Autumn is here, the weather is cooler, the leaves are turning yellow, it’s time to read poetry
"Like waking up from a dream, like a servant rising up, like a sick person waking up."
——Ma Yifu
What is poetry?
Poetry is the awakening of the human heart, the closest thing to our soul itself; it is waking up from mediocrity, glitz and hardship and seeing one's true self.
Autumn is a suitable season for writing poetry. Song Yu mourns the autumn, Du Fu comes on stage, and the drunkard listens.
Autumn is also a suitable season for reading poetry. When I read that understanding moment, it suddenly seemed as if the ancients were the people in our dreams, and we were the past and present lives of the ancients.
Poetry is the glory, the literary heritage, the art of language, but it is more than these.
If we only look at it from the perspective of romance, it may indicate that our lives may be too utilitarian; if we only look at it from the perspective of language arts and literary heritage, we may look at poetry as too professional. Poetry can point to something further and greater.
Poetry is about the soul. According to the ancient concept of Chinese culture, people's hearts are not inseparable from each other. The world in the poem is a world where hearts and minds are connected. When reading poetry, we also use this poem to return to the dreams of the ancients, to the heart that can communicate without separation.
For example, we read the famous sentence of Li Qiao, a poet of the early Tang Dynasty: "There is a bright moon in a foreign country, and I miss you when I am thousands of miles away."
He wrote that there is a bright moon in a foreign land thousands of miles away, so there is no need to be too sentimental about parting. Every time we return home at night, we look up at the bright moon. Together with the poet, we admire the bright moon and feel the same sorrow of separation in ancient and modern times.
But it’s more than that. The awakening of a sense of the universe gives the poem a more optimistic, warmer tone. This is a big life pattern in the inner life of the Tang people. Their "seeing", their "feeling", whether they are traveling far away or saying goodbye, will naturally place everything in a big cosmic background. Come to ask questions, reflect and be moved.
Therefore, no matter how far away the place is, in their eyes, it can be as friendly and warm as their neighbors and their hometown. Such poems could only be written in the Tang Dynasty.
So there is "Inaction is on the wrong road, children are still wearing towels", and there is "The moon rises in the sea, the end of the world is at this time".
When reading poems, we seem to be able to feel the cosmic mind of the Tang people, which is the green mountains and the bright moon, and the cosmic background created by the green mountains and the bright moon.
Today is a day to read poetry. I hope you like it.
01 The world needs good poetry
Hu Xiaoming
Bai Juyi's poem goes: "God's will must be understood, and the world needs good poetry." What is a good poem? Reading by thousands of people comes with thousands of tastes, no matter whether it is sweet or bitter, there is always a long aftertaste.
Excerpting verses to read poems is a unique method of ancient Chinese poetic theory. There are many famous quotes that are widely circulated in famous articles. The evaluation of Xiuju is not limited to the traditional poetic theory of knowing people and commenting on the world, but also pays more attention to the poetic environment with meaning behind the words. This book inherits the tradition of traditional Chinese excerpt criticism and uses famous verses from Tang and Song poetry to see through the spirit of Chinese culture. The sentences and words in the poems are full of words and endless meanings, making it clear and charming to read.
02 Essays on Poetry (Updated Edition)
Miao Yue
A classic short book first published in 1948 by the famous literary historian Professor Miao Yue. Ye Jiaying ranks this book alongside "Human Words" and praises it as a work that not only appeals to people's minds, but also appeals to people's souls. It is not only full of deep and thoughtful experience, but also full of spiritual excitement. hair.
Mr. Miao Yue is gifted as a poet and trained as a scholar. The book not only reveals his knowledge, but also his talent. For example, when commenting on Tang and Song poetry: "The beauty of Tang poetry lies in the emotional words, so it is plump; the beauty of Song poetry lies in the spirit and bones, so it is thin and strong. Tang poetry is like peony and begonia, and the flowers are blooming; Song poetry is like winter plums and autumn chrysanthemums, with a quiet rhyme and cold fragrance." The writing style is concise. Smart and insightful interpretation. For readers who like excerpts, this book may cause a little trouble: every sentence makes people have the urge to copy.
