Wang Wei (701 761, one says 699-761), the word Maha (jié), the name Maha layman. Han nationality, a native of Puzhou, Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), his ancestral home is Qi County, Shanxi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as the "Poetry Buddha".
As modern urbanites, we rarely have a real time to relax. Many seemingly simple things, such as taking a vacation and experiencing nature, have become unattainable luxuries. However, once we really want to achieve this, we find it so difficult.
However, what is surprising is that Wang Wei, who has been an official all his life, has done what we can't do. So, what kind of experience does Wang Wei have?What will his end-of-life karma bring to us?
Wang Wei has been gifted since he was a child, and he can write good articles at the age of nine. At the age of 20, in the spring of the ninth year of Kaiyuan (721 AD), Wang Wei participated in the imperial examination. He has held a variety of official positions, and the highest is Shangshu Youcheng, who is a second-class member of the imperial court, and can be said to be famous as a teenager.
However, the unpredictability of the political situation made him see through the hardships of his career, which was like a roller coaster. He has gone deep into officialdom and experienced the ups and downs and glitz of the world.
When he was about forty years old, Wang Wei began to gradually retire from officialdom and lived a semi-reclusive life. Although he did not resign, his heart yearned more and more for the tranquility and freedom between the mountains and rivers.
Next, let's review Wang Wei's poem of the end of the South Farewell, Wang Wei Tang Dynasty
The middle-aged man is quite good, and his late home is in the south of the mountains. Every time you go alone, you know what you are winning. Go to the poor place of the water, and sit and watch the clouds rise. Occasionally, Lin Suo, talk and laugh without a repayment date.
The gist of the poem is that after middle age, I began to have a good heart. In my later years, I bought a garden in Jungnam Mountain, and when I was interested, I often went to play alone.
When I encounter happy things, I am immersed in them, I am self-absorbed, sometimes I follow the stream to a long place to find the source of the water, and at the end of the road, I find a place to sit and watch the sky change in the clouds.
I happened to meet one or two old folks in the mountains and forests, and I talked to them and forgot the time to go home.
What a comfortable life and what a comfortable situation!A **, but also a hermit, let go of the world's distractions, choose to walk in the mountains and forests, and sit and watch the clouds rise and fall.
From this poem, we get a glimpse of Wang Wei's spiritual realm of being pampered and humiliated, and transcending things. Perhaps, only by reaching this state can we truly let go of the heart of gain and loss. Only by finding oneself and finding freedom in one's busy life can we find peace of mind in the complex world.
As a "poetic Buddha", Wang Wei's poem naturally contains Zen and philosophy. Take the sentence "go to the poor place of water and sit and watch the clouds rise", when a person goes to the end of the mountain and the water, facing all kinds of unsatisfactory in life, sudden blows in career, etc., how will you feel?
Is it negative and pessimistic, or can you face it calmly?Obviously, Wang Wei chose the latter. He said, walking to the end of the stream, it seems that there is no way out, why not be optimistic and settle down, sit down and enjoy the clouds in the sky?
This seems to be describing the path of walking in seclusion, but in fact, it is not talking about the road of lifeIn the process of life, whether it is managing love, career, learning, etc., move forward bravely, but later find that it is a desperate road that cannot be taken, and the sad loss of the mountains and rivers will inevitably appear.
At this point, you might as well look to the side or look back, maybe there is another way to go somewhere else;Even if there is no way to go, look at the sky!Although the body is in a desperate situation, the mind can still travel in space, appreciate nature freely and happily, experience the broad and far-reaching realm of life, and do not feel that they are at the end of their rope.
Many people are on the road to success, however, only a few are able to accept setbacks with a peaceful mind. If we can look at the difficulties of life with a calm attitude, we may usher in an unexpected turn in a desperate situation.
It's like a sick tree before the spring of ten thousand trees will come;After the mountains and rivers are exhausted, the sudden brightness may be in front of you. Even in the most difficult moments, we can find a refreshing scenery at the end of the road.
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