The short videos I watched from all dynasties

[The environment in Jiangzhou is much worse than that in Chang'an. After being demoted to Sima of Jiangzhou, I did not indulge in the pain and dissatisfaction of being demoted. I built a thatched cottage in Mount Lushan, practiced meditation, and studied Buddhism with Master Zhiman, the abbot of Donglin Temple.

One day, by the Xunyang River, I met a Pipa girl who was once famous in Beijing. After a brief conversation with her, I saw myself in her.

I remembered the poem I wrote when I was sixteen: "Wildfires cannot burn them all, spring breezes bring them back to life." Gu Kuang praised me highly, and they all said that I was a good poet. When I was twenty-nine, I passed the imperial examination and became a successful candidate. I was very proud of myself. When I was thirty-four, I wrote "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", which became famous all over the world. I remembered my former vigor and vitality. But now I have been demoted.

I heard the infinite melancholy behind the prosperity and desolation from the Pipa girl's performance. She was the best Pipa player in the music school at the age of thirteen, and often received invitations from Wuling boys. At that time, she thought that everything would never be lonely, and that the prosperity would continue forever. At this moment, I seemed to see myself. When I was young, would I have thought of my current situation? Would I have thought that it would be like this in more than twenty years? Will my ideals be realized one day? Do I still have the courage to persevere?

The performance of the pipa girl was very moving. She first played "Nichang" and then "Liuyao". The sound of the pipa was like the sound of pearls falling on a jade plate, crisp and moving. I have been in Jiangzhou for almost a year, and I heard the sound of Chang'an again. Many people present cried. Among them, I cried the most, crying for her and for myself. "Jiangzhou Sima's blue shirt is wet."

I in the court and the Pipa girl in the music hall, we seem to have nothing in common, but at this moment, because of the same bleak prospects, we sympathize and resonate. "We are both people who have fallen into the world, so why should we know each other when we meet!"

You will eventually feel unwilling to accept that the ending will be like this.

Thus "Pipa Xing" was born.

"I send my guests off at night at the Xunyang River, with maple leaves and reeds rustling in the autumn."

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＜Is the Pipa Girl Her or Another Him＞

＜It seems that "Pipa Xing" is about a pipa girl, but it actually expresses Bai Juyi's own inner voice＞

＜Alas, there were many tragic stories among the ancient scholars. Bai Juyi was not the only scholar who was unhappy during the same period.＞

＜I really didn’t understand what “frustrated” meant before, but now I really understand. Every time I read “Pipa Xing” I feel like crying [sigh]＞

＜In addition to Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi's other good friend was Liu Yuxi, who also had a hard time.＞

＜I found that the poems written by the poets are really closely related to the era they live in. They were in the middle Tang Dynasty, when the Tang Dynasty was gradually declining, so most of them were worried about the country and the people, and lamented their own fate. Because they offended the powerful by speaking out, they were often demoted, so the style of their poems is really different from that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty＞

＜Let’s do an episode about Liu Yuxi. He is such a romantic person, but he is depressed. The society is really dark [covering face]＞

＜“If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world.”＞

＜Bai Juyi is really popular in Japan, and many of his poems have been introduced＞

＜“Those who know me think I am a poetic immortal, while those who do not know me think I am a poetic demon.”＞

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Li Ranran actually cried after watching this video. Perhaps just as Guangmu said, after gaining a certain amount of experience, she will have new insights into poetry.

People after the Tang Dynasty: That was Bai Juyi! The Poetry Demon Bai Juyi!

When people before the Tang Dynasty first saw the light curtain, they said: I haven’t even been on the light curtain yet, where did Bai Juyi come from? Why did he get on the light curtain?

After watching the light curtain: Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing" is really good. The rich imagery and vivid descriptions are unforgettable, and the rhyme and rhythm are also very good. The criticism of the Tang Dynasty in the poem is also very profound.

Many literati from various dynasties deeply resonated with "Pipa Xing".

Song Shenzong Zhao Xu glanced at Su Shi and his brothers and said, "Well, I won't let you be demoted this time. And you are not allowed to write anything that implies me in the future."

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Tang Dynasty, the 12th year of Yuanhe

It was a great pleasure to be able to watch the light screen video.

After Yuan Zhen was made into a video by Guangmu, his official career is now smooth and he is very famous among the literati. In other words, Yuan Zhen himself was not influenced by the outside world at all, and took the initiative to request to be sent out and go deep into the people.

Bai Juyi was happy for his friend, and the court was no longer the same as before. As more and more events of the mid-Tang Dynasty were exposed, His Majesty and the Prime Minister made many changes.

What I never expected was that this time the light curtain would actually talk about me.

"Pipa Song?" From the title of the video, Bai Juyi had already guessed what the light curtain would say.

Bai Juyi began to recall what had happened before as the video continued.

It must be said that being demoted was a huge change. When facing being demoted, his friend Yuan Zhen tried to adjust his mentality and face the present positively. Bai Juyi thought that he was different. After being demoted, he looked for the beauty of life more.

The light curtain talks about the assassination of Wu Yuanheng.

"The prime minister's fate should not have been like this. Fortunately, the imperial court won a great victory in the Battle of Huaixi and weakened the feudal lords." Bai Juyi expressed deep regret for the fate of this iron-blooded prime minister.

After reading Guangmu's comments, Bai Juyi was full of expectations for the court. Things will change, right? The Tang Dynasty will have a different ending, right?

连州

Liu Yuxi, who was the governor of Lianzhou, saw that Guangmu mentioned his name several times, and he couldn't help but have some thoughts in his mind. Well, Guangmu will talk about me later, right?

Changan

When Pei Du knew that the person Guangmu was going to talk about was Bai Juyi, he understood that Guangmu would definitely mention that person.

After Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng was assassinated, Pei Du inherited his will and continued to promote the policy of reducing the power of the princes until today's pacification of Huaixi.

Prime Minister Pei Du began to miss Wu Yuanheng again, and past memories flooded in like a tide. Since Wu Yuanheng was assassinated, he often dreamed of him. In his dreams, Wu Yuanheng was still the iron-blooded prime minister, and he was still his deputy. At the end of each dream, Wu Yuanheng's appearance before his death was deeply imprinted in Pei Du's heart.

"Now, I have finally put your worries to rest. If only the light curtain had arrived a few years earlier, you would have received an early warning and would not have died."

Tang Xianzong Li Chun understood what the comments on the light curtain meant. It meant that he, the emperor, did a bad job, which made many literati depressed!