"Yushu Backyard Flower" is a palace poem written by Chen Shubao, the last emperor of the Southern Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and this poem is known as the Sound of the Fall of the Country. The full text of "Yushu Backyard Flowers" is as follows:
Yushu backyard flowers
Southern and Northern Dynasties · Chen Shubao
Li Yu Fang Lin to the high pavilion, the new decoration of the beautiful essence of the city.
Yingto did not enter at first, and smiled at each other.
The face of the demon is like a flower with dew, and the jade tree shines in the backyard.
The flowers do not bloom and fall for a long time, and the fallen red is full of silence.
Translations
In front of the pavilion of the building, there are flowers and plants competing for spring, and the concubines are already beautiful as flowers, plus dressed up, which shows the appearance of the city. At first, the concubines hid the window, and the delicate scenery of the spring light outside could not enter their pavilion. But as soon as the concubine came out of the boudoir, all the beautiful spring scenes lost their color. The concubine smiled brightly and Yingying walked out of the portal. Their faces are like flowers with crystal dew, and their beauty is as beautiful as a jade tree, full of light, elegant and chic. The flower's journey from the competition when it opens to the withering away is a very short time, and when the petals are gone, everything is ordinary.
The song "Flowers in the Backyard of the Jade Tree" composed by Chen Hou lord is written about the concubines who are delicate and beautiful, comparable to the beauty of flowers, and its words are mournful and sad, and later became synonymous with the sound of the subjugation of the country. Let's analyze the whole poem.
The beginning of the poem summarizes the environment in the palace, and borrows the poem of Li Yannian of the Western Han Dynasty, "One Gu Pours the City, And Then The People's Country" to reflect the beauty of the beauty. The ornate temple, the garden full of flowers and trees, the uninhabited pavilion is just opposite this temple, surrounded by flowers. Beauty is born beautiful, and after deliberate makeup, the posture is even more gorgeous.
Then, the poem writes about the mood of the beautiful people when they are called to see the driver, and there are many kinds of manners and styles. Whether it is "not entering at first" when answering the call, or "smiling and greeting" when receiving the car, they have won the incomparable joy of the Lord. "The face of the demon is like a flower with dew, and the jade tree shines in the backyard."
The end of the poem echoes the beginning, focusing on depicting the "appearance of the country and the city" of the palace and the beauty, and has also become the best footnote for Chen Hou to stay in the harem and covet the beauty.
This poem is characterized by the following aspects of art:
The first is to deliberately describe from a lateral and dynamic point of view, and strive to sacrifice the form and seek God, and the descriptions of "like flowers and dew" and "jade tree streamers" used in the poems are extremely vivid and conveyive;
Second, the structure of the whole poem is compact, the loops are taken care of, the scenery and people reflect each other, and the imagery is beautiful.
To a certain extent, this poem represents the highest level of palace poetry. From one side, it can be seen that although Chen Hou was a bad emperor, he was a heavenly son with a certain artistic accomplishment.
The change of dynasties is a historical necessity, but there must always be people who are responsible for the demise of the state. And women are often said to be red-faced and often bear the infamy of subjugating the country.
Further, an innocent song has also been labeled as the "voice of the subjugation of the country". This is the "Yushu Backyard Flower" created by Chen Shubao, the lord of the Southern Dynasty Chen Hou. Many people are very confused, a song is just listening, how can it cause such a consequence as the subjugation of the country? Next, I will tell you the ins and outs of the matter.
Originally just the name of a flower, the backyard flower was later used as the name of a song for Lefu poems. This flower is bright and beautiful, blooming in the southern region of Our country, loved by the ancients, and is mostly used to be planted in the garden for ornamentation.
Therefore, the backyard flowers are also closely related to the court life of the carved beam paintings. Lord Chen Hou also planted this kind of flower in the courtyard of the imperial palace, and he did not pay attention to political affairs for a long time. Although he is very good at poetry, creating the song "Yushu Backyard Flower", he is destroyed in the sound of silence, and he indulges in it all day long, and naturally does a lot of absurd things.
