Meng Yunqing

Meng Yunqing

Meng Yunqing (725-781) was born in 725 AD and died in 781 ad in Pingchang, Shandong Province.

During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Meng Yunqing failed to take the exam in Chang'an. He began to be a Jinshi at the age of 30. Su Zong of Tang Dynasty was a scholar. There are 17 poems. His poems reflect the social reality in plain language, which is highly valued by Du Fu and Yuan Jie. Meng Yunqing and Du Fu had a deep friendship. In the summer of 758 (the first year of Qianyuan), Du Fu joined the army as the governor of Huazhou. He drank and said goodbye at night before leaving, and presented a poem to each other, that is, to reward Meng Yunqing. In the winter of the same year, they met in Luoyang and went to Liu Hao's home to have a drink. Du Fu also wrote a poem "at the end of winter, I met Meng Yunqing in the east of the city and lake, I returned to Liu Hao's house, I had a drink and dinner, I was drunk", which narrated the scene of the encounter, I was happy and sad, and expressed the sincere feelings among the friends.

Life of the characters

Meng Yunqing

He was born in about 725 (the 13th year of Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty). During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Meng Yunqing failed to take the exam in Chang'an. He began to be a Jinshi at the age of 30. Su Zong of Tang Dynasty was a scholar. There are 17 poems. His poems reflect the social reality in plain language, which is highly valued by Du Fu and Yuan Jie. Meng Yunqing's poems truthfully described the sufferings of the people at that time in the chaos of war, expressed his feeling that he had no way to serve his country and his old friendship with relatives and friends. In 766 (the first year of Dali), Meng Yunqing went far to the South China Sea. Yuan Jie wrote a farewell poem entitled "send Meng Xiaoshu to the South China Sea".

Anecdotes and allusions

Meng Yunqing and Du Fu had a deep friendship. In the summer of 758 A.D. (the first year of Qianyuan), Du Fu joined the army as the governor of Huazhou. He drank and said goodbye at night before leaving, and presented a poem to each other, that is, to reward Meng Yunqing. In the winter of the same year, they met in Luoyang and went to Liu Hao's home to have a drink. Du Fu also wrote a poem "at the end of winter, I met Meng Yunqing in the east of the city and lake, I returned to Liu Hao's house, I had a drink and dinner, I was drunk", which narrated the scene of the encounter, I was happy and sad, and expressed the sincere feelings among the friends. He meets Meng Yunqing in the east of Chenghu, returns to Liu Hao's house, and drinks and banquets, because he is drunk. This poem describes the scene of meeting each other, and expresses the sincere feelings of his friends.

Yuan Jie attached great importance to Meng Yunqing's poems. In 760 (the third year of the Qianyuan period of the Tang Dynasty), he selected 24 poems from seven poets at that time, including five poems by Meng Yunqing. The poem truthfully describes the sufferings of the people at that time in the chaos of war, expresses their feelings of having no way to serve the country and their old friendship with relatives and friends. In 766 (the first year of Dali in Tang Dynasty), Meng Yunqing went far to Nanhai, and Yuan Jie wrote a farewell poem entitled "send Meng Xiaoshu to Nanhai". In the preface of the poem, Yuan Jie claimed: "Meng Yunqing and Yuan CI mountain in Pingchang have been friends in the same state for 20 years Cai ye, CI Shan is not as good as Yun Qing; Ci Fu, CI Shan is not as good as Yun Qing; Tong he, CI Shan is not as good as Yun Qing Yunqing shaocishan is six or seven years old. Yunqing is famous all over the world.

Main impact

Meng Yunqing is one of the seven poets in the collection of suitcases compiled by Yuan Jie. Like the other six people, he grew up in the five ancient times, with a high level of spirit. He tried to catch up with the Han and Wei dynasties, rejected the color of algae, and returned to simplicity. The fifth part of Du Fu's twelve songs of relieving boredom says: "Li Ling and Su Wu are my teachers, and Mencius' essays are not doubted. They have never left a common guest for a meal, and several ancient poems can be seen today." It is believed that Meng Yunqing's poems originated from Su Li's poems. Gao Zhongwu thought that "the ancestors of Shen qianyun, fishing and hunting, Chen Shiyi (Chen Ziang)" (Zhongxing Jianqi Ji), which shows the inheritance of Mengshi in that dynasty. Zhang Wei's poem "the poet's subject and object", which regards Meng Yunqing as "the master of Gao Gu and Ao Yi", shows that the Gao Gu style of Meng's poetry is really unique in the middle of Tang Dynasty. The theme of his poems is narrow, and he often laments the decline of moral ethos. However, such poems as "tigers and leopards don't eat each other, but it's sad that people eat each other" (one of the two songs of sadness) are praised by people. In terms of art, Wu Qiao's Weilu Shihua in the Qing Dynasty said that Meng Yunqing's poems had "the disease of directness", which was in line with the reality.

One volume of Meng Yunqing's poems is compiled in Quan Tang Shi, which includes 17 poems and 4 sentences. His deeds can be seen in the chronicle of Tang poetry and biography of Tang gifted scholars.

