In the Tang Dynasty, the prosperous era was prosperous, and the literati and writers were full of talent, leaving behind a period of amazing and brilliant poems. Tang poetry, like an indelible pearl in Chinese culture, is becoming more and more important in Chinese culture with its artistic value and influence.
In order to inherit and carry forward this culture, some parents even began to teach their children to recite Tang poems when they were two or three years old.
This is definitely a beautiful thing, because ancient poetry can not only increase our knowledge reserves, but also improve our literary literacy and connotation from the bones. Whenever a person speaks in an organized manner, he will always be respected by people.
We now have ancient poems to learn, and of course we should be grateful for the hard work of countless poets who have incorporated their own experiences and perceptions into their poems, and through ancient poems, we can get a glimpse of their lives.
For a history buff like me, it excites me every time I think about it! The Tang Dynasty produced countless outstanding poets, and later generations gave them resounding nicknames based on their achievements in ancient poetry.
Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, He Zhizhang, Chen Ziang, Jia Dao, Meng Haoran, Wang Wei, Liu Yuxi, and Li He, who is known as the "poet ghost". Although "ghost" is not necessarily a compliment, in Li He, it is a compliment, because he is a real "ghost talent".
Although Li He's life was as short as a meteor, briefly illuminating the sky of the Tang Dynasty and then disappearing into darkness, his talent left countless swan songs through the ages.
Li He, the descendant of Li Liang, the great Zheng King of the Tang Dynasty, was born at the wrong time. The Tang Dynasty had entered a downward slope, and the battle of the feudal towns was raging, and the Li family was in a difficult situation. After her sister got married, Li He's family didn't even have enough to eat.
His classic work begins with a famous sentence through the ages, but Wang Anshi criticized it, why?
When Li He was a child, he went out with his brother to earn a living in order to survive, and his life was hard, and he was even threatened with hunger. However, even in such an environment, Li He did not stop studying, perhaps it was the hardships of his childhood life that made his body appear a little stunted, and the history books record that his thin body, long eyebrows and sharp claws really look like a "ghost".
However, this did not affect his intelligence, he was able to write poetry at the age of seven, he was a natural talent, and he was favored by Han Yu when he was young, thinking that he would definitely achieve great things in the future.
As he grew older, Li He gained a deep understanding of social reality, and he could not tolerate turmoil, so he wrote many poems that borrowed from the past and the present.
Li He's personality is difficult for people to like, but Han Yu admires him and even promotes him many times. When paying homage to Han Yu, Li He wrote this poem "Yanmen is too guarded".
The content of the poem is: The black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it, and the light of the armor opens to the sun. The sound of horns fills the sky with autumn colors, stuffed with swallow fat and night purple. Half a roll of red flags is in the water, and the frost is heavy and the cold is silent.
Although this poem is not well known, it is one of the indispensable ancient poems in Chinese textbooks. It meant that the walls seemed to be about to be destroyed as the black clouds overwhelmed the city, yet the armor of the warriors glistened in the sun, the trumpets resounded in the autumn sky, and the blood stains on the soldiers of the Biansi turned purple.
The beacon fire was ignited, the reinforcements had arrived in Yanmen, the night was cold and frosty, the drums were tragic and passionate, in order to repay the king's love, the soldiers held the sword and swore to fight bloodily for the country. Li He's "Yanmen Tai Shou Xing" depicts the heroic scenes of the Frontier War with its deep brushstrokes, and also praises the heroic and fearless spirit of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country in ancient times.
In particular, the first seven words vividly depict the tense atmosphere before the war, making people feel as if they are in the scene, and when you close your eyes and imagine, you can see the black soldiers sweeping like dark clouds.
This poem has always been loved and respected by literati and artists.
Xue Xue praised Li Fengli in "A Scoop of Poetry"."Black clouds crush the city", believes that this is a perfect depiction of the battlefield situation, and it is a classic sentence that has been passed down through the ages.
Wang Dechen of the Northern Song Dynasty also mentioned Li He's talent in the "History of Lu", in his "Yanmen Taishou Xing"."Black clouds crush the city"The tragic scene of the war depicted in this poem is different from the elegant colors used in ordinary war poems, but is intertwined with bright colors such as gold, rouge, and fuchsia, and black, autumn, and jade white, forming a colorful picture.
Li He's poetry is not only the art of words, but also a feast for the eyes. His poems depict the horrors of war vividly, and the use of color is just right, so that people do not feel any objection.
However, Wang Anshi, a literary master of the Northern Song Dynasty, has a different view on Li He's poem. He believes that the content of this poem does not correspond to the actual situation, since there are black clouds pressing down on the city, how can there be daylight, and since there is no daylight, how can the armor on the soldier's body glow gold?
This kind of criticism has made people have different views on Li He's poetry, but it also reflects Wang Anshi's profound literary attainments.
Wang Anshi's opinion has its point, after all, the reality is often like this. However, if the value of ancient poems is really judged on the basis of actual conditions, then many of the hand-me-down works in Tang poetry may be questioned to a certain extent.
Taking Li Bai's "Wanglu Mountain Waterfall" as an example, the poem reads: The sunshine incense burner produces purple smoke, and the waterfall hangs in front of the river. The flying stream went straight down to 3,000 feet, and it was suspected that the Milky Way had fallen for nine days.
Every line of the poem seems to be full of unscientific descriptions, the waterfall does not hang on the mountains and rivers, nor does it fall 3,000 feet, let alone the Milky Way in the sky falling to the ground.