Those who have read ancient poetry for a long time will probably find that the emotions in ancient poetry are more sad than happy; more melancholy but less cheerful; more depressed than joyful.
It's the new year, so I just want to find a few joyful and joyful poems to read, with auspicious meanings.
The first one is "After Enrollment" by Meng Jiao.
The depression and depression of the past are not worth mentioning. I finally got the title on the gold list. The new Jinshi will have a banquet in Qujiang and ride their horses in Chang'an. These two sentences describe this kind of scene, but they express their emotions more vividly, expressing their ecstasy and triumph.These two lines of poems are not only wonderful in themselves, but also left behind two idioms, "the spring breeze is proud" and "the horse looks at the flowers".
This poem is indeed a poem of joy. Meng Jiao was forty-six years old at the time. He had failed twice before, but this time he finally passed the Jinshi. The good wind brought joy to the peak, and that kind of joy, because it came suddenly and because it was so huge, made the poet lose his composure as if he was slightly drunk, but it was precisely because of this gaffe that the joy was very real and very contagious.How many people can have such a peak of happiness?Even if there is, how many times can there be in a lifetime?How long can it last?For this reason, the pure and intense joy expressed in this poem is especially cherished.
The second is Du Fu's "Wearing that the Officials and the Army Take Henan and Hebei".
The poet who was wandering outside during the war suddenly heard the news that the Tang army had recovered Luoyang and other places, and the rebellion had subsided. Come out, waves and waves." ("Dictionary of Appreciation of Tang Poetry", in Huo Songlin's language) He wept with joy at first, and then he saw his relatives happy, so he wrote poems and books, ecstatic, then sang and drunk, and then immediately Plan the itinerary to go back to my hometown: In the beautiful spring, the whole family will go through Ba Gorge and Wu Gorge quickly, go down to Xiangyang, and then arrive in Luoyang.This imagining of thousands of mountains and rivers arriving in a blink of an eye is a portrayal of the poet's eagerness to return home, and it is also the result of being engulfed by the wave of joy and "dizzy" by excitement.The world is in peace, and the joy of being able to go home, because it is connected with the common people in the world, is indeed broader and more profound than the spring breeze and the small entrance examination.
However, the joy in the early Tang Dynasty was not like this. At that time, it was youthful, full of vigor and vitality. The joy at that time was not mixed with sorrow and joy, but pure and beautiful. Sometimes it seemed to be unreasonable, even a little heartless, without frustration. shades without the dross of aging. "Xinfeng wine fights ten thousand times, how many years have you been a knight in Xianyang. When you meet, you will drink for the king, and you will be tied to a horse and a tall building by the weeping willow." (Wang Wei) How bold and uninhibited, how free and unrestrained!The Tang Dynasty was an era when the middle and lower class intellectuals were politically proud, and these poems about knight errants were the spiritual projections of the enlightened era.Such a natural expression of joy is still enviable after reading it.By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the dynasty was about to run out, even if it was contentment, even if it was a touch of joy, it also brought a deep twilight: "God's will pities the grass, and the world is full of evening sunshine." (Li Shangyin's "Evening Sunshine")
The third poem of joy is "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Field" by Tao Yuanming.
Tired of the filthy officialdom, Tao Yuanming, who would not bow down for five buckets of rice, finally resigned and returned to the farm.Returning to the countryside, his eyes are full of beautiful scenery, the simple and natural prosperity of the world, his mood is so happy and relaxed, he has a sense of relief and a sense of belonging like a bird in a cage returning to the woods, and a fish in a pond returning to the river.This is the opposite of the joy of "After Enrollment", but it is equally strong and heartfelt, so it has the same powerful appeal.
It doesn't matter if you meet or not, whether you are proud or frustrated, the most important thing is to be at ease, and "but you will not violate your wish" (Tao Yuan's clear sentence). Joy is in my heart, and no one can take it away.
