Listen to shu monks playing the piano
[Tang] Li Bai
The Shu monk hugged Lu Qi and went down to Emei Peak in the west.
Wave your hand for me, like listening to the pines.
The guest heart washes the flowing water, and the afterglow rings into the frost bell.
I don't feel the twilight of the mountains, and the autumn clouds are dark for several weights.
【Introduction】
"Listening to shu monks playing the piano" was composed by Li Bai and was selected into the "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty". This poem is written by the writer listening to a monk in Shudi playing the piano, and the sound of the piano is very fascinating. The first two sentences write that he is from his hometown of Sichuan to express his admiration for him. The jaw is written and played, compared to the sound of nature's thousands of pine waves, which makes people feel that the sound of the piano is extraordinary. The sound of the neck joint writing piano sweeps the heart, making people feel relaxed and pleasant, and the aftertaste is endless. The tail link writes intently to listen to the piano, and does not know that time will run out, reflecting the high and seductive playing of the piano. The whole poem is written in one go, and the momentum is like a cloud flowing water, bright and smooth. While praising the beautiful sound of the piano, this poem also contains the feelings of Zhiyin and the attachment to the hometown.
【Notes】
(1) Shu monks: that is, the names of the monks in Shu land. Some people believe that "Shu Monk Mao" is the Zhongli Gong in Li Bai's "Gift to Xuanzhou Lingyuan Temple Zhongli Gong". Green Qi: The name of the piano. Jin Fuxuan's "Qin Fu Sequence": "The king of Chu has a qin yue around liang, Sima Xiangru has a green qi, and Cai Yong has a jiaowei, all of which are named instruments." "Sima Xiang is like a Shu person, and the use of "green Qi" here is more suitable for the Monks of Shu Land.
(2) Emei: Mountain name, in present-day Emei County, Sichuan Province.
(3) One: auxiliary words to strengthen the tone. Waving: Here fingers play the piano. Ji Kang's "Qin Fu": "Bo Ya waved his hand, and the bell listened to the sound." ”
(4) Wanren pine: refers to the sound of wanyuan pine. This is a metaphor for the sound of a piano. The piano song includes "Wind into pine". RA: Valley. This sentence means that listening to the sound of the Shu monk's piano is like hearing the mighty wind of the Ten Thousand Valleys.
(5) The phrase "kexin" means that after listening to the beautiful sound of the Shu monk's piano playing, the depressed feelings among the guests felt as brisk as if they had been washed by running water. GUEST: The poet calls himself. Flowing Water: "Liezi Tang Qing": "Boya Drum Ser, Zhi in the Mountains, Zhong Zi Period: 'E'E Ran Ruo Taishan;' Zhi in The Flowing Water, Zhi: 'Yang Yang Is like a river.'" 'The child dies, the tooth is broken, and the ignorant sound is heard.' The "flowing water" in this poem, a pun on semantics, is both a real reference to the sound of the monk's piano and an allusion to Bo Ya's good playing.
(6) Aftersound: Refers to the aftersound of the piano. Frost Bell: Refers to the sound of the bell. "Shan Hai Jing, Zhongshan Jing": Fengshan "has nine bells, which is the sound of frost. Guo's note: "When the frost falls, the bell rings, so the words know it." This poem is said to say that the piano tone and the bell symphony, but also allude to the meaning of zhiyin.
(7) The phrase "Bishan" means that because I can hear it, I don't know if it gets dark.
(8) Autumn clouds: autumn clouds. Dark several weights: it means that it is more dim, and the meaning of the previous sentence "twilight" is extended.
【Rhyming Translation】
Sichuan monks hold the famous Qin Luqi, who is from Emei Peak in Bashu.
He waved and played a famous song for me, as if hearing the mighty wind of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
The tone of the alpine flowing water washes away the feelings, and the aftersound of the mountain water blends into the autumn frost bell.
