Monday, January 19, 2009

滾滾長江

幾度夕陽紅 明 楊慎

滾滾長江東逝水。
浪花淘盡英雄。
是非成敗轉頭空。
青山依舊在。幾度夕陽紅
白髮漁樵江渚上。慣看秋月春風。
一壺濁酒喜相逢。
古今多少事。
都付笑談中。

"幾度夕陽紅" is a a most powerful poem ever made in the Chinese
poetry history. It gives you a grandeur feeling. It was written by
楊慎 in the Ming Dynasty. When 羅貫中 wrote his classical novel
“Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, he used this poem as 闕詞 for
his book. In this poem, "滾滾長江" is the most famous and powerful
phrase.

Besides〈三國演義〉〈西江月), "滾滾長江" had also appeared to be
utilized in other poems by renowned poets :

杜甫 《登高》

風急天高猿嘯哀,渚清沙白鳥飛回。
無邊落木蕭蕭下,不盡長江滾滾來。
萬里悲秋常作客,百年多病獨登臺。
艱難苦恨繁霜鬢,潦倒新停濁酒杯。


蘇軾

長江滾滾空自流,
白髮紛紛寧少惜。


辛棄疾〈水調歌頭〉:

君看簷外江水,
滾滾自東流。

辛棄疾 南鄉子

"何處望神州,滿眼風光北固樓。
千古興亡多少事,悠悠。
不盡長江滾滾流".


李 白 送孟浩然之廣陵

故人西辭黃鶴樓
煙花三月下揚州
孤帆遠影碧空盡
惟見長江天際流

Yeh Tze

2 comments:

  1. I also remember 南鄉子 by 辛棄疾•
    "何處望神州,滿眼風光北固樓。千古興亡多少事,悠悠。不盡長江滾滾流".
    This is the 1st part. 黃自 set the poem into music, which was taught in our high school in the music class.

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  2. Thanks.
    Now it is also added.

    Yeh Tze

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