Appreciation of Luo Yin's Yellow River Poems

Yellow river

Tang Dynasty: Luo Yin

Don't pour Ejiao in this direction, because it is difficult to understand God's will.

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Appreciation of Luo Yin's Yellow River Poems

Yellow river

Tang Dynasty: Luo Yin

Don't pour Ejiao in this direction, because it is difficult to understand God's will.

Out of the Kunlun Mountains, I realized that Han Yin should be curved.

Great-grandfather swears that clothes are small, and immortals are light.

Who knows after three thousand years? Why report peace!

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Don't pour Ejiao into the Yellow River. It's hard to understand the providence here.

The Yellow River can meander to the Milky Way, but it is no longer clear as soon as it originates from Kunlun.

Emperor Gaozu made a good oath when he pacified the world, and Yan Junping divined Zhang Qian's Heaven.

The Yellow River has only been clarified once in 3,000 years, so why rush to report good news?

To annotate ...

Don't pour Ejiao in this direction: Yu Xin's Jiangnan Fu. Ejiao, the drug name, is said to make turbid water clear if it is put into turbid water.

Xie (jiě): Yes.

Tong Han Yin: The ancients said that the upper reaches of the Yellow River are called Tong Tianhe, which is connected with the Milky Way in the sky. Han Yin, the Milky Way.

Xu Yingqu: Pun, which means that the winding Yellow River leads to Tianhe, also means that people do not take the right path and can only sneak into the court and seek high positions. The folk song of the Han dynasty is "straight as a string, dying on the side of the road;" Song is like a hook, and it is an enemy of India. " That's what it means.

Out of Kunlun: Pre-Qin people thought that the Yellow River originated in Kunlun Mountain, and it was not until Zhang Qian went to Heyuan that he knew if it was true. This is still a rumor.

Emperor gaozu vows to be humble: preface to Historical Records and Biography of Emperor gaozu. When Emperor Gaozu pacified the world and enfeoffed his ministers, he vowed: "If the river is like a belt, Mount Tai will be strong." The country is Yongning, Yi and Miao. "Meaning, no matter what happens in the future, your territory will be handed down from generation to generation. It is similar to the so-called "Lei Zhen in winter, rain and snow in summer, harmony between heaven and earth, dare to be unique with you" in Han Yuefu.

Immortals occupy barrels: refers to powerful people controlling state affairs. Battle refers to Yan Junping's observation of astrology.

Chá refers to Zhang Qian riding on the sky. If, the raft.

3,000 years: It is said that the Yellow River clears the River once every 500 years, which is a sign that saints appear and the world is peaceful.

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On the surface, Luo Yin's Yellow River eulogizes by borrowing the characteristics and allusions of the Yellow River. In fact, it is a borrowing meaning, which gives a true portrayal of the bleak social reality at the end of the Tang Dynasty, especially the vigorous attack and satire on the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty, which makes the literati feel refreshed.

The first couplet "Don't lean on Ejiao so much" is borrowed from Yu Xin's Jiangnan Fu: "Ejiao can't stop the turbidity of the Yellow River." The implication is that no amount of Ejiao can clarify the turbidity of the Yellow River, which is a futile move, implying the hypocrisy of selecting scholars in the imperial examination at that time; "God's will is hard to know." At that time, evil was in power, and there were too many things to get through music. Who can really understand God's will? He pointed the irony at the ruler, and his remarks were bold and sharp.

Zhuan Xu's "It's clear that Qin and Han Dynasties should be a tune, but it's not clear outside Kunlun" further describes the dark reality of the imperial examination hall with the specific "tune" and "turbidity" of the Yellow River. The Yellow River has been called "Nine Songs" since ancient times. Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics said: "The Yellow River has a hundred-mile tune, and the thousand-mile tune has been gone"; Liu Yuxi's Langtaosha has the words "Jiuqu Yellow River Wan Li Sand"; Guo Songmao Qian's Poems of Yuefu Volume 9 1 1 Explanation: River Map says, "The river is nine songs". Here, it is a pun to connect the "Qu" of the Yellow River with the "Han Yin". The so-called "Qu" refers to the twists and turns of the Yellow River on the surface, but actually refers to all kinds of shady improper means and methods in the imperial examination, while "Han Yin" often refers to the master or court in ancient poetry. From this point of view, it seems difficult for ordinary scholars to aspire to be officials, especially the decay of the imperial examination. The "Kunlun" in the last sentence is the origin of the Yellow River misunderstood by the ancients. "It's not clear without Kunlun", which is "turbid" from the source. The implication is obvious, which is a criticism of the rulers and a whipping of the unjust society.

There are two allusions in the necklace, which reveal the decay of feudal politics from a specific level. The former is the oath of Emperor Gaozu when he pacified the world and enfeoffed ministers, meaning to protect the title of princes and nobles forever; The latter is Zhang Qian seeking immortality at the source of the Yellow River. The agreement of the two words shows that it is more difficult for ordinary literati to enter the sky than to ascend to heaven. This sentence once again attacked the social injustice from another side, and also implied the feeling of incompetence. Coupled with the sigh of "who knows after three thousand years, why bother to report peace", anger is hard to calm down. This is an accusation against heaven, a dissatisfaction with the rulers, and a disappointment to the whole society.

This poem focuses on the Yellow River and has no other meaning. The fable is clever and apt, and The New Police has a profound and unique conception. The poet exposed and whipped the chaotic and dark reality of the late Tang Dynasty heartily, which is very representative in this kind of poetry.

Creation background

Luo Yin was born in a declining small and medium-sized landlord family. Under the imperial examination system, he couldn't get rid of the fate of "trying ten times", so his poems were full of sadness and satire, and Yellow River was his masterpiece to express grievances.