Unconsciously, the green mountains have been draped in twilight, and the autumn seems to have dimmed a few times!
【Comment】
The Five Laws of The Song are written to listen to the piano, and to hear a monk named Mao play the piano in Shudi. The first two sentences: "The Shu monk hugs The green Qi, and goes down to Emei Peak in the west." "It shows that this violinist came down from Mount Emei in Sichuan." Li Bai grew up in Sichuan, and the beautiful landscapes of Sichuan cultivated his grand mind and stimulated his artistic imagination. Emei Shanyue appears in his poems more than once. He has always been nostalgic for his hometown, and of course he is particularly kind to the violinists from his hometown. Therefore, at the beginning of the poem, it is stated that the person who plays the piano is his fellow countryman. "Green Qi" is the original name of the piano, the Han Dynasty Sima Xiang has a qin, named Green Qi, which is used here to refer to the precious piano. "Shu monk hugging green Qi, west down to Emei Peak", a short ten words, wrote this musician in a very grand style, expressing the poet's admiration for him.
Two or three sentences positively describe Shu monks playing the piano. "Waving" is the act of playing the piano. Ji Kang's "Qin Fu" said: "Bo Ya waved his hand, and the bell period listened." "That's where the word 'wave' comes from." Wave your hand for me, like listening to the pines of the ten thousand valleys", these two sentences use the magnificent sound of nature to compare the sound of the piano, making people feel that this piano sound must be extremely sonorous and powerful.
"The guest's heart washes the flowing water", this sentence is literally, it means that after listening to the sound of the Shu monk's piano, his heart seemed to be washed by the flowing water. But it also has a deeper meaning, which contains an ancient allusion. "Liezi Tang Asks": "Bo Ya is good at drumming and piano, and Zhong Zi is good at listening." Bo Ya drum and piano, aiming to climb the mountain, Zhong Zi period said: 'Zenza, E'e Xi Ruo Taishan! Aiming at the flowing water, Zhong Zi said: "Zenza, the ocean is like a river!" This is the allusion to "mountain flowing water", through which to express the sense of confidant that Shu monks and themselves have established through the medium of music. The five words of "guest heart washing water" are very subtle and very natural, although they are used as a code, they are not difficult, showing Li Bai's excellent language skills.
The following sentence "After ringing into the frost bell" is also used in the classic. "Frost Bell" about the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Classic of Zhongshan: "Fengshan ... There are nine bells, which are the sound of frost. Guo Pu's note: "When the frost falls, the bell rings, so the words know it." The word "Frost Bell" points out the season, which corresponds to the following "autumn clouds are dark and heavy". "After-sound into the frost bell", which means that after the music is stopped, the afterglow is endless for a long time, and it merges with the bells of the temple at dusk. There is a saying in the "Liezi Tang Question" that "the afterglow goes around the beam, and the three days do not stop". Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty used "Yu Yin Yuan, Endless Like a Wisp" in the "Former Chibi Fu" to describe the aftersound of dong zhen. This is all the imagination generated by the immersion of the listener in the enjoyment of art after the end of the music. The same is true of "The Bell of Frost". The crisp, smooth sound of the piano gradually faded away, resonating with the bells of thin twilight, and only then did I realize that it was late: "I don't feel that the blue mountain twilight, the autumn clouds are dark." "After the poet listened to the Shu monk playing the piano, he looked around, and he didn't know when it began, the green mountains had been covered with a layer of twilight, and the gray autumn clouds overlapped and overlapped, covering the sky. It feels like time flies so fast. For more Tang poems to appreciate, please pay attention to the 300 Tang poems column of "Xi gutang Guoxue Network".
