This poem was written in the third year of Tianbao (744), when Li Bai was in Chang 'an. The poet wrote about himself in drinking Alone with the Moon among the flowers. The sentence "to bring me my shadow and make us three" is wonderfully conceived, which shows his lonely and uninhibited feelings. "Li Shi Zhi Jie": "This is a drink for the moon alone, and it is also fun to be open-minded." Fu Gengsheng's "Examples of China Literature Appreciation": "There is wine among the flowers, and there is no family to drink alone; Although there are no relatives, inviting the moon and shadows is like three people; Although it is like three people, the moon can't drink, and the shadow acts with you; Although you don't understand drinking, chatting can be your companion. Although you take it with you, you have to take it with you. Eat, drink, and be merry. Wandering on the moon, such as listening to songs; The shadows are messy, such as dancing. Although I am happy when I wake up, and then I was drunk, and we lost one another; When gathering, it seems ruthless, and the feelings are deep and eternal; Yun-Han Miao phase, blind date comfort alone. Step by step, this poem becomes more and more strange, although it is strange and does not leave its Sect. "Violet is a genius, so she can learn from others. I'm afraid she may not be able to learn from hard work."

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There are four original poems, and this is the first one. The scene of the poet drinking alone under the moonlight and no one is close to him. The poet uses rich imagination to show a complex feeling from loneliness to non-loneliness, and then from non-loneliness to loneliness. Li Baixian is broad-minded, and there is no tolerance between things and me. This poem fully expresses his mind. The first four sentences of the poem are the first paragraph, which describes flowers, wine, people and the moon. The poem expresses loneliness, but raises a glass to invite the moon, conjuring up the moon, shadow and person; However, the moon can't drink, and the shadows are still alone. Therefore, from the fifth sentence to the eighth sentence, from the moon shadow, the meaning of "carpe diem and spring" is pointed out. The last six sentences are the third paragraph. The poet insists on a relentless tour with moonlight and figure, and meets again in the faraway fairyland in heaven. The whole poem shows the loneliness and aloofness of the poet, as well as his wild and unruly character. Inviting the moon to the shadow is a timeless quatrain. On the front, it seems that you can really enjoy yourself, but on the back, it is extremely bleak.

Appreciation

This poem highlights the word "independence". Li Bai is ambitious, talented and wants to do something, but he can't get the appreciation and support of the rulers, nor can he find many bosom friends and friends. Therefore, he is often surrounded by loneliness and feels depressed and confused. From his poems, we can hear the cry of a lonely soul, which contains a protest against the unreasonable society and a desire for freedom and liberation. That irresistible force is really enough to "shock the wind and rain" and "make the gods cry".

in the first two sentences, "from a pot of wine among the flowers, I drank alone. There was no one with me", the word "independence" has been pointed out. People who love to drink generally don't like to drink alone. They want to have a confidant or two to talk and drink, and pour out what they have been depressed for a long time. Especially when the scenery is beautiful and the flowers are under the moon, I hope to have a close partner to share the beauty of the scenery and the mellow taste of wine with me. Li Bai was in this mood when he wrote this poem, but he had no relatives and no wine, so he had nowhere to say, so he had to "till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon, to bring me my shadow and make us three" and invited Mingyue and his own figure to keep him company. These two sentences are derived from Tao Yuanming's Miscellaneous Poems. Tao Shi said, "If you have nothing to say, wave a cup to persuade the lonely shadow." But that was just "two people", and Li Bai invited a bright moon, so it was "to bring me my shadow and make us three".

