Feng Qiuhuang's poems

"The Legend of Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" is a guqin song of Han nationality, which interprets the love story between Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun. Taking "phoenix seeking phoenix" as a perfect metaphor not only contains passionate courtship, but also symbolizes the extraordinary ideals, lofty purport and tacit understanding of the hero and heroine. The whole poem has shallow meaning, lively syllables and passionate feelings, which combines the charm of Chu Ci with the freshness of Han folk songs in one furnace. There are many poems, novels, songs and movies of the same name in past dynasties.

First of all, Shaanxi Opera comes from Wang Shifu's The West Chamber.

There is a beautiful woman, I will never forget her. There is a kind of beauty that I will never forget. )

I want to go crazy if I can't see you for a day.

The phoenix flies high, and the four seas seek to burn.

Helpless beauty, not in the east wall.

Use the piano instead of language. Tell me about it.

When to see Xu Xi, comfort me.

Willing to match virtue with words and work together.

I can't fly, which makes me fall.

Second:

Phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix.

I didn't know what to do when I didn't meet Xi. Why don't I go to Sishang today?

There are beautiful women in the boudoir, and people in the room are far away [xiá] and poison my intestines.

Why do you want to be a mandarin duck, Hu Jie [xié] jie [huang] * * * soaring!

Burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning.

Who knows in the middle of the night?

My wings fly high, and I feel sad when I think about them.

Vernacular translation

There is a beautiful woman. I saw her face, which was unforgettable. I don't see her for a day, and I feel crazy. I am like a phoenix flying high in the sky, looking for phoenixes all over the world. Unfortunately, the beauty is not near the East Wall. I use the sound of the piano instead of the feeling in my heart. Just describe my inner feelings. When can I promise to get married and comfort me to wander back and forth? I hope my virtue can match you and work together. I don't know how to be in a good mood, I can't fly with you, and I can't get along for a hundred years. As a result of this injury, I fell into emotional sadness and wanted to die.

Phoenix bird, Phoenix bird, returned home. I have no definite destination. I only visit the world to find the burning bird in my heart. I didn't know where to go until I met a bird. How can I understand my feelings after I come to the door today? There is a beautiful and elegant woman in her bedroom. Although I live near, this beautiful woman is far away from me. The feeling of missing torments my heart. How can I get this good marriage, get married, and be that loving and charming mandarin duck? I hope I, a phoenix, can fly with you and fly in the sky. Phoenix bird, phoenix bird, may you live together with me, be like peas and carrots, raise children, and be my spouse forever, with congenial feelings and soul mates. Follow me in the middle of the night, who will know? Spread your wings and fly away, thinking of you in vain makes me sad. [2]?

Brief introduction of the author

Sima Xiangru (about 179- 1 17) was a great poet in the Western Han Dynasty. Han nationality, a native of Pengzhou, Sichuan (now Peng 'an, Nanchong), is called Chengdu. His masterpiece is Zi Xu Fu. His works are rich in rhetoric and grand in structure, and he is a representative writer of Han Fu, which was later called sanctification. The story of his elopement with Zhuo Wenjun is also widely circulated. Lu Xun's Outline of the History of China Literature also commented on them in a special section, pointing out: "When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was studying, he gave Murray Sima Xiangru and Sima Qian of Wen Ruo". Sima Xiangru is good at guqin, and the piano used is called "Qingqi", which was given by Liang Wang when Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty. It is a famous guqin, and its name has been passed down to this day, even becoming another name of guqin in literary works. The story of his elopement with Zhuo Wenjun is well known. According to Records of Historical Records and Biography of Sima Xiangru, Liang, a foreigner and official, returned to Shu and was invited by his good friend (now Qionglai, Sichuan) to visit Wang Ji. Zhuo Wenjun, the daughter of Zhuo Wangsun, the richest man in the local area, is both talented and beautiful, proficient in music and widowed. On one occasion, Zhuo Wangsun held a grand banquet for hundreds of people, and both Ji Wang and Xiangru were invited as distinguished guests. During the dinner, Ji Wang introduced Xiang Ru as a master of piano. They said, "I heard that you play Green Seven very well. Please play a song to satisfy my ears. " Xiang Ru played two piano pieces of "Green Seven" in public, intending to stir up Wen Jun. "Wen Jun stole the door, and his heart was glad and kind, so I'm afraid I can't. Not only that, it makes people pay attention to the waiters in Wen Jun again. The death of Wen Jun, the night is like running, such as running to Chengdu. " However, when Zhuo Wenjun arrived at his home in Sima Xiangru, he realized that his family was poor and his life was getting worse. Sima Xiangru had to sell the house and go back to Lin Qiongkai Hotel with Zhuo Wenjun. Finally, Zhuo Wangsun's relief gradually improved. These two poems are said to be the lyrics of "Huang" and sing like a piano. Because this poem was not included in Historical Records, it was not included until Xu Ling of the Chen Dynasty compiled Yutai New Poetry, and added a preface to explain that Lei Ju of Literature and Art in the Tang Dynasty and Yuefu Poetry in the Song Dynasty were also included, so it is suspected that it was written by a pianist in the Han Dynasty under the guise of Sima Xiangru. There are indeed many fakes in Qin Ge and other works, but it is difficult to find exact evidence to prove them. In this regard, we have to doubt.

