1. Is this poem about love?
No, this poem is about friendship.
In fact, we learned this poem in primary school, but at that time, everyone only knew the back and didn't understand what feelings it expressed. Later, when I went to high school, I probably understood what this poem was about. I had a quarrel with my deskmate at that time. I said I looked up the information, and this is about friendship. The deskmate retorted: Who would exchange lovesickness for friendship? It was quite helpless at that time.
In fact, this poem is mistaken for love for a reason. Because red beans and acacia are linked together and because of a beautiful love story.
Legend has it that in ancient times there was a woman whose husband galloped on the battlefield but died in the frontier. Women miss their husbands every day and cry under the tree. After the tears dried up, she shed a few drops of blood, which fell into the soil and became red beans. In spring, it takes root and sprouts, grows into a big tree and bears a red bean, so people call it acacia.
But lovesickness doesn't always mean love between men and women, but it can also mean friendship. There is also a title of this poem called "The Gift of Li Guinian on the River", and Li Guinian is a good friend of Wang Wei, so this poem is not about love, but about missing friends.
I think there is a profound friendship between Wang Wei and Li Guinian, and they may cherish each other in their thoughts, otherwise he would not have expressed such strong ideas.
2. When did Wang Wei write this poem?
This poem should have been written during the Tianbao period. At the beginning of the poem, we talk about "when those red plums come in spring", and the southern country is Jiangnan, and Li Guinian was displaced to Jiangnan because of the Anshi Rebellion. It is said that this poem was written by Li Guinian when he was exiled to Jiangnan.
Who is Wang Wei?
Wang Wei: The word "Mosha" is called "Mosha layman". Han nationality, a native of Hedong, Zhou Pu (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) and Qixian, Shanxi, was a poet in the Tang Dynasty and was known as the "Shi Fo". Why is it called "Shi Fo"? This is because Wang Wei believed in Buddhism, which led to Zen in his poems, and was later called Shi Fo.
Wang Wei is good at painting as well as poetry. Su Shi once commented: "fascinating poems have paintings in them; Look at the picture, there are poems in the picture. " This shows how versatile he is.
4. Who is Wei nicknamed "Shi Fo"?
Poet Fairy: Li Bai | Poet Magic: Bai Juyi
Poet: Su Shi | Poet: Du Fu
Shi Gui: Li He | Shi Jie: Wang Bo
Poet Prisoner: Meng Jiao | Poet Madman: He
Shi Hao: rachel | Shi Nu: Jia Dao
Poetry Bone: Chen Ziang | Poetry Soul: Li Shangyin
Poetry: Wang Tongxiang | Poetry Demon: Tan