-From where?

Li Yannian's Song of Li Yannian in Han Dynasty.

-Original works

There are beautiful women in the north, and they are peerless and independent.

Take care of the city first, then the country.

It's best not to know the whole city and country? Beauty is hard to get again.

-translation of works.

There is a beauty in the north, whose appearance is unparalleled in the world. Her refined nature is extraordinary, she disdains to associate with other women, has no confidant, and is a loner.

She looked at the soldiers guarding the city. The soldiers dropped their weapons and the walls fell. She glanced at the emperor who ruled the world. The emperor fell in love and the country fell!

Don't you know that this kind of beauty with beauty as its beauty is hard to come by once it is missed?

-related instructions.

Fall in love with the country: originally refers to the death of the country because of women, and later describes women as extremely beautiful. Tao Yuanming's Leisure Fu: "Show the beauty of the whole city, the rumor of Desheng."

I don't know: I don't know.

-Creative background.

According to the biography of Han consorts, Li Yannian sang this poem at a palace banquet. Hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not help sighing: How can there be such a beautiful woman in the world? Princess Pingyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, recommended Li Yannian's sister. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty called for a look, and it was really beautiful and good at dancing. From then on, Li Yannian's sister Li Furen became the favorite person of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Li Yannian is also more popular.

-Appreciation of works.

The opening sentence of this song is plain, and the praise of "beauty" comes straight to the point without any rendering. But its significance is extraordinary. The south is beautiful, and the beauty is full of apricot eyes and waist, clear and charming; Northland has a vast territory, with many beautiful ladies and snowy faces, and elegant and affectionate makeup. This song begins with the word "North" and is written with a crystal clear and pure Shen Feng different from the south. There are more than ten million beauties in the north, and what this song foresees is just one of the ten million "peerless and independent" beauties in Qian Qian. "peerless" praises the beauty of her appearance, which is simply unparalleled in the world; And "independence" is quiet and refined, and it is even more extraordinary and outstanding. Not only that, but "peerless independence" also reveals that this beautiful woman disdains to associate with other women, and she is lonely and slightly sad-it is not only peerless, but also delicate and touching. This is pregnancy in the middle of peace. Only the first two sentences will probably lead Liang Wudi by the nose, giving birth to the yearning for beauty.

Since the northern beauties are so refined and lovely, what kind of beautiful charm should they have when they look around? It is not easy to show this. However, this talented musician unexpectedly sang the strange sentence of "care about the city first, then care about the country"-she only needs to look at the foot soldiers guarding the city wall and let them abandon their weapons and fall off the city wall; If you do another "eye turn" to the person who came to earth, the disaster of national subjugation and extinction will befall him! It is incredible that a beautiful expression of a beautiful woman's concern has been turned into such a scary language as "falling in love with the city" and "falling in love with the country" But if it is not so exaggerated, how can it show the amazing beauty of this beautiful woman? And it is precisely because of this daunting beauty that people are even more fascinated and cherished. If all the good things were so close and easy to get, I'm afraid there wouldn't be such a suffocating attraction. This is "not terrible? A pregnant philosophy of life.

The ending of this song is also very chewy. It exaggerates the beauty of a beautiful woman, but in the end, it suddenly becomes a deep regret: "I would rather not know the whole city and this country?" Beauty is rare again! "Beauty often brings people the disaster of" falling in love with the city "and" dumping the country ". Is such an example rare in history? This seems to be a warning to the monarch, to remember the ancient lessons of cities and countries, and not to be confused by "beauty." "But the next sentence is followed by another layer? Don't miss the chance to get a beautiful woman, even if you are beautiful and devoted to your country-after all, a beautiful woman comes once in a blue moon! These two words pretending to be in a dilemma have the beauty of "playing hard to get": the more you emphasize the inaccessibility of a beautiful woman, the more you see her beauty; And the more you regret beauty, the more you can urge people to get it quickly. The author's original intention is to deeply regret the words, which affects the sense of loss that it is difficult to get beautiful women, so as to make a quick choice. This road can be said to be singing three sighs and lingering, which is disappointing. No wonder Emperor Wu listened.

Li Yannian's songs have three characteristics.

First, the language is exaggerated and the propaganda is desirable. The poet praised chinese odyssey, a beautiful woman, so beautiful that one look at her will topple the city-state, and another look at the country will perish. The theory of "beauty subjugates the country" was first seen in the Book of Songs: "A philosopher makes a city, and a philosopher makes a woman a city", saying that men have talent to build a country and women have talent to subjugate the country, aiming at satirizing Zhou Youwang's luck and beauty. Since then, "the whole city" and "the whole country" have become synonymous with stunning beauty. In Song of Li Yannian, the poet exaggerates and alarmists, but it is not to show the king or learn from the past, but to do the opposite, to show the beauty of a beautiful woman with its great charm, thus arousing the king's thinking about beauty.

Second, the feelings are sincere and sincere, overflowing with poems. The poem "Song of Li Yannian" is sincere except that "its words are blurted out without makeup". The beautiful woman that Li Yannian sang is her own sister. Whether out of deep love for his sister and hope for a bright future, or out of self-interest, the praise expressed in his poems is eager. In just a few poems, the words "the whole city" and "the whole country" appear twice, and the recommendation is very clear. Let's talk about this beauty first, then talk about the amazing charm of the beauty, and then earnestly plead with the king: don't you know that this beautiful woman with good looks is hard to come by once she misses it! The intention and fervent feelings of boxing were fully expressed in one chant and three sighs, which produced a fresh appeal and touched the heartstrings of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Third, simplicity is better than complexity, virtual reality. Chinese painting takes ink as its color, with few colors. But this single ink color can change colorful colors in the connoisseur's mind. Like Qi Baishi's paintings, there are many blanks, but blanks can make people imagine infinite richness. "Song of Li Yannian" only praises the beauty without making a specific description, which is bound to make the image of the beauty a mysterious and attractive blank, thus arousing the poet's longing, imagination and yearning for her. At that time, the image of the first beauty in the world would be conjured up in the mind of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Poetry readers in later generations can imagine the stunning beauty in their hearts according to their own aesthetic ideals, historical knowledge and unique psychological quality. In ancient Chinese poems praising beautiful women, there are many detailed sentences, such as "be soft, skin coagulated" and so on. At the same time, there are many excellent articles that win by profiling. For example, in The Book of Songs Nan Zhou Guanluo, the description of a woman's appearance is only one sentence, "My Fair Lady, Gentleman's Delightfulness", and the man's bitter yearning for her, passionate pursuit and joy after the combination are strongly colored, thus showing the beauty and loveliness of a woman. Obviously, Song of Li Yannian was also won by this artistic technique.

-About the author-

Li Yannian, a musician in the Western Han Dynasty, was born in an unknown year. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty favored Li Furen's younger brother. Li Yannian was initially punished for breaking the law and was responsible for keeping the dogs in the palace. Later, because he was good at melody, he was quite loved by Emperor Wu. One day, I sang a song for Emperor Wu: "There are beautiful women in the north, and they are peerless and independent. They care about the city, then the country. I'd rather not know the whole city and country, and it's hard to get another beauty. " Li Yannian's sister entered the palace, named Li Furen. Later, because Li Fusheng gave birth to Liu Bo, the king of Changyi, Li Yannian was also named "Xielv a captain", in charge of the palace musical instruments, which won the favor of Emperor Wu. I'm lucky to be lying with you, as if you were Han Yan. After Li Furen died, he liked to relax. In his early years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wrote to destroy the clans of Li Yannian and Li Ji brothers because his younger brother Li Ji raped the harem.