Jiang Jin Jiu is a poem about ancient Yuefu written by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem was written by Li Bai after his release from Chang 'an, with profound ideological content and mature artistic expression, which has the greatest influence among the works of the same name.
The poet drank and sang loudly, and used wine to drown his sorrows, expressing his deep affection for life. The poem is mixed with feelings of disappointment and self-confidence, grief and struggle, which embodies a strong and unrestrained personality.
The whole poem is full of emotion, and no matter what the mood is, it surges like a river, which is unstoppable, ups and downs and dramatic changes; Exaggeration and huge quantifiers are often used in the technique, which not only shows the poet's heroic and free-spirited feelings, but also makes the poem itself appear smooth and lyrical. Structurally, it fully embodies the characteristics of Li Bai's seven-character song.
2. Li Sao
Lisao is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet in China during the Warring States Period, and it is also the longest lyric poem in ancient China. This poem centers on the poet's life experience, experience and mental journey. The first half repeatedly devoted the poet's concern for the fate of Chu and people's life, expressing his desire to reform politics and his will to stick to his ideals and never compromise with evil forces even in times of disaster.
The second half reflects the poet's thoughts and feelings of patriotism and love for the people after wandering in heaven, pursuing the realization of ideals and dying after failure.
The whole poem uses the metaphor of beauty and vanilla, a lot of myths and legends and rich imagination, forming a gorgeous literary talent and magnificent structure, showing a positive romantic spirit, and creating a "Sao style" poetry form in the history of China literature, which has a far-reaching impact on later generations.
3. Peacock Flying Southeast
Peacock Flying Southeast is the first narrative poem in the history of China literature, and it is also the pinnacle of Yuefu poetry. Later generations praised it and Mulan poems of the Northern Dynasties as "double walls of Yuefu".
Peacock Flying Southeast is based on a marriage tragedy that happened in Lujiang County (now in Huaining and Qianshan, Anhui Province) during the reign of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original title was "Ancient Poems for Jiao Zhongqing's Wife", and it was named because the first sentence of the poem was "Peacock flies southeast and wanders in five miles".
The whole poem has more than 350 sentences, 1700 words. It mainly tells the story of being forced to separate and both committed suicide, accusing the ruthlessness of feudal ethics and praising Jiao and Liu's sincere feelings and rebellious spirit.
4. Mulan Poetry
Mulan Poetry is a folk song in the Northern Dynasties, and Guo Maoqian's Yuefu Poetry in the Song Dynasty is included in the Song of Cross Blowing. This is a long narrative poem, which tells the story of a girl named Mulan disguised as a man, joined the army for her father, made meritorious deeds on the battlefield, refused to be an official after returning to North Korea, and just wanted to go home and reunite. She warmly praised the woman's brave and kind qualities, her enthusiasm for defending the country and her fearless spirit.
The whole poem conceives the legendary story of Mulan with "Mulan is a girl", which is full of romance; The details are cleverly arranged. Although it is about war, it is more about life scenes and children's modality, full of life breath. Describing the characters' modality, using questions and answers, parallelism, antithesis, intertextuality and other methods to describe the characters' psychology is vivid and meticulous, which makes the works have strong artistic appeal.
5. "Fu Qin Yin"
Fu Qin Yin is a long narrative poem written by Wei Zhuang, a poet in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. Through the mouth of an escaped woman, this poem describes the social chaos during the Huang Chao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty and reflects the profound disaster brought to the people by the war. The whole poem is rich in twists and turns, grand and rigorous in structure, beautiful and delicate in language, reaching a very high level in thought and art, and setting up a monument for ancient Chinese narrative poems.
Because this poem was praised by people at that time, the poet was also nicknamed "Yin Champion". Later generations called this poem "The Peacock flies southeast" by Han Yuefu and "Mulan Ci" by Northern Yuefu. Some people think that it is the third narrative poem monument in the Tang Dynasty after Du Fu's Three Officials and Three Farewells and Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow.
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