Historical allusion

According to legend, Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun, one is a talented person who is regarded as a distinguished guest by the county magistrate of Lin Qiong, and the other is a beautiful woman who is waiting to be married. Their story began with a visit to Zhuojia, where they played the famous song "Phoenix Begging for Phoenix": "Feng Feng went back to his hometown and traveled all over the world to beg for phoenix. There is a beautiful woman in the boudoir, and the people in the room have poisoned my intestines. Why do you want to hand her over as a mandarin duck? " This kind of words, which are equally straightforward, bold and warm today, naturally made Zhuo Wenjun, who was listening behind the scenes, feel sincerely excited. After meeting Sima Xiangru, they fell in love at first sight and agreed to elope.

That night, Zhuo Wenjun packed up and walked out of the house, and met Sima Xiangru who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, thus completing the most brilliant event in their lives. Zhuo Wenjun is a strange girl. And Sima Xiangru returned to Chengdu, facing the family's predicament (which is a great test for love), he generously returned to his hometown in Lin Qiong to open a hotel and sell wine himself, and finally let his proud father admit their love. Although later Taoists called their elopement "lewd running", it did not prevent them from becoming role models for many couples in the future. After that, there is another incident worth remembering: Sima Xiangru once fell in love with a talented woman, and Zhuo Wenjun wrote "Ballad of the White Head", accompanied by "I heard that you have two opinions, so I came to say goodbye" and "I hope to be one and never give up". Finally, let the other party change their minds.

According to their love story, later generations became the music "Phoenix Begging for Phoenix": meeting is fate, and acacia is gradually entangled, but it is difficult to meet. The mountain is high and the road is far, but it is only a thousand miles away. Because of dissatisfaction, the dream is empty, take a photo, ask Hongyan and pass it quickly. I like to open Kaifeng, hold a jade photo, and look at it carefully, but I see red lips, black eyebrows and watery eyes. How can infinite love be sued? Looking at the southeast, a phoenix asks for a phoenix.

Comments and appreciation

Zhuo Wenjun, a beautiful and intelligent woman, is good at poetry and playing the piano. Alas, at the age of seventeen, she was widowed at her parents' house. One night at dinner, Zhuo Wenjun, who had admired Sima Xiangru's talent for a long time, fell in love at first sight because of Sima Xiangru's passionate and bold confession of Phoenix Begging for Phoenix. However, their love was blocked by their father. With longing for love, determination to pursue happiness and extraordinary courage, Zhuo Wenjun resolutely fled Zhuofu in the dark night and eloped with his beloved. I sell wine for a living. Life is hard, but their feelings are getting deeper and deeper. This is also the most romantic night running story among the love stories that have been handed down so far.