Main works

The fifth part of Du Fu's twelve songs of relieving boredom says: "Li Ling and Su Wu are my teachers, and Mencius' essays are not doubted. They have never left a common guest for a meal, and several ancient poems can be seen today. "It is believed that Meng Yunqing's poems originated from Su Li's poems. Gao Zhongwu thought that "the ancestors of Shen qianyun, fishing and hunting, Chen Shiyi (Chen Ziang)" (Zhongxing Jianqi Ji), which shows the inheritance of Mengshi in that dynasty. In Zhang Wei's the poet's subject and object, Meng Yunqing is regarded as "Gao Gu Ao Yi Zhu", but such verses as "tigers and leopards don't eat each other, it's sad that people eat each other" (one of the two songs of sadness) are praised by people. In terms of art, Wu Qiao's Weilu Shihua in the Qing Dynasty said that Meng Yunqing's poems had "the disease of directness", which was in line with the reality. One volume of Meng Yunqing's poems is compiled in Quan Tang Shi, which includes 17 poems and 4 sentences. His deeds can be seen in the chronicle of Tang poetry and biography of Tang gifted scholars.

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Miscellaneous Songs: Ancient parting

A song of sorrow for the orphan

Reminiscence of Yecheng

Walking and hunting

It's hard to travel (you can't see the mountains)

Shangji Chushi of Xin'an River (deep pool and shoal)

Elegy of Xianghe

Send friends on the way

After watching rain and sunshine in the countryside

Two songs of the time of injury

Injury (for long heart easy to worry)

A bird flying in the morning

Sentence

Cold food

Ancient elegy

Song Tour (my view of heaven map)

Bianhe river blocking wind

A masterpiece handed down from generation to generation

Cold food

In February, Jiangnan is full of flowers,

It's sad to eat cold food in other places.

Poor people often live without fireworks,

Ming Dynasty is not the only one.

[appreciation] cold food, festival, the day before Qingming Festival. In the spring and Autumn period, Jie Zitui went out with Chong Er, the son of Jin Dynasty, for 19 years. After the ear for Jin Wengong, reward followers. Tui didn't ask for an official seal. He lived in seclusion with his mother in Mianshan. Hou Er burned the mountain and forced him to go out. He refused and burned to death with a branch in his arms. In Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe, Yanmen and other places, fire and cold food are forbidden on the 15th day after the winter solstice, commonly known as cold food festival. After Meng Yunqing's failure in the imperial examination, he once lived in Jingzhou and lived in extreme poverty. On the eve of a cold food festival in such a wandering life, he wrote this quatrains.

Cold food festival is 105 days after the winter solstice, when it comes to spring and February. Due to the warm climate in the south of the Yangtze River, February is full of flowers. The first sentence of the poem describes the phenology and points out the season. The word "man" conveys the beautiful feeling of the spring in Jiangnan. In this way, I feel natural. The second sentence, which is supposed to match this beautiful scene, is "sad". The author is from guanxi. He travels far to the south of the Yangtze River. He is a stranger in a foreign country. During the cold food festival, he thinks of his family members, but he can't help feeling sad. In addition, the word "cold food" here, in addition to the festival order, also implies less food, no food, a pun, so "cold food from other places" is even more sad.

The common way in poetry is to use the scene of sadness to express the feeling of sadness, that is, to set off the artistic technique. However, before writing "cold food in a foreign country is far from sad", this poem depicts the beautiful scenery of "flowers are full of branches in the south of the Yangtze River in February". In the sad situation, facing the colorful spring, it is different from the common feeling. It is just "flowers close to tall buildings hurt customers", and the happy scenery can only multiply its sadness. Appropriate use of the art of contrast, the more powerful the expression.

In the following couplet, the sentence "cold food" is written about breaking the fire. It is said that the custom of forbidding fire in cold food is to commemorate the sage Jie Zitui in the spring and Autumn period. In this festival, people go out for spring outings and eat ready-made food. The field is smoke-free, the air is particularly fresh, and the scenery is particularly beautiful and lovely. This kind of special festival scenery and atmosphere will give people a fresh and happy feeling, and the memory of ancient sages will make poets and poets more relaxed and lively, and form in singing. There are many poems about cold food all the time, but the author of this poem has never found out. The word "can be sad" causes the feeling that the poor people live in cold food differently. Cold food "no fireworks" is a custom to commemorate Zitui, while poor living "no fireworks" is the result of life. For the rich, once a "cut-off" means a happy holiday; for the poor, "often" cut-off "means a lot of embarrassment and bitterness! The author skillfully connects the two, with the word "not only" a little bit, reveals the essence of the society at that time, implying deep injustice. Its artistic conception is unique. It's also a way of contrast to write things that seem to be the same but actually have essential differences.

[implication] this poem describes the bitterness of the poor by chanting "cold food", but it does not make a great contribution to the word "poor". Let's take a look at the late Tang Dynasty's cold food day for the sheriff: "at the beginning, you can laugh and feel pity again. There are three paths of moss and a fishing boat. It's a shame that the fire in the neighborhood has been cut off, but I don't know that the kitchen has been smoke-free for a long time. "As far as the smoke-free living in the poor house was aroused by the fire cut off from the cold food, the artistic conception obviously inherited the traces of Meng's poetry. However, it meant poverty too much. It did not count the family property after checking it. It just said "can laugh", "can pity", but also said "shame"; after saying "cut off the fire", it said "smoke-free". It's not only tiresome, but also affected. It is not as good as Meng Yunqing's poem. Although it is a sad reality, its tone is humorous. The third and fourth sentences seem to be the author's self mockery: the world is preparing to put out the fire for the cold food of the Ming Dynasty in memory of the sages; but a poor scholar like me, who lives a "cold food" life every day, doesn't have to worry about it. This kind of humor is a kind of bitter smile, which seems to be understatement, but it becomes interesting through writing and conveys a kind of sadness that grabs people's heart. This shows that the poem should not be exposed too much and should be reserved

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