Chen Shubao slacked off in the government and indulged in the harem all day long, with magnificent buildings, grand parties, and even a wine banquet that needed thousands of beautiful women to sing and dance.
Chen Shubao himself was surrounded by several pet concubines and enjoyed the graceful dance posture and natural voice of the singers. The whole banquet was held all night, chanting and painting, cups and cups were staggered, and the whole scene looked very "harmonious". The luxurious life allowed the monarchs and subjects of the Chen Dynasty to enjoy this joy and ignore state affairs, which was the life of Chen Shubao, the lord of the Southern Dynasty, who was poor and extravagant.
In the 8th year of the founding of the Sui Wen Emperor, Yang Jian, the Sui Wen Emperor of Wenzhi Martial Arts, always remembered the fertile land of Jiangnan, and when he learned that Lord Chen Hou spent every day drinking and living happily, he felt that the time for a "good harvest" had arrived. In August of that year, Emperor Wen of Sui issued an edict detailing the 20 major crimes of Lord Chen Hou and publicizing them to the world.
What makes people laugh is that after Lord Chen Hou received the edict of sin, he replied: "My own country, my luxury is also my own business, spending money also spends my own money, what is the matter with you, blindly worry!" Throw it away and ignore it.
Not long after, the 500,000-strong army of the Sui Dynasty, led by Yang Jian's son Yang Guang, the King of Jin, divided into 7 routes to kill Jiangnan. After Chen Hou heard about it, not only did he not panic, but he learned from Cao Mengde and laughed loudly.
The ministers present wondered in their hearts, why was Lord Chen Hou so calm and self-assured?
Hou Lord smiled and said: "Jiangnan is an auspicious place, the root of the dragon vein, it has its own heavenly protection, before Northern Qi fought 3 times, Northern Zhou fought twice, which time is not our Chen Dynasty won a great victory?"
Chen Shubao then said: "The Sui Dynasty seems to be fierce, but we have the Yangtze River natural danger as a basis, our army is waiting for work, the Sui Dynasty army is coming, it is equivalent to sending death, why be afraid!"
As a result, it is conceivable that because the Chen Dynasty had no one to arrange defenses and continued to indulge in eroticism, the Sui Dynasty army like a wolf and a tiger crossed the Yangtze River and directly surrounded the imperial capital of the Chen Dynasty. After Lord Chen Hou heard this, he held his concubine Zhang Lihua and wept all day, and the 100,000 defenders were vulnerable, and his cronies ran away.
Chen Hou lord and Zhang Lihua and several other concubines hid in the dry well, were captured by Sui Dynasty soldiers, and became prisoners of the order. The Wei and Jin Dynasties, which had lasted for more than 400 years, officially ended, and the Sui Dynasty era officially began.
Wei Zheng once said, "Chen Shubao was born in the deep palace, and he did not know that it was difficult to harvest. Chen Shubao, who grew up in a prosperous and wealthy environment, must not have known the sufferings of the people, nor was he aware of the dangers faced by the Chen Dynasty at that time. This was in stark contrast to his father, Emperor Xuan of Chen.
For being an emperor, Chen Shubao is more suitable for being a literati and scholar, and governing the government will only make him feel tasteless, and the poetry and song will arouse his interest even more. Chen Shubao is very good at composing poetry, especially the most adept at palace poetry.
Under such circumstances, the power of the Chen Dynasty declined day by day, upward and downward, and the monarchs and subjects were immersed in a luxurious life.
As a result, later, when the border situation was urgent, Chen Shubao was also immersed in court life with many courtiers, and called the border guards the courage of the puppets, which also determined the fate of Chen Hou's subjugation.
The reason why Chen Houzhuo's "Yushu Backyard Flower" is mostly called the sound of the subjugation of the country by later generations is not because of the repertoire itself. And behind this song is Chen Shubao's fainting and sluggishness.
There are countless such examples in Chinese history.
The vermilion wall between the palaces isolated all the misfortunes of the dynasty, and Chen Hou lord (Chen Shubao), who was born in the family of the rich emperor, did not appreciate the suffering of the people, for him, the death or death of the people, the major affairs of the country, had nothing to do with him, how could he not become the king of the country?