Tagore
They always appear countless times in literary works through the ages: the sun, the stars and the moon.
The sunrise in ancient poetry always gives people joy and upward tension, while the sunset will express the poet's sadness and loneliness. At night, if the sky is full of stars, then the poet is likely to have an open career. If the stars are lonely, the poet may not be talented. The moon represents missing, the full moon brings people together, and the absence of the moon makes people leave.
It is not difficult to see that these ordinary astronomical phenomena contain such rich emotions. But it has not changed since ancient times. Why do you feel different when you see them at different times or in different states?
Because we always think that poets will have these feelings after reading them, it is easy to ignore this point: they are just a mirror for people to look at themselves. A depressed person may not turn grief into joy when he sees the thriving sunrise, but he is likely to be more depressed when he sees the setting sun and the waning moon. Have a pleasant journey, be indifferent to the sparse stars, and be happy when you see the stars all over the sky. This mirror will always pick out the truest side of our hearts and then show it to us naked.
In these ancient poems, there are many sentences expressing the poet's depression than the positive ones. Throughout the 5,000-year history of China, there are more troubled times than prosperous times, more bad kings than wise ministers, and more mediocre officials, thieves and ministers than wise ministers. Therefore, poets who have lofty aspirations and are in a dark reality will be dissatisfied, resentful, and will shed eternal famous sentences. What do you mean by "the unfortunate poets of the country are lucky, and they have been endowed with vicissitudes of life"? We may not understand it in depth, but
We can know that those poems that have entrusted the poet with infinite grief and helplessness are absolutely from the heart. In front of the poet's feelings like the sea, the blazing sun can only be used as a foil, the shining stars can only be used as an ornament, and the crystal moon can only be used as a setting.
Some of these frustrated poets choose to escape from the world, while others choose to face difficulties directly. Most of them suffer from the huge gap between dream and reality, and even the great poet Li Bai can't be detached from the outside world. Therefore, most patients with depression gradually turn from frustration to passivity, wasting their time, either doing nothing or hiding in the sea of books. Even once sincere poems have become an excuse for their origins.
The sun, the moon and the stars are not only mirrors, but also suddenly become their yearning. First, the pursuit of grandchildren, determined to be a "world-class", failed; And the pursuit of the moon, at least to be a "poor" person, the dark reality still refuses; Then you want idolize. It's good to be alive. This is the sorrow of the literati and the sorrow of the times. Sadly, they don't know that no matter what difficulties they face, they can't lower their goals. As long as this goal is reasonable, they will try their best to stick to it, otherwise they will only become mediocre step by step.
Tagore's voice of wisdom comes from my ears. He said, cherish and persist.