There are many masterpieces of music in Tang poems. Bai Juyi's "Pipa Line" uses "large beads and small beads falling on the jade plate" to describe the lute sound of high and low, suddenly clear and turbid, and the unique and varied sound effect of the pipa is expressed. Another poet of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ji, had a poem "Listening to An Wanshan Blowing songs", which used different scenes in different seasons to describe the changes in musical melodies, and appealed auditory feelings to visual images, achieving good artistic results. The unique feature of Li Bai's poem about music is that in addition to "Wan gu song", there is no other metaphor to describe the sound of the piano, but focuses on the feelings when listening to the piano, and the communication of feelings between the player and the listener. In fact, the sentence "Such as listening to the pines" is not a purely objective description, the poet from the sound of the piano associated with the sound of the pines, associated with the deep mountains and valleys, is combined with their own subjective feelings to write.
The rhythmic poems pay attention to peace and confrontation, and the rules are more strict. However, Li Bai's five laws are extremely fresh and bright, and it seems to be effortless at all. In fact, whether it is the intention, the conception, the knot, the relay, or the battle, the use of the code, have undergone a clever arrangement, but there is no trace. This natural artistic beauty of "clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving" can touch people's hearts more than all carvings.
【Usage and Analysis】
Poetry cites ready-made stories or phrases from ancient books, called "usage codexes." The allusions are used skillfully, and there is no trace, which can not only play the effect of "allegorical in one", "less than more", "concise and meaningful", but also can make the poet's emotions expressed more tortuous and subtle, intriguing. Li Bai's "Listening to shu monks playing the piano" is a model of appropriate nature, which reads fresh and refreshing, giving people the artistic enjoyment of "clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving".
The whole poem shares five allusions of "Green Qi", "Waving", "Flowing Water", "After-ringing" and "Frost Bell".
The first lian used the "Green Qi" dictionary to write out the extraordinary origin of the Shu monks, and used this to set off the superiority of the Shu monks' skills: Youdao is a "sword and a famous horse with a hero", embracing the "Green Qi" piano, which shows that the art is not vulgar. Coupled with the origin of "West Down Emei Peak", it is even more admirable to this worldly master. Of course, here the poet also euphemistically expressed his cordial feelings for the Shu monks, and some people have said that Li Bai is a native of Sichuan, and his poems have chanted "Emei Mountain Moon" more than once.
The use of the "waving" dictionary gives people rich associations, first of all, the Shu monk's soothing movements and calm posture when playing the piano, followed by the similar scenes of "Boya playing the piano" and "listening to the sound of the child period". The poet's inner feelings and feelings of understanding are also tortuously revealed. The metaphor of "listening to the pines of the ten thousand valleys" writes out the grandeur, vastness and melodiousness of the musical sound, but in fact, why does this not melt into a touching heart?
The neck joint uses the "flowing water" dictionary, literally, it is the sound of the Shu monk's piano that makes his heart as happy and pleasant as if it has been washed by running water; and behind the words is the story of Boya and Zi period, which is "Boya drum and piano, aiming at the mountain, zhongzi period: 'Shan zhao, Emoth Xi Ruo Taishan! Aiming at the flowing water, Zhong Zi said: "Zenza, the ocean is like a river!" That kind of tacit understanding of the mind. With the help of this allusion, the poet implicitly, euphemistically, naturally, and appropriately expressed the sense of confidant established through music, which is a deep touch of spiritual communication. The allusion of "Afterglow" writes the beautiful melody of the music, the endless looping, and the feeling of lingering in people's ears for a long time, highlighting the charm of the piano sound. The "Frost Bell" points out the season, and corresponds to the "autumn clouds" of the last sentence; time passes so fast!
The tail link hints at the appeal of the piano sound by fascination and the flight of time. The superb skills and outstanding musical talents of the players are vividly expressed, bringing endless imagination and aftertaste to the readers. On the other hand, we also truly feel that the admiration, admiration, gratitude, and understanding in the poet's heart are flowing like the "afterglow" of this winding beam.
The whole poem uses five allusions without trace, focusing on the feelings of the listener, the emotional communication between the player and the listener, giving people a fresh and bright feeling.
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