Perhaps to the surprise of many people, the Tang poetry, which represents the weather of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, is dominated by positive emotions. How can emotions such as "sadness", "thinking" and "worry" dominate the mainstream? And emotions like happiness and joy occupy the last stream?
Next, the author focuses on the reasons why the emotion of "sadness" occupies the mainstream.
Judging from the common themes of Tang poetry creation, there are many Tang poems with "sadness" as the keynote, among which there are many famous ones. For example, several common complexes in Tang poetry, such as "Sad Autumn Complex", "Parting Complex", "Old Age Complex" and "Sorrow Complex", all show a strong color of sadness.
The ancients said: "Grief and indignation give birth to poets", which revealed that people's achievements have a certain relationship with their environment and state of mind. As Sima Qian said: "Those who have empty poems and books want to follow their aspirations." Yesterday Xibo was detained and played Zhouyi; Confucius, Chen and Cai wrote Spring and Autumn Annals ... This is probably what sages do when they are angry. This man has a sense of stagnation, and he can't understand his way ... "Looking back at the famous poets and writers at all times and all over the world, almost all of them have been excluded, slandered, frustrated and in adversity, and some of them are even tragic. It is in this sad and harsh environment that it is made to work hard.
What is important is that the "sadness" in Tang poetry is not only the sadness of being a "child", but also the great sadness of transcending time and space, pitying ordinary people and sympathizing with the most beautiful love. As follows:
Chen Ziang is on the tower of Youzhou, where, before me, is the past era? Behind me, where are the future generations? . I think of heaven and earth, there is no limit, there is no end, I am alone, tears fell down. "Prolonged sadness from the perspective of time and space.
Li Bai's "Into the Wine" and "The Dream of Tianmu Mountain Ascends" in "Human nature, everything flows like water to the east" makes people sad! And "the sky is high and the land is wide; My sadness flies painfully between them. Can I dream over the portal and over the mountains? " In the first song of Sauvignon Blanc. Sauvignon Blanc destroys the heart and soul. "
In Du Fu's Ascending the Mountain, the fallen leaves are like waterfalls, and I see the long river running. I came from three thousand miles away. With the sadness of autumn, with my sorrow of a hundred years, I climbed this height alone. "Old and sick, lonely and helpless, my heart is sad and sudden. In "Shi Qu Guan", "Although the old woman is weak, please go home at night. The language such as "I want to prepare for cooking in the morning" is simple, but very nervous!
Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow begins with "On the seventh day of July, in the Palace of Eternal Life, we secretly told each other in the quiet midnight world. We hope to fly in heaven, two birds become one, grow on the earth, two branches of a tree ... the earth lasts forever, and the sky lasts forever; One day both will end, and this endless sorrow will continue forever. " Love each other but can't be together, life and death have no end!