Chapter 11 This place of peace of mind is my hometown

free and easy If a person can't let go of his heart, even if he is rich in the world, he will be trapped in a corner in vain; Li Bai has a distinctive feature. Many of the moods in his poems are dynamic, and even the pauses are full of eagerness.For example: "I want to go to the snow-covered mountains of the Taihang River, and I want to cross the Yellow River's ice-clogged rivers."This song "Questions and Answers in the Mountains" is still in motion, showing its leisurely style. I read this poem as a Zen poem.Although Zen has always advocated that words should not be established, and that language is an obstacle, but thoughts often need to be conveyed by words.Language and writing are like boats for ferrying, so as to approach the truth.As for abandoning the boat and raft after landing, that is another realm.

Li Bai's poems are naturally vivid and beautiful, and they are truly beautiful and ineffective.Sometimes I can't help but feel a sense of sadness, because the charm of Chinese language is used to perfection by him.This is like practicing martial arts. The difference between martial arts masters who are extremely high is only a hair's breadth, but the gap between individual talents and the process of hard work to reach the top is self-evident.You have never seen him chanting like Jia Dao, just like you can't see Wu Daozi frowning and altering the drawing, his words are like painting, he writes whatever he wants, and he comes to the realm of perfection.

He endowed the peach blossom with a unique imagery, comparing the bright red peach blossom with the vast and blue mountains, and using the enthusiasm of the peach blossom to reflect the cleanness of the Qingxi River, but the implication is more profound than what can be perceived literally.The peach blossom falls in "Ran Qu", which symbolizes that the busy and lively thoughts disappear in the heart of freedom.Unlike many people who express their longing for Taoyuan, he pointed out that he has a full self-nature and does not want to be attached to legends and seek Taohuayuan.For ordinary poems, it is good if the meaning is beyond the words. Li Bai's poems are not only beyond the words, but also beyond the words.

A person who is determined to help the common people must first learn to hide the world with his chest, so he will go back to the mountains again and again.He is destined to go out into the world, and it is his lifelong wish to make contributions.Retirement is not his destination, but a comeback like Xie An is the demeanor he pursues.The realm he pursues is to be able to come and go freely, not to strive for it. His waiting and self-control finally paid off. This extremely smart man, he is not a person who doesn't know how to manage himself according to the worldly rules, he knows how to manage his own reputation.In this respect, he is very similar to Xie An.During the Tianbao period, he was recommended by Taoist priests Wu Yun, Princess Yuzhen, He Zhizhang and other dignitaries in the court to become an official.

At the beginning of his official career, Emperor Ming treated him with utmost courtesy.Later, there was discord and disharmony between the monarch and his ministers.He also understood the reason for leaving in time, and was honorably given back the money, and he did not turn against his benefactor and set himself on fire. He was just not reconciled, not reconciled to ending his desire to rule the world.He has always thought of himself as a capable minister who governs the world, a talent who helps the world, but it is a pity that he is not used.Emperor Ming thought that a better career for him would be to be a world-renowned poet, and it would be fine to publish clear theories.

I always thought Ming Huang was right to do so.He has an insight into Li Baitian's true nature. He is self-willed and easy to be used and hurt.Although enthusiastic, it is not suitable to play the dangerous game of licking blood in the political whirlpool. He is not a politician.In the final analysis, Emperor Ming treated him this way because he protected him and cherished his rare talent. He regained his freedom, returned to the mountains, took a rusty sword, and rode a green donkey in the world of mortals, looking at the waning moon in Chang'an, the moon was like frost, full of loneliness and dust.

There are too many people complaining about injustice for him.But such an ending is indeed the best ending for a great poet who is romantic in nature. Do you have the heart for someone like Li Bai to sacrifice his life for no apparent reason in political struggles?I don't even want to think that he died in a certain political murder, and his bones are not complete.I would rather he died of illness by his family's side, and I would rather believe that he was the reincarnation of Taibai Jinxing, as the folklore said, who slipped into the water and died in the bow of a boat after getting drunk.

For the rest of his life, he was still unrestrained but no longer carefree.After experiencing the Anshi Rebellion, the prison disaster, exile, and pardon, he gradually aged. Seeing the former Ming Lord fleeing to the west in a hurry, he knew his love and affection, and he would not be sad.The empire collapsed, and the prosperous age was turned into broken brocade in a blink of an eye.The people fled, and the glory turned into ashes.How can you know that pain if you don't experience it personally? Fortunately, he was frustrated but not depressed, and his poetic style changed from vigorous to vigorous, which echoed Du Fu's melancholy.It has to be said that it was his travels and introspection in the mountains when he was young that helped him lay a solid spiritual foundation, allowing him to survive the turmoil without falling down.

He worked hard and persisted until his death.What he thought of, he couldn't do; what he did, he couldn't change.That is a tragic fact, it is fate, no matter how powerful and outstanding a person must learn to be willing and obey fate. I think of another person. Su Dongpo once wrote such a poem to his good friend Wang Gong: I often envy the jade man in the world, and the heavenly teaching distributes the sweet lady.Make a clear song and spread the white teeth, the wind blows, the snow flies and the sea of ​​flames becomes cool. Returning from thousands of miles, the years are getting shorter and younger, and when you smile, you still have the fragrance of Ling Mei.How about Lingnan?But he said, this place of peace of mind is my hometown.

Wang Gong was implicated in the "Wutai Poetry Case" and was relegated to Pennsylvania in the south of Lingnan.Wang Gong went south, and the kabuki Rounu resolutely accompanied him regardless of hardships and dangers.In the sixth year of Yuanfeng (1083), Wang Gong returned to the north and reunited with Su Dongpo after the robbery.During the banquet, Rounu was invited to persuade Dongpo to drink.Su Dongpo asked how he felt about life in Lingnan, and Rou Nu didn't say anything about the bitterness of life, but replied: "This is my hometown where my heart is at ease." "A song was given to Rou Nu.

Decades later, Dongpo was demoted to Huizhou in the south of Lingnan, and his concubine Chaoyun followed him.Chaoyun's affection for him is no less than Rounu's affection for Wang Gong.Thinking that he was in Lingnan, looking at Chaoyun by his side, he would often recall that slender and generous woman answered his questions with a smile many years ago: "This is my hometown where my heart is at ease." Looking back, the gift words back then have become his self-portrait today.What Wang Gong experienced, he will experience it again.Is there anything new under the sun?It's nothing more than a bridge that has been staged before, and it will be performed again with different people.His soft slave is Chaoyun beside him, that's right, someone has explained the truth for him many years ago, the world is his home, so why not be afraid? If a person can't let go of his heart, even if he is rich in the world, he will be trapped in a room in vain;Such a person is the young man from Wuling who rode his horse and traveled far away in Leyouyuan, and he waved himself away. The hair on the temples is stained with frost, and the young children will die in the rivers and lakes.Send spring back with a smile, no sorrow in heart.