What is "chivalry"? The explanation in the Chinese dictionary is: A person who suppresses the strong and helps the weak, and acts bravely in the face of righteousness is called chivalry.
When I watched martial arts dramas when I was a child, I was always attracted by the chivalrous characters in the play.
I also want to be like them, with a strong martial arts, come and go freely, and are not restricted.
Or kill the rich and help the poor, or be happy to enmity and revenge, and enjoy the rivers and lakes, or live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, with the mountains and rivers as a companion, a boat, a pole and a bamboo, fishing on the Bixi, and enjoying themselves.
For example, Yang Guo in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Ling Huchong in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", Zhang Sanfeng in "Wudang", Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" and so on.
Every part, every one, is shackling a teenager's desire for freedom.
Later, when I read the poems, I realized that the poets of the Tang and Song dynasties were also attracted by chivalry.
Such as the poet immortal Li Bai: "Ten steps to kill one person, thousands of miles without leaving a line" sword shadow and sword light, "silver saddle shines on the white horse, sassy like a meteor" sassy heroic.
Such as the poem Buddha Wang Wei: "The spirit of meeting is the king's drink, and the horse is a high-rise building and a weeping willow side".
and Li Shangyin: "Forever remember the rivers and lakes to return to white hair, and want to return to heaven and earth into the flat boat" thoroughly,
and the Song Dynasty lyricist He Zhu's "young chivalry, befriending Wuduxiong." Liver and gallbladder holes, hair shrugging. In the conversation, life and death are the same. A promise is a thousand gold".
It seems that in the poet's heart, the earthly court is the rivers and lakes, even if they are burdened with the pressure of life, they can't stop their pride.
Jia Dao, who is also known as the "bitter bard", also writes about chivalry, and his poem "Swordsman" is closely connected with life and rivers and lakes.
Ten years of sharpening a sword, the frost blade has not been tried.
Who has a grievance today?
This poem was written after Jia Dao Kechang was frustrated, because he was dissatisfied with the current politics and the atmosphere of the imperial court.
Although it is an indignant poem, it is written with a heroic spirit and a great frenzy to look down on the world.
"Ten years of sharpening a sword, the frost blade has not been tried. It's about his more than ten years of hard work.
Although he was talented, he failed to serve the imperial court.
Jia Dao has a peculiar idea, he doesn't write about how he reads hard, he has no talent, and he wants to try but can't show it.
Instead, he used the identity of a sword and a swordsman to reveal it, and instantly sublimated the realm.
If you don't know the background of Jia Island's life, it is a pure swordsman poem.
"Ten years" indicates the length of time and the depth of hard work; "Frost Blade" indicates the sharpness of the sword and the high level of talent.
It can be seen that Jia Dao is quite confident in himself.
The last two sentences are about the swordsman's eagerness to practice his collar and be eager to show his skills.
Who has a grievance today?
Meaning, I'm going to pull it out today and show it to you, and if you tell me who has a grievance, I'll cut it off right away.
You see, he is completely like a chivalrous man who has just achieved great swordsmanship, desperately hoping that his martial arts will be displayed, do a great career, and be arrogant, with a feeling of being the only one in the world.
The whole poem is novel in conception, and the tone is heroic, like youth, scolding Fang Xuan, and pointing out the country as cheerful.
If there is a modern word, it is "cool".
But, then again, who wouldn't be cool if they had such a talent and skills, and that they were worth their youth?
Therefore, sometimes when reading poetry, we can first understand the author's experience and creative background, and then put these aside and only understand the artistic conception in the poem, which will have a miraculous effect.
This is what Mr. Ye Jiaying said "poetry is not immeasurable", that is, poetry is not fixed, it is dead.
As long as you understand it under reasonable logic, then it means so.
Of course, if you talk about the rivers and lakes alone, I still prefer Li Bai and Wang Wei.
An elegant, romantic, and youthful spirit, most suitable for daydreaming when you are young.
Source: WeChat public account "idle flower town"
Author: Xianhua
Editor: Jing Chen
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