Source: Luo Shen Fu by Cao Zhi, a writer of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms Period.
Excerpt from the original text: I am from Beijing, and my words are returned to Dongfan. Back Yi Que, the more the shaft, through Tonggu, Ling Jingshan. The sun is setting to the west, and the car is dangerous. Er is the tax driving on Gao, on Zhitian, on Yanglin, on Luochuan.
Therefore, the essence is moving, and I suddenly think about it. If you look down, you will not see it. If you look up, you will see a beautiful woman on the bank of the rock. But he helped the imperial protector and told him, "Do you trust him? Who is he? If this is gorgeous! " The charioteer said to him, "I have heard of the God of Heluo, whose name is Fu Fei. But what the king saw was nothing? What is its shape? I am willing to hear it. "
I set out from Luoyang, Kyoto, and returned to Juancheng, a fief, to the east, carrying Yi Que, crossing the shaft, passing through Tonggu and climbing Jingshan. At this time, the sun is setting in the west, and the car is tired. So he unloaded the car on the shore covered with grass and fed the horses in the field covered with grass. Himself strolled in Yanglin, overlooking the vast Luochuan.
So I don't feel trance and my thoughts drift away. I didn't see anything when I bowed my head. When I looked up, I found an unusual scene. I saw a wonderful beauty standing next to the rock.
I couldn't help pulling the coachman beside me and saying to him, "Did you see that man? Who is that, so gorgeous! " The coachman replied, "I heard that the name of the God of Heluo is Fu Fei, but what the king saw was her! I'd like to hear about her shape. "
Cao Zhi imitates the description of Wushan Goddess in Song Yu's Ode to Goddess in the Warring States Period, and tells the story of his meeting with Luoshen at the Luoshui River. He draws lessons from Song Fu in story plot and character description.
This poem fictionalizes the author's own encounter with Luo Shen and their yearning and love for each other. The image of Luo Shen is absolutely beautiful, and the love between man and God is vague, but it can't be combined because of the different ways of man and God, and finally expresses infinite sadness and disappointment.
The whole article can be roughly divided into six paragraphs: in the first paragraph, when the writer returned to the fief from Luoyang, he saw "Beauty" Fu Fei standing on the cliff; The second paragraph is about the beauty of Fu Fei's dress. In the third paragraph, the writer loves Luo Shen very much. She knows etiquette and is good at words. Although the author has expressed her true feelings and given her a token, she is worried about being cheated and says that she loves her deeply.
In the fourth paragraph, I write about the situation after Luo Shen felt sincere for the "king"; The fifth paragraph is the meaning of the whole article; In the sixth paragraph, the author misses Luo Shen after writing goodbye. All the poems are colorful, delicate in description, rich in imagination, and full of emotion, if there is sustenance.
Luo Shen, also known as Fu Fei, the goddess in ancient myths and legends in China, is the daughter of Fu Xishi. She was infatuated with the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Luohe River and came to Luoyang.
Cao Zhi's Ode to the Goddess of Luo is a masterpiece describing her through the ages (whether it is through her description of Zhen Fu is controversial). There are 311 chapters of Xiao Kuang in Tai Ping Guang Ji and 32 chapters of Legend in Lei Shu, which describe the affair between Xiao Kuang and Luoshen.
Luo Shen Fu has a very extensive and far-reaching influence in history. Wang Xianzhi, a great calligrapher in Jin Dynasty, and Gu Kaizhi, a great painter, both expressed the spirit and style of Ode to the Goddess of Luo, adding rare fine works to the bookshops and painting circles.
In the Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, some playwrights put it on the stage again, and Wang Daokun's "Chen Siwang's Sad Life in Luoshui" is one of the more famous ones. As for the writers of past dynasties who took this as their theme, there are countless people who read poems and songs. It can be seen that the artistic charm of Cao Zhi's Luo Shenfu is enduring.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Luo Shenfu