Original text:
Shang Liyong
Li Bai [Tang Dynasty]
Dapeng rises with the wind one day and soars into Wan Li.
If the wind weakens, it can still lift away the turbulent current.
When people see my unchanging tone, they scoff at all my big talk.
Fu Xuan can still fear the afterlife, but her husband can't be young.
Translation:
One day, Dapeng will fly with the wind, and with the wind, it will go straight to the outside world.
Even if the wind stops, its power seems to be able to draw the sea away.
When the world saw that I was good at making strange remarks, they all laughed at my rhetoric.
Confucius also said that the afterlife is awesome, and a gentleman cannot despise young people!
Appreciation of works:
Dapeng is an image that Li Bai often uses to describe himself in his poems and Fu. It is not only a symbol of freedom, but also a symbol of shocking ideals and interests.
"Dapeng day with the wind, soaring nine Wan Li. If the wind stops, it can still lift away the raging water. " Li Bai compared himself with Dapeng, described the majestic scene of the legendary Dapeng bird when it took off and fell, and even showed the poet Li Bai's ambition to rise to the sky at this time. Li Bai wrote in the third and fourth sentences of his poem: "If the wind stops, it can still stir the turbulent water." Even if the wind stops and Dapeng falls, it will stir up waves in the rivers and lakes. If Li Bai compares himself to Dapeng, then Li Yong is naturally a strong wind that Dapeng borrows from. Li Bai made it clear here that even without Li Yong's help in the future, he can have extraordinary influence in politics. This extraordinary courage can only be summed up in one word "crazy".
The last four sentences of the poem are an answer to Li Yong's snub attitude: "Tianxia" refers to ordinary people at that time, obviously including Li Yong. Because this poem is written directly to Li Yong, the wording is euphemistic, and on the surface it only refers to "Tianxia". "Abnormal tone" refers to speaking very much. Li Bai's grand ambitions are often not understood by the world and ridiculed as "big talk". Li Bai obviously didn't expect that celebrities like Li Yong were as knowledgeable as ordinary people, so he refuted the story that a saint knew how to pull out the afterlife.
"Fu Xuan can still fear the afterlife, and her husband can't be young." These two sentences mean that Kong still thinks that his future life is awesome. Are you better than a saint? Men should never despise young people! The last two sentences are not only a mockery and satire of Li Yong, but also a response to Li Yong's frivolous attitude, which is quite unruly and shows boyish spirit.