What do the two words "乐" in "The Joy of the Prefect" in "The Drunkard's Pavilion" mean?

The first meaning of joy is to take pleasure in.... The second word Le means pleasure.

It comes from "The Drunkard Pavilion" written by Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Song Dynasty.

Excerpts from the original text: However, birds know the joy of mountains and forests, but they do not know the joy of people; people know how to enjoy traveling from the prefect, but they do not know the joy of the prefect. He who can enjoy himself when he is drunk and can write about it when he is awake is a prefect. Who does the governor call? Luling Ouyang Xiuye.

Translation: But the birds only know the fun in the mountains and forests, but they don’t know the fun of people. But people only know the fun of following the governor, but they don't know that the governor takes the happiness of tourists as his happiness. The person who can rejoice with everyone when he is drunk, and can describe this joy in articles when he wakes up is the prefect. Who is the governor? It's Ouyang Xiu from Luling. Extended information

"The Drunkard's Pavilion" is a beautiful prose. This prose is very poetic and has a unique elegant style, which is indeed rare among ancient Chinese literary works. In the spring of the fifth year of Qingli, Ouyang Xiu was denounced again for supporting Fan Zhongyan and others, and went out to Chuzhou. This article was written in the second year after arriving in Chuzhou.

The failure of the "Qingli New Deal" made him feel depressed; it was also a comfort to him to go abroad to get rid of the party strife in the court. The article expresses the author's complicated mood. This article uses the word "乐" throughout the article, and frankly states that "the drunkard's heart is not in the wine, but in the mountains and rivers."

The inner depression and anguish of political frustration and bumpy career are expressed in the mountains and rivers. In the meantime, he melts into enjoying himself with the people, and when painting beautiful and varied, beautiful and charming pictures, he embodies the traditional Confucian thoughts, as the "Book of Shang" says: "Virtue is good governance, and politics is to support the people." "It shows his broad-minded feelings of being content with the situation and having fun with the people.

The language of "The Drunkard's Pavilion" is very distinctive, with a clear style, concise wording, and sonorous syllables, reaching a state of proficiency, with both pictorial and musical beauty.

First of all, the language of "The Drunkard's Pavilion" is highly summarized and rich in meaning. The most prominent thing is that the "drunkard's intention is not in wine" and "the truth comes to light" pioneered by the author in this article have been used by contemporary and later writers. For example, Su Shi wrote about the scene on the river at the turn of autumn and winter in the famous "Hou Chibi Fu" The scenery directly borrows the word "when everything comes to light".

Because the author uses words well and the general content of the words is very broad, "the drunkard's intention is not in the wine" and "the truth comes out" have evolved into idioms with strong stability and high standardization, which have exerted their influence Extended meaning.

Secondly, the language of "The Drunkard's Pavilion" is concise, crystal clear and smooth. This is the result of the author being good at observing things and incisively capturing the essential characteristics of objects and refining them.

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