After reading this poem, I can read and understand Du Fu, "Eight Songs of Qiuxing , Eight Of Them"
Kunwu Imperial Residence is self-contained, and Zige Peak is yin into The Yin. Fragrant rice pecking parrot grains, biwu perched old phoenix branches.
The beauty picked up the green spring and asked, and the fairy moved in the same boat at night. The color pen used to dry the weather, and the white head groaned bitterly and hung low.
Some people have said that the Tang Dynasty has seven laws, and Lao Du is the most. Old Du Seven Laws, "Eight Songs of Autumn Xing" is the most. This sentence is slightly exaggerated, but it makes a lot of sense. Some people even said that if they understood this poem, they could understand Du Fu. The Eight Songs of Qiuxing is a work by Du Fu during his time in Kuizhou, when Du Fu was about 55 years old. At that time, the Anshi Rebellion had ended, but the local festivals made it possible to expand the sphere of influence by taking advantage of the chaos, and there were still disputes in the world. Du Fu had no one to rely on, and Bai Maolin, the governor of Kuizhou, gave him an errand to give him a place to live.
In the autumn, Du Fu felt inspired and sent poems. Feelings that had been suppressed for too long were completely released in this set of poems, and Du Fu wrote eight in one breath. Especially the eighth song, recalling the good old days, lamenting the current sick and weak body, full of sentimental sadness. When Du Fu wrote this poem, his feelings were very complicated, and under the tone of tragedy and desolation, he contained the stubbornness of not yielding to fate.
When did you like to talk about the past and reminisce about the past? In the twilight years, when I am unhappy, when I am relaxed, I like to reminisce about the past. Du Fu lived in Chang'an in his youth, in the most prosperous city of the Tang Dynasty, and he had a lot of feelings. How good Chang'an is, Chang'an seems to glow. From Chang'an to Lake, pass by Kunwu Mountain and the Emperor's Palace along the way. The Purple Pavilion Peak on the Zhongnan Mountain is projected in the lake water. This road, full of joy and laughter, is the road that Du Fu and his friends often travel. There are fragrant rice that parrots can't eat, and there are also plane trees where phoenixes linger.
The two sentences of "fragrant rice" use the inverted technique, and the correct word order should be "parrot pecking at the remaining fragrant rice grains". Why did Du Fu use upside down, and did he also have to show off his writing skills? Impossible, Du Fu was not in the mood to show off his literary talents. He wrote this to express his inner feelings. The heartache was so severe that the order of speech was reversed and confused. Du Fu, who was in pain, was thinking about how to face the difficulties. Those who do not understand him feel that he has changed; those who understand him will feel sorry for him. Fragrant rice and biwu symbolize the prosperity of the world, and also show the fact that Du Fu's heart is painful and dull after his recollection.
Du Fu was still recalling that the people of Chang'an City had the custom of spring travel. Chang'an beauties will dress up as fairies during spring tours, picking flowers and grass to give each other. In the evening, he was reluctant to throw away his oars and return to the city. What a wonderful time, just like that, never to return. These beauties have been recorded and recalled from time to time. Reminisce about the past and alleviate the pain of the present. With white hair and bitter verses, how long will such days last. Knowing that there are no differences and sentimentalities, can life only be like this?
According to historical records, Du Fu left Kuizhou in the spring of the third year of the Gregorian calendar. He took a small boat out of qutang gorge. Du Fu continued to chase his dreams, and drifting seemed to be his fate. There is no place of peace under the heavens, and he can only drift all the time.