Bai Juyi is funny. Tell me some sentences.

The author Gu Kuang is very influential in the field of poetry. He is much older than Bai Juyi, a famous poet in the middle Tang Dynasty.

It is said that Bai Juyi had no poems when he went to Chang 'an Imperial Examination. He is going to visit the old poet, hoping that Gu Kuang can recommend himself to others, thus expanding his reputation.

Farewell to the ancient grassland! On this day, Bai Juyi came to Gu Kuang Palace with his own poems. Gu Kuang thinks he is a mediocre man who is bent on pursuing fame. Seeing the name "Bai Juyi" on the manuscript, he couldn't help joking and said to Bai Juyi, "Alas, the price of rice in Beijing has gone up, so it is not easy to live here."

Then casually open the manuscript, the first poem is "Farewell to Ancient Grass": "The vast grass crosses the plain and comes and goes with the four seasons. Wildfire never completely devoured them, and they grew taller again in the spring breeze. "

After reading these words, Gu Kuang suddenly felt that Bai Juyi should be a decent person. He quickly put away his snub attitude and said to Bai Juyi, "What's not easy to write such a sentence, even if he lives in Chang 'an? Originally, I thought there was no successor in today's poetry world. Seeing your poem today made me change my mind. Don't mind what I said just now, I was only joking. "

So, what's remarkable about the song Farewell to Ancient Grass? This is a poem about farewell. Write grass in the first four sentences. There are precedents and latecomers in the history of literature who associate grass with parting.

The difference of this poem is that the grass here is different. Qiu Lai is dry and green in spring. It has strong vitality. Even if it is burned by wildfire in autumn and winter, when the spring breeze blows, the underground grass roots will sprout immediately and give birth to new tender leaves.

The last four sentences are "sweet". They press on the old highway and reach the crumbling gate. Oh, my friend's prince, you left again, and I heard them sigh behind you. It means that this spring, young grass has grown all over Yuan Ye. At first glance, the long road seems to be submerged by grass. The endless green in the sun is connected with the ruins of the abandoned ancient city.

Personnel changes, this boundless grass seems to never change. Now I'm going to send you away. The green grass with eyes seems to cover my inner feelings of parting.

In Chu Ci, "Wang Sun wanders away, spring grass grows and warblers fly", which expresses the thoughts of outsiders. Bai Juyi inherited the tradition of writing feelings with herbs, but he wrote other feelings.

Summary: This poem contains multiple meanings: the vitality of spring grass, the contrast between spring grass and personnel changes, and the endless feeling of parting like spring grass. He inherited the tradition and gave birth to richer and more touching connotations. So this is an outstanding work. No wonder Gu Kuang changed his view of Bai Juyi with this poem.