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Mulan Ci · Imitating the Ancient and Decisive Ci


Dynasty: Qing Dynasty

Author: Nalan Xingde

Original text:

If life is just like the first sight, what's the sad autumn wind painting fan.
When things change at leisure, people's minds change, but the Tao makes people's minds change easily.
Lishan's words stopped the midnight, and the rain of tears finally stopped ringing.
He is like the lucky Royal Guards, who wish to be together on that day.

 

translation
When you get along with your lover, you should always be as sweet, warm, affectionate and happy as when you first met him. But you and I should love each other, but why have we become separated and abandoned today?
Now it's easy to change your heart, but you say it's easy to change your heart between lovers.
Just like Tang Minghuang and Yang Yuhuan, we took the oath of life and death in the Hall of Eternal Life, but we finally made a final decision. Even so, there is no resentment. But how can you compare with the Tang Ming Emperor in those years? He always had the vow of being close friends with Yang Yuhuan.

 

appreciation

With the title of "Decisive", it is likely to write about the scene of breaking up with the first lover. This word is indeed written in imitation of the tone of abandoned women. The first sentence, "If life is just like the first sight", is the most prosaic and intense one in the whole poem. If a relationship is heavy enough in people's heart, then no matter what changes he has experienced in the future, the first sight will always be clear and unforgettable. At the first sight, Ci Qing was suddenly dragged back to the beautiful memory of the first love.

"Why the autumn wind mourns painting fans" is an allusion to the abandonment of Ban Jieyu in the Han Dynasty. Fans are used to drive away the heat in summer, but no one pays attention to them in autumn. Classical poems often use fans to describe women who are neglected. This is to say that we should love each other, but we have abandoned each other. It also dragged Ci sentiment from the beautiful memories to the cruel reality.

The two sentences, "When things change at leisure, people's hearts change, but people's hearts change": because this word is written in a female tone, the two sentences write the protagonist's deep remorse and regret. Nalan was not a traitor, but a teenager at that time did not dominate his own destiny. In fact, Tang emperors like Li Longji could not keep their beloved lovers, let alone Nalan.

"In Lishan's words, the midnight is over, and the rain and the bell are clear." The two sentences use the love story of Tang Minghuang and Yang Yuhuan. On the Double Seventh Festival, Tang Yang and Yang swore an alliance in Huaqing Palace. As soon as the Maweipo Incident broke out, Yang Guifei became a victim of the political struggle. It is said that on his way back from Sichuan to Chang'an, Emperor Minghuang of Tang heard the bell ringing in the rain on the plank road, which reminded him of his love for Concubine Yang, and wrote the famous song "Raining Bell". Here we use this code to say that even if we make a final decision, we will not complain.

The two sentences of "He Ru Bo Xing Jin Yi Lang, who is close to each other and wishes the same day" are translated into the lines of Tang Li Shangyin's "Mawei" poem, which follows the meaning of the first two sentences and illustrates the protagonist's steadfastness of emotion from the other side.

The whole word, in a woman's voice, expresses the feelings of sadness abandoned by her husband. The words are plaintive and sorrowful, inflexible and lingering. "The autumn wind mourns the painted fan" is to lament the fate of being abandoned. The words "Lishan" allude to the original moment of deep love. "Night rain and rain bells" write about intimate lovers like Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Princess Yang, who also finally broke Maweipo's heart. "Twinkling" is from the poem "Everlasting Regret Song", which wrote that the love vows once had become a distant past. Behind this "boudoir complaint", there seems to be more profound pain. "boudoir complaint" is just a pretext. Therefore, some people think that there is a secret in this article. The poet uses the love between men and women as a metaphor to show that we should be consistent with our friends.



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