-From where?
Su Shi's Poems on Washing Children in Song Dynasty
-Original works
Everyone wants to be smart when adopting a son, and I have been delayed by being smart all my life.
I only hope that this child is honest and honest, and there is no disaster and no difficulty in reaching the public.
-translation of works.
Everyone wants their children to be smart, but I am mistaken for smart.
I only hope that my children will be stupid and dull, as long as they arrive at the Communist Youth League safely.
-Creative background.
In the third year of Yuanfeng in Song Shenzong (1080), Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou because of Wutai Poetry Case, and served as the deputy envoy of Yong Lian for five years. Su Shi first lived in Dinghuiyuan, Huangzhou, and later moved to Lingaoge, but he was also content to be demoted and closed, eating vegetables with monks, bathing in village temples in his spare time, fishing and collecting herbs in valleys, and enjoying himself. Sometimes with a leaf boat, set on the river, cruising between mountains and rivers, mixed with fishing fire and firewood, often pushed down by drunken drunkards, and even scolded, but enjoying themselves, gradually unknown. Su Shi's life in Huangzhou is probably most proud of getting along with Chaoyun, Dongpo's concubine, who came back in September in the seventh year of Xining (1074) and won Dongpo's favor. In the sixth year of Yuanfeng (1083), on September 27th, Chao Yun gave birth to a son, nicknamed Gan Er, who was brilliant. Su Shi happily wrote the poem "Washing Children's Play".
-Appreciation of works.
It is an ancient custom to bathe children. When the baby is born for three days or full moon, relatives and friends will get together to celebrate and bathe the baby. Su Shi received a son that year. In addition to "washing children", he also wrote a poem "washing children". The language of this poem is simple and easy to understand. Although there are only 28 words, its emotions are ups and downs. On the surface, this poem is written for children, but in fact, it is a satire on the strong, and it is also "as if she is telling us the pain of her life".
In the second year, Su Shi was a scholar in Jiayou, Song Renzong. He is a judge in Fengxiang and an official in central Yunnan. In Song Shenzong, he opposed Wang Anshi's new law and became a local official in Hangzhou. Later, he was arrested and returned to Beijing for writing poems satirizing the new law. After his release, he was demoted to Yinghong Huangzhou. Song Zhezong, known as Hanlin Bachelor. It was not known until he came to Hangzhou, and then he was demoted again and again, successively to Huizhou, Qiongzhou and Changhua. Song Huizong acceded to the throne because of amnesty, was recalled to Beijing and died in Changzhou Guest House.
Su Shi is a great writer with excellent poetry and prose, and his works pay attention to concise words and meanings, so is this poem. A word "hope" wrote down everyone's expectations for children; A word "wrong" tells the story of a person's life. There are many twists and turns in the poem, and feelings are all in it. Foolish people should do nothing, but they can "be an official and not be a disaster." Su Shi's complaints are all in these turning points.
Su Dongpo's "Poetry of Washing Children" is only four sentences, with a playful tone and an ironic tone. Indeed, everything happens for a reason. "Everyone wants to be smart when raising a child", which is what people want and hope. It's just that Su Shi's own career suffered great setbacks and learned a lesson from it. "I have been misled by cleverness all my life" is also true. Su Shi was imprisoned for opposing Wang Anshi's new law and satirizing "new progress" in his poems. A "Wutai Poetry Case" shocked the ruling and opposition parties. Fortunately, with the rescue of senior officials, Su Shi was saved from death and retired to Huangzhou. During her stay in Huangzhou, my concubine Chaoyun gave birth to a boy for Su Shi, and "Poetry of Washing Children" was written for this boy. Just after a great ordeal, it is not difficult to understand that the poet "only wants to be stupid and honest, and there is no disaster and no difficulties." The "Communist Youth League" still wants to be, and only hopes that "there is no disaster and no difficulty"; "Stupidity" is just a coat, and the core is stupidity. Su Shi's desire is really emotional, and it is by no means a moaning without illness.
Lang Ying, a writer in Ming Dynasty, recorded a poem written by Qu Cunzhai, an ancestor who lived in Hangzhou, in the Seven Drafts. "Since ancient times, life has been poor, and cleverness may not win ignorance. Flowers at the end of the pen, brocade in the chest, as empty as a wall. " At a glance, the meaning of "Xi 20" is opposite. Lang Ying thinks that Qu Jia "indulges himself like crossing Dongpo". Obviously, Su Shi's poems are too straightforward. In the Ming Dynasty, Yang Lian deliberately opposed Su Shi. "Dongpo wants to be stupid, just because he is smart." I am ashamed. I have been stupid and honest all my life, even if I have a child. "When commenting on Yang's poems, Chu people in the Qing Dynasty said that although it was a play, it was not as broad-minded as Shao Ling said." There are children and fools, so why be persistent? "
-About the author-
Su Shi, (1037 65438+10.8-165438+August 24, 0),No. Zizhan, He Zhong, a famous Taoist of tin cans, Dongpo Jushi,No. Su Dongpo, Su Xian, Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (Sichuan Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in poetry, ci, writing, calligraphy and painting. Vertical and horizontal text; Poetry has a wide range of themes, fresh and healthy, uses exaggerated metaphors and has a unique style. Also known as "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. Ci is an uninhibited school, and Xin Qiji is the representative of the uninhibited school, also known as "Su Xin"; Prose writing is rich and unrestrained, and he is also called "Ou Su" with Ouyang Xiu, and is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". Su Shi's good book, one of Song Sijia; He is good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Ouyang Xiu, they are also called "the four great writers of the ages". His works include Seven Chapters of Dongpo, Dongpo Yi Zhuan, Dongpo Yuefu, Xiaoxiang Bamboo Stone Atlas, Ancient Wood and Strange Stone Atlas, etc.