Author: CC
Source: One Book Per Night (ID: JYXZ89896)
The abundance of life begins with enjoying solitude.
It has been said, "All great men are lonely." ”
And Su Shi is especially so. Since Su Shi joined the office, he has not been recognized by those in power politically.
After the "Wutai Poetry Case", he was alienated by his friends and abandoned by the imperial court, and completely became a lonely and frustrated soul.
However, he lived the highest state of life in the most tragic circumstances.
These six poems written by Su Shi when he was lonely hide the best antidote to his confusion.
If you read it, you will be able to be like him, in the most difficult days, through countless frustrations and loneliness, and practice open-mindedness and calmness.
01
Loneliness is a kind of sobriety
Bu Operator, Huangzhou Dinghui Academy, a sound at noon - junior high school ancient poems
The lack of moon hangs dredging paulownia, and the initial tranquility of people is missing.
Who sees a lonely person coming and going, ethereal and lonely.
Shocked but turned back, there was hatred and no one to think.
拣尽寒枝不肯栖，寂寞沙洲冷。
—— "Fortune Operator: Huangzhou Dinghui Courtyard Residence"
Loneliness is the background color of life.
Even if he is as open-minded as Su Shi, he will experience many lonely and difficult moments.
When he was first demoted to Huangzhou, he had no place to live, so he could only temporarily live in the meditation room of Dinghui Temple.
It was silent, and the others went to bed early at night. Only Su Shi couldn't sleep.
The pain of being degraded and the abandonment of relatives and friends were like a big stone, making it difficult for Su Shi to sleep.
This night, Su Shi got up for a walk alone and suddenly saw a wild goose flying in the forest.
The geese are constantly shuttling between the cold branches, and they still do not want to perch after a thousand turns.
This couldn't help but make Su Shi think of himself.
It would rather endure the fatigue of flying back and forth than perch on a cold branch;
Isn't it precisely because I don't want to cater to the filth of officialdom that I fell into such a field?
Even if it is difficult to be lonely and difficult to relieve himself, Su Shi, like the wild goose, would rather suffer the cold silently on this sandbar than regret his choice.
It is better to be lonely than to go against your heart. It's better to have regrets than to compromise.
This was Su Shi's choice thousands of years ago, and it was also the guiding light for countless modern people.
In life, we are always in a hurry to fit in in order not to be excluded.
But being gregarious is precisely the beginning of a person's loss of self.
Only by daring to be a loner can we shine our own light and illuminate the gloomy world.
02
Loneliness is an experience
念奴娇赤壁怀古,罐子姐姐 - 来读诗
The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the characters are merry through the ages.
To the west of the base, humanity is, Zhou Lang Chibi of the Three Kingdoms.
The rocks pierced the air, the waves crashed on the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up.
The country is picturesque, and there are many heroes at one time.
Thinking about Gongjin back then, Xiao Qiao got married for the first time, and he was heroic.
Lupine scarf, talking and laughing, the canopy is gone.
The old country fugue, affectionate should laugh at me, born early.
Life is like a dream, and one is still in the moon.
- "Nian Nujiao, Chibi Nostalgia"
After Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, he was often depressed.
After coming to Chibiji and seeing the magnificent scenery of the waves crashing on the shore, the open-mindedness in his bones gradually woke up.
When Su Shi heard that this was once an ancient battlefield, he couldn't help but think of the Battle of Chibi.
Thinking back then, Zhou Yu was so high-spirited, talking and laughing, he burned the enemy's warship to ashes.
On the other hand, when he reached the age of gray hair, no one understood him politically, he did not make achievements, and he did not feel sadness.
But Su Shi is not a sad and sad Confucian, but a wise man who has broken through the humiliation of the world.
When he realized his pessimism, he immediately changed his mind and placed his personal successes and failures in the long river of history.
In the past, Zhou Yu's fame was famous all over the world, but now it has long been buried in the dust of history.
And although he has no talents, he can only drink alone with Jiang here, but what is so terrible about this experience?
After all, history never stops. No matter how lonely and difficult the current days are, all this will eventually pass.
Loneliness is a process that everyone must go through.
As the writer Yates said, "Loneliness is the inevitable darkness of life, which cannot be crossed and cannot be defeated." ”
In life, there are always one or two mountains that we need to climb alone.
