It is almost as difficult for friends to meet. What do the morning star and the evening star mean?
To Wei Ba Chu Shi.
Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
It is almost as difficult for friends to meet each other as the stars in the morning and evening.
Tonight is a rare event, and this lamp is candlelight.
Two men who were young not long ago now have gray temples.
It shocked us to find that half of our friends had died, which made us sad.
We didn't expect that it would be twenty years before I could come to see you again.
You were unmarried when I left, but now these boys and girls are in a row.
They were very kind to their father's old friends. They asked me where I went during the trip.
The children began to drink before the question and answer was over.
Spring chives are cut in the night rain, and brown rice is cooked fresh in a special way.
My host announced that it was a festival, and he urged me to drink ten cups.
But what kind of ten glasses of wine can make me so drunk, because your love is always in my heart. .
The mountains will separate us tomorrow. Who can say for sure after tomorrow? .
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The journey of life is often difficult to meet after parting, just like it is difficult to meet stars and businessmen.
Tonight is another auspicious day. Let's talk by candlelight.
How many youthful and energetic years can there be? In a blink of an eye, you and I have cleared the air.
Half of my old friends have passed away, and I have to lament repeatedly because of my inner agitation.
I didn't expect that we could visit your hall today after 20 years of separation.
The difference is that you are not married, and suddenly your children are a mess.
They greeted my father's old friends politely and kindly asked me where I came from.
Before you could tell all the past, you urged your children to set the table and drinks quickly.
Braving the night rain, I cut off fresh leeks and took out newly cooked yellow rice for me to taste.
The host felt that the opportunity to meet was rare and drank more than a dozen cups in a row.
I am very touched that you are not drunk after drinking more than ten cups in a row and have deep feelings for your old friends.
Leave tomorrow, and Qian Shan will be separated by thousands of waters. The wide world is really sad.
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Wei Ba Chu Shi, whose name and life story can't be verified. Chu Shi refers to a reclusive official; Eight is Chu Shi's ranking.
Moving like this means moving like this. Quotient (shēn), two-star name. The allusion comes from the left: "There were two sons in the family, and Bo was called Bo, which was really heavy. Living in the vast forest, they can't compete with each other. Find a war to conquer every day. The Empress did not hide and moved to Shangqiu. Chen was the main cause and Shang was the cause, so Chen was the Shang star. I moved to summer, and I was the main participant. Tang people are the cause of serving the Xia and Shang Dynasties. " ShangXing lives in the east (5 am to 7 am) and Shen Xing lives in the west (5 pm to 7 pm), so they never meet, so they think it's better than that.
Pale, gray.
The phrase "visiting the old" means asking about old friends and relatives, but half of them are dead. Visit the past and make a "visit".
"exclaim" sentence: There are two kinds of understandings. One is: it makes people feel warm to see an old friend exclaim; Second, accidental death makes people scream and scream until they are agitated. Exclaimed, a "cry".
Line (háng), many children.
Father's Persistence: The word "Book of Rites Quli": "See the father's persistence." It means father's friend. Peng is a borrowing word to pick up, and picking up a friend is a close friend.
I haven't finished yet.
"Children" is a work of "controlling children". Luo, list the food and wine.
"Rain at Night" sentence: It tells the story of Guo cutting leeks in the rain to entertain his friend Fan Kui. Zong Lin made his bed, and his friend Fan Kui came in the evening. He cut leeks in the rain and made soup cakes for him. Qionglin: Cutting leeks in the rain makes Lin Zongkuan friendly; Walking in the snow in Xun Mei, Meng Haoran amused himself.
"Intermittent": The pronunciation means "mixed". Huang Liang, or yellow rice. The newly cooked rice is just cooked fresh rice.
Lord, master, it is Wei Ba. Weighing means. Cao Zhi said, "The Lord called it Chitose."
Tired, one after another.
Deliberately long, old friends have deep friendship.
Mountain refers to Huashan Mountain in Xiyue. We are going to break up tomorrow.
Things, including society and individuals. Two boundless, that is to say, after breaking up tomorrow, we don't know each other's fate. Meeting is extremely difficult, just to see the joy of meeting at night. At this time, the chaos has not yet been determined, so Du Fu has this feeling. According to the last two sentences, this poem was written on the night of drinking.
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This poem is simple and true, with orderly levels. Poets only write with their own feelings and have a strong atmosphere. Different from most of Du Fu's ancient poems characterized by depression and frustration, it is closer to the simple ancient poems of Han and Wei Dynasties and the creation of Tao Yuanming. However, its emotional connotation is richer and more complicated than that of Han and Wei ancient poems, and it has the unique emotional waves in Du Fu's poems, such as overlapping waves, which spread inside the works and are an internal depression and frustration.
When friends who write poems meet, they begin with the lament that "it is almost as difficult for friends to meet", so when they turn to "tonight is followed by a rare event, and this lamp is candlelight", it is particularly wonderful. However, we don't express our joy because we met, but follow "two young men not long ago" to "shock us and burn our hearts with grief", and our feelings tend to be depressed. In the middle part of the poem, the hospitality of the banquet diluted the sadness of the world and brought happiness to the poet. However, the words to persuade wine are "my host declares it a festival", which brings the feeling of leaving chaos.
The poem begins with "It's almost as difficult for friends to meet" and begins with "After tomorrow-who can say for sure?" This is boundless, putting the warmth of a night on the desolate emotional tone. These are all manifestations of the inner gloom of poetry.
If we compare this poem with Meng Haoran's Crossing the Old People's Village, we can find that both of them also show the simple and profound friendship of the old people, but because of the different atmosphere of the times, the poet's feelings and writing style are very different. Meng Haoran's mood is calm and cheerful, and even his writing style is faint. Du Fu, on the other hand, is both sad and happy, with deep emotional waves in his heart. Therefore, it is reflected in the fact that although his writing is natural and simple, it is still extremely depressed.