Last night's stars and last night's winds,

The west side of the Painted House and the east side of the Guitang Hall.

Without the wings of a colorful phoenix,

The heart has a spiritual rhinoceros.

The spring wine is warmed by the hooks on the other side of the table,

and the wax lamps are red.

Listening to the drums and listening to the officials,

Walking in the Orchid, I was in a hurry to get out of there.

Explanation: The body does not have the wings of the colorful phoenix that can fly, but the mind is like a rhinoceros horn, with a little white thread that can be connected.

Appreciation: The poet is obviously writing about his own love encounter in these two lines. He was separated from his lover and could not see each other, so he said, "I have no colorful phoenix wings". Although they can not communicate, but the two have long been in thought and feeling, communication, "the heart has a rhinoceros, a little bit of communication," that is, refers to this. The next sentence is often borrowed by later generations, but is not limited to love. Ancient books record, there is a rhinoceros horn name Tongtian rhinoceros, there is white as a line through the head and tail, was seen as a spiritual thing, so called the spiritual rhinoceros, "a little bit of imagination" also comes from this. Feng Shu, a Qing scholar, said, "The second line of the liner is beautifully rounded, 'Xikun' a world of effect." (See Yingkui Rhythmic Laws) (see "Yingkui law pith review"), can be seen in the depth of its influence.

'The heart has a spiritual rhinoceros' is now often used to describe the lover's mind, for example, for the view of a certain thing in unison, the solution to the problem of the same way to think.

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"Historical Celebrities - Li Shangyin, the Poetic Talent of Lingyun"

Li Shangyin (李商隐), courtesy name Yishan (義山), was a Tang Dynasty He Nei of Huizhou (present-day Qinyang, Henan Province), was born in Xinzheng County in 813 A.D. In 858 A.D., he died in poverty and illness at the age of only 46 Li Shangyin was one of the thousands of poets of the Tang Dynasty who was extremely talented and enjoyed high acclaim at the time.

When Li Shangyin was 17 years old, he became famous for his talent and was hired by Tianping military governor, Linghu Chu, as an inspector of his office, and at the age of 25, he passed the examination for a bachelor's degree. At the age of 27, Li Shangyin was appointed by the court as the secretary of the provincial school, and then wandered around Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Xuzhou, working as a staff member and feeding others. 39 years old, Li Shangyin ended his wandering life, and was awarded a doctoral degree in the Imperial College, and at the age of 43, Li Shangyin was recommended to be a magistrate of the salt and iron industry. At the age of 43, he was recommended to be a salt and iron pusher. In 858 A.D., he died of illness in Zhengzhou.

Li Shangyin's poems, ****there are more than 600 poems, included in the "Yuxi Sheng Poetry Collection" or "Fannan Wenji", the quantity and quality of which are superior in Tang poetry. Li Shangyin's poems in the creative approach, the collection of a hundred schools of thought, self-contained, forming a unique style. With his clear words, euphemistic mood and catchy flow, his poems have become the finest works in the literary treasury of our country. In terms of class, his poems are mainly composed of three parts, i.e.: aria, history and love poems.

Li Shangyin's poems are mostly of deep political significance, reflecting the spirit of realism in exposing and reflecting the social conditions of the time. The most famous one is the long poem Walking to the Western Suburbs in One Hundred Rhymes. It profoundly reflects the great disaster caused to the people and the serious damage done to the country by the sectarianism, warlordism and corruption of the regime at the end of Tang Dynasty.

Li Shangyin's historical poems, borrowing from the past to satirize the present, have the function of exhorting the society. The love poems are the most characteristic and representative of Li Shangyin's style, among which the "Untitled" poems are the most striking. Such as: "no colorful phoenix wings, heart has a spiritual rhinoceros", "spring silkworms to death, wax torch into ashes, tears began to dry", "the spring heart of the flower to fight for hair, an inch of love an inch of ash" shows that Li Shangyin is a multi-talented poet with a wide poetic path.