03 Poetry Reflects the Spring of the Tang Dynasty: Tang Poetry and Tang People’s Life
Shang Yongliang
The Tang Dynasty was a country of poetry, and Tang people’s life and poetry were naturally linked. Incomprehensible fate. I write poems when I am proud, and even more poems when I am frustrated; I write poems when we are apart, and when we get together, and sometimes I even use poems as letters, invitations, and passes. Poems are indispensable for reading in the mountains and forests, wandering around, expressing feelings about the mountains and rivers, jumping on horses at the frontier fortress, holding academic papers, ups and downs in officialdom, being demoted and exiled, traveling in the forest, singing and dancing at banquets, drinking and drinking, and celebrating weddings and love festivals.
Poetry is deeply embedded in the life of the Tang people, and the life of the Tang people also has a strong artistic sentiment because of poetry. If you long for a poetic life, please open this book and travel through a long time to taste the grape wine in the luminous cup, watch the fluttering skirt in the orchid wine shop, and listen to the unknown moonlight in the desert. The sound of reed pipes coming from somewhere.
04 The multi-dimensional world of Tang poetry
Ou Lijuan
There are many people who read Tang poetry. Some people have other thoughts and borrow others' wine glasses to soothe their chests, while others are looking for peace. Explore and delve into the poet's specific and subtle spiritual world. The latter can be more precipitated into knowledge, allowing more people to use this ladder to enter the wonderful realm of Tang poetry.
Professor Ou Lijuan, a famous teacher at National Taiwan University, wrote a "cold-eyed and affectionate" work for 26 years. It provides a multi-dimensional interpretation of poets such as Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu, Li He, Li Shangyin, Wang Bo, and Tang poetry. Key images witness the internal information and external trajectory of the development and changes of Tang poetry art. In the academic context of classical literature, supplemented by Western literary theory, Tang poetry is not only the Tang poetry of China, but also the Tang poetry of the world.
05 Art and Style Discrimination of Du Poetry
Ge Xiaoyin
"There are Dante, Shakespeare and Du Fu in the world." A program launched by the BBC in the first half of the year A documentary introducing "China's greatest poet" made Du Fu the object of concern of foreign language media for the first time.
"Saint" is the highest evaluation in Chinese, and "Poetic Saint" is the highest evaluation Chinese people have for a poet. Du Fu, revered as the "Sage of Poetry" by later generations, set a century-old example of concern for the country and the people for China's humanistic spirit, and established the highest example of Shen Xiong's broadness for China's poetry art. Throughout his life, he linked himself to the fate of the country, deeply sympathized with the suffering of the people, and persistently cared about real politics. He wrote a large number of excellent chapters criticizing the current ills, which profoundly reflected the rapid changes from prosperity to decline of the Tang Dynasty, especially The vast social reality after the Anshi Rebellion is called "the history of poetry". Reading Du's poems just feels good. After reading this book, you will understand what is so good.
06 Beautiful jade produces smoke - Ye Jiaying talks about Li Shangyin in detail
Ye Jiaying
Yuan Hao asked about poetry, "Poets always love the beauty of Xikun, but they hate nothing. "Everyone loves Li Yishan's poems, even though they are both brilliant and difficult to read. Li Shangyin's poetry is good not only because of the beauty of form, but also because of its connotation and artistic conception. It is said that poor poetry leads to late work. The sadness and melancholy in Li Shangyin's poems are closely related to his rough life.
Mr. Ye Jiaying, like Li Shangyin, had a rough and difficult life. From her teenage years to her octogenarian years, Mr. Ye Jiaying had different understandings of Li Shi at different stages of her life. This is a collection of Mr. Ye Jiaying's lifelong views on Li Shangyin, and it is also a dialogue that spans thousands of years and is connected by poetry. Mr. Ye Jiaying tells you the deep and ethereal spiritual realm and the ubiquitous rich sadness in Li Shangyin's poems based on her own feelings when reading them at different ages, combined with Li Shangyin's life story.
