He was a man of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, a semu man who guarded the spirit of his mother at the age of 73 until his death at the age of 90, and was known as "one of the ten filial sons of the early Ming Dynasty". He is a health care family, and has a long-established brand in Beijing called "Crane NianTang", and he is the founder. The poet to be introduced today is Ding Henian at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in his creative career of more than 60 years, he experienced the destruction of the country and the death of the family, the separation of his mother and wife, the loyalty and retreat of the heart, and suffered from psychological suffering, so his poems are full of sad emotions and homesickness. Let's enjoy his ten poems together, experience what the ideological realm of this mainland ethnic minority poet is, and believe that you can learn something.
He was born in the Western Regions, was a Hui, Semu people, ancestral shang from the Shang into the eunuch, four generations into the Yuan Dynasty, this is the characteristic of the Yuan Dynasty, when there were many people like Ding Henian like The Semu people were officials. Since the last word of the ancestors' names is "Ding", crane year takes Ding as the surname. His family had four brothers, three of whom were jinshi and the first, and from an early age he was deeply influenced by Confucianism. As an adult, Ding Henian turned to various places in order to escape the war and made a living by selling medicines. In his later years, he refused to drink meat, studied Buddhism, and died at the age of 90, which can be described as a high lifespan. He is one of the most famous Hui poets in the history of the mainland, and he is also outstanding among ethnic minority poets, and it is a pity that he has more than 300 surviving works, most of which have been lost.
Ding Henian is famous for his poetry, and many Han poets in the early Ming Dynasty greatly admired him, and quan Zuwang, a famous essayist of the Qing Dynasty, called him "Wenyuan Giant". He was born in the period of great turmoil at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, with dynastic changes, experiences and ideological changes, and in his poems, he can glimpse the clues of the changes in the poet's thinking caused by society. He did not serve as an official for the Yuan Dynasty, but the concept of "loyalty" is reflected in his poems. During the turbulent period at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was worried about society, and in the early Ming Dynasty, he expressed his deep thoughts about his homeland. Ding Henian directly discusses social order in his poems, pointing sharply at the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty, hinting at the helplessness of the Yuan Dynasty's demise.
Because he was exiled to his hometown when he was 18 years old, wandering in various places, returning to his hometown for the first time when he was more than forty years old, coupled with the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty and the birth of a new dynasty, for this talented literati, the feelings of nostalgia for his homeland and homesickness are overflowing with words and concentrated in his poetry. Of course, the lament of not meeting is also a major theme of Ding Henian's poetry, and "not meeting" means that it is - the failure to meet a good friend, the unmet talent, and the unmet when a good time. In the face of the chaotic world, his talent has nothing to do, lamenting his fate and the difficulty of Bole, and his inner bitterness and grievances are integrated into the poem.
Ding Henian's tragic theme is full of personality, and he was influenced by Confucianism throughout his life, entering the social path through literature. However, he was born in the wrong era, frequent social wars, witnessed the departure of friends, faced his own persistence, under the tragedy of history, tragic fate and tragic history refer to each other and infiltrated, resulting in such a vast society, but can not find a position of their own, tragic life makes people pity, the heart of retreat begins to gradually rise to the heart of the poet, emotions are pinned on the mountains, this kind of poetry can make people feel the poet's sorrow.
It is worth mentioning that although Ding Henian was born in the Western Regions, he was deeply influenced by Confucianism, so his exposition of the self-pursuit of the value of perfect Confucianism in his poems can also reflect the mentality of the next part of the times. He observes his own tragedies from the perspective of a poet, and expresses his ideals of wanting to be both obedient and at ease, so that his poems will have the characteristics of being compatible with idleness. This is the unique mentality of the scholar class in the late Yuan Dynasty, and it is also a portrayal of these people's pursuit of personal value, the combination of leisure and the two tendencies of carrying the Tao, which is a special spiritual outlook under the times.
Generally speaking, Ding Henian's poems reflect social reality, are full of concern for the country and love the people, and reveal the literati's concern for the fate of society and the country. He used poetry to express his desire for peace and the people to live and work in peace and contentment, used poetry to encourage friends, used poetry to pin his hopes on his life of getting rid of poverty and destitution, and used poetry to describe the tragic life of the people under the chaos of war and wandering, full of dissatisfaction with the imperial court and homesickness. In addition, in some poems, it is recorded that while he taught the culture of the people, he cured the disease and saved people, reflecting Ding He's noble pursuit of life, which is worthy of the admiration of future generations.
Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of Ding Henian, one of the most famous ethnic minority poets in the history of the mainland, experience his unique sadness and noble pursuit of life, and understand that you will worship him.