The Middle Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao, who was a full 28 years younger than Jia Dao, the gap between a generation was narrowed by the similar poetic styles of the two, and the two were collectively known as "Suburban Cold Island Thin", and in the long river of brilliant Classical Chinese poetry, they emitted dazzling light together. Mengjiao's life was too bumpy, and most of them lived a poor and miserable life. His father did not hold a large official position, he was honest and incorruptible, and Mengjiao grew up in a poor family since childhood. When he grew up, he liked to write poetry, but he tried it many times, and it was not until the age of 46 that he was able to enter the shi dengdi.
One of the most famous poems in Mengjiao is "Wandering Zi Yin", which has been recited for thousands of years and has endured for a long time. Chinese familiarity with this poem is by no means inferior to the popularity of "Spring Dawn", "Quiet Night Thoughts", and "Wing Goose". He also has another famous poem, which is "After Denko". MengJiao finally entered the army at the age of 46 and the first work, because he suffered too many hardships and setbacks, he did not expect that this third exam could be titled on the gold list, and the ecstatic Mengjiao wrote this poem that was extremely crazy and swept away the shame.
After Denko
Tang Dynasty: Mengjiao
The filth of the past is not enough to boast, and the debauchery of the present is endless.
The spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and the Chang'an flowers are seen in one day.
This poem is literally read, is the poet's extremely joyful mood, but for most of his life, Mengjiao has been living in a depressed and poor life, so the poet is happy and indulgent, behind the forgetfulness, is the poet's sad and miserable thousands of feelings.
The filth of the past is not enough to boast, and the debauchery of the present is endless. Dirty, here, means a situation that was not satisfactory in the past. Not enough to boast, it is not worth mentioning. Debauchery, here, means freedom and unfettered. The once unsatisfactory is now not worth mentioning, the poet does not want to recall the past bits and pieces, today's gold list title, of course, to be arrogant.
The poet uses dirty metaphors for more than forty years of Pepsi's life, from birth to today and the first, always living in the sea of suffering, it is difficult to have something that makes him excited, today, all the bitter experience can be over, the poet finally survived to the day of the head, from then on can raise his eyebrows, the future will have a brilliant and splendid future.
The spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and the Chang'an flowers are seen in one day. The Tang Dynasty's entrance examination was unveiled in the spring, the poet in this spring warm blossoms, full of vitality, the high school gold list, it is difficult to suppress the joy of madness, the heart is so cheerful, they can't help but gallop on the horse, On the Chang'an Avenue, the spring flowers are full of flowers, thousands of purples and thousands of reds, only one day, unconsciously look at this blossoming street.
In the last two sentences, the poet expresses his pride and arrogance to the fullest. Among them, the spring breeze has both the meaning of spring breeze and spring, as well as the meaning of imperial grace and comfort to all sentient beings, and the poet feels that the time has come to show his talents and make great achievements, and such a political climate is suitable for personal development.
Mengjiao's "After Dengke", with the high school gold list and a snow before the shame, finally fulfilled the wishes of life, the poet's wanton carnival, seemingly drunk on the name, is actually a great irony of the feudal society examination, can not pass the examination will be a decadent life, the entrance examination is a bright future, if you want to do something, then "from the ancient Huashan a road", you can only desperately meet the exam, whether you are a young teenager, or known destiny. What Meng Jiao did not expect was that this small poem also left two idioms with considerable utilization for posterity, "spring breeze is proud" and "walking horses and flowers".