Bai Juyi said"Articles are written for the time, and songs and poems are written for the sake of things." ”
When I was a child, I held a Chinese textbook and read it in a low tone to feel the charm of words.
When I reached middle age, I read the poems in the textbook again, and found that the words have penetrating power, and our lives have been written thousands of years ago.
What is the truth of life, four ancient poems tell you.
About loneliness: Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear. Lonely boat, fishing alone in the cold river and snow.
Some people believe that "Jiang Xue" written by Liu Zongyuan embodies the highest state of loneliness.
On a snowy day, there was only one old man, fishing by the river. There are not even birds in the sky.
To truly understand the realm of a poet, we have to look at his life experience - when writing poetry, his mood fell to the freezing point.
During the Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan and Liu Yuxi participated in the Yongzhen Revolution and offended conservatives and eunuchs. When the reform failed, he was relegated to Yongzhou.
When he arrived in Yongzhou, he was watched everywhere, and his old mother lived with him, but he couldn't stand the bumps and passed away soon. Then, his daughter died.
Residence Longxing Temple, although the scenery is good, he has no intention of appreciating it.
"The rich have distant relatives in the mountains, and the poor in the downtown area no one asks", such a saying can happen to anyone.
I can't see the hope of life, I can't feel the scenery, I am excluded by others, and I am still trembling and living, afraid that I will continue to be belittled and tracked down by the imperial court. This is "loneliness".
When people reach middle age, there are many people around, but there are many people who tend to be inflammatory, and there are few people who help. You always have to learn to walk alone, go alone, even your family, and you can't help it.
About money: Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road.
Du Fu's "Five Hundred Words of Yonghuai from Beijing to Fengxian County" profoundly depicts the difference between the lives of the rich and the poor during the Tang Dynasty.
We all believe that the poems written by Du Fu, like history, show the most real society.
Du Fu was born in an official family, but his family was in the middle. In order to seek fame, he studied hard, but there was no chance of entering the scientific examination.
His son, who died of starvation, left behind endless grief. His wife has also been living with relatives and friends many times and has suffered a lot.
It's hard for a big man to even feed his family, how can he not be sad.
Supporting a family, it's easy to say, if you don't have money, don't mention it. It's hard to move an inch without money.
When people reach middle age, they work hard to make money, but they still can't live like a rich person. Most of the time, you are picking soil at the construction site, working in a factory, sweeping the streets, working as a security guard, and cutting rice.
More realistically, all the efforts are not only for your own three meals a day, but also for the living expenses of the whole family. If you have a mortgage or a car loan, it's even harder.
It turns out that we all have a period of "freezing and walking", which is a state of clenching our teeth.
About socializing: Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withering. Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate.
When I was a child, I read the texts and felt that the spirit of "grass" was worth learning from and was indomitable.
When I grew up, I realized that in this poem, there is also a story about Bai Juyi going to Chang'an for development.
Bai Juyi, who is young, wants to settle in Chang'an and get a good job. So, he recommended himself and found a celebrity to care about.
Gu Gu looked at Bai Juyi, he was not interested, and said casually: "The rice here is very expensive, and the house is even more expensive, it's not easy." ”
It means that considering the situation, Bai Juyi's ideals were persuaded to retreat.
After a while, I read the poem sent by Bai Juyi, and the sentence "Wildfires can't burn inexhaustibly" touched people's hearts.
Considering the situation, he immediately changed his words"If you have a word, it is easy to live." ”
It turns out that Bai Juyi's life development is like weeds, he is not afraid of being humiliated, and he does not give up his ideals in difficulties. More importantly, Bai Juyi uses his talent to impress people and gain fame and opportunities.
As the saying goes", ".If you bloom, butterflies will come. ”
When you reach middle age, you have to mix well, don't ask people everywhere, you have to have the ability. If you don't have the ability, then beat yourself repeatedly, not afraid of ups and downs, not afraid of cold eyes.
If you can't learn the ability of science and technology, you can learn how to make tofu, build walls, excavators, computers, etc. Don't let yourself lie down at will.
When you have the ability, others will look down on you and help you.
About the location: Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and daylight, the north wind blows geese and snow. Don't worry about the road ahead, no one in the world knows you.
"Farewell Dong Da" is a very famous farewell poem;Behind it, there is a sad story.
During the reign of Tang Xuanzong, Dong Tinglan was a famous piano master and a guest in the housekeeper of the Shangshu room of the Ministry of Officials.
Su Shi, a writer in the Song Dynasty, also praised: "I know Dong Tinglan, but I don't know the stringless music." ”
The tragedy is that when the housing management was demoted, Dong Tinglan was also forced to leave Chang'an and started a drifting mode.
Friend Gao Shi came to say goodbye and used poetry to persuade Dong Tinglan - don't worry.
How many middle-aged people, who were in middle management yesterday, will become unemployed tomorrow. How many people in their forties and fifties are confused because they have lost their jobsWhile being overwhelmed by the family's expenses, I was so worried that I couldn't find a job and cried.
There's a piece of advice: "Never take position for granted." ”
The location can be yours or mine, and you can revoke the location. For people with great skills, they can also create their own positions and encounter the good thing of "setting up posts for people".
When people reach middle age, different positions, different incomes, and different levels. No matter how hard it is, keep going.
Of course, we can't rule out going down. Insist on changing yourself, be ready to change positions at any time, and accept being transferred to another position - you can't help yourself, but you also have to stay happy and don't have emotions.
When I was a child, I thought that life was like a textbook, poetic and picturesque; Only in middle age did I understand that life is like a textbook, and tears become poems.
Fortunately, we have been beaten by life thousands of times, and we still look forward to poetry and distance.
Always there, try your best to survive until retirement, raise your children, survive hardships, and pin everything in the future.
A poem, read carefully, is like life smashing into my heart, and my brows are welling up.