"Listening to the Flute in Luocheng on a Spring Night" was written by Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. It was selected into the second volume of the "Chinese" textbook for seventh grade.
Li Bai was a poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. His courtesy name was Taibai and his nickname was Qinglian Jushi. He was a romantic poet. Below is some analysis of this poem selected in the textbook for students’ reference.
"Homesickness" is one of the most common themes in Li Bai's poems. When he looked up and saw the moon, he immediately "bowed his head and missed his hometown"; and when he heard the music of "Breaking Willows", he would The "hometown feeling" immediately arose. So, why does Li Bai miss home so often? Is it "forcibly expressing sorrow in order to compose new poems"? Absolutely not. The reason why Li Bai's poems have reached the pinnacle of art is that the emotions he expresses are sincere and moving, and are by no means false.
The prominent theme of "homesickness" in Li Bai's poems comes from his long-term travel career. Li Bai left home to travel when he was 15 years old, and has been wandering around since then. He traveled through most of China at a young age. The young boy left home, and the eldest brother never returned. "Hometown" has always been a lingering attachment to him. He traveled from his hometown in Sichuan, then passed through Dongting and Lushan, entered Jinling (now Nanjing), Yangzhou, and then Shandong, and finally arrived at Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, where he wrote this breathtakingly beautiful poem "Qi Jue" The poem is titled "Listening to the Flute in Luocheng on a Spring Night".
So, why is Li Bai so keen on traveling around the world? The ancients valued "reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles". At that time, talented and learned people liked to travel and study. Li Bai also traveled to make more friends and meet celebrities, hoping to be recommended and rise to a high position in one fell swoop. However, Li Bai traveled throughout most of China but achieved nothing. This inevitably made him miss his hometown even more. So, when he heard the sound of the flute at night in Luoyang, he couldn't help but miss his hometown.
This is a poem with seven unique features, one *** four lines: "The sound of someone's jade flute is flying silently, spreading into the spring breeze all over Luo City. Hearing the broken willows in this nocturne, who can't help but feel the love of his hometown." ”
These four lines of poetry can be understood in two parts: scene description and lyricism. "The sound of someone's jade flute flies darkly, spreading into the spring breeze and filling Luo City" is mainly a description of the scene. On a moonless night in spring, in the unaccompanied city of Luoyang, the poet heard the melodious flute sound from people in the city. This beautiful music spread throughout Luoyang city with the spring breeze. The picture described by the poet seems to be illusory. We don’t know “whose house” it is coming from, and we can’t see the “dark flying sound”. The moonless night is dark, and the sound of flute floating in the dark night is invisible to our naked eyes. We can't see it, but a homely and leisurely music performer clearly flashes before our eyes. The home performer makes people living in a foreign country suddenly feel homesick. This naturally leads to the following two famous lyrical lines: This nocturne When I heard about the broken willows, who could not forget the love of my hometown? In this quiet dark night, I suddenly heard the soul-stirring willow song. Who can not think of my hometown for this?
"Breaking willow" is an image often used in ancient poetry. The ancients had the custom of breaking willow branches as gifts when parting. When a wanderer leaves his hometown and embarks on a journey, people often break off a willow branch and give it to him to express their reluctance to stay. The word "liu" in "willow tree" is homophonic with the word "liu" in "stay". Therefore, when saying goodbye, "breaking the willows to send each other off" implies the meaning of "stay". Therefore, the image of "breaking willow" has the meaning of farewell and long-distance. "Breaking Willow" in Li Bai's poem refers to the ancient song "Breaking Willow", the content of which mostly expresses the emotions of separation. The wandering son longed for his homeland, and hearing this sad farewell tune in the lonely night naturally added to his nostalgia.
"In this nocturne, I hear the broken willows, who can't bear the feeling of hometown" is a famous line by Li Bai to describe the nostalgia for hometown. Later generations also often use these two lines to describe the feeling of missing hometown.