In the Song Dynasty, in terms of poetry creation, there was only one literati who could influence Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, and Su Shi, who was Mei Yaochen. Before his appearance, Song Dynasty poetry was chaotic and weak, and in the emergence of Mei Yaochen, Song poetry had a new generation, just as the poet Liu Kezhuang said: Mei Yaochen was the founder of Song poetry. His poems are exciting, the aesthetics in the poems are intriguing, can reflect the profound cultural traditions of the nation, and contain the national spirit, especially the poetry of the poems, which are endlessly evocative after tasting. Today, we will appreciate the ten poems of the Northern Song Dynasty poet Mei Yaochen, experience their spiritual connotation and poetic conception, and believe that you will like it.
Mei Yaochen was born in present-day Xuanzhou, Anhui Province, and his father was relatively high-ranking and unwilling to become a career for life. When he was 13 years old, he followed his uncle's eunuchs to broaden his horizons. Also because of his uncle's relationship, Mei Yaochen became acquainted with the Northern Song Dynasty minister Qian Weiyan, who attached great importance to him and threw himself into his door, and the two became friends for a long time. Later, Mei Yaochen became acquainted with the poet Xie Chen, through whom he met Ouyang Xiu, and in the era of talent gathering, Mei Yaochen spent several years of social life, extremely dashing. In the early days of Mei Yaochen's poetry, he was deeply influenced by the Xikun school, and there are obvious traces of the Xikun school in his poems. Because of his richer experience and unique appreciation of poetry, Mei Yaochen began to come out of the Poetry of the Xikun School and open up new poetic ideas.
His life was a wandering eunuch and a lower class, with a low status, but he did not forget to worry about the country. He pays attention to the people's livelihood, criticizes the shortcomings of society, and regards the world as his responsibility, and his poems are full of responsibility for the people. Officialdom is a failure, life is poor, also because the official is small, he does not have a luxurious life, but he can have more opportunities to contact the poor people in society, and can truly feel the people's sorrow and hatred. Such personal experience has allowed Mei Yaochen to create many poems that can reflect the current situation of society, which are extremely artistic and the most praised poems.
Of course, in his 20-year career as an official eunuch, Mei Yaochen also witnessed some political events, especially the three most important things in the three imperial court political disputes. However, due to Mei Yaochen's low official position, he was not qualified to sit on the sidelines, but he always sided with the innovation and opposed the corrupt conservative faction. He does not blindly, starting from the overall situation, he presents his love-hate attitude in the form of poetry. He dared to love and hate, dared to be angry and dare to speak, and his poetry could fully reflect his upright personality, and his noble personality and sentiments made posterity stand in awe.
In addition to the three disputes over political reform, Mei Yaochen also witnessed the war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, and he wrote many poems with a sense of the times, which strongly reflected his anxiety about the country, and also lamented the frustration of asking for help. Although there was no way to serve the country, he always paid attention to the war at the border and expressed deep sorrow for the fierceness of the war. The poems of this theme were created by Mei Yaochen in his twilight years, which can reflect the poet's old age and strength. Loyalty to the country, love and pity for the warriors, compassion for the people, etc.
Among his more than 2,800 surviving poems, there are many works of traveling and singing, and the objects of communication are all very influential figures at that time, of which Ouyang Xiu is the most confidant friend. Their friendship has been experienced for more than thirty years, with hundreds of poems exchanged, some poets' sorrows, some sentimentality about his friends' nostalgia, and some worries about the current situation in the country. In addition to Ouyang Xiu, Mei Yaochen also had close contacts with Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu, and of course, there were also poetic exchanges, confiding in each other and sustenance for thoughts.
Mei Yaochen's favorite poems are more than 600 surviving poems, accounting for a quarter of the total number of poems. His depiction of the object he sings makes the object extremely personalized, and integrates his sense of life into the object, feeling the world at the time, or expressing his lofty ambitions for the country and the people. There are many kinds of his poems, some strong and strong, some weak and small, and the poems exude strong philosophical significance, which are endlessly evocative after understanding, and have a very enlightening and instructive effect. In addition, through reading Mei Yaochen's poetry, readers can feel his colorful life, and the feelings of each period, the national cultural pattern and noble character, which is the true value of Mei Yaochen's poetry.
Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of mei Yaochen, the great poet of the Song Dynasty, experience the feelings behind the poems and the noble personality of the poets, and feel the enlightening philosophy behind the poems, especially the poetry of the poetry, which is worth savoring and studying deeply.