In the high-rise buildings in the northwest, the literati in the late Han Dynasty who expected to make contributions faced a depression era when monarchs and eunuchs stood in the way. "There are tall buildings in the northwest, and the sky is high and the clouds are light", which also seems to indicate that the palace is unattainable, suggesting that political ideals are difficult to achieve and official career is frustrated.
Bai Juyi lived in the period from prosperity to decline in the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion. Pipa Travel was written in the second year of the poet's relegation to Jiangzhou, when he was 45 years old. His early ambition of "helping the world at the same time" was shattered by political blows, and it was difficult to show his great ambition.
Because their background is similar to their own experiences, their intentions of writing poems are basically the same. That is, using the music played by the heroine in the poem and her bleak life experience, the author's personal sadness of being hit and reprimanded politically is expressed, showing a profound sense of coldness in the world. In the two poems, the heroine is good at playing the piano, but she lacks a bosom friend like Zhong Zhong to express her depressed mood although she is talented.
Secondly, the text structures of the two poems are basically the same.
Both poems can be divided into three parts:
The first part: both poems were written first, and the poet was attracted by the sound of the piano. In A Tall Building in Northwest China, the poet came to a tall building. In the silence, the string song "How sad the voice is" floated down from a height, and the poet was attracted by the sad voice and stopped to listen. In the Han Dynasty, Hou Jin's Pipa Xing, Lament, haggard and troubled, and Fu Zheng also cast a sad atmosphere on this poem.
The second part: The heroine plays the piano and tells her own life story. "There is a Tall Building in the Northwest" The woman in the tall building is playing clank, as if lamenting the tragic fate that no one listens to the piano and no one complains. Loyal to Qin, I silently hope that "if there is a bosom friend, I will sing Yangchun without hesitation." The singer of Yan Shu's "Mountain Pavilion Willow" lamented that bosom friends were hard to find.
Pipa Trip first describes the performance process and shows the superb acting skills of the pipa girl, but she fell into despair and had to marry a businessman. The businessman cares about making money. He often goes out alone, leaving the poor woman and leaving the boat empty. Lonely and indifferent, I hate people who don't like music.
Part III: The souls of poets and heroines.
The sad Shang Qing tune of "There is a Tall Building in Northwest China" came from the tall building with the wind. When it bounced in the middle of the tune, the main theme kept repeating itself there, from which he thought that the singer's experience was not the saddest and most regrettable, but even sadder was how few people knew her.
Pipa Girl She was guarding an empty boat at the estuary, with no one to accompany her except the bright moon and cold water. . As an equal and sincere friend and a friend in need, the poet sincerely praised and thanked the pipa girl for her wonderful performance. She played a sadder tune. This piece of music made all the listeners cry. And the poet "but which of them cries the most? , this Jiujiang officer. My blue sleeves are wet. "
Third, both poems are slightly delicate and beautiful. "Northwest Tall Building" has only 80 words, but it is not too few. There are endless words and endless meanings. There are more than 600 words in Pipa Xing, and none of them are redundant, which is extremely concise and beautiful.
Pipa Journey describes in detail the origin of the poet's hearing the pipa sound-sending it to a passenger ship and inviting the pipa girl to play, the performance process, the self-description of the pipa girl and the poet's emotional expression. Then the poet described the musical image of pipa music in detail with a series of vivid metaphors. The listener is sometimes sad, sometimes relieved, sometimes relaxed and happy, and sometimes shocked. The performance is over, but the listener is still immersed in the realm of music, and there is silence around. When he looked up, he could only see the Qingjiang River in the moonlight.
Although there are tall buildings in the northwest, people feel everywhere. For example, compared with Pipa Xing, there is no description of the pipa girl's self-report, only the guess that "no one is the wife of Qi Liang", but through the allusion of Qi Liang's wife, Qi Liang is the origin of Qi Liang. The melancholy and beautiful image of a woman is vividly presented to us. The language in the poem is concentrated and accumulated for a long time, with high generality and rich expressive force, concise but not simple.
If "There are Tall Buildings in Northwest China" is compared to an ink painting rendered with a rough brush, it is subtle and euphemistic; Pipa is like a meticulous painting, more delicate and delicate. Light makeup and heavy makeup are always appropriate, and every detail is beautiful.
There are high-rise buildings in the northwest, which is a famous article among 19 ancient poems in Han Dynasty. It is written that the poet was attracted by the singing falling from the tall building, and he felt something in his heart: "I don't care if the singer is bitter, but it hurts my confidant." Sigh that a bosom friend is hard to meet. Pipa Travel was written by Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. When it was put on a passenger ship, I heard the wonderful piano sound and unfortunate experience of the pipa girl and said with emotion, "We are both unfortunate-to grow old forever." Both poems are full-text caused by the sound of a woman's piano, and they are slightly detailed. They both describe the desolate feeling that bosom friends are hard to find, and they do have the same effect.