Appreciation of Yan Yu's ancient poem "Visiting the Beneficiary Lan Ruo"

All the way into the scattered snow, several peaks are cold.

Monks in the mountains like tourists, and pavilions are for people to see.

After singing, the clothes are brushed away, and the bell stays outside the cloud.

-Yan Yu

Yan Yu praised Cang Hua as the most famous poet in later generations. He used Zen as a metaphor for poetry and put forward some incisive opinions on poetry creation. Although there are mistakes in Zen and poetry, he still has some research on Buddhism. He not only contacted Buddhist disciples, but also paid close attention to them. This poem is about him crossing the beach, wearing a pine forest, stepping on the snow, braving the cold, wading through mountains and rivers, and going into the mountains alone to find a monk with fame and fortune.

Master, a courtesy title for a monk; Qinglianyu, Buddhist temple. Because violet petals are long and wide and shaped like eyes, Buddhist books often compare them to Buddha's eyes, so people use "violet space" to refer to the temple where monks live. The author first focuses on the words "green" and "white", and then depicts an elegant mountain forest map with pine snow as the main body and mountains as the background. With this elegant environment and quiet atmosphere, he renders people who stand out from the crowd and their distinctive blue ruo. It is conceivable that the beneficial person living in such a "green" and "white" environment must be an innocent monk; The temple in this deep mountain must also be a quiet and solemn place. Sure enough, the unexpected arrival of the poet made the monk who lived in seclusion at ordinary times overjoyed. He diligently accompanied the guests to see the scenery and visit the temples. Beautiful scenery, exquisite architecture, hospitable monks and poets naturally envy such a place far away from the hubbub. He and the temple master sang poems and wrote poems together, and they were so happy that they forgot their feelings. When he left for home, he felt reluctant to go. The fluttering bell outside the gate touched his feelings, pinned his thoughts on his monks and friends, and brought infinite charm to the whole poem.

Generally, poetry critics think that Yan Yu is "of high quality", but his poetry creation is "devoted to Wang Meng" and "limited in thought and lacking in talent" (The Essence of Song Poetry, Volume 4). This poem is also a study of the elegant style, cold atmosphere and quiet artistic conception of Wang and Meng's poems, as well as the expression techniques of turning static into dynamic and virtual and real. Literally, "independence", "green", "white", "cold", "twilight" and "disability" all give people a chilly feeling; Violet, white sand, pine snow, mountain monk, pavilion and clock are isomorphic into an elegant whole. "All the way into the snow" skillfully turns the scenery into emotion. This is a static winding mountain road. Use the word "into" to describe, there will be dynamic and emotional. "A few peaks lead to cold dusk" is about a quiet environment. The cold that the poet first felt came and went without a trace, but now it seems to rise from the snow-covered mountain top in the sunset. If it is in a lively occasion, can you have this subtle feeling? The bell at the end is particularly impressive. This is a way to bond feelings with scenes. In the author's view, the highest beauty of poetry lies in "the antelope hanging in the horn, without trace" and "thorough and delicate, and cannot be parked together, such as the sound in the air, the color in the phase, the moon in the water, the image in the mirror, and endless words." In other words, poetry creation should not be too realistic and incisive in artistic expression, but should give people an indescribable aesthetic feeling and endless aftertaste space. Judging from this poem, especially the conclusion, the author is trying to practice his own theory.