyrotechnic atmosphere to this warm room.
The first two sentences of green ant wine, small fire mud, form a sharp color contrast, green and red color matching is both chic and no sense of violation. Green is so raw and fresh; red is so lively and warm.
The green ant wine is newly brewed, the small stove is red, and the charcoal burning in the stove occasionally hears the sound of charcoal bursting open, adding a touch of warmth to the cold winter days. A "green" word will show the color of the hops, giving people a visual impact, there is no doubt that there is an urge to drink; "red" is a very color infectious word, in this cold winter day, this warm color of the word can give people a warm feeling.
The fragrance of green ant wine, the warmth of the small stove, and the sound of charcoal have mobilized the reader's multiple feelings, making the picture sense of these two sentences come to the fore, and the poet's tone is also very infectious, which makes people feel immersed in the scene.
The last two sentences "late to the day to snow, can drink a cup of nothing", the winter day is getting late, the cold intention to attack people, the sky is gloomy, this is a sign of snow, the outside of the house is cold, but the interior is a different scene, the outside of the house is really ice and fire two heavens. The poet's newly brewed green ant wine is completed, and it is time to taste it at the beginning of the altar. Sharing wine with friends, talking about the night around the stove, and talking about the heart of the heart is the most beautiful thing.
At the thought of this, the poet could not help but be excited, who will come? The poet thought of his friend Liu Nineteen, so Bai Juyi thought of a good way to invite Liu Nineteen to come, that is, to write a small poem, and after the poem was completed, he quickly asked people to take the poem to Liu Nineteen's residence.
Originally, in the poem, Bai Juyi asked his friend very euphemistically: On the night of the cold winter moon, when the wind and snow are coming, can you drink a glass of wine? "Can drink a cup of nothing", the meaning of euphemism, implicit implication, full of sincere desire for friendship. The poet's inquiry method was very clever, he did not directly ask Liu Nineteen if he could come, but said that he had prepared fine wine, and then asked Liu Nineteen if he would come.
This difference in time and sequence reflects Bai Juyi's understanding of his old friends, knowing that Liu Nineteen will come after receiving the poem, and the warm and elegant friendship is reflected in the subtleties.
Reading this, we suddenly realized that the aroma of the wine and the warmth of the stove were all meant to induce friends to come and drink. What's more, at this moment, it is the day of snow, and the more eager to drink to drive away the cold. The poet took it step by step, and it is not difficult to imagine that after receiving this small poem, Liu Nineteen would definitely go to the appointment to drink together immediately.
It can be imagined that when Liu Nineteen received Bai Juyi's invitation poem, he would definitely be touched by Bai Juyi's sincere friendship, and he would definitely come to the appointment, drink wine together, and share his heartfelt feelings. Bai Juyi uses the pen and ink of knowing each other's hearts to express friendship, embellishing this beautiful scenery in the journey of life.
The last two sentences of the poem show the optimism, openness and contentment of Bai Juyi's life. Contentment is an attitude towards life. There is wine, there is a stove, there is a friend is enough, this is the double contentment of the spiritual level on the material level. The snow falls quietly outside the window, the spring in the house is thick, and life is full of vitality at this moment, emitting a soft and beautiful melody.
The sincere friendship between friends embodied in the poems has always been praised. Their friendship is like a glass of wine that is cherished by time, infiltrated by time, and fermented by time, and the longer it goes, the more mellow it becomes. Their friendship is like a warm and bright light that illuminates the past, the present, and the future.
Bai Juyi's small poem is written with great interest, containing a strong breath of life, the language is magical in the plain, full of the poet's deep affection for friends, this kind of friend please like a pot of old wine, emitting mellow aroma, intoxicating.
Bai Juyi's "Ask Liu Nineteen" is a well-known and popular friendship poem, the strong friendship in the poem that resides in a glass of wine, and the implicit beauty of the poem itself, "words are exhausted and meaningless", will show more and more unique artistic charm with the passage of time.