Li Yu's tragedy stems mainly from his identity and situation. As the last emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he inherited the throne when the country was torn apart.
Li Yu's talent and literary attainments are extremely high, he is an outstanding lyricist, known as "the famous people in the history of words". However, his literary talent did not help him succeed in politics.
Li Yu's reign was faced with internal and external troubles. Externally, the rise of the Song Dynasty seriously threatened the living space of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Internally, Li Yu's ability to govern the country was limited, and his indecision and misuse of personnel led to many mistakes and failures.
Although Li Yu tried to establish friendly relations with the Song dynasty during his reign, his efforts did not change the fate of the Southern Tang. In the end, the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, and Li Yu himself suffered a tragic fate.
The saddest poem of Li Yu, the emperor of words through the ages, is just 45 words, and he has already written a lifetime of lamentation-
Song of the Night
Li yu
How can the sorrow and hatred of life be avoided, and what is the limit of ecstasy! The dream of the old country returns, and I feel that my tears are falling.
Who is on the high-rise building? The past is empty, and it is still like a dream.
This poem is written about the author's anguish in middle age. This kind of boredom is not only the sense of nothingness of life like a dream, but also the result of personal encounters and the turmoil of the times. Through memories of fantasy and reality, past and present, the author expresses the sorrow of his hero's loss.
The last film writes about the homeland in the dream. The beginning sentence "How can I avoid sorrow and hatred in life", a sense of confusion that has just woken up from a good dream, especially before waking up, comes to my face. When I return to my homeland in my dream, everything in my homeland is so clear in my dream, but when I wake up, all this suddenly becomes a void! "What is the limit of ecstasy", why is there only my ecstasy? This is really infinite regret! "The dream of the homeland returns, and I feel that my tears are falling", and returning to my homeland is just a dream, how can I not be sad after waking up!
The next film writes about the exclamation in front of you. "Who is in the high-rise building" means that people who are not like-minded with themselves are in the company. "Long Remember Autumn Sunny Look", here is the use of Xie Hao's poem "Chengjiang Ji Moon is clear and there is no image, Lupu cold clouds are like nothing", on the one hand, he writes his "long memory" of the Qingming autumn colors he saw before climbing high and looking into the distance, and on the other hand, it alludes to the clear situation at that time. But then he used "the past has become empty, still like a dream" to express his deep sigh: the past is like smoke, and life is like a dream.
The language of this poem is plain, the strokes are delicate, the thoughts are tortuous, and the structure is perfect. The virtual and the real reflect each other, and the meaning is coherent. It expresses feelings in a narrative style, which is intimate and moving. Throughout the poem, Li Yu expresses his feelings about life and longing for his homeland with simple language and strong feelings. Through the depiction of dreams and memories of the past, he expressed his inner pain and helplessness. This poem makes people deeply feel the inner world of Li Yu as a king of a dead country.