Due to the particularity of ancient society, most poets have the life experience of "reading thousands of books and walking thousands of miles", so they have extremely rich life experience. Coupled with their ability to summarize experience from life encounters and find laws from objective things, philosophical poems that organically combine rationality and lyricism were born. For example, Su Shi's "Title Xi Lin Bi" "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, only because I am in this mountain", which contains profound philosophies in the ordinary content of life and natural scenery.
"Jingxi", which I share with you in this article, is a philosophical poem. It was written by the Tang Dynasty poet Du Xunhe and is a seven-sentence poem written by Du Xunhe in Jingxi, Jing County (now part of Anhui). Although this poem is only 4 short sentences, and it is not well-known as philosophical poems such as "Title Xi LinBi", it still contains a profound philosophy of life, which is thought-provoking to read. To put it simply, the poem "Jingxi" admonishes people to "think of danger in times of peace" as a simple philosophy.
《Jingxi》
Jingxi stone is a dangerous person who is cautious and does not smell overturning people all his life.
But there is no stone in the advection, and it is said that there is sinking from time to time.
First of all, one or two sentences of the poem, "Jingxi stone is dangerous and cautious, and does not hear about overturning people all year round", which means that there are places in Jingxi where the reef water flow is very fast, and people are very careful when passing by, so they will not hear the news that a ship has sunk and no one has been killed all year round. From the perspective of life content, "Jingxi Stone Danger And Caution" is a common life experience, while "not hearing about overturning people all year round" is a long-term experience of the poet. In any case, accidents in which ships "capsize" on treacherous waterways are normal.
Then, let's look at the three or four sentences of the poem, "But there is no rock in the stratosphere, and it is always said that there is a sinking", that is, instead of the slow flow of the water, there is no reef, but it is often heard that the ship has sunk. Obviously, what these two verses say is not normal, and it is reasonable to say that the water should be smooth and safe. Why, then, is there such an anomaly? In fact, it stems from our subjective attitude towards a thing. Differences in subjective attitudes directly affect the outcome of the event.
We say that sailing in dangerous waters, because we know its danger, so the attention will be highly concentrated, and we will have to concentrate on bypassing the shoals and carefully avoiding the reef, and naturally there will be no accidents. However, when sailing in calm waters, it is often because it is not dangerous, there is no vigilance, breeding paralyzing thoughts, so it is inevitable that the boat will fall and drown.
Combined with the whole poem, the subjective attitude towards the same thing is different, and the results it brings are completely different. In layman's terms, the more dangerous the place, the more careful people will be, and accidents will rarely occur; on the contrary, the safer the place, the more careless people are, but they are more likely to have problems. To take an inappropriate example, we often say that those who drown are able to swim, that is, because they cannot swim, they are naturally wary of the water, and they do not easily allow themselves to have the possibility of drowning.
Looking at Du Xunhe's "Jingxi", it mainly describes an anomaly, where there are few ships capsizing and sinking in the rapids, and there are often ships capsizing and sinking in places where the water flow is slow. Through this anomaly, we will sum up the lessons and warn the people of the world to think of danger in times of peace. Overall, the poem "Jingxi" is thought-provoking and worth reading.
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