Reading Appreciation of Li Bai's "Comment on Chi Cheng Ho"

Sometimes I feel blue and sit up until midnight.

The sky is high and the clouds are light, trying to solve the world disputes.

Wan Liyun's heart drifted away with the long wind.

Shame on Jinan, reciting ancient prose.

Otherwise, the sword will rise and the desert will win great honor.

Why Yang Qingfen between old age and death?

Master is a wind musician now, and only then can he be crowned in the three armed forces.

Finally, will the same source be submerged in the group?

I remember a contemporary poetry theorist said such a vivid and alert sentence: in poetry works, beautiful thoughts are like the Beidou in the night sky, the soothing moonlight, the exciting sunrise and the radiant sunrise at dawn. Poetry without beautiful thoughts is like the sky without Beidou and the moon, without sunshine and sun, only darkness or darkness between heaven and earth. So, what is the idea of beauty? I think there should be at least two characteristics: one is active and healthy, and the other is profound. Without the former, it is certainly difficult to achieve great poems, and how decadent ideas are decorated will eventually be eliminated by history; Without the latter, it is difficult to write works handed down from generation to generation. Slogan-style ideas, no matter how healthy, will be expelled from the kingdom of poetry because they are straightforward and simple. Li Bai's political lyric poems have been accepted and recognized by readers from generation to generation because of their beautiful thoughts.

In order to better grasp this work, let's analyze it first. Structurally, this poem can be divided into three paragraphs.

The first four sentences are the first paragraph, describing the poet's melancholy and its causes. The first three sentences were full of melancholy, and the poet stayed up all night, and finally had to vent it with a blazing voice. Why are poets who have always been heroic and optimistic now depressed? The fourth issue explains the reason: "I want to solve the disputes in the world." Solving World Disputes uses the allusions of Lu Zhonglian, a strange man in the Warring States Period. According to Zhao Ce, the Warring States Policy, Lv Zhonglian was originally from Qin. I heard that the Qin army surrounded Zhao, and Zhao Wang was ready to accept Xin's idea and let Qin withdraw on the condition of respecting Qin as emperor. He took the initiative to see Zhao and scolded him, saying, "I heard that you are Qi Xian's son, but now it seems that you are not worthy of the name. You call Xin, and I'll persuade him to dispel Qin Shihuang's ghost thoughts and let him leave Zhao. " Later, he used his eloquence to repeatedly affirm the harm of Qin Shihuang, leaving Xin speechless and saying that he would never talk about Qin Shihuang again. Ping Yuanjun wanted to thank him, but he refused to say, "A rare person in the world is someone who can get rid of troubles, relieve difficulties and solve chaos without taking anything;" If it is a report in good faith, it is indeed done by the merchant. " So he left and never saw Ping Yuanjun again. In later generations, Lu Zhonglian became a typical personality who solved problems and retired after success. Li Bai admired him very much and declared many times in his poems: "Qi people have a good life and Lu Lian is wonderful. ..... I also know how to sway people, and I can brush my clothes in tune (Part 10 of Antique), and "I hope I can chase Lu Lian after I finish my work" (Banquet for the Shogun in the Water Army). By understanding the spiritual essence of "resolving world disputes", we can understand the profound practical significance of the poet's "melancholy": in order to relieve the deep suffering brought to the country and people by the An Shi rebellion. This is the theme of the whole poem, and it is also a solid foundation for the emergence of the concept of beauty.

The middle eight sentences are the second paragraph, which specifically explains the "melancholy" and "trying to solve the world disputes" in the first paragraph, and uses the artistic technique of cross-contrast. The sentence "follow my heart" is a positive description and highlights the grandeur of ideals and ambitions, while the sentence "shame" is a negative contrast. Faced with the cruel reality of "bleeding weeds, wolves come out", even though the poet is in his sixties, he is unwilling to take poor classics as his life goal, like Fu Sheng in the early Han Dynasty. Li Bai's spirit of seeking truth from facts and being willing to practice is commendable in the feudal society where many scholars regard Confucian classics as the most sacred cause. "Otherwise" is still a positive expression, using the method of retreating into progress. If we can't "set aside my Yun Fan to go straight, bridge the deep sea and help the poor", we should also draw out our swords and help each other at the critical moment of national peril and make contributions to the country. Here, Confucianism, which actively joined the WTO, is wonderfully combined with the bold and capable ranger consciousness. The sentence "old age and death do not communicate with each other" is another negative contrast. People think that a gentleman should not die of old age, but should do something vigorous to make a name for himself. Obviously, this profession is "solving world disputes" as mentioned above.

The last four sentences are the third paragraph, which not only relates to the topic and expresses the meaning of giving to others, but also expresses his political ideal again: to do a vigorous cause for the country and the people like Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and never to be a hermit who escapes from reality like long-term stagnation and drowning.

We can sum up the idea of beauty expressed in this poem. Its beauty lies in the fact that the poem is permeated with the realistic spirit of caring about reality, the country and the people, the heroic spirit of eager to make contributions and display talents, and the optimistic spirit of actively using the world and striving for progress. Considering that this poem was written one year before the poet's death, the poet experienced vicissitudes, was weak and sick, and had just suffered a heavy political blow, and had a narrow escape; Considering that the poet has been entangled in the contradiction between using the world and retiring, enterprising and enjoying, many works have both, and the ideological brilliance of this poem is becoming more and more obvious. Its beauty lies in the profundity of the soul, the real struggle between the two psychological forces, the victory of the enterprising party, the richness and complexity of the characters and the fleshy poet himself.

Belinsky said: "No matter how vigorous the creativity is, if it is limited to the singing of birds, it will only create its own world that has nothing in common with the reality of contemporary history and ideological circles. If it thinks that the ground is not worth it to display its skills, its field is in the clouds, and the pain and hope of the world should not disturb its mysterious vision and poetic meditation. Such creativity can only be shown off for a while." No matter how huge it is, the works it produces can never touch life, nor can it cause warm excitement and buzz in the hearts of modern people or future generations. "Li Bai's works strongly prove this assertion; The reason why Li Bai became Li Bai is also a powerful argument for this assertion.