This is like saying "the early bird catches the worm". Does the early bird catch the worm? Not necessarily.
It's like saying, "you can succeed if you work hard." Is it true that hard work can succeed? Not necessarily.
However, if birds don't get up early, there must be no bugs to eat. People will certainly not succeed if they don't work hard. Similarly, mountains and rivers may not have a bright future, but in order to have a bright future, we must first experience mountains and rivers.
Well, there's no way, Jinghe village
Let's look at Lu You's poem, which is from "Traveling to Shanxi Village".
The first couplet says: "Don't laugh at the farm wine, and raise enough chickens and dolphins in good years." The word "don't laugh" is written to appreciate the simplicity of folk customs, and the second word "foot" is written to appreciate the hospitality of farmers. In the harvest season, the whole village is full of the joy of harvest. Although the farmer's food and wine are not very rich, the farmer's warm and hospitable friendship is deep.
Zhuan Xu said, "There is no doubt about mountains and rivers, but there are other villages in the dark." This is a famous sentence throughout the ages, and it is also a very distinctive feature of Song poetry: reasoning. In the landscape, there is a philosophy of life.
This couplet is very cheerful and vivid to read. With the poet's footsteps, he wandered between mountains and rivers, the deeper he went, the more lush the vegetation, the winding mountain road and gradually lost his way. Just when he was confused, he turned the corner in front and suddenly saw several farmhouses hidden between mountains and rivers, giving people a feeling of being suddenly enlightened and having a bright future. The author must be very excited and happy about this scene.
What does this mean about the philosophy of life? Look at the background of this poem.
Creation background
The poem "Shanxi Village Tour" was written by Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. Yes 1 167, filial piety in the southern song dynasty, three years on the avenue.
All patriotic poets in the Southern Song Dynasty have one thing in common. Their greatest ideal in life is the northern expedition and the recovery of the mountains and rivers of their old country. At that time, Zhang Jun was the imperial hawk, insisting on the Northern Expedition. Lu You was a staunch supporter, but Zhang Jun was impeached and dismissed on trumped-up charges. After Lu You heard the news, he was sad and angry, tired of the officialdom traitors, which led to the simple life of farmers.
But who is Lu You? His last words were all about the Northern Expedition, and the last poem was all about telling his descendants that "Julian Waghann will set the Central Plains Day in the north, and his family will not forget it". How can such a person not care about state affairs, even mountains and rivers?
Therefore, when he said "no way back is suspicious", he was actually disappointed with the shortsightedness and timidity of those in power. When there are so many opportunities to explore the north, why are you confused by traitors and petty criminals? However, Lu You never lost confidence in the Northern Expedition. He firmly believes that the current position is just a moment of confusion, and one day he will wake up and the whole situation will change, so he says "there is no way to doubt" instead of "there is no way".
When the incumbent wakes up, it is the time when the whole country is extremely grateful, just as he suddenly saw another village when he was "suspicious of no road". It can be seen that Lu You's situation at that time was very consistent with his state of mind-the mountains and rivers were mixed, which was an environmental dilemma and a dilemma faced by the Northern Expedition, but there was often hope in the dilemma.
Unfortunately, Lu You lived in the Southern Song Dynasty. He had hope in his heart, but reality gave him a loud slap in the face.