A Thousand Years of Separation

Chinese classical poetry is mostly about separation, the longer the separation the more poignant the rhetoric, the more distant the tone the more poignant and sad, the deeper the feelings between two people, the more intriguing the verses are to read. Chinese poets have a common characteristic, the sadder the state of mind, the faster inspiration comes, so beautiful poems are often written late at night when sitting alone under a lamp, and in the face of red peach and green willow, birdsong and flowers, the feeling from the heart poetry light and lively but rarely. Wang Guozhen once said that a beautiful heart comes from a melancholy heart, and that the first to meet a desperate situation is the last to sing.

　　"The rain in Weicheng moistens the dust, the guest house is green and the willow is new. I advise you to drink a glass of wine, there is no one left in the west out of the Yangtze Pass." The rain not only drenched the land of Weicheng, but also the hearts of future generations of writers, and many people sang the poem "Advise you to finish a glass of wine, no one is left in the west.

　　In a drizzly morning, the poet sent his friend away, and the green of the willow tinted the parting colors. Before leaving, the poet advised him to drink one more cup of the sweet wine of parting, since it would be difficult to see the deceased again after walking out of Yangguan. How can a glass of wine quench the sorrow of the two men's hearts at this moment, is to stay, is reluctant, is fond ......

　　Today, hundreds of years later, no one knows how many stories have come out of Yangguan, what kind of history, but the rain has been falling from that time until now.

　　"Last year, in the first month of the year, the lights in the flower market were like daylight. The moon was on the top of the willow, and people were after dusk. This year, the moon and the lights are still the same. I don't see the person from last year, but I have tears on my sleeve of my spring shirt." Some say it was Ouyang Xiu, a drunkard in Chuzhou, others say it was Qin Guan, a famous lyricist in the Song Dynasty, while more people believe it was Zhu Shuzhen. It is said that Zhu Shuzhen is a talented woman, but married as a businesswoman, Bai Juyi once said in the "Pipa line" "merchants value profit over parting", or the words are just a reflection of the female lyricist herself may not be known.

　　In a traffic, bustling night of the New Year's Eve, a pair of lovers meet under the moon and willow after dusk to tell each other, that is a happy picture it. The following year, the New Year's Eve flower market is still lights like day, but no one last year, only a lonely figure left to tears soaked in the spring shirt sleeves. Anyone will say that this is a kind of pain, but few people can really understand what kind of pain it is. So "the moon on the willow tips, people about dusk after" the most widely circulated lines, perhaps this is one of the best wishes in people's hearts, after all, no one wants to suffer that "no one last year, tears stained spring shirt sleeves" experience.

　　"red crispy hands. Yellow vine wine. The city is full of spring color palace wall willow. The east wind is bad. Love is thin. A heart of sorrow, a few years away. Wrong wrong wrong. Spring is like the old days. People are thin and empty. Tearstained red silk is transparent. Peach blossoms fall. The pond pavilion. Although the mountain alliance is still in place, it is difficult to entrust a beautiful letter. Mo Mo Mo." The song "Hairpin Phoenix" has broken the hearts of many talented and beautiful people and smitten men and women. The poet Lu You spent his life devoted to the country, until "lying in a lonely village" when still "still thinking about the country garrison Luntai", but in his heart has always hidden an incomparable pain. When he was young, he was married to his cousin Tang Wan, and traveled to Shen Garden with him, leaving a figure of snuggling, but Lu's mother did not like the niece, so the two were forced to break up, and later Lu You married Wang, Tang Wan also remarried. The two of them saw each other after a revisit to Shen Garden, but despite the "mountain alliance", things were already different, and it was "difficult to entrust them with a brocade letter".

　　The poet was overcome with emotion and inscribed this popular song "Hairpin Head Phoenix" on the wall. After reading it, the sentimental Tang Yuan, soon after tearfully inscribing "A Reply to Lu You's <Hairpin Head Phoenix>", finally left this world forever because "worldly love is thin and human love is evil". Perhaps without the previous encounter, without the two emotional lyrics, Shen Yuan would not be so striking, and Lu You would not be "near the south of the city has been afraid to walk, Shen home more sad", the talented girl will not die. Therefore, future generations of writers believe that Tang Yuan is the eternal pain in Lu You's heart.

　　The most common pain in the world is parting, and the most unavoidable pain is also parting, so the poems and words written by writers and writers have become more and more tearful. No wonder some people say that the sadness of parting is the eternal hurt and pain, and those poems are the permanent evidence of this hurt and pain.