"Sauvignon Blanc" hides the poet Lin Kui: never marrying for life, but writing about this tragic and joyful love for thousands of years

Sauvignon Blanc

Lin Kui

Wu Shanqing, Yue shanqing, green mountains on both sides of the strait to greet each other,

Who knows the parting?

Jun tears, concubine tears, Luo belt concentric knot is not completed,

The tide at the head of the river has subsided.

Lyrically through the scenery, life and death

This poem is based on "Sauvignon Blanc" as a lyric board, which is about from Li Bai's "Sauvignon Blanc" poem: "Sauvignon Blanc in Chang'an". The words are written as a farewell, with the theme of farewell to lovesickness. During the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, Zhejiang Province was part of the State of Wu and the seat of the State of Yue. Bounded by the Qiantang River, most of the northern shore belonged to the State of Wu, and the southern shore belonged to the State of Yue. Therefore, the so-called "Wushan" is the mountain on the north bank of the Qiantang River; the so-called "Yueshan" is the mountain on the south bank of the Qiantang River.

The author wrote this to show that since ancient times, the green mountains and rivers on both sides of the Qiantang River have been the places to greet relatives and friends. How many people have crossed the river and climbed Mount Wu? How many people have crossed the river and climbed over the mountain? The green mountains on both sides of the Qiantang River are eternal and evergreen, but most of the people they greet and send are separated from life and death, and it is inevitable that they will lose their souls. Some are old before they die, and some die of hatred. Who really understands the pain of parting?

Demeaning feudalism, sympathy for love

The next piece of the word is mainly an answer to the end of the upper piece. "Who knows the parting"? From the generalization of the previous film, it is implemented to the specific character image. Generally speaking, all men, women, and children who have been greeted by the green mountains on both sides of the strait know the "parting feeling." But in comparison, the most aware of parting feelings are those young boys and girls who have been hindered or destroyed in their love lives. The so-called "Jun's tears, concubines' tears, Luo Belt's concentric knots have not yet been completed." The tide at the head of the river has subsided. That is, a young woman ("concubine") bids farewell to an unmarried man ("Jun") who is in love with her by the Qiantang River.

The two of them were in love, but they were in turmoil on the ground, and they were forced to endure separation by feudal forces or other violent obstructions. The so-called "unfinished knot of the Belt" is a figurative statement that love is destroyed and cannot be married. In ancient customs, women often used a silk belt ("Luo belt") to tie a heart-shaped knot, called a "concentric knot" to give to the man as a souvenir (souvenir), indicating that they will never be separated.

The young woman in this song goes to the river to bid farewell to her lover, and it is too late to use the Belt to tie a concentric knot, the Qiantang River is already rising, the tide is level with the embankment, and the sailboat on which the man is riding is about to start the boat. Here, "the tide of the river has been flat", the meaning of the pun; the tide of the river head is not only the driving force for promoting the sailing, but also a metaphor for the violence that destroys the marriage, and the storm rises on the flat ground. The whole song, in the first person, is a tearful confession of a woman in an unhappy marriage. She thought of the green mountains on both sides of the Qiantang River since ancient times to greet her relatives and send them away, but she was the only one who really understood the pain of parting, and when she reached the next film, she directly wrote about the tragic scene of her and her lover being relatively tearful and having to be separated.

The upper film mainly writes scenes and expresses feelings through scenery; the next film mainly writes love and sets off the scenery with feelings. The upper piece writes the mountain, and there is water on the side of the mountain (Qiantang River); the lower piece writes water, and there are mountains on the water. Mountains and rivers are all infected with parting feelings.

Affectionate and graceful representation

Although Lin Kui was a single hermit, he was a poet full of feelings. He lived in seclusion on the Qiantang River for more than twenty years, and often saw young boys and girls inseparable, shedding tears to say goodbye, which could not but be reflected in his own creative practice. The idea of the word, the transition from the upper film to the next film is very natural. On the basis of the previous film "Greeting Each Other on both sides of the Strait and The Green Mountains", the author put forward "who knows the parting feelings" and transitioned to the next film, highlighting the scene where a young man and woman are destroyed by their love life and cannot but cry goodbye by the river.

The image is very clear ("Jun Tear Ying, Concubine Tear Ying"), but the technique is extremely subtle. Not only are there paintings in words, but there are plays in paintings, and there is the tragedy of a young man and woman. The form of the word is characterized by the repetition of words and sentences, which produces an artistic effect of returning and repeating, singing and sighing in rhythm. As for the greeting of qingshan and the concentricity of Luo Belt, they all use anthropomorphic techniques to transplant people's feelings into the landscape and water things, which makes people feel particularly desolate.

About the Author:

Lin Kui (967–1028), courtesy name Junfu, was later known as Mr. Hejing, Lin Hejing, han Chinese, a native of Huangxian Village, Fenghua Dali, and a famous reclusive poet of the Northern Song Dynasty. When he was young, he was diligent and studious, and he was familiar with the history of the Scriptures. The book is lonely and self-righteous, happy and idyllic, do not seek glory and profit. After growing up, he roamed the Jianghuai River, and then lived in seclusion in Hangzhou's West Lake and Jielu Lonely Mountain. He often drives a small boat around the temples of the West Lake and returns with high monks and poets. Died in the sixth year of Tiansheng (1028). His nephews Lin Zhang (ChaoShan Dafu) and Lin Bin (Yingzhou Ling) went to Hangzhou together to treat the funeral. Emperor Renzong of Song conferred the title of "Hejing".

Lin Kui lived in seclusion in the lonely mountain of the West Lake, and did not marry for life, but he liked to plant plums and raise cranes, calling himself "taking plums as his wife and cranes as his son", and was known as "plum wives and cranes".