A glimpse of the Tang Dynasty in the poem, and a glimpse of the Song Dynasty in the lyrics! The Tang Dynasty was not as prosperous as imagined! Almost all of those who wrote good poetry in the Tang and Song dynasties were second-generation officials, or even third-generation officials and fourth-generation officials! That era was so dark!
My memory was not very good when I was a child, but I was super sensitive when reciting ancient poems and classical Chinese. You may not believe it, but I can memorize more than 10,000 ancient poems! For example, before and after "Chu Shi Biao", "Longzhong Dui", "On the Passage of Qin", "Yueyang Tower", "Drunkard's Pavilion" and so on! Too many! As long as you can think of it, I can recite it word for word! Like four-character quatrains and rhymed poems, I can reread them at a glance, and they can be engraved in my brain.
Of course, in today's fast-paced social life, it's no wonder! It is of no great use, neither for food nor for money. I can only use this chat to amuse myself and everyone else!
The ancients said that "establishing meritorious service, establishing virtue, and establishing reputation" are the three immortalities! I've had nothing to do lately, so I just wrote some random things, just as if I was immortal.
There was a man named Zhao Yi in the Qing Dynasty who wrote a poem in "On Poetry": "Li and Du's poems have been passed down by thousands of mouths, but they are no longer new. Talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and each has been leading the way for hundreds of years."! I think life is the same. What we leave behind today may be the clichés of their descendants. When future generations talk about us, just like we talk about the ancients, they will eventually become clichés in history and be enjoyed after dinner.
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You can learn about the lives of literati in the Tang and Song Dynasties and feel their life styles while reading classic Tang poetry and Song lyrics!
You can learn about the lives of literati in the Tang and Song Dynasties and feel their life styles while reading classic Tang poetry and Song lyrics!