Wang Wei is the only poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty who can be on an equal footing with Li Duping, and his poetry is also a school of its own , written in a fresh and refined way; I personally prefer Wang Wei, who not only writes well in poetry, but also has extremely high attainments in painting and music. Reading Wang Wei’s poems is most touching. It may be just some seemingly ordinary scenery, but in his writings, it is extremely beautiful, which makes people feel like they are in the real world.
The ancients liked to cite scriptures when creating poems, which also made many works difficult to decipher, and later generations would misunderstand the meaning. However, Wang Wei’s poems do not have this obstacle. Rarely use uncommon words, just so handy, but the writing is very beautiful. In particular, this song “In the Mountains” can be said to be the most unique song among his many works. There are few words in the whole text, but it is full of interest, and the writing is vivid and interesting, creating a beautiful artistic conception.
“In the Mountains”
Tang Dynasty: Wang Wei
< p>The white stone in Jingxi comes out, and the red leaves are sparse in the cold weather.
There is no rain on the mountain road, and the clothes are wet in the empty green.
Wang Wei is a very typical intellectual. He received a good education in his youth, and after that, his road to the imperial examination was smooth sailing, and he was also appreciated by the famous Zhang Jiuling at that time. If nothing else If there is an accident, he must be able to shine. However, due to the outbreak of the “An Shi Rebellion”, he did not escape from Chang’an, and was captured by others. Because of this incident, after the riot was finally quelled, he was also crowded out, so he chose to go in his later years. Go to Zhongnan Mountain to live in seclusion.
Seclusion is not escaping from reality, it is a kind of inner cultivation, which is a lot of knowledge in ancient times Molecules will always choose to live in seclusion. Wang Wei’s choice to live in seclusion after the wind and rain is actually a wise choice. If he stayed in Chang’an, he might not be able to write those classic masterpieces. Then this “In the Mountains” was written in his later years. At that time, he lived alone in Zhongnan Mountain and saw the beautiful scenery in the mountains, so he was inspired to create such a beautiful poem.
Descendants have had a high evaluation of Wang Wei, especially the great writer Su Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty. I have made a very precise comment, thinking that his poems are paintings in poems, and poems in paintings. And this “In the Mountains” achieves such an artistic conception. It is not only a poem, but also a beautiful landscape painting. The whole article is short in four sentences, with a total of 20 words, but it is written beautifully, and the reading is also catchy. It is a rare masterpiece.
The first and second sentences are very beautiful, and describe what you see in front of you. It is poetic, “The white stone in Jingxi comes out, and the red leaves are rare in the cold weather.” The water of Jingxi is crystal clear, gurgling over the exposed white stone. Falling from the tree. These two sentences may seem ordinary, but they are amazingly beautiful.
The third and fourth sentences are still writing the scenery, and they are written more beautifully, “The mountain road is full of no rain, and the empty green is wet with clothes.” Walking alone on this mountain road, there is no original road on the road. It was raining, but the green mountains in the distance seemed like it had rained, and the clothes on his body were about to get wet. The last two sentences complement the previous two sentences, making the poem more poetic.
Wang Wei’s poem is purely landscape, which is relatively rare in Tang poetry, most works , it may be from the scenery to the love, or from the love to the scenery, but Wang Wei only describes what he sees and sees in this song “In the Mountains”, purely for the purpose of writing the scenery, and even this creates a unique beauty , let us experience a different beauty. Although this poem is slightly less famous than his classic works, it is full of poetry because of its vivid and interesting writing. This is the most unique aspect of this poem.