However, the bright moon won't drink, and the shadow will only follow her silently. "alas, the moon was unable to drink, and my shadow tagged me vacantly;", the result can only be a person alone. But it's good to have such two partners, "but still for a while I had these friends, to cheer me through the end of spring". Let's eat, drink and be merry with the moon and the shadow for the time being! Let's go on to write about singing, dancing and having fun: "I sang. The moon encouraged me, I danced. My shadow tumbled after. Have sex when you wake up, and then I was drunk, and we lost one another. " "Moon wandering" means that the moon is moved by my singing and always lingers around me and refuses to leave. "The shadow is messy" means that the shadow is also making all kinds of irregular dances with his body. At this time, the poet and they have reached the point of emotional blending. So then say, "Have sex when you wake up, and then I was drunk, and we lost one another." When they are awake, the three make good friends, and when they are drunk, they will inevitably be separated. But Li Bai was reluctant to be separated from them. The last two sentences said, "shall goodwill ever be secure?, I watch the long road of the River of Stars." "Ruthless" means not to be contaminated with the world, and "heartless travel" is to make friends beyond the general secular relationship. Li Bai believes that this kind of communication without interest is the purest and most sincere. He couldn't find this kind of friendship on earth, so he had to meet the moon and shadow, hoping to make a ruthless trip with them forever and meet them in the high sky. "Yunhan" is the Milky Way, which generally refers to the heaven far away from the world. Although these two poems express the thought of being born, Li Bai's thought is not completely negative, and it should be said that it has profound positive significance in terms of his disgust and denial of vulgar relations between people in society.

Although this poem says "to bring me my shadow and make us three", it mainly expresses feelings for the bright moon. Li Bai liked the bright moon since he was a child. A Journey to the Moon in Gulang said, "When I was a child, I didn't know the moon, so I called it a white jade plate. I also suspect that Yao Tai Jing is flying at the end of Qingyun Mountain. " In the mind of young Li Bai, the bright moon is already a symbol of brightness. He often reposes his ideals by the bright moon and pursues her eagerly. At the beginning of "Drinking asking for the moon", I said, "When will the moon come in the sky? I'll stop for a drink and ask. People can't climb the moon, but the moon goes with people. " In the poem "a Farewell to Secretary Shuyun at the Xietiao Villa in Xuanzhou", it is also said: "we both are exalted to distant thought, want to go to the sky to embrace the bright moon." He wants to climb the bright moon and embrace it, which shows his yearning for the bright future. It is precisely because he hates the darkness and filth of society and pursues brightness and purity that he places such deep feelings on the bright moon that even his death is legendary, saying that he died after drinking and catching the moon in the water. The bright moon often reminds Li Bai of his hometown. When he was in Sichuan in his youth, he visited Emei Mountain, and the Emei Mountain Month left a deep impression on him. He wrote a song "Emei Mountain Moon Song", in which he said that "Emei Mountain falls in the autumn of the first half of the month and falls into the Pingqiang River", which is very popular. In his later years, he wrote another song "The Moon Song of Emei Mountain" in Wuchang, which was written to see a Sichuan monk off to Chang 'an. The poem said that when he saw the bright moon in the Three Gorges, he thought of Emei, and Wan Li accompanied him to the Yellow Crane Tower. Now I meet you, a guest from Emei, and the Emei Mountain Month will definitely send you to Chang 'an. Finally, he hoped that the Shu monk would "make a name for himself in the Imperial Capital and make Emei Moon when he returned". The bright moon has caused Li Bai's homesickness, so in the famous poem "Thinking about a Quiet Night", he would say "lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight, sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home". When he saw the bright moon, he thought of Emei and his hometown of Sichuan. Mingyue is another close friend of Li Bai. "tianmu Mountain Ascended in a Dream" said: "my heart and my dreams are in Wu and Yueh, flying over the mirror lake in one night. And the moon lights my shadow, and me to Yan River. " In another poem entitled down Zhongnan Mountain to the Kind Pillow and Bowl of Husi, he said, "down the blue mountain in the evening, moonlight was my homeward escort." It's almost like watching the moon with children's innocence. More interestingly, when he heard the news that Wang Changling had moved to Longbiao to the left, he wrote a poem and sent it to Wang Changling. The poem said, "I am worried about the bright moon and will follow you until Yelangxi." In Li Bai's imagination, Mingyue can follow Wang Changling to remote places with his sadness.

When we know that the bright moon means so much to Li Bai, it is easy to understand why Li Bai places such a deep friendship on the bright moon in the poem drinking Alone with the Moon. "till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon, to bring me my shadow and make us three" and "shall goodwill ever be secure?, I watch the long road of the River of Stars", with which Li Bai has been a partner since childhood, symbolize light and purity, and often make Li Bai miss the moonlight in his hometown, which is worthy of Li Bai's devotion to her. Li Bai, a great poet who is aloof, proud and naive, is also fully worthy of being a friend of Mingyue.

