The creative background of Xin Qiji’s Mulan Huaman (Poor Today’s Moon)

Question "Ti Fu.

Poor Jinxiyue, where are you going?

It’s another world. I can only see it over there. The light and shadow are to the east?

The sky is full of sweat, but is the wind blowing brightly to send you the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Who can connect the flying mirror without roots?

Who will keep Chang'e if she doesn't marry?

It is said that there is no reason to go through the bottom of the sea, and the trance makes people sad.

Afraid of thousands of miles of whales, the Jade Palace and the Qiong Tower will be destroyed vertically and horizontally.

A shrimp and a toad are worthy of bathing in water. How can a jade rabbit explain the ups and downs?

If everything is fine, how can it gradually become like a hook?

Appreciation of Xin Qiji’s Ci Poems

In classical Chinese poetry, there are countless poems chanting to the moon, and there are also countless poems chanting to the moon. However, there are not many that can be passed down through the ages and are popular among people, such as Su Dongpo's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" ("When Will the Bright Moon Come"). Xin Qiji's poem "Magnolia Slow", which is imitated in the style of Qu Yuan's "Tian Wen", breaks the traditional convention of chanting the moon and has never been published before. It fully demonstrates the author's rich imagination and bold innovation. Spiritual and unique, it has become an eternal masterpiece.

During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan, the great poet of the Chu State, once wrote an article called "Questions from Heaven". The entire article was a question of heaven, asking more than 170 questions in a row. Xin Qiji used the style of "Tian Wen" to create the song "Magnolia Slowness", which has a novel concept and wonderful imagination. It is different from other poets who write about joys and sorrows. He is not homesick, nostalgic, or infatuated with the past, but close to the past. Seize the moment before dawn, like the great poet Qu Yuan, fly the wings of imagination, ask questions about the moon like a barrage, and interweave some beautiful myths, legends and vivid metaphors about the moon into a gorgeous picture with perfect images. , giving people great artistic enjoyment. Please see his interesting question: How cute the moon is tonight, wandering westward, where is it going? Then he asked: Is there another human world, where I just saw you rising in the east? Or is there nothing in the vast universe outside that day, only the mighty wind sending this beautiful Mid-Autumn moon away? It is like a precious mirror flying into the sky, but it will not fall down. Could it be that someone tied it up with an invisible long rope? These questions are whimsical and interesting. Legend has it that Hou Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West for the elixir of immortality, and Yi's wife Chang'e stole it and flew to the moon, leaving the world and living alone in Guanghan Palace. Therefore, the author asked again: Chang'e in the Moon Palace has not been married until now. I wonder who kept her? I heard that the moon swims across the bottom of the sea, but there is no way to find out the reason. This is really elusive and makes people worry. I'm afraid that the thousands of miles of whales in the sea will break through the Jade Palace and Qiong Tower of the Moon Palace. The moon passes by the bottom of the sea, so the toads who know how to swim need not worry, but how did the Jade Rabbit learn to swim? If all this is safe and sound, then why does it gradually turn into a hook? The poet's series of questions brings us into the romantic mythological world, with novel imagination, humor and charm, and the questions are strange and wonderful.

Of course, Jiaxuan wrote this poem not only to express his artistic talents, but also to make bold guesses based on the author's in-depth observation of objective natural phenomena. In poetry, asking questions to the moon has been done before, and it is not an invention. For example, Li Bai's "When will the bright moon come in the blue sky, I will stop drinking and ask now", Su Dongpo's "When will the bright moon come in the blue sky, ask the blue sky with my wine", etc. However, some of the questions raised in this poem express the author's concern for nature. The bold speculation about the phenomenon is unprecedented. The discovery of the scientific phenomenon that the moon revolves around the earth once caused a revolution in astronomy. Three or four hundred years before Copernicus, the Song Dynasty poet Xin Qiji had already vaguely guessed this natural phenomenon when he observed the celestial phenomena of the rising and setting moon. Wang Guowei said in "Human Words": "Jiaxuan drank until the end of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and wrote "Magnolia Slow" in the style of "Tian Wen" to send the moon and said: "Poor moon tonight, where is it going? Is it a different world, only seen over there, with light and shadow to the east? ‘The poet imagines that he directly understands the principle of the moon orbiting the earth, and is closely connected with scientists. This can be called divine enlightenment! "Among the poets of the Song Dynasty, Xin Qiji has always been regarded as the representative writer of the bold school. The so-called "hao" means bold and unconstrained, transcending ancient and modern times; the so-called "bang" means unbridled and unbridled, making a world of difference. Xin Qiji's poems are indeed He has reached this state. This poem is written in the style of "Heavenly Questions", asking questions throughout the text, and asking the questions to the end. This is a new style in Song poetry, showing the author's bold and innovative and eclectic artistic spirit. It breaks the boundaries between the upper and lower parts of the poem, and asks a series of questions about the moon in one breath. The rhyme of the poem is also fully adapted to the bold and exciting emotions. This form can express thoughts and feelings more freely, giving the work an unstoppable and majestic momentum. Moreover, this poem also has another meaning, that is, the author's concern for the fate of the country. In the poem, the author uses the bright full moon to symbolize the country of the Song Dynasty, and is worried about its fate, "Afraid of the long whale, which will destroy the Jade Palace and Qionglou", which strongly reveals the author's deep concern for the evil forces that harm the country and the people. His hatred expressed his deep concern for the fate and future of the Southern Song Dynasty court, and had a profound meaning.