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Chongnam’s Assembled Records (Compendium of Remarks on Poetry)
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李唐諸子作詩。用盡一生心力。故能名世傳後。如吟安數箇字。撚斷幾莖髭。吟成五字句。用破一生心兩句三年得。一吟雙淚流。欲識吟詩苦。秋霜若在心。又夜吟曉不休。苦吟鬼神愁。如何不自閑。心與身為仇之類。是也。余亦有此癖。欲捨未能。戲吟一絕曰。為人性癖最耽詩。詩到吟時下字疑。終至不疑方快意。一生辛苦有誰知。噫。唯知者。可與話此境。今人以淺學率爾成章。便欲作驚人語。不亦踈哉
When Tang poets wrote poems, they exerted their whole heart and strength. That is why they were able to become famous and known to later generations. They wrote, for example, 吟安數個字捻斷幾莖髭 Writing and arranging a few words,how many strands of beard have I twisted off? 吟成五字句用破一生心 To write a five-character line,break open all your heart. 兩句三年得一吟雙淚流 Two lines in three years.with one chant, double tears flow. 欲識吟詩苦秋霜若在心 If you want to know how to make a poem bitter,think as if you hold autumn frost in your heart. Also, a poem like, 夜吟曉不休苦吟鬼神愁如何不自閑心與身為仇 Writing from night till dawn without rest.Writing in agony, even the ghosts and spirits worry.Why can’t I take it easy?I’ve become an enemy to my heart and my body. How true these words are! I also have this obsession. I wish to be freed from it but have not been unable to. I playfully wrote a quatrain, which said, 為人性癖最耽詩詩到吟時下字疑終至不疑方快意一生辛苦有誰知 By nature, I am obsessedMostly with poetry.When writing a poem, I hesitate to put words down.At last reaching the point of no doubt, only then do I feel blissful happiness.A life of agony, who would understand? Ah! Only with those who understand can I discuss this condition. The people of today with scant knowledge hastily write compositions and even wish to write words that will impress people. Isn’t this also aiming too far?
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