Liu Yong's Memories of the Emperor's Capital, Thin Pillow and Cool Weather and Its Appreciation

recalling the cool weather in the capital, the thin pillow

Song Dynasty: Liu Yong

The cold weather in the thin pillow made me feel parting at first sight. It's colder when you get up, and you still sleep. After all, I can't sleep, and the night is as long as years old.

I also want to wait, but I want to ask for it; Fight for resistance again, and have already made plans. Ten thousand kinds of thoughts, many solutions, only lonely and tired. It's my whole life, and I've shed a thousand tears for you.

Translation

After a nap, I was awakened by a thin quilt, and suddenly I felt an indescribable feeling of parting. Tossing and turning, I counted the knocking times in the cold night, got up and went to sleep again. After repeated tossing, I couldn't sleep, and the night was as long as a year.

I also tried to rein in my horse and return, but I was helpless. I started on my way for my livelihood and fame. How can I return in vain? Thousands of thoughts, always trying to enlighten and explain in various ways, can only be so lonely and boring in the end. I will tie you to my heart all my life, but I have failed your endless sad tears!

Note

Memory of the Imperial Capital: the epigraph, composed by Liu Yong, was named after Gai for remembering his wife in Bianjing, and "Nanlu Tune" was noted in the Collection of Movements. Double-tone 72 words, with six sentences and four rhymes on the top and seven sentences and four rhymes on the bottom.

thin quilt (q and n): a thin quilt. Small pillow: just a little pillow.

suddenly: suddenly.

exhibition: the same as "tossing and turning", tossing and turning. "Chu Ci Liu Xiang": "Worry unfolds and melancholy." Gēng: Counting the cold nights because I can't sleep. In ancient times, from dusk to dawn, one night was divided into five periods: A, B, C, D and E, which was called "Five Watches" and "Five Drums". Every watch is divided into five points, and the drums are played, and the gongs are played at five points to tell the time.

to be: to be. Xiang Ziyin's "Plum Blossom Introduction, Played by Li Shiming": "On the edge of the flower shade, on the edge of the willow shade, I will wait for a few times to steal pity." Pèi: The bridle of a traveling horse, which means a traveling horse. Pan Wenqi's "Things on the Way from Cizhou to Handan": "Stop collecting cigarettes in the afternoon, how many cooks are there?"

why not? Zhang Xian's "Bai Mei Niang Zhu Que Wu Yun Fairy": "Happiness also knows that it will be saved later, and it will be in front of the eyes?"

travel plan: the plan to travel.

only (nèn): that's all. Xin Qiji's "Buji Drinking without Writing Books": "Thousands of books only rest, and they are in the cup." Boredom: the same as "weak and tired", the appearance of listlessness.

Creation background

The specific creation year of this word is temporarily unavailable. However, the characteristic of Liu Yong's ci is realism. The epigraph of this word is "Recalling the Imperial Capital", probably named after remembering his wife in Bianjing, and the word "feeling at first parting" also means that Liu Yong left Bianjing not long ago, while "thin pillow and cool weather" means that the time for writing ci is early autumn. Liu Yong wrote this word because of "feeling the taste of separation".

Appreciation

This poem "Remembering the Emperor's Capital" is one of a series of poems written by Liu Yong to express his parting love. This word expresses the inner feelings of both men and women with pure oral sketch, and its artistic expression is novel and unique. It is a distinctive one among Liu Yong's similar works.

It's getting colder in early autumn. "thin" is because the weather is cold but not cold; Judging from the "little pillow", the person in the word is still lying alone at this time, so he "feels the taste of parting at first sight". "First feeling" is the first feeling, just feeling, because of being touched by something, it caused emotional waves. Next, the author gives a concrete description of "the taste of parting": "It's cold when you get up, and you sleep again when you get up". The empty bed is unfolding, and I can't sleep at night; I hope to sleep, because I may be able to solve my worries in my dreams. Counting silently more times, but still can't sleep, after getting up, lie down again.

Just a few strokes, the lovesick person's bedside fluttered around, suddenly sleeping and getting up, and I don't know what to do, and I expressed it openly. "After all, I can't sleep" is a supplement to the previous two sentences. The word "after all" has the meaning of finally, in the end, in any case, etc. Then, the sentence "A night is as long as a year old" skillfully uses the sentence meaning of "I don't see you for a day, like I'm three years old" in Shijing Feng Wang Caige, but the sentence is more concise and the feelings are deeper. These few words spread out the "taste of parting" as usual, and the simple words contain blazing enthusiasm for life.

The next piece of the word turns to the wandering homesickness, which shows the complicated inner experience of the wandering's conflict between reason and emotion. "I also want to stay, but I want to ask for it." So far, we can know that this man who can't sleep with a thin pillow has not been away from the person he loves for a long time. Maybe he broke up in the morning and suffered from the "parting taste." At this moment, when it is difficult for him to leave his feelings anyway, another thought can't help but arise in his heart: alas, it is better to turn around and go back. "I also intend to wait", which is a psychological activity after all kinds of helplessness. However, "fighting for resistance and planning" means that you have set foot on the journey, how can you return to your original place? I can't go back, but I don't want to go. As a result, I still have to "think about it in many ways", but naturally I can't find a way out, so I can only "get bored" and live bored. The last two sentences, "I will never forget you all my life, but it seems that things can only be like this, and even so, we still can't meet, so it must be" I will never forget you ". This sentence just sums up the meaning of the whole word's love for each other, and highlights the theme of "I" as the center.

The word "Fine and Smooth" (Liu Xizai's "An Outline of Art") is purely spoken, fluent and natural, and euphemistically expresses the sincere love between lyric protagonists, with mature thoughts and art.