Since ancient times, most men have always let people down. Sima Xiangru is no exception. When he showed a little edge in his official career and was finally recommended as an official, he lived in Beijing for a long time, enjoyed all the beautiful women in the world, was proud of officialdom, and even had the intention of abandoning his wife and concubinage. I have forgotten the days when I was in trouble with * * *. I don't remember a wife thinking about her husband thousands of miles away day and night. Wen Jun lived a lonely life, day after day, year after year. A song "Singing with a Bald Head", "... Wen Jun has two opinions, so he came to reject each other. I hope to be United as one, and never leave each other. ..... "Expressed her persistence and yearning for love and a woman's unique firmness and tenacity. It also adds a bit of sadness to their stories.

Finally, one day, Sima Xiangru sent his wife a letter with 13 words: 1,234,567,891 million. Clever Zhuo Wenjun burst into tears after reading it. There is only one "100 million" missing from a row of figures. Isn't it a hint that my husband is not interested in himself? Her heart is as cold as water. With a very sad heart, I wrote a poem about Lang.

His poem says: After a farewell, the two places hang together. Although it is March and April, who knows five or six years. The lyre has no intention to play, the eight lines have no transmission, the nine-ring chain has never been interrupted, and the Shili Pavilion wants to wear it. I can't understand it, I can't understand it, so I have no choice but to blame Lang.

A thousand words can't be finished, and you are bored. Chongyang climbs to see the lonely geese, and the full moon in August is not round. In July and a half, incense is burned to ask the sky, and everyone shakes their hearts in the dog days of June. In May, pomegranate flowers were as red as fire, and the flowers were watered by cold rain. April loquat yellow, I want to be confused in front of the mirror. Peach blossoms follow Shui Piao in March, and kite strings are broken in February. Hey, Lang Lang, I wish you to be a woman's man in your next life. )

(Is this paragraph suspected of Zhuo Wenjun [3]? "Boredom" appeared hundreds of years after Zhuo Wenjun's death, and the word reincarnation had not yet flowed into the Central Plains.

After reading his wife's letter, Sima Xiangru couldn't help marveling at her talent. Looking back on the love between husband and wife in the past, I was ashamed and never mentioned the matter of leaving my wife and concubinage again. This poem became Zhuo Wenjun's masterpiece digital poetry. Read it carefully, its love and hate are intertwined.

Zhuo Wenjun saved her husband's betrayal with her own wisdom. She managed her love and marriage wholeheartedly, and finally went through difficulties. In the end, they didn't abandon their initial love and final persistence. This also turned their story around and became a love story above the secular world.

This song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" expresses Sima Xiangru's infinite admiration and ardent pursuit of Zhuo Wenjun. In the specific background of this poem, it has a special meaning. Comparing Xiang Ru to a phoenix, he is even more an emperor (phoenix) than Wen Jun. The whole poem has shallow meaning, smooth and lively syllables, and passionate feelings. It combines the beauty of Chu Ci and the freshness of Han folk songs in one furnace, which cannot be surpassed by future generations. Later, according to their love stories, people wrote the enduring music "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", which has been sung for thousands of years.

