"Don't worry about the road ahead, don't know yourself, who in the world doesn't know the king", this ancient poem is widely known as one of the poems that must be read in primary and secondary schools. As the saying goes, the first time you read it, you don't know the meaning of the book, and then you read it again. At that naïve age, we didn't understand what it meant to be a confidant and the pain of parting. It wasn't until we grew up that we broke away from our immature youth that we truly understood the confidant friendship that gushed out of it, and understood the parting of the poet Gao Shi and his friend Dong Da at that time.
Because of the gap of the times, we can only understand the emotions of poets from the tone of this poem, because of the influence of many subjective factors, we will inevitably ignore some of the deep friendships that remain between the verses. In fact, at that time, Gao Shi and Dong Da were in the same life situation, the same difficulties and difficulties, so they would produce this kind of sympathetic confidant friendship.
Below, Xiao Du takes you through the cracks of history and reviews the story behind this touching friendship.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the road ahead of ignorance--- a lamentable friendship</h1>
A poem "Don't Dong Da" allows us to see the talent and mind of the poet Gao Shi. However, we know very little about the other protagonist of this friendship, and we do not even have much impression of the real name of the person.
So who is this Dong Da?
"Don't Dong Da", Dong Da here is just a pseudonym, his real name is Dong Tinglan, was originally a famous musician in the Tang Dynasty, good at playing the piano. Some people may wonder how a poet with the same name as Cen Shan, and a famous musician during the Tang Dynasty, have such a bumpy friendship.
In fact, the lives of the two are very similar, they have not been prosperous all the way, smooth sailing, but have experienced the bottom of the valley, experienced many ups and downs in life, so they will feel that meeting each other is a thousand glasses of wine and confidant.
Before becoming famous, Dong Tinglan could be said to have a difficult fate, and when he was young, he did not seriously work his career, but wandered around and lived a poor life. Until he was in his fifties, he suddenly had an epiphany, began to learn poetry and piano skills, and may be gifted, and became a well-known violinist in a short period of time. Because his superb piano skills were widely praised by the people of the time, Dong Tinglan was invited by the house manager of the prime minister at that time and became his guest.
Gao Shi also met Dong Tinglan during this period and was deeply attracted by Dong Tinglan's piano skills.
Once the prime minister is in a high position, he can be his protégé, accompanied by many people's envy. Unfortunately, the weather was unpredictable, the housing manager was implicated and degraded because of some KOREAN and Chinese affairs, and Dong Tinglan, as a doorman, had to leave Chang'an and leave his friends. At that time, in order to commemorate his friend and comfort him, Gao Shi had this song that we are familiar with, "Don Dong Da".
As the poem says, "No one in the world knows the King", on the surface, it is said to Dong Da, and subconsciously it is also what Gao Shi said to himself, because at this time, Gao Shi also has a talent, but he cannot show it, and the situation he faces is consistent with Dong Da.
In the already deep friendship, and because of the same life situation, the two people's confidant feelings also gushed out.
But this friendship also seemed extremely sad with Dong Da's parting.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the same life situation of the fallen man at the end of the world--- manipulated by the wheel of the times</h1>
Gao Shi and Dong Da felt sorry for each other because of the same bumpy life experience, and posterity was also touched by their friendship, but few people realized that this phenomenon of people with lofty ideals, empty enthusiasm but no way to serve the country was very common during the Tang Dynasty.
And Gao Shi and Dong Da's betrayed talent and wantonly cut off confidant friendship are the special victims of that era, so let's explore what secrets are hidden under the appearance of the seemingly prosperous Kaiyuan prosperous world at that time.
As the world knows, under the rule of Tang Xuanzong, the politics and economy of the Tang Dynasty were also prosperous and upward, constantly developing, and creating a flashy Kaiyuan prosperous world.
However, after this, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji gradually indulged in the prosperous scene he created, and he gave up striving to be strong and strive to govern, and instead pursued spiritual entertainment and indulged in luxurious enjoyment. This directly led to the stagnation of the development of the Tang Dynasty, and some minor scourges gradually grew, becoming the scourges of that era at that time, and indirectly led to the depression of a group of people with lofty ideals.
The first thing was that the imperial court was drunk in a breath of luxury and could not extricate itself, and in order to consolidate his position and gain benefits, the ministers of the DPRK and The Chinese court excluded people with lofty ideals.
Among them, the most famous is the prime minister Li Linfu, who is said to have no long things but used to pat himself on the back and fool Xuanzong, and during his nineteen years in office, because Xuanzong did not ask about the government, the court simply became his own hall of words, and all some talented and ambitious officials were excluded by him. No official can express his displeasure under his nose. There are also fewer and fewer loyal and ambitious people in the court.
Once, Tang Xuanzong praised a poet and intended to grant him an official position, but he was stopped by Li Linfu, who also asked the poet to write a poem and resign, which showed the treachery of this person. In such an era environment, it makes sense that people with lofty ideals like Gao Shi have not been reused.
In addition, this Kaiyuan prosperity was also full of oppression of the low-level people, the imperial court officials were enjoying luxury, but the ordinary people had to endure many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. For example, in the poem "Guan Jie Mai", Bai Juyi described in detail the heavy tax pressure of the Tang Dynasty at that time.
The people had to smash pots and sell iron in order to pay taxes, which was the most realistic scene under the prosperity.
Although poets can wander away from the ordinary life of the common people and the luxurious fashion of high-ranking officials, they are full of talent and learning, but they cannot exert their fists and feet, and can only be depressed.
And this is the literati who have been delayed by the times, who were born in the prosperous world but had no opportunity for development.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > summary</h1>
The Tang Dynasty was prosperous, and its prosperous scene was yearned by countless people in the world, but after the glitz, it was full of devastation, and as early as the beginning of the grand scene, many evil roots were buried, but they were not discovered. Born in the heyday of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, "Don Dong Da" is certainly a parting poem, but behind "who in the world does not know the king" implies countless heartaches and prospects of the poet.
In the poem, Gao Shi is not only comforting Dong Da, but also comforting himself, or persuading a lonely and nameless literati like himself who is full of hope for the future. Therefore, Gao Shi was not forced to change in the torrent of the times, but instead frustrate the Vietnam War.
Looking back at the whole poem, the friendship between confidants is naturally very important, but what is more important is the poet's positive and upward,not burdened by reality. In the whole poem, we do not see the poet's frustration and helplessness, but instead hide his vision of the future under the attachment of others.
Isn't this kind of sentiment and open-mindedness worth learning from in future generations?