Appreciation II

The poem describes the scene of drinking Alone with the Moon. Drinking Alone with the Moon was originally lonely, but the poet used his rich imagination to make up the moon and his own figure into a so-called "three people". From the word "flower" to the word "spring", from "discretion" to "song" and "dance", the lonely environment is rendered very lively, which is not only vivid with pen and ink, but more importantly, expresses the poet's broad-minded personality and feelings of being good at self-relieving loneliness.

On the surface, it seems that the poet can really enjoy himself, but the back is full of infinite desolation. The poet is lonely enough to invite the moon and the shadow, but it is not enough. Even in the years to come, it is impossible to find someone to drink with. Therefore, we can only make friends with the moonlight figure forever, and make an appointment to meet again in the fairyland in heaven.

Appreciation III

Li Bai's five-character ancient poems have a wide range of themes and colorful styles. This drinking Alone with the Moon is a full display of Li Bai's elegant charm, romantic poetic style and personal spiritual world. The whole poem consists of fourteen sentences, the first eight of which are flat and the last six are faint. As far as the genre of five-character ancient poetry is concerned, the length of drinking Alone with the Moon is not long, but it is full of the pursuit and yearning of a lonely and lonely soul. Li Bai is the only one who appears in this poem, but through monologues, it has set off layers of emotional waves in the depths of the soul, which is both ups and downs and spontaneous, and has always been regarded as the passionate representative of Li Bai's poems.

wine and the moon are Li Bai's most faithful companions who have never left for a moment in his life. No matter where he goes and where he is, he will always leave a touching work about wine and the bright moon. Such as "tulips in Lanling wine, amber light in a jade bowl" ("Work in a Guest"); For example, "Let's buy wine and Bai Yunbian by boat on the moonlight in Dongting" ("Five Poems of Visiting Dongting with Assistant Minister Lang Ye of the Family Uncle Punishment Department and Jiasheren of the Chinese Book"); For example, "When will there be a moon in the sky? I'm going to stop for a cup and ask ","I only hope that when the song is right for the wine, the moonlight shines in the golden bottle "("asking for the moon "); Such as "oh, let a man of spirit venture where he pleases, and never tip his golden cup empty toward the moon!" ("Coming into Wine"). Through these well-known poems, Li Bai has created a unique realm that is both romantic and somewhat sad, and this wine-moon complex is brought to the extreme by this song "drinking Alone with the Moon".

At the beginning of the poem, our poet was in a very pleasant environment under the flowers and the moon, and "from a pot of wine among the flowers", among the flowers, drank a pot of fine wine and got drunk. But unexpectedly, the flowers and the wine made Li Bai feel unhappy. What are the reasons? It's because of I drank alone. There was no one with me! Li Bai has a famous saying, which can be used as a footnote to this poem. "Two people are drinking flowers in the mountains, and one cup after another" ("Drinking with a secluded person in the mountains"). With the company of like-minded "lovers", we can go to the drunken hometown together in the flowers and enjoy the endless fun of drinking. But at the moment, there is no companion, so I have to drink alone. But he had a brainwave and created a brand-new realm for himself: "till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon, to bring me my shadow and make us three"! From the lonely "no blind date" to the laughing "three-person", Li Bai completed it in a gesture. Look at him, when he raised his glass, the moon became his partner, and when he bowed his head, his figure accompanied him. How natural and unrestrained, how comfortable, how vivid the face of "fallen immortals" that is hard to find in the world can be imitated and imitated by others? The moon in the sky is Li Bai's eternal confidant in the spiritual world and a frequent visitor in Li Bai's poems. He once recalled his first understanding of the moon when he was a child: "When I was young, I didn't know the moon, so I called it a white jade plate" ("Gulang's Journey to the Moon"); When he was away from home, the moonlight reminded him of his wanderer's homesickness: "so bright a gleam on the foot of my bed, could there have been a frost already?. Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight, sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home "("Silent Night Thinking "); In the autumn moon, he once poured out endless lovesickness: "behind her closed casement, why is she still waiting, watching through its crystal pane the glow of the autumn moon?" ("Jade Clan"); In the moonlight, he can become a bosom friend with the ancients: "I meditate under the moon for a long time, but my eyes are thin when I meet it in ancient times" ("Singing under the moon in the west tower of Jinling City"). Therefore, when reading "till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon, to bring me my shadow and make us three", we will not be surprised and puzzled at all. Instead, we believe that this is the real Li Bai, the pure, romantic and out-of-touch "poetic immortal" Li Bai who lives in his own spiritual world! Only he can do such an incredible move, and only he can write such an elegant poem.

