The 20 Best Drinking Poems in HistoryThe following are some of the more famous drinking poems in history:
1. Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty said,"Do you not see that the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky and flows into the sea without returning?" Haven't you seen the sad white hair in the mirror of the high hall? In the morning, it was like a black silk that turned into snow at dusk. Life is full of joy, do not let the golden cup empty face the moon. Heaven gave me talent, I will be useful, thousands of gold scattered to come back. Cook sheep and slaughter cattle for fun, and drink three hundred cups at a time. Master Cen and Dan Qiusheng are about to drink. Don't stop drinking. I'll sing a song with you, and I'll ask you to listen to it for me. Bells, drums and jade are not expensive, I hope you will not wake up after a long time of drunkenness. Since ancient times, sages and sages have been lonely, and only those who drink leave their names. Once upon a time, the king of Chen held a banquet in Pingle. He drank ten thousand taels of wine and laughed at will. Why did the host say that he was short of money? He had to buy it directly and pour it to you. I'll go out and exchange my five-streaked horse and a thousand gold fur coat for good wine. I'll share with you the sorrow of eternity." What was drunk in the wine was surging and arrogant.
2. [Song Dynasty] Su Shi: "When will the bright moon appear, ask the blue sky with wine." I wonder what year it is in the palace in the sky. I want to go back with the wind, but I'm afraid it's too cold to be high in Qionglou Yuyu. Dancing and making clear the shadow, how can it seem to be in the world? Turn to the vermilion pavilion, low Qi door, light sleepless. There should be no hatred, what is the long time to say goodbye to the round? People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has its ups and downs. It is difficult to complete this since ancient times. I hope we can live together for a long time." During the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he drank alone. In the wine, he drank the joys and sorrows of separation and reunion, and the longing for the moon.
3. "Song of the City of Wei"[Tang Dynasty] Wang Wei: "The morning rain in the City of Wei is light and dusty. The guest house is green and the willows are new. I advise you to drink another cup of wine. There are no old friends in the west." After leaving the banquet, I advised you to drink a cup. In the wine, I drank reluctantly and sincerely wished you well.
4. [Song Dynasty] Li Qingzhao: "Searching for something, cold and desolate, miserable and miserable. It was the hardest to rest when it was warm and cold. How could three cups of light wine compare with him? When the wild goose passed by, it was sad that it was an old acquaintance. Yellow flowers piled up all over the ground. Who can take it now? Guarding the window, how can it be dark alone? The parasol tree is accompanied by drizzle, drizzling drizzles until dusk." In the evening, the wind was strong, and three or two cups of wine were drunk. The wine was lonely and desolate, and the country was destroyed.
5. [Song Dynasty] Liu Yong: " The butterfly loves the flower. The wind is thin against the dangerous building. Looking at the spring sorrow, the darkness is born in the sky. In the grass color smoke light, there is no word who will rely on the meaning of the barrier. I want to get drunk and sing while drinking. It's tasteless to force music. I don't regret it when my clothes become wider and wider. I'm so haggard because of Yi." The setting sun was dark, drinking and singing, drinking in the wine was tired and thinking of returning, lingering feelings.
6. Wang Han of the Tang Dynasty: " Grape wine luminous cup, want to drink pipa immediately urged. Drunken Lord Grim on the battlefield, how many people have fought since ancient times?" After leaving the banquet, you pour wine for me, drinking wine is bold and unrestrained, facing death unflinchingly.
7. "Jiangcheng Zi, Mizhou Hunting"[Song Dynasty] Su Shi: "The old man is young and crazy. He leads the yellow on his left and the green on his right. He wears a brocade hat and a mink fur coat. Thousands of horses roll on the flat hill." He went to the prefect to report to the city, personally shot the tiger, and went to see Sun Lang. Drunken chest gall is still open, temples slightly frost, what harm? Holding the festival in the clouds, when will you send Feng Tang? He can draw his bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot the heavenly wolf." Thousands of cavalry surrounded and hunted, drinking happily. The wine was filled with a strong spirit, heroic and arrogant.
