Shengchazi Yuan Xi
On New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was lit up like day. The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk.
On New Year's Eve this year, the flower market lights are still the same. I didn't see last year's people, and my tears wet the sleeves of my spring shirt.
This poem is concise and easy to understand, but the author is controversial. Ouyang Xiu and Zhu Shuzhen both have this in their lyrics, and it is too difficult to study it now. There is no intersection in the lives of the two, Zhu Shu is really a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, nearly a century later than Ouyang Xiu.
The author recalls the past with the heroine's thoughts, both for the Lantern Festival, under the same lanterns, but things are different. Especially that one"Tear-soaked spring shirt sleeves"., so that future generations think that the author may be a female lyricist.
In ancient times, women did not go out of the gate, and the second door did not step. No matter how wonderful the world outside the walls is, it has nothing to do with you. But the Lantern Festival is an exception, in addition to being able to go out to see the lanterns, you can also "walk a hundred steps" and go to the market. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the women in the deep mansion compound.
Last year's Lantern Festival, the flower market was lit up as bright as the day. When the bright moonlight rises to the top of the willow tree, the moon before the flower, you and I are nong. In this year's Lantern Festival, the flower market is still lively. It's a pity that there is no you in such a beautiful day, and inadvertently, tears wet my clothes.
Ouyang Xiu is a graceful lyricist, and he has many works with lingering grievances. For example, we are familiar with it"Life is a lover, this hatred is not about the wind and the moon", "The rain and the wind are crazy in March twilight, the door covers the dusk, and there is no plan to stay in the spring." Tearful eyes asked Huahua silently, and the red flew over the swing."
The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk. , this is simply a provocation of feudal etiquette. Literati have their own creative style, and Ouyang Xiu's lyrics inherit Feng Yansi's style, which is fresh and subtle, and the words are not too straightforward and popular, which is why some readers question that this small order is written by Zhu Shuzhen.
Some scholars believe that this is Ouyang Xiu's poem written because he misses his second wife Yang, and it stands to reason that the poem mourning his deceased wife should not be so bold and light. "People about after dusk"., the word "about" is the finishing touch, indicating that the relationship between the heroine and the lover is not a simple husband and wife.
Regardless of whether the author is Ouyang Xiu or not, one thing is certain, this small order is definitely not made to mourn his deceased wife.