07 Li Shangyin’s Poetry
Ou Lijuan
Still Li Shangyin, my preference for Li Shangyin always seems to be without reason, but it is natural. If Chen Ziang is a brave man, Wang Wei is a wise man, Li Bai is an immortal, Du Fu is a benevolent person, and Li He is a patient, then Li Shangyin can be said to be a weak person. He always uses the most delicate heartstrings to accept the touch and impact of external things, so he always makes the most sensitive trembling sounds; and every trembling, whether slight or severe, draws out the purest and untainted deep heart. Sincere love.
This time, Professor Ou Lijuan will lead you to systematically interpret more than 30 Li Shangyin's poems, from related connotations, poetry types to comprehensive interpretations of the development of poetic history, through the fog of obscure allusions, and into the poet's history. An inner world where love is the bone and tears are the heart.
08 Shi Tao's Poems and Essays
Zhu Liangzhi
You only know that Shi Tao was a master of painting in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, comparable to Su Dongpo and Dong Qichang in the history of painting. But they may not know that he is also an excellent poet and even made outstanding contributions to artistic theory.
Zhu Liangzhi, a professor at Peking University, has studied Shi Tao for nearly 20 years and completed "Three Books of Shi Tao", of which this "Collection of Shi Tao's Poems and Essays" is one. This is the first comprehensive collection of Shi Tao's poems and essays. It draws on the strengths of previous works and makes up for their shortcomings. It is a comprehensive collection of works, which is of great significance to Shi Tao's research and collection. Shi Tao was an old prince who escaped into Buddhism during the revolution of Ming and Qing Dynasties. He was also a monk who shuttled among wealthy families in the new dynasty and entertained himself with poetry and literature. His spiritual world when he was born and entering the world can also be glimpsed from his poems.
09 Poetry on Dream of Red Mansions
Ou Lijuan
After reading "Dream of Red Mansions", the most impressive thing for most people is probably the poem recited by Daiyu "The Song of Burial Flowers". "Dream of Red Mansions" is full of poetry and is constantly chanted. The first eighty original chapters include a total of one hundred and ninety poems, lyrics, tunes, rhymes, couplets, and riddles, interspersed with complex plots of changing world situations and joys and sorrows. middle.
Mu Xin said: "The poems in "A Dream of Red Mansions" are like water plants. If you take them out of the water, they are not good. If you put them in the water, they will look good." Teacher Ou Lijuan's "Poetry on the Dream of Red Mansions" will be explored Dezhu comprehensively and systematically explores the poetic theory and poetic art of "A Dream of Red Mansions", and puts it within the framework of the entire historical development of poetry. From it, we can also detect the vertical and horizontal aspects of Chinese lyric tradition.
10 Sunlight Hits the Ground - Selected Contemporary Poems of Peking University 1978-2018
Editor-in-Chief Hong Zicheng
A concentrated presentation of the works of Peking University poets in the past forty years, including 45 The poet wrote more than 380 poems. In fact, there is no such thing as a "Peking University poet" or a "Peking University poetry school". However, Peking University is known as the cradle of poetry. The poets who came out of this school, such as Luo Yihe, Xichuan, Haizi, etc., have some similarities in spirit and art, and their creations are also similar to contemporary Chinese poetry. A special connection was established.
Many encounters with poetry begin on campus, where those young, sincere, and free souls explore more possibilities for poetry. The sun hits the ground, and poetry lights up life. At the very least, this cover is enough to light up your bookshelf.
11 How to Read Poetry
Intry Eagleton
“The reason most people ignore most poetry is because most poetry Ignore the majority." Eagleton's book demonstrates how literary theory is fundamental to the understanding of poetry and that he is the only one who can truly reveal what poetry is intended to be.
"How to Read Poetry" starts from several aspects such as the function of criticism, the form of poetry, how to read poetry, etc., and analyzes the poems of Yeats, Frost, Auden, Dickinson and others. Careful reading clearly and powerfully outlines the function of poetry criticism. This is a high-quality guide to poetry reading, both Chinese and foreign, both Eastern and Western.
"I really hope that this poem is written to me, or many years later, I am the one who wrote this poem." Today's book list is carefully prepared for you, from poetry collections to poetry On the topic, from ancient poems to new poems, you can always find the leaf that belongs to you.