the spring snow -- a highbrow song(yáng chūn bái xuě)

the spring snow -- a highbrow song

Yangchunbaixue, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced y á ngch ū Nb á ixu ě. It originally refers to the more elegant songs of Chu in the Warring States period, but later refers to the profound and non popular literature and art. It's from asking the king of Chu.

The origin of Idioms

The original text of "to the king of Chu" written by Chu Songyu in the Warring States States States States States: "the guest who has a song in the middle of Ying begins with" Xiali "and" Ba Ren ", and there are thousands of people who belong to the middle of the kingdom They are "spring" and "Snow", and there are only dozens of people in the Middle Kingdom

Idiom story

Yangchunbaixue's allusion comes from Song Yu's answer to the king of Chu in Chuci. King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu if he had any hidden virtues? Why don't people praise you so much? Song Yu said that some singers came to Yingzhong of Chu state. At first, they sang "xialiba people", and there were thousands of them. When the singer sang "Yang a Xie Lu", there were only a few hundred people in the middle school. When the singer sang "snow in spring", there were only dozens of middle school and middle school singers. When the song adds some more difficult skills, that is, "to introduce business, to carve feathers, to mix with flow", there are only a few middle school students. Song Yu's conclusion is that "it is his music that is high and his harmony that is few.". "Spring snow" and other songs are more elegant and more complex, and fewer and fewer people are able to sing, that is to say, high and few. Of course, the purpose of this discussion between Song Yu and King Xiang of Chu is not to talk about the song itself, but to emphasize the huge gap between elegance and vulgarity, and to defend that his talent and virtue are not recognized by the world. Song Yujin said that "birds have Phoenix and fish have Kun", which is naturally not comparable to worldly things. Song Yu said, "not only birds have Phoenix, but fish have Kun, so do scholars. In the end, Song Yu draws her own conclusion, that is, the sage of husband is noble and independent, and the common people of husband know what the minister is doing? "Song Yu means that those who are great and extraordinary in the world are often independent, and their thoughts and behaviors are often not understood by ordinary people.

Idiom usage

It's often used with "high and few". It is also often used with "xialiba people" and is often used as a metaphor for literary works divorced from the masses. Generally, it is used as subject and object. examples literature and art should be popularized and improved; the masses are familiar with "xialiba people"; but they also need "～".

Appreciation of Idioms

Shen Kuo of the Northern Song Dynasty pointed out in MengXiBiTan, Volume V, melody I that Song Yu answered the king of Chu's question clearly said, "guests sing in Ying", that is, guests sing in Ying. It's not that they are singing, let alone that they are good at singing. Shen Kuo believes that Yingzhong is the old capital of the state of Chu, and that the reason why there are few people who share this song is that they do not know or have never heard this song. Song Yu's self-esteem is somewhat unreasonable. Isn't it ridiculous to accuse Ying people of not being familiar with music like Yang Chun Bai Xue? Shen Kuo also pointed out that some details in the allusions of Yang Chun Bai Xue were misinterpreted and spread later. For example, good singers were called "Ying people", while the original meaning was that Ying people were not good at singing. The allusion "Yang Chun Bai Xue" shows that there are great differences in aesthetic taste and ability among different appreciators. The more artistic the music is, the less people can appreciate it. It has to be admitted that this difference has a lot to do with the subjective taste of the audience, and sometimes it is difficult to get an objective and fair evaluation. As Ge Hong in the Western Jin Dynasty pointed out in his book Guangbi: "it's very good to watch and listen, but it's hard to share love and hate. "For those who are used to listening to the songs of Sangjian, Pushang and xialiba, of course, they can't understand the nobility and elegance of Yang Chunbai and Huang zhongdalu. From this point of view, there is not much difference between the past and the present. Today's people enjoy music, most of them are "ear is better, heart is faster.". " " snow sing with who, the common feeling is more impassable. "A pluralistic world can not be separated from" snow singing "and" popular feelings ". The more popular any music seems to be, the more popular its supporters are. It's the same reason that pop concerts are often the best box office earners today. Of course, elegant art has its own value. The longer the age is, the more precious it is. in China in the 1940s, Mao Zedong tried to unify high art with popular culture. Mao Zedong once said in his speech at the Yan'an Forum on literature and art, "even if what you have is" white snow in spring ", now that it is something enjoyed by a few people for the time being, the masses are still singing" xialiba people "there. If you don't improve it and just curse people, it's empty to curse them. Now it's a matter of unifying the "white snow in spring" and the "xialiba people", and it's a matter of improving and popularizing the unity. Without unity, the most advanced art of any expert will inevitably become the most narrow utilitarianism. To say that this is also lofty, it is just self styled as lofty, and the masses will not approve it. "The original intention of unification may be good, but in the extreme left era, Yang Chun Bai Xue became the object of criticism, and the lower Liba people also became the vassal of politics. Although yangchunbaixue is referred to as an elegant art, when the Guqin song yangchunbaixue is solved in many books, it is said that it vividly shows the scene of early spring with fresh and smooth melody and lively rhythm, when winter comes and spring comes, the earth revives, everything prospers and everything is full of vitality. It's obvious that this is the literal solution to the problem. The allusion of yangchunbaixue is far away from the time of yangchunbaixue, which has no musical connection.

Chinese PinYin : yáng chūn bái xuě