Li Shutong's
"Farewell", the original text
outside the long pavilion, along the old road,
is full of green grass.
The evening breeze blows the willow flute, and
sunsets outside the mountains.
The end of the sky, the corner of the earth,
knowing each other is scattered.
A scoop of turbid wine makes you happy,
don't dream of cold tonight. Outside the
long pavilion, beside the ancient road,
is full of green grass,
asks you when you will come here, and don’t wander when
comes.
The end of the world, the corner of the sea,
knowing each other is scattered.
life is rare to be together,
is the only way to leave.
"Farewell"
Master Hongyi, commonly known as Li Shutong, was born in the sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1880), September 20th in the lunar calendar. He was born in the home of wealthy merchants in Tianjin. On the fourth day of September 1942, he passed away in Quanzhou.
Yu Pingbo once commented on Li Shutong:
“When he was a boy, he was a handsome boy; when he was a celebrity in middle age, he was a romantic celebrity; he was an actor when he was a drama; he was an artist when he studied oil painting; he was a musician when he studied piano; he started a newspaper. He is an editor; as a teacher, he is a teacher; as a monk, he is a high monk."
He was a romantic celebrity in the first half of his life, and he became a generation of eminent monk in the second half. In China's century of cultural history, Li Shutong is a recognized generalist and wizard.
is a farewell song that my music teacher liked to play and sing in high school. I remembered this poignant and gentle lyrics when I was young. The life of the master left me a deep and long-lasting influence.
The "Farewell Song" he composed in 1914 is almost unknown to everyone in China. Many people may not know Li Shutong's name, but most of them are familiar with this song. The lyrics are graceful and concise, pure and concise, sincere in emotion, and beautiful and moving. After a hundred years of singing, they are still classics in the farewell words.
He is a collection of poetry, poetry, calligraphy, painting, seal cutting, music, and literature. He pioneered the splendid art and culture of China in many fields. At the same time, he was the first pioneer to spread Western music to China. The whole lyrics of
consists of four verses, expressing the sadness of parting and the ardent feeling of reunion.
The story behind "Farewell"
When Li Shutong wrote the lyrics, there was a moving story. When Grand Master Hongyi was in secular life, there was a "Five Friends from the End of the World" named Xu Huanyuan. One winter, there was heavy snowfall, and the old Shanghai was desolate. Xu Huanyuan stood at the door and called out Li Shutong and Miss Ye Zi, and said, "Brother Shutong, my family is bankrupt, and we will have a period of time later." After saying goodbye with tears, he did not even enter the door of his friend. Li Shutong stood in the snow for an entire hour, looking at the background of his former friends going away, he didn't even hear the call of the leaves. Then Li Shutong returned to the house, closed the door, and let Miss Ye Zi play the piano. He wrote with tears: Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the sky is full of green grass... Asking you when to come here, don’t wander when you come. Masterpiece.
The word "Farewell" is about the feelings of parting in the world, and it is the love of the world. From the lines of the lyrics, I also deeply feel the truth of the impermanence of the world. Especially in the past few years, I can feel this kind of mood even more. Life and death are impermanent, flowers bloom and fall, let alone parting? In this beautiful sentence of Qing ci, there is Zen in it, and it is a touching picture. The immortal true feelings touched both myself and strangers. The master's works are full of philosophy of life and give people profound enlightenment.
The first and second verses of this song write the farewell scene and mood. The author selected eight typical images of "Ancient Road", "Long Pavilion", "Fragrant Grass", "Evening Wind", "Twilight", "Weak Willow", "Remnant Flute" and "Sunset", and focused on portraying and rendering parting scenes. These images are all typical images in parting words in ancient poems.
Liu Yong said in the word "Rain Ring Bell" that "chilling cicadas are mournful, late to the long pavilion, and the first break of the shower". In ancient times, long pavilions were set up outside the city every ten miles for pedestrians to rest or leave relatives and friends. A typical farewell scene. The ancients used it extensively in poems, and readers would feel sad when they saw it.
Ma Zhiyuan has "Ancient Road, West Wind, Thin Horse" in "Tian Jing Sha. Autumn Thoughts". "Breeze" (Where to wake up from wine tonight? Willow bank, dawn wind and waning moon) "Sunset", (Sunset, heartbroken people are here Tianya) The ancient road and the long pavilion, these sceneries are superimposed on one piece, and they are constantly chanting in the hearts of readers with music.It highlights the loneliness and sadness of farewell, and also expresses the reluctant mood. In the second section of
, the author reflects the sentimental mood of the sender or the sendee through "Tianya Haijiao", "Zhijiaolingluo" and "Chuojulimeng" to show the theme of the song. The difficulty of goodbye has exacerbated the pain of parting. It is the natural law of the moon to have cloudy and sunny, and it is human nature to have joys and sorrows. Only a few decades alive? How many people can there be friends with? When will goodbye stay? Therefore, "the one who is depressed, only goodbye!" In the farewell poems of Chinese classical poetry, farewell and grievances are the eternal theme. The era when Mr. Li Shutong wrote this song was an era of social turmoil. This song can arouse the resonance of readers.
The third and fourth quarters are eager to get together again. In the sunset, the mountains are connected, and the green grass is endless. Changting Ancient Road, the evening breeze blows, Yang Liu Yiyi, the flute of farewell is sad and bitter. A pair of dear friends will be separated soon. From now on, each party will be infinitely sad. Picking up the wine glass, I want to borrow the wine for the last pleasure, drunk and dream goodbye, each other can only leave an unforgettable scene of the evening breeze in my memory. At this time, Lan Zhou urged it, it was impossible not to separate, and the biggest hope was to get together again. Getting together again is very difficult, difficult to part with, and even harder to get together! So with the sigh of the fourth quarter, "Life is a rare reunion, only parting." . This sentence is the most touching and tear-jerking. The song ends in eager anticipation and helplessness, extremely low and sad, infatuation and nostalgia, all singing.
(Li Shutong) Self-portrait oil on canvas 60.6cm×45.5cm, 1911, painted in 1911 in the collection of Tokyo University of the Arts Museum
Li Shutong’s oil painting
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