8. Autumn Thoughts of Fisherman's Ao [Song Dynasty] Fan Zhongyan: " The autumn scenery in the frontier fortress is different. The wild geese in Hengyang go without paying attention. The sound of horns rose from all sides. In the thousand peaks, the long smoke sunset lonely city closed. A cup of turbid wine, home thousands of miles away, but not ordered to return home, there is no way. the Qiang pipes are long and frosty all over the ground. People can't sleep, and the general's hair is white, and his husband is crying." Ten years of cold, a cup of turbid wine, the wine was heavy homesickness, deep worry for the country.
9. "Asked Liu Nineteen"[Tang Dynasty] Bai Juyi: "Green ants newly fermented wine, red mud small stove. It's snowing late. Can I have a drink?" The wind and snow fluttered as they drank the wine together. The wine was warm like spring, full of wind, flowers, snow, and moon.
10. [Two Short Songs: One][Han Dynasty] Cao Cao: "When drinking, how much is life! For example, the morning dew, after the day is bitter. I should be generous, but I can't forget my sorrow. How can I relieve my sorrow? Only Du Kang. Green and purple, my heart is long. But for your sake, I've been thinking about it until now. The deer chirped and ate the wild apple. I have a guest who plays the zither and sheng. Bright as the moon, when can we get rid of it? Worry comes from the heart and cannot be cut off. Crossing the road, crossing the river, I have no choice but to live with you. When we parted ways, we talked about banquets, and our hearts missed our old kindness. The moon was bright and the stars were few. The crows and magpies flew south. Around the tree three times, what branches to rely on? The mountains are not tired of being high, and the sea is not tired of being deep. The Duke of Zhou spat out his food, and the world returned to him." The moon was bright and clear, and the song of wine was to seek talents and conquer the world.
11. [Song Dynasty] Yan Shu: " A new song, a cup of wine, last year's weather, the old pavilion. When will the sunset return? The flowers have fallen, and the swallows have returned. I wander alone on the path of incense in the little garden." In the pavilions and pavilions, Qing Ge drank a faint sorrow and sadness in the wine.
12. Li Qingzhao: "Last night, the rain was sparse and the wind was sudden. The Curtain Rollers said Haitang was still the same. Do you know, do you know? It should be green fat red thin." The rain was sparse and the wind was sudden. The wine had not gone away. What was drunk in the wine was the regret of flowers and the sorrow of spring. The fragrance was gone.
13. [Song Dynasty] Su Shi: "Spring is not old, the wind is fine and the willows are slanted." Try to look at the scenery on the detached platform, half of the moat spring water a city of flowers. misty rain darkens thousands of homes. After a cold meal, he sobered up and sighed. I miss my hometown to my old friend, and I will try new tea with a new fire. Poetry and wine take advantage of time." Spring misty rain, poetry drunk wine drink is home difficult to return, ambition difficult to repay.
14. [Song Dynasty] Jiang Jie: "A piece of spring sorrow waiting for wine to pour. The boat on the river waves, and the curtains on the upper floor beckon. Autumn Niang and Tai Niang are beautiful, the wind is fluttering, the rain is rustling. When will I go home to wash my guest's robe? Silver word Sheng tune, heart word incense burning. Flowing light easily throws people away. Red cherries, green plantains." Raindrops in the heart, drink to drown my sorrows, drink in the wine is a foreign land cold, Shaohua easy to pass away.
15. [Song Dynasty] Fan Zhongyan: " Blue clouds in the sky, yellow leaves on the ground, autumn colors in the waves, cold smoke on the waves. The mountains reflected the setting sun, and the sky connected with the water. The fragrant grass was ruthless, and it was even more outside the setting sun. Ji An's hometown soul, chasing the traveler's thoughts. Every night, unless he had a good dream. I lean alone in the Bright Moon Pavilion. When the wine enters my heart, it turns into tears of longing." The bright moon is round and round, holding a cup alone. What I drink in the wine is the heartlessness of fragrant grass, the sorrow of separation and longing.
In addition, Tao Yuanming's "Twenty Songs of Drinking Wine" was also a masterpiece of drinking poems. This series of poems used wine as the topic to express their feelings and views on history, reality, and life. They expressed their dissatisfaction with reality and their love for rural life, showing their noble sentiments and happiness in poverty. There was also Huang Tingjian's " Peach and Plum Spring Breeze, A Cup of Wine, A Ten-Year Lamp in the Underworld's Night Rain." These poems were also classics in drinking poems.
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