Since ancient times, those works that have vitality and can be passed down for a long time have distinctive characteristics: they are either full of the colors of the times, or they express the common feelings of people; Or depict the beauty of nature, or explain the philosophy of life.
A poem is like a small river, which can flow with soothing tenderness and burst out with strong strength. When people quietly recited those touching poems, their hearts seemed to be on fire.
When creating poetry, talents can often think of the future from the past, and can combine sensibility and reason, so as to cast everything with deep affection. The following shares Cui Tu's two masterpieces, which are vivid and full of reason, which one do you appreciate more?
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Late Tang · Cui Tu
The embroidered yoke does not return at night, and the young man fights for the reddest branch.
The east wind is a dusk rain, and it is time to dream of prosperity.
Cui Tu was a poet of the late Tang Dynasty who was born in the Fuchun River area. In his early years, he traveled around for his livelihood and future, roaming in Bashu, Qinlong and other places, and in his later years, he was even more destitute and became a man who never returned.
Cui Tu has experienced twists and turns in his life, and he has also witnessed many joys and sorrows in the world, so he often has endless emotions and endless sorrows in his heart. The poem depicts the unruly life of a rich boy and conveys a lament for prosperity like a dream.
Embroidered yoke incense, this refers to the beautifully decorated, fragrant carriage, here refers to the young man from a wealthy family, the life of luxury. He often does not return at night, and his footprints are all over the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, living a day of singing and singing, drunk and dreaming of death.
The three words "the reddest branch", borrowing things to write people, are extremely vivid, and they are metaphors for the beauty of the closed flowers and the moon. And those children of wealthy families are all "competing", just to get the favor of beauties.
The last two sentences express the writer's emotion, after dusk, the cold wind carries the cold rain, and suddenly destroys the flowers on the branches, as if it is just a moment, those originally delicate flowers, suddenly become filthy and mutilated. Compared with the two, there is a shocking feeling, more like a big dream, which makes people feel extremely sad and lonely.
The author uses flowers as a metaphor to warn everyone euphemistically, don't just care about the pleasure in front of you, but life has become absurd and decadent. Later generations of readers commented that the author understood and spoke thoroughly, which is worthy of being a thought-provoking masterpiece.
Pan Chu River
The family book outside the nine-fold city is far away, and the guests in Bailizhou are returned.
If you see and ask, a stable life is a long leisure.
After Tang Xizong inherited the throne, he indulged in enjoyment and ignored the government, which finally led to chaos in the world. After the Huangchao Uprising, Tang Xizong fled to Bashu for refuge, and many students had to travel thousands of miles from all over the world to Chengdu in order to participate in the scientific examination. This poem was written during the journey of detention and expresses the yearning for a leisurely life.
Bailizhou is located in Yichang, Hubei Province, which is close to the waters of the Zhijiang River, and the poet returned to his hometown by passenger boat and sent a letter from "outside the Nine Cities", hoping that his family would not have to worry too much when they learned of his situation.
However, in ancient times, the transportation was inconvenient, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, and it was difficult for the author to determine whether the family letter could reach his relatives smoothly. So when he was on the way, he must have been nervous and even extremely anxious.
"Golden Seal" refers to the princes and ministers who hold the Great Seal; "Bi Building" symbolizes the rich and noble family living in a mansion. In his letter to his family, the poet told his family that if those people asked him, he did not need to elaborate on other circumstances, but only paraphrased his original words: "A life of stability is a long leisure"!
Reading this, you may think of the famous sentence of the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Changling, "Luoyang is like asking each other, and a piece of ice is in the jade pot." Cui Tu and Wang Changling's experience is different, the former was degraded, and the latter's career was blocked, so it is not that he does not have the noble feelings of the "Seven Absolute Holy Hands", but suddenly feels tired, so he is very eager to end his turbulent wandering career and live a stable life as soon as possible.
Poets are also ordinary people, not too demanding, even the great writer Su Shi, when he encountered a predicament, he also sighed that "peace of mind is my hometown", Cui Tu's poem epilogue is exactly the same, evocative.