"alas, the moon was unable to drink, and my shadow tagged me vacantly;. But still for a while I had these friends, to cheer me through the end of spring. " Although Li Bai invited the moon to be his companion, it is a pity that the moon is far away, and it can only be hung in the high sky, and it cannot be drunk with Li Bai; Although the shadow is close at hand, it will only follow silently and can't really communicate. At this moment, in this situation, the poet is still lonely in his heart. Perhaps all geniuses are quite different from ordinary people in their ideological realm, and their pursuit and exploration are often misunderstood. For example, Li Bai refused to be a royal scholar in order to achieve his ideal of making contributions, and whitewashed the drunkenness of Tang Minghuang and Yang Guifei. Therefore, he did not enjoy the prosperity of the capital, refused to eat fine clothes and food, and insisted on wandering around the rivers and lakes, even saying that he was "I would cross the Yellow River, but ice chokes the ferry will climb the Taihang Mountains with snow" ("it is hard to go"). This is not asking for trouble. Perhaps it is this ignorance of practice that makes him end up as a "long-flowing yelang". Du Fu, a great poet who met Li Bai once, wrote many poems to express his admiration and concern for Li Bai: "our capital teems with officious people, while you are alone and helpless and poor" (Two Dreams of Li Bai). However, even if Li Bai falls to the level of "while you are alone and helpless and poor", he will never regret or bow to the secular world. He wrote a poem "Sitting alone in Jingting Mountain": "Birds fly high, and the lonely clouds go to leisure alone. "I never get tired of looking at each other, only Jingting Mountain." No matter whether it is a living bird or an inanimate cloud, as long as it can move, it will go away from Li Bai without hesitation, leaving only that motionless mountain. Even so, Li Bai can sit comfortably in the mountain, cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's self-interest, and refuse to go with the world. Therefore, when Li Bai failed to persuade the moon to drink and communicate with the figure, he thought on second thought that being able to drink and write poems under the flowers and the moon and stay away from the interference of secular distractions was not the most desirable pleasure when he was drunk in Chang' an. Then, on this beautiful spring night, together with the bright moon in the sky and the figure in the underground, eat, drink and be drunk. But a "temporary" shows that Li Bai also clearly knows that this kind of relief is only temporary. However, it is probably because of its brevity that it is even more precious and cannot be easily let go.

"I sang. The moon encouraged me, I danced. My shadow tumbled after. Wake up together happy, drunk after each dispersion. Shall goodwill ever be secure?, I watch the long road of the River of Stars. " The following poems have changed from flat rhyme to flat rhyme, and their emotions have become more intense. At this time, Li Bai, who was half drunk, was getting better and better. I saw that he was singing and dancing, and he was naive. He looked up with his eyes drunk, and the moon in the air seemed to be dancing with the rhythm of his singing. He looked down with his eyes drunk, and the figure on the ground was swaying with his dancing. All this seems to show an inexplicable desolation and loneliness, and he feels that it is not easy to have them to accompany him. The word "making love" shows the poet's satisfaction with this. Indeed, good wine makes Li Bai forget the troubles of the world, and the bright moon brings spiritual comfort to Li Bai. In this unaccompanied "intercourse", the poet finally got drunk, and at the last moment before getting drunk, Li Bai realized that as long as he was drunk, all the moons and figures would return to their original forms, and this temporary combination centered on him would no longer exist. However, he didn't lose heart at all, because his relationship with the moon and shadow was long-term and stable.