The first song expresses the infinite admiration and ardent pursuit of Wen Jun, which has multiple meanings in the specific background of this poem: Xiang Ru is compared to a phoenix, and he is more emperor (phoenix) than Wen Jun. A phoenix is a legendary bird, the male is called Phoenix, and the female is called Phoenix. The ancients called forest, phoenix, turtle and dragon the "four spirits" of heaven and earth, and phoenix was the king of birds. "The Inscription of Yi Dynasty" says: "There are 360 species of feathered insects, and the phoenix is the longest." Evergreen admired Lin Xiangru's talent since childhood and changed her name to "Xiangru", which was already famous in the literary world at that time; Wen Jun is talented and handsome. She is by no means an idle woman. So that place is Phoenix, which means heroic and pretentious. "Traveling around the world" strengthens a layer of implication, which not only closely follows the myth and legend that Phoenix "started in the country of oriental gentlemen, flew across the four seas, crossed the Kunlun Mountains, drank the mainstay, weakened his feathers and stayed in the wind cave at dusk" (Guo Pu's note "Erya" quoted the sky as the old cloud), but also metaphorically refers to similar official travel experiences: before that, he had traveled to the capital and was appointed as a warrior knight by Jingdi. Recruiting scribes in Liang Xiaowang is like "living with all the students for several years" under its door. Later, because of the death of Liang Wang, the opposition to "returning home" explained that "good birds choose wood to live." Secondly, the ancients often used "Feng Huang Yu Fei" and "chorus of husband and wife" to describe the harmony and beauty of husband and wife. For example, "Zuo Zhuan Zhuang Gong Twenty-two Years": "The wife of Chu Yi. His wife said that Ji means Feng Huang Yu Fei, harmonious and sonorous. " Here, like a phoenix courting Wen Jun, "traveling around the world" is a rare couple. Third, Phoenix is related to music. Such as "Shangshu Yiji": "90% Xiao Shao, the phoenix comes to the instrument." The Legend of the Immortal also contains: Nong Yu, the woman of A Qin's mother-in-law, and her husband Shaw History play the flute, and the phoenix comes to stop in their house. The mother-in-law is a phoenix platform. Later, Nong Yu and his wife both left Phoenix. Therefore, Li He tasted the beauty of the music of "The phoenix cries when the jade is broken in Kunshan" ("The Songs of Yu Liping"). Wen Jun's elegant music, like the piano sound of "Looking for Phoenix", is only a metaphor to find a bosom friend with the heart of the piano, which reminds people of the music exchange between Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi, thus giving off the feeling that a bosom friend is hard to find.

The second song is bolder and more intense, secretly dating Wen Jun in the middle of the night and eloping together. "Breeding tail" refers to the mating of male and female birds and animals. Yao Dian in Shangshu: "When people lose time, birds and beasts breed tails." Biography says, "Emulation is the fruit, and handover is the end." "Princess", spouse. Say: "Princess, a horse." "Friendship and understanding", communication and affection, that is, love are congenial. Midnight, that is, midnight. The first two sentences call for Wen Jun to have a quiet marriage, while the third and fourth sentences imply that they love each other and elope overnight, and no one will know. Five or six sentences show that you are far away, reminding each other not to let me down, and feeling sorry for homesickness in vain. Gai Xiangru had already bought off the secret love of Wen Jun's handmaid in advance, and had known about Wen Jun's widowed psychological state and love ideal. Now he has made a careful choice, so he dares to be so bold.

The reason why these two Qin Ge poems won the admiration of later generations lies in the strong anti-feudal thoughts expressed in Looking for Phoenix. For example, Wen Jun boldly broke through the snare of feudal ethics and patriarchal clan system, saying, "Without waiting for parents' orders and matchmakers' words, you will fall in love at first sight and climb over the wall with each other, then your parents and people will be mean." ("Mencius Teng Wengong") What "women have the meaning of three obedience, and there is no special way." ("Book of Rites, Funeral") What "The husband has the intention of remarriage, and the woman has no second choice." (Ban Zhao's Women's Commandment) Sacred ceremonies such as "Men and women ... don't meet each other without money" (Book of Rites) and "caring for each other" were trampled by Wen Jun's bold elopement and became a banner for young men and women in later generations to strive for marriage autonomy and love freedom. Try to see the influence of the power of example in later literature: In the Romance of the West Chamber, Zhang Geqiang played "Phoenix Begging for Phoenix", saying, "I got this song in the past, although it is not as good as mine. I hope Miss Zhang will understand." In the wall of the horse, Li Qianjin defended her elopement with Wen Jun in front of her father-in-law. Pan Bizheng also incited Chen Miaochang and Qin Xin to combine privately in the Jade Hairpin. Qin Xin Ji directly put the story of Wen Jun on the stage ... which shows that Huang has a far-reaching anti-feudal influence.

Secondly, artistically, these two Qin Ge songs with the theme of "Looking for Phoenix" not only contain passionate courtship, but also symbolize the extraordinary ideal, lofty purport and tacit understanding between the hero and heroine. The whole poem has shallow meaning, bright syllables and passionate feelings, which combines the beauty of Chu Ci with the freshness of Han folk songs. Even if it is a fake of later generations, it will not weaken its artistic value.