Because poets have different depths of understanding of nature, life, and the universe, we who read them in later generations have different resonances. Great poets can not only feel it, but also write about it, writing about the whole power of life, the quality of life, and the true meaning of the universe. Let the reader also be inspired and find a way to achieve self-realization. Tao Yuanming's poetry can find objects suitable for conveying his feelings, such as birds, pine trees, chrysanthemums, creating a vivid artistic image, allowing us to spread the wings of imagination, through the smoke clouds of history, and still understand the independence of his innermost world, extraordinary, and outstanding.
Pine trees often symbolize chastity and pride in his poems. Chrysanthemums symbolize chastity. For example: Fangju Kai Lin Yao, Green Pine Crown Rock Column. Pregnant with this virtuous posture, Zhuo is frosted under Jie. The chrysanthemums are full of fragrance and bloom, illuminating the woods. That golden glow was really proud. The green pines stand neatly among the rocks. Thinking of their steadfastness and beautiful heroism, it is really a hero under the cold frost. It seems to admire chrysanthemums and pine trees, but in fact, in order to achieve the transcendence of the ideal and reality. Another example: under the eastern fence of picking chrysanthemums, leisurely see the South Mountain. The mountain atmosphere is good day and night, and the birds are returning. There is truth in this, to discern what has been forgotten. The leisurely and leisurely of picking chrysanthemums, looking up to see the leisurely South Mountain, looking at ease, I forget both things. Nanshan was transformed by me, and I woke up because of Nanshan. The mountains are particularly charming in the evening, and the birds return to their nests in flocks. There is a real happiness in life, and I want to say it but forget to use some words to express it. All things have their own freedom, they all have their own destination, and I have found my own destination, the unity of heaven and man. That detachment is overflowing with words.
But the imagery of birds is much more complex. Moreover, the imagery of birds appears in a large number of poems, and the frequency is also very large, and the scope and intensity of the sensibility are very different. The fourth part of "Drinking" is a representation. Roosting lost flocks of birds, the sun is still flying alone. Wandering is endless, and the night and night are sad. Li Xiang thought of Qingyuan and went to He Yiyi. Because of the lone pine, the return of the widow is far away. The strong wind has no honor wood, and this shade does not fade. The body has been blessed, and it is not the same for a thousand years.
Before we analyze this poem, let's look at other statements about birds: mistakenly fell into the dust net, gone for thirty years. Birds love the old forest, pond fish think of the past. Here we use a metaphor to say that we have fallen into the dust net, pursuing fame and fortune, delaying our own life time, and hurrying back to our original forest. The sun enters the group and the birds flock to the forest. This sentence says that as dusk falls, birds returning to their nests are calling out to their companions. Cebu opens in the morning glow, and the birds fly together. Delayed out of the forest, did not return at night. This sentence is written in the morning when the birds flew out of the woods together. But there was a bird, which went out very late and did not fly back again at dusk. This is a unique bird, completely the embodiment of the reality of the author's life. Writing early to become an official, and later resigning from the official Peng Zeling, he cut off his career and returned to the countryside. From here, it can be seen that Tao Yuanming's writing bird is different.
And the poem begins with a bird that has lost its flock, perched in fear, and is still flying alone in the evening. The writer writes that he lives in seclusion in the countryside and cuts off contact with his former friends. Now you can only fly alone. He flew around with no place to roost down. Su Shi has: pick all the cold branches and refuse to roost, and the lonely sandbar is cold. Seeking, cold, miserable and miserable. It is impossible for everyone to be born to find their place and complete self-actualization. Some people have not found their mission in their lives, and some people have achieved great success late, like Jiang Ziya eighty to meet King Wen and achieve their life goals. In this process of searching, there will be wandering, wandering, losing direction, and there may be a lot of sadness and disappointment. The bird searched night and night, not giving up, but did not find the right one, only to make a sad cry. He let out a mournful cry, hoping to fly to a high, clear place, to come and go and rely on. This is a stable life that everyone will pursue. The Royal Docks, it was lucky to find a lone pine. Zi Yue: Years cold, and then after knowing the pine cypress, it withers. It is also a lone pine tree, which has the endurance to resist blizzards and cold, and the lonely tree shows that the courage of this tree is also superhuman, and how tenacious it is to survive alone. The strong wind of life cannot stop his pursuit of an ideal life. The bird found a shelter and decided not to contradict it anymore. It can be seen that after making a great determination, after many choices, find a suitable destination. Even a thousand years will not change, how decisive and firm it is.
So what is Tao Yuanming's choice? What does the pine tree represent? We can say that we live in the countryside and live a secluded life. This is a very real problem, and the poet's pursuit will not be so simple. He said in the Guiyuan Tianju: "After a long time in the cage, you will return to nature." It is said that secular life is a net, a cage, and as soon as you enter, the bird loses its freedom and cannot fly. The ideal life of the bird is to have a place to inhabit, to have food to eat, to fly, to fly to the ideal place. Therefore, this pine tree is also a metaphor, representing the author's spiritual self-realization, independent and leisurely state of life. Less without vulgar rhyme, sex loves Qiushan. With such a natural disposition, how can you go against your heart and let yourself live in a mess.
He wrote in "The Return to the Dead": It is over! When does the yufushi Uchiha have to be restored? Is it not entrusted to stay? What do you want to do? Wealth is not my wish, and the imperial hometown cannot be expected. Huai Liangchen is lonely, or planting a staff. Dengdonggao wrote poetry with Shu Xiao and Qing Liu. Talk about multiplication to the end, Lefu Destiny is doubtful! This is very clear. Life is short, why not live in the direction of the heart. What does the heart want to pursue? Don't pursue being an official and rich, don't cultivate and become an immortal, and live happily with creation for the time being!
Tao Yuanming's writing of poetry and his life are completely unified. He not only did what he wrote, but he did it very successfully. This is the reason why the pastoral poets of the Tang Dynasty learned from him, and it was also beyond the reach of future generations of poets. Because Tao Yuanming not only personally participated in field labor, but also endured poverty and even hunger in the examination. His spirit of not bending his waist for five buckets of rice has inspired the spiritual growth of generations of poets.