Zhuang Wang's longing for spring is cooing.
Mermaids shed pearl-like tears on the moon-green sea, and the blue fields breathed their jade to the sun.
A moment that should last forever? Before I knew it, it had come and gone.
What is written in Li Shangyin's Jinse? For thousands of years, lawsuits have continued, and no one can say for sure. Some people say it's a musical instrument, some people say it's funeral music, some people say it's the first self-titled poem, some people say it's a maid who misses others, some people say it hurts her life, some people say it's a lament for the current situation, and so on. There is a big gap between the two, but both seem to make sense. A closer look shows that there is no evidence. Then, someone lamented: "A piece of Jinse is difficult to understand!" In view of this, the wise man came to an "endless sea of suffering, turning back to the shore." According to the characteristics of poetry creation, it is pointed out that poetry does not have to be caused by events, and poetry is poetry itself, and it is not necessary to examine the writing background to understand it. As for this poem "Jinse", since there are many differences and it is difficult to make a decision, and the poet can't be pulled out to ask questions, there is no need to find out what it is about, as long as you can understand the life sentiment and life experience provided by the poem itself.
You're right. But in my opinion, this is a method of "using poetry", but it is not a method of interpreting poetry. If possible, it is better to interpret poetry than to be true. The ancients naturally had poems that did not "happen by accident", but the writing was different from that of modernist works. Instead, some whole life feelings and experiences are condensed into philosophy first, and then expressed in the form of metaphysical poems or so-called philosophical poems in later generations. I'm afraid it's hard to find the original works that directly express "feelings" and "experiences", at least in Li Shangyin and his previous era.
Then, some people may ask, is this "Jinse" an exception? I think this is no exception. By analyzing and comparing the viewpoints of various schools, I find that when people interpret this poem, they all step into a misunderstanding, that is, they all try to distinguish poetry from linguistic logic, but this poem is not conceived according to linguistic logic. To put it bluntly, this is a musical work, which is created according to the "logic" of music.
Many people regard the first couplet of this poem as a metaphor, but in fact, this couplet is not a metaphor, but a fu, and "one string and one column" means "one sound". This sentence is similar to Bai Juyi's "Pipa Trip" in which "each string is pondered and each tone is pondered". The difference is that Baishi's sentence says that the pipa girl is pouring out her heart with music, while Shi Li's sentence says that the sound of the golden harp evokes the memory of Chinese New Year for me, a music connoisseur, and I project this idea of Chinese New Year on the golden harp, as if the golden harp is thinking, so there is ". The following two couplets use four groups of images to describe music: first, people feel lost, such as Zhuang Sheng dreaming of butterflies; Then, the tune became the sad cry of the cuckoo; Then it is soft and sad, as if Jiao Ren's pearl tears fell on the sea on a moonlit night (compare "pearls of all sizes seem to be poured into a plate of jade" in Pipa); Finally, the music ended in a misty artistic conception like jade. What connects the two couplets is the melody of music, not the logic.
Different from Bai Juyi's Pipa Journey, Han Yu's Listening to the Spiritual Master and Li He's Elegant Introduction, Jinse not only chooses the right image for music when describing music (although it also pays attention to this aspect), but also incorporates the poet's own life feeling inspired by music ("thinking about China" is just a kind of "feeling" because it is mixed with no "feeling". Not only readers, but also authors. It can be seen from the poem that this Jinse is probably playing a more sentimental and resentful song, which is so in tune with the poet's mind that when singing, the poet almost forgets whether he is describing music or expressing himself. The two reached a perfect harmony between the solvable (life experience) and the unsolvable (music), which caused people to have differences. This is the main reason for the difficulty in understanding.
In addition, the genre of "seven rhymes" adopted by the author is not as suitable for extravagance as singing, and the specific performance process of music is relatively simple (only "one string and one column"), which is also a reason why poetry is not clear enough. If the sentences describing music in the above poems are condensed into the same form and then replaced with more subtle topics, there will definitely be differences in the case of unclear skills. In this regard, Fang Jia might as well give it a try.
The couplets at the end describe the aftertaste left by music to the poet, and also express the overall feeling of music: the memory of "New Year" inspired by music is so remote and elusive, and so kind, sweet and sad. This is exactly what people often feel when enjoying this kind of music.
Many people have said the word "unprovoked" in the first sentence, and many people still regard it as the key point. I might as well give my opinion here. It is said to be a musical poem, so it must have been written after listening to music, and the poet is still immersed in the situational atmosphere created by music. At this time, if you look at the instrument, you will easily have a strange feeling. As for how to be "different", I'm afraid it's hard to express, so there is this "unprovoked" style.
A Chinese-American scholar commented on Li Shangyin's poems in this way: the form is gorgeous, the feelings are warm, and the style is melancholy, similar to the Baroque style in Europe. This is not only a description of Li Shangyin's poetic style, but also a description of the poet's temperament. This temperament is manifested in poetry creation, that is, it is difficult to make an unemotional, calm and objective description of things (not to say that he can never). This is the reason why this song Jinse, as a musical work, is different from similar works by Han Yu, Bai Juyi and Li He.