From: Leyou Garden Scenic Area/Leyou Mausoleum Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin

In the evening, I was unhappy and drove to Gu.

Sunset, infinitely beautiful, only near dusk.

Translation:

In the evening, I was depressed and drove to the ancient suburbs.

The scenery in the setting sun is infinitely beautiful, but it is near dusk.

Precautions:

1, at night: at night.

2, discomfort: unhappy, unhappy.

3. Guyuan: refers to Leyuan Scenic Area.

4. Near: Soon.

Extended information This poem was written in Huichang in 1945 (844,845). Yishan went to Heyang to retire to Taiyuan, traveled to the capital and passed through Leyuan Scenic Area.

"With the shadow of dusk, I am driving in Leyou tombs" points out the time and reason for going to Guyuan. The poet is in a melancholy mood. In order to relieve boredom, he drove his car out to see the scenery, climb high and look far, send his eyes to the wind, and evoke endless thoughts: the sadness of his home country, the feeling of life experience, the feelings of the past and the present, and the thoughts of man and nature are often intertwined, full of disappointment and indescribable.

In the late Tang Dynasty, Li Shangyin always had a sense of decadence after extreme luxury, so this poem was understood as Li Shangyin's exclamation of the Tang Dynasty empire. The sense of loss that this beautiful thing is about to disappear and sink is deeply imprinted on every poet in the late Tang Dynasty. Therefore, compared with the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the poems of poets in the late Tang Dynasty always lacked that heroic self-confidence, and most of them were gloomy and implicit.

This poem is a rare masterpiece of Li's poetry with clear language, no carvings, lively rhythm, profound regret and rich philosophy.