Instead of cowering and avoiding, it is better to adjust your attitude towards the world, and boldly feel and experience.
Later, you will find that you can also see different scenery on those roads that a person has walked.
03
Loneliness is a kind of longing
Xijiangyue, the world is a big dream, the other side of the road
The world is a big dream, how many times is life cool?
The wind leaves have been singing in the evening. Look at the eyebrows and sideburns.
酒贱常愁客少，月明多被云妨。
Mid-Autumn Festival who shares the lonely light. Look to the north sadly.
- "Xijiang Moon: The World is a Big Dream"
Wang Wei wrote in the poem: "Being alone in a foreign land as a stranger, thinking of relatives every festival." ”
Every festival, people's lonely mood is always surprisingly connected.
Su Shi, who is far away in Huangzhou, also has a deep understanding of this.
On a lively Mid-Autumn Festival night, Su Shi could only raise a glass to the moon and miss his younger brother Su Zhe.
He longed to be able to get together with Su Zhe and tell his feelings of longing. But between them, there are thousands of mountains and rivers.
Therefore, it is difficult to achieve such a simple intention.
Thinking of this, Su Shi frowned and fell into a deeper loneliness.
I once heard a very touching sentence: The deepest loneliness in the world belongs to those who have a home and are difficult to return.
When we have nothing to do, we feel that reuniting with our families is the easiest thing to do, and as a result, we never grieve for separation.
We always think that there will be days after days, and there will always be tomorrow after tomorrow.
But time does not look back, and the old people do not meet again.
Those people you thought would never leave, things you thought would never change, can change suddenly.
In the end, no matter how much you regret and miss, it will only increase the sadness and waste the years.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" says: "Don't miss the opportunity, life is shorter than you think." ”
In a limited life, while everything is still in time, cherish the people in front of you, so that you will not be empty and regretful.
04
Loneliness is a pleasure
Linjiang Immortal Night Returns to Lingao, Hacker Martial Arts - The Little Speaker Starts Broadcasting
Drink Dongpo at night to wake up and get drunk, and return as if it were three watches.
The child's snort was thunderous.
Don't knock on the door, lean on the stick and listen to the sound of the river.
I hate this body for a long time, when will I forget the camp.
The night wind is quiet and flat.
The boat passed away, and the river and sea sent the rest of his life.
- "Linjiang Immortals, Night Returns to Lingao"
Some people say that there are two kinds of loneliness, one is incompatible with the prosperous world of 3,000, and the other is to learn to get along with yourself after experiencing joys and sorrows.
Obviously, Su Shi is the latter.
In the few years that he was demoted to Huangzhou, instead of being crushed by his depressed life, he cultivated a detached mind.
When farming, Su Shi completely put down the shelf of a scholar, like an old farmer, diligently farming;
In his spare time, he went to drink and pass the time.
Once, he drank at night in Lingao Pavilion, and when he came home after drinking, the children were already asleep, and they didn't wake up no matter how much they knocked on the door.
Su Shi was not angry, he simply stood by the river alone, quietly listening to the mighty river and watching the moon sprinkle the river.
He recalled the past years, there were no two beautiful scenes, and there were countless bitterness.
But all of this is all for naught.
Only the breeze and moon in front of you, the rivers and boats, can get rid of the troubles of the world and find inner peace.
Feng Jicai once said: "Mediocre people fill the emptiness with liveliness, and excellent people achieve themselves in loneliness." ”
The better the person, the less satisfaction will be drawn from the crowd.
In the days when no one cared, they knew how to find the poetry in their hearts;
In the moment of loneliness, they will also give life some quality that is higher than firewood, rice, oil and salt.
The abundance of life begins with enjoying solitude.
People who are obsessed with solitude live more calmly than anyone else.
05
Loneliness is a kind of looking away
Linjiang Immortal, Send Money Mu Father Song Dynasty Su Shi, Sister Jar - Come and read poetry
One other door changed the fire three times, and the end of the world stepped on the red dust.
Still smiling as spring warmth.
There is no wave of the real ancient well, and there is a festival of autumn yun.
The melancholy lonely sail was sent overnight, sending off the light moon and clouds.
Don't use your eyebrows before honoring.
Life is like a reverse journey, and I am also a pedestrian.
