Yang Wanli was a beloved poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, who revered Du Fu when he studied poetry in his early years, and later emulated the Jiangxi poetry school, and finally created his own style of chengzhai style. It is precisely because of the poet's unremitting research and positive enterprising that he has become very important in the poetry circle of the Southern Song Dynasty, and has also accumulated rich writing experience, which has greatly influenced the poetry creation of later generations.
When Yang Wanli was 39 years old, because of the death of his father, he was worried about his family (waiting for an alternate official). In the autumn of that year, his friend Li Tianlin wrote to him to greet him in all aspects, and the poet was deeply moved, so he wrote back to express his gratitude.
At the same time, he also expounded his poetry creation ideas in passing, expressing his nostalgia for his friends. The following is a sharing of Yang Wanli's two little-known five laws, with Zen into the poem, the aftertaste is leisurely.
and Li Tianlin Two Songs (Part 1)
Southern Song Dynasty: Yang Wanli
To learn poetry, you must be thorough, and you must be self-reliant.
The mantle has no eternity, and the hill is only a dime.
There is grass in the pond in the middle of the sentence, and the sub-eyes are artemisia.
The tasty end is similar, and the frost claw is slightly worse.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, Zen Buddhism was greatly developed and promoted, monks intended to have close contact with scholars, and poets also actively explored how to incorporate Zen into poetry, and used Zen into poetry to better express their views.
The author first put forward his own point of view, he believes that learning to write poetry requires flexibility and innovation, and should not stick to the rules and regulations of the ancestors. Transparency, which refers to thoroughness and detachment, is extended to dare to break through the shackles of the predecessors. Lonely height, the original refers to different customs in personality, here refers to the creative style is superb and wonderful.
The author then gives examples, such as the Buddhist family emphasizes the transmission of the mantle, and the younger generations must pass on the knowledge and experience of the predecessors. But there is no teacher in the poet's heart, and only by constantly advancing with the times can he give full play to his inner creativity. In the eyes of others, the sages may be like a mountain, but as long as they are "penetrated", they may be as slight as a feather.
The neck link uses the famous sentence of the Southern and Northern Dynasties poet Xie Lingyun, "The pond grows spring grass, and the garden willow becomes a songbird." He praised the verses for not being deliberately carved, but fresh and rustic, more like a natural search, and reading them makes people feel very close to nature.
"Artemisia vulgaris" is a sentence of Zhuangzi, "Artemisia" is a metaphor for caring about real society, and the author believes that the writing needs to be implicit, so that the reader can experience the unspoken meaning.
Finally, the author concluded that if you have your own unique poetic style, the mood must be very happy, just like drinking and eating crab, which has a lot of fun and can also be endlessly reminiscent.
and Li Tianlin 2 (Part 2)
Syntax is difficult to keep secret, work hard but add.
See the cypress tree, and realize the peach blossoms.
To share the east and west jade, it is like the north and south of the end.
Ken came to talk about something and sat in the white gull sand.
Although Yang Wanli had not yet reached the age of confusion when he composed this poem, because he had liked poetry and song since he was a child, and had been deeply researching and actively creating, he had accumulated a wealth of experience and had a lot of personal feelings. The author takes on the topic of the first poem and continues to expound his thoughts.
The author believes that syntax seems to be wonderful and infinite, but in fact, it is difficult for the heavens to keep its mysteries. "Gongfu Zi Dan Jia" should be "Zi Dan Processing Fu", so arranged for the needs of Ping Shu, which means that as long as you are willing to work hard, you can find the skills of writing and a reasonable way of expression.
The jaw link still gives an example, and the author uses two sentences from ancient Zen poems, "Since the first sight of the peach blossom, there has been no doubt in the past thirty years." "The poet told everyone that when they were enlightened, it was still a tall cypress tree, and when they realized the Zen principle, it seemed to become a peach blossom. In fact, the author emphasizes that learning poetry also needs to be perceived by himself, and cannot blindly imitate and learn from it.
The neck link turned to express the feeling of longing, "to share the jade of the east and the west", and also to "to share the jade thing", the author adjusted the structure in order to meet the needs of the battle. Jade things, is the jade wine glass, Wang Han has a poem "grape wine luminous cup, want to drink pipa immediately urge." "The poet also hopes to drink wine with friends and talk about goodbye, but unfortunately they are far away from each other.
Finally, the poet did not forget the warm invitation, "Willing to come and talk about something, sit in the white gull sand." He hoped that he could get together with his friends one day, and then sit on the beach where the white gulls perched, forget the shackles of fame and fortune, and talk on his knees without any ingenuity. Writing here, the whole text suddenly stops, but it feels very warm and cannot be chewed.