What is a classic? It's nothing more than things that never go out of style. Classical poetry, exactly.
In recent years, more and more classical poems have been written into costume dramas. From Du Fu's "Ascending to the Heights" in "Qing Yu Nian" to the male protagonist Wen Kexing in "Mountain and River Order" who reads a classic casually, it shows the charm of classical poetry. It is no wonder that there are always netizens who say: Now to understand the costume drama, it is not okay not to memorize a few "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty"...
Generally speaking, all kinds of costume dramas are still relatively common poems. But recently, when the author was chasing "Zhou Sheng as Before", he found that the screenwriter actually used a relatively unpopular work, and the effect achieved was also very good.
The scene in the play is like this: in episode 12, the female protagonist should be with the male protagonist Zhou Shengchen, and it is rare to have time to be alone and play Nanxiao. When the two took a song with everyone, the organist played and sang a wonderful poem, and after listening to a few words, the heroine also said that she liked it very much. But the male protagonist, who had heard the full version of this song before, was a little embarrassed and took out money to let the organist quickly change a song.
Later, the heroine who returned to the residence did not understand his behavior, and also asked the boy of the academy specifically. And when the boy read two of them, the woman was not embarrassed. Why do these two react like this? What exactly is this poem about? Let's look at a few paragraphs:
Twenty Summer Songs of the Four O'Clock Songs of midnight (3 of them)
Spring farewell is still spring love, summer is longer. For whom is the tent, and when will the double pillow be there?
Stack the fan on the bed, trying to get the wind in the distance. Light sleeves brush makeup, and climb to the top.
I know that three summers have survived, and today I am even more unique. The incense towel whisked the jade mat, and the gonglang went upstairs to sleep.
"The Song of four o'clock in the middle of the night" was included in Guo Maoqian's "Lefu Poetry Collection". After reading the above 3 songs (one for each action, each one is 4 sentences), you can naturally understand what the content of the writing is. They are all love songs sung by folk women, and the expression content is very direct.
The author chose these 3 songs, the first is the woman misses her lover, directly expressing the hope that the sweetheart will come back soon, and then the two can sleep together; the second, is also the embroidery bed empty, the woman can only climb the high platform, looking into the distance, hoping that the lover will return as soon as possible.
The last 10 words of the third song are exactly what the boy should read when he is baking the heroine, and "Gonglang goes upstairs to sleep" cannot be described as direct. Such content, with the character of the male and female protagonists, will of course be embarrassed.
Perhaps many friends who do not know much about classical literature will have some doubts about this poem: Weren't ancient women very reserved, and why did they write such works? Such a bold work, even if they wrote it, why can it be passed down? Guo Maoqian also included them.
Friends who have these confusions are actually not fully aware of china's classical culture. In fact, Chinese poetry was very frank and lovely in the Han Le Fu period and earlier in pre-Qin literature. For example, this group of "Midnight Four Hours Song", also known as "Midnight Wu Song", is said to have been created by a woman named Midnight, and she was one of the representatives of many women at that time.
Folk works at that time had a beauty that washed away the lead. Some are gentle and beautiful, some are spicy and bold, and the most rare thing is that they have the nature of folk songs, which are very catchy to read and very suitable for singing. These characteristics are the reason why they can be passed down. After the two Song Dynasties, the poetry was slowly influenced by the Song Dynasty, and the content of creation became more and more restrained.
In fact, it is not only Han Le Fu that is so direct, but also China's first poetry collection, the Book of Poetry. Just to give you a few examples:
Describing the daily life of husband and wife, there is "Zheng Feng , Female Chicken Song", the female protagonist in the poem is spicy, the male protagonist is a bit of a wife management, and the husband and wife get along very cutely;
When forced into marriage by a man, an unknown talented woman wrote "Zhao Nan Xinglu", a sentence "Who is a woman who is homeless?" Why speed up my lawsuit" is very domineering, translated into the vernacular as: You all have a family, why marry me!
Regretting that he did not elope with his lover, Anonymous wrote "Guofeng Zhengfeng Feng Feng", a sentence of "the abundance of the son, I am in the alley", writing the elopement so naturally.
In addition to the above examples, there are many very interesting and grounded works in folk poems about love.
The screenwriter of "Zhou Sheng As It Was" chose "Four O'Clock Song in the Middle of the Night" to be placed in the play, which is indeed very clever and very cattle:
First, the quotation of the poem itself is to point out the mental state of the hero and heroine, at this time, the relationship between Zhou Shengchen and the heroine is itself more delicate, and they all want to love but dare not say it. Hearing such a direct love poem at once, it will naturally form a great contrast in the heart, and the dramatic effect will be achieved.
Second, the location culture set in the play is not as good as the developed Nanxiao in Zhongzhou, although this setting is overhead, but it just so happens that "The Song of the Four Hours of midnight" is the work of the Southern Dynasty, which is also more consistent.
Among the classical works, there are many more worth reading. Xiaomei sincerely hopes that when quoted in future TV series, it can be used appropriately and accurately like "Zhou Sheng As It Was". What do you think about this? Discussion is welcome.