- "Linjiang Immortal, Sending Money to Mu's Father"
In this life, what people are most afraid of is that the end of the world is far away, and it will be difficult to see each other again.
When Su Shi and Qian Mu's father separated, they were so full of sorrow.
They met in the early years of Yuanyu. At that time, the two were officials in the same dynasty, and they had similar temperaments with each other, so they introduced each other as confidants.
Later, Qian Mu's father left Beijing to serve in Yuezhou, and Su Shi wrote poems to send them. When the two are separated, it is three years.
Three years later, they were reunited in Hangzhou. Between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, there are naturally endless words.
But after this gathering, the two have to go their separate ways, and I don't know what year they got together.
In the future, I can only pay Yaoqin for everything, there are few bosom friends, and no one listens to broken strings.
Thinking of this, both of them frowned, and the loneliness and helplessness of being separated from their best friends instantly shrouded the hearts of both parties.
Su Shi picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all.
Immediately, he patted Qian Mu's father on the shoulder and said heroically, we are all passers-by in life, so why bother with the gathering and dispersion in front of us.
No matter how strong the love is, there will be a day when it fades, and no matter how good the relationship is, there will be a day when it will be separated.
As Jia Zhangke wrote in "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers":
Some people can only walk with you for a while, and sooner or later they will have to separate. After this journey, you will meet new people and new lives.
Never be afraid of the separation of a relationship, and don't be afraid of the loneliness that comes with the separation of friends.
You know, some people, just by meeting them, is already very lucky.
Those friends who are willing to accompany us on a journey, when together, cherish it.
When they are separated, they say goodbye in style, and then they cherish each other.
06
Loneliness is a kind of precipitation
Self-titled Portrait of Jinshan Song Dynasty Su Shi, Sister Jar - Come and read poetry
The heart is like a gray wood, and the body is like an untied boat.
问汝平生功业，黄州惠州儋州。
——《Image of Ji题金山》
Jiang Xun wrote in "Six Lectures on Loneliness": "Loneliness is a kind of precipitation, and the thinking after the precipitation of loneliness is Qingming. ”
Su Shi is a person who has precipitated and grown up in loneliness.
In 1101 AD, Su Shi wrote this poem "Self-titled Portrait of Jinshan" in his old age, illness and loneliness.
Through this poem, we can't see Su Shi's open-mindedness of "a cloud of smoke and rain for his life", nor can we see his "one statue is still in the river and the moon".
After the vicissitudes of life, Su Shi's life seems to be only lonely.
Recalling that his ambitions in this life were unpaid and he was adrift for half a life, Su Shi himself felt miserable.
But he disdained to sink in sorrow.
When talking about his achievements in this life, Su Shi replied calmly: "Huangzhou, Huizhou, Danzhou."
In Huangzhou, he encountered a career waterloo and experienced the darkest moment of his life;
In Huizhou, the miasma was raging and there were swarms of poisonous insects, which almost killed him;
There is also the desert island of Danzhou, which is "no meat, no medicine, no room, and no friends".
These three degraded places, one is more remote than the other, and it should be a sad place that Su Shi avoided, but he saw it very clearly.
Su Shi's loneliness is very profound, and his profundity stems from his continuous growth in adversity.
It is precisely because of the existential danger that he feels that every journey in life is precious;
It is precisely because of the dissolution of spiritual hardship that he can precipitate in loneliness and achieve true selfless growth.
Loneliness is also a necessary practice in life.
After surviving all the dark and helpless times, our lives will be abundant and dignified.
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Someone on Zhihu asked: What is loneliness?
The most incisive answer is:
In the Chinese literal interpretation, solitary is the king, and solitary is unique. The so-called kings all grew up in loneliness.
Su Shi is the king who grew up in loneliness.
He was determined to learn from the example and slander and benefit the people, but he was repeatedly suppressed, and he was an official for 40 years in his life, and he was demoted for 33 years.
He once sincerely believed that "no one in the world is not a good person", but he was seriously injured by the villain and betrayed by his friends.
Su Shi's loneliness was the tragedy of that era.
But Su Shi stuck to his heart and lived his chic life in a desperate situation that no one understood.
Loneliness is preceded by confusion, and after loneliness is growth.
Endure the loneliness of life with Su Shi and keep the flowers of life blooming.