Bai Juyi's Song of Everlasting Regret

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Song of Everlasting Regret was a long narrative poem written by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The whole poem described the love tragedy between Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei. The following is the explanation of the poem:

At the beginning, it read," The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was obsessed with women and wanted to topple the country. He couldn't get a royal house for many years. The Yang family had a daughter who had just grown up and was raised in a boudoir. No one knew her. A natural beauty is hard to give up, and once she is chosen to be beside the king." It depicted that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty loved beauty and had been looking for beautiful women for many years without success. The daughter of the Yang family was born beautiful and was chosen to become Emperor Xuanzong's concubine after she grew up. Among them,"Looking back with a smile, a hundred charms are born, and the six palaces have no color." In the cold spring, he was given a bath in Huaqing Pool, and the hot spring water flowed smoothly to wash the coagulated fat. The servant helped her up, but she was too weak to do so. This was the time when she had just received grace. Cloud hair, flower face, golden steps shake, hibiscus tent warm spring night." It described Yang Guifei's beauty in detail and how she was doted on by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Her beauty eclipsed the other concubines in the six palaces. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty doted on her very much and gave her a bath in Huaqing Pool to spend the night with her.

"The spring night is short and the sun rises high. From now on, the king will not go to court early. There is no leisure time to entertain guests, spring from spring outing night to night. There were 3,000 beauties in the harem, and 3,000 people were doted on. In the golden house she make-up into a delicate servant at night, in the jade tower banquet drunk and spring. Sisters and brothers are listed in the land, and the poor glory is born in the door. So that the hearts of all parents in the world will not give birth to a man but to a woman." It was described that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty neglected the government because of his excessive love for Concubine Yang. At the same time, Concubine Yang's brothers and sisters were rewarded, which made the Yang family glorious and even changed the social concept of favoring sons over daughters at that time.

"From the high place of the Li Palace, one can see the blue clouds, and the wind of celestial music is heard everywhere. Slow singing and slow dancing, condensed silk and bamboo, all day long the king can not see enough. The drums of the fisherman's sun shook the earth, breaking the song of the rainbow dress and feather dress. Smoke and dust rose from the nine watchtowers, and thousands of chariots and horses marched southwest. Cuihua swayed and stopped, more than a hundred miles west of the capital gate. If the six armies do not move, they will die in front of their horses." It depicted the outbreak of the An Lushan Rebellion. The rebel army's war drums broke the palace's pleasure life. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled to the southwest with Yang Guifei and others. However, the army mutiny at Mawei Slope and demanded the execution of Yang Guifei. Emperor Xuanzong had no choice but to give Yang Guifei her death.

"The mother-of-pearl has fallen to the ground and no one has collected it. The king covered his face and could not save him. He looked back and saw blood and tears flowing. The yellow dust scattered in the wind, and the cloud stack lingered on the Sword Pavilion. At the foot of Mount Emei, few people walked. The flags were dim and the sun was thin. The water of the Shu River is green and green, and the mountains are green. The Lord is in love day and night. The moon in the palace is sad, and the bell in the night rain is heartbroken." After the death of Yang Guifei, the jewelry was scattered all over the ground and no one cleaned it up. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty was extremely sad. On his way to Shu, the journey was difficult, and his longing for Yang Guifei deepened day by day. He would be heartbroken when he saw the moonlight and heard the bell.

"The sky and the sun turn back to the dragon, I can't go here. In the mud at the foot of Mawei Slope, I can't see where Yuyan died. The monarch and his subjects looked at each other and wiped their clothes. They looked east at the capital gate and rode back. Return to the pool garden is still the same, too liquid lotus Weiyang willow. Hibiscus like face, willow like eyebrows, how can this not shed tears? Peach and plum flowers bloomed in the spring breeze at night, and the leaves of the parasol tree fell in the autumn rain. There are many autumn grasses in the south garden of the West Palace, and the fallen leaves on the steps are red and not swept away. The disciples of the pear garden have new white hair, and the supervisor of the pepper house is old." Later, the situation improved and Emperor Xuanzong returned to Chang 'an, but he was still sad when he passed by Mawei Slope. When he returned to the palace, he saw that the palace was still the same, but he did not see Noble Consort Yang. He was reminded of the scene and felt very sad. The former disciples of the pear garden had become old, and the servants in the palace no longer looked good.

"In the evening hall fireflies fly and think quietly, and the lonely lamp is lit up and cannot sleep. Bells and drums have been playing for a long time, and the stars are shining in the sky. Mandarin duck tile cold frost heavy, jade quilt cold who to share. Life and death have been separated for many years, and the soul has never entered the dream." It described the lonely life of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty after he returned to the palace. It was difficult to sleep at night. He and Yang Guifei were separated by life and death for many years, but they never met in their dreams.

"Linqiong Taoist Hongduke can use his sincerity to summon souls. In order to move the king's wandering thoughts, he taught the alchemist to look for it diligently. Empty the sky, control the qi, run like lightning, ascend to the sky, enter the earth, search everywhere. Up in the blue sky and down in the Yellow Springs, I can't see you in either place." Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty invited a Taoist priest, hoping to find the soul of Yang Guifei. The Taoist priest used magic to search for it.

"I suddenly heard that there was an immortal mountain on the sea. The pavilion is exquisite and beautiful, and there are many fairies in it. Among them, there was a man named Taizhen, with snow-white skin and beautiful appearance. Jin Que West Chamber knocked on the jade door, turned to teach Xiaoyu to report double success. I heard that the emperor of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy. I dreamed in Jiuhua account that my soul was frightened. Pulling up his clothes and pushing his pillow, he stood up and paced back and forth, and the pearl chaff and silver screen spread out. His hair was half-clouded, and he had just gone to bed. The crown of his flower was not neat. The wind blew the fairy's sleeves and raised them, just like the dance of colorful clothes and feathers. Her face was pale and lonely, and her tears dried up. A pear flower in spring brought rain. I look at the king with affection, and the sound and appearance of parting are vague. In Zhaoyang Hall, love is cut off, and the sun and moon in Penglai Palace are long. Looking back down at the world, I saw no dust in Chang 'an. I only took the old things to express my deep feelings, and put them together with the golden hairpin to send them away. The hairpin is left with a fan, and the hairpin is broken with gold and divided into mother-of-pearl. As long as your heart is as strong as gold, we will meet again in heaven and earth." The Taoist priest finally found Yang Guifei in the fairy mountain on the sea. Yang Guifei was still beautiful, but she was also very lonely in the fairy land. She expressed her longing for Tang Xuanzong and sent back the gold and jade, expressing her hope that one day she could meet Tang Xuanzong in heaven and earth.

Finally, he said,"Before parting, I earnestly re-send the word, and in the word, I swear that both hearts know each other." On the seventh day of the seventh month, in the Temple of Immortals, when no one was whispering in the middle of the night. In heaven, I wish to be a pair of lovebirds, on earth, I wish to be a pair of branches. There will be an end to this forever, and this hatred will never end." Yang Guifei once again sent a message to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty when she left, recalling the oath she once made in the Temple of Immortals. However, even if the world was long, there would be an end, and the regret between them would never disappear.

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