Today I read Li Bai's "Ascending Jinling Phoenix Terrace", the original text is as follows:
Phoenix on the Phoenix Terrace, Phoenix goes to Taikong River artesian.
Wu Palace flowers and plants buried in the path, the Jin Dynasty dressed into ancient mounds.
The three mountains are half in the blue sky, and the two waters are divided into Egret Island.
It is always because the clouds can cover the sun, and Chang'an is not worried.
I especially love the sentence "floating clouds can hide the sun".
"Floating clouds" here is a metaphor for evil villains, while "sun" is a pun, representing both the sun and the ancient emperors or courts.
The meaning of the whole sentence "floating clouds can hide the sun" is that the traitors in the court and the central government are in power, and the villain can blind the monarch's hearing and hearing, so that the virtuous people cannot be reused as they should be.
The poet used this metaphor to express his dissatisfaction with the government and his worry about the burial of virtuous people.
He was far away from the court and was not reused, so he felt infinite sorrow. This kind of expression combines the poet's emotion of hanging the past and the present on the stage with a deep historical sigh, which has strong practical significance.
In the poem, "floating clouds" are used as a metaphor for traitors in the DPRK and China, mainly due to several considerations:
First of all, from the perspective of historical background, Li Bai's era was the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, but there were also various social contradictions hidden under the prosperity.
In his later years, Xuanzong indulged in pleasure, indulged in lust, ignored the government and politics, and the power struggle between eunuchs, traitors, and border generals within the court was very fierce. In this context, traitors and villains flooded the court, and virtuous people were ostracized.
As an aspiring poet, Li Bai was deeply worried and dissatisfied with this phenomenon.
Secondly, the image of "floating clouds" itself has the characteristics of being erratic and obscuring the light, which is consistent with the behavioral characteristics of the traitorous villain.
Traitors and villains often pretend to be loyal on the surface, but in fact they secretly obstruct the advice of virtuous people and blind the monarch's hearing and hearing.
Their actions are like clouds that seem harmless, but in fact they can block out the sunlight and hinder the manifestation of truth.
In addition, the poet's use of "floating clouds" also reflects his yearning for an ideal society and his criticism of the real society.
He hoped that through his poems, he would expose the true face of the traitorous villain, awaken the vigilance of the monarch, and urge the court to reuse virtuous people to achieve the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people.
Therefore, the metaphor of "floating clouds can cover the sun" plays the role of the finishing touch in the poem, reflecting his poetic creation concept and critical spirit.
And behind this poem lies a good story.
It is said that when Li Bai visited the Yellow Crane Tower, the poem was flourishing, and when he was about to write, he suddenly saw the "Yellow Crane Tower" written by Cui Hao ("The Yellow Crane is gone, and the white clouds are empty for thousands of years. Qingchuan calendar Hanyang tree, fragrant grass and parrot island. ”）
After Li Bai read it, he secretly said in his heart that it was good, amazing, so powerful, this guy's poem is really well written! Whether it is from the scene or the emotional expression, it can be called perfect, unparalleled in the world, and it is a masterpiece of heaven and earth.
Li Bai meditated hard and thought again and again, after all, he couldn't write, and he didn't know how to write to surpass Cui Hao and live up to the name of the poet.
In the end, I could only put my pen down and did not write poetry.
It happened that there was a junior named Ding 18 next to him, so he laughed at Li Bai on the spot and said: Why don't you write poems? Li Baizui recited a limerick poem:
smashed the Yellow Crane Tower with one punch and kicked over the Parrot Island.
There is a scene in front of him, and Cui Hao's inscription poem is above.
This is probably the time when Li Bai is most aggrieved, he is full of poetry and high spirits, and wants to "punch the Yellow Crane Tower and kick the Parrot Island", and use poetry to release his talent and live happily. But he was forced to be pressed by Cui Hao's poems and couldn't move, and he couldn't write.
Do you say you are aggrieved?
Cui Hao inscribed poems, Li Bai put down his pen, and since then, the reputation of the Yellow Crane Tower has resounded throughout Kyushu, and no one knows it, and no one knows it.
Later, when he was in Jinling Phoenix Terrace, Li Bai also wrote this poem "Ascending Jinling Phoenix Terrace" in imitation of "Yellow Crane Tower"
In short, Cui Hao's inscription poem on the Yellow Crane Tower, Li Bai's good story of putting down his pen, that is, showing the high attainment of Cui Hao's poem, Li Bai has admiration for him, and also shows Li Bai's prudence and modesty, leaving us descendants with different classic poems.