Can you understand the meaning of this poem(老嫗能解)
There was a famous poet during the Tang
Dynasty in China, and his name was (Bai Juyi).
Once he wrote a letter to a good friend,
He mentioned his writing philosophy in this
letter.
He says.
As I got older and older, I experienced
more and more things, and my creative ideas gradually became different from
when I was young.
I think that an intellectual should be able
to write articles that reflect the current state of society, and write poems
that reflect real life.
A short story about him is recorded in
history books.
Every time he completes a poem, the first
person he publishes is neither his family nor his friends. It's his neighbor.
His neighbor is an old woman.
After he read the poem to this old woman,
he would ask.
Do you think you can understand this poem?
If the old woman said. I can understand
what you mean.
He will publish this poem directly.
If the old woman said. There are several
places in this poem that I don't understand.
He would take this poem home and rethink
how to express his opinions more simply and clearly.
He sometimes revises it several times until
the old woman says that I can understand your poem completely.
He will publish this poem at this time.
This idiom is used to describe an article
with very simple and clear words.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
What characteristics do you think a good
article should have? Which type of writing style do you like?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
老嫗能解(Can you understand the meaning of
this poem(老嫗能解)
中國的唐王朝時代有一個著名的詩人，他的名字是(白居易)。
有一次他寫了一封信給一個好朋友，
他在這封信中提到他的寫作理念。
他說。
隨著我的年紀愈來愈大，我經歷的事情愈來愈多，我的創作想法也漸漸變得與年輕時不同。
我認為一個知識份子，寫的文章應該要能夠反映社會的現況，寫的詩歌應該要能夠反映真實的人生。
歷史書上記載了一個他的小故事。
他每次完成一首詩，他第一個發表的對象，不是家人也不是他的朋友。而是他的鄰居。
他的鄰居是一個老婆婆。
他給這個老婆婆看完這首詩之後，他會問。
你覺得這首詩你看得懂嗎。
如果老婆婆說。我看得懂你想表達的意思。
他就會直接發表這一首詩。
如果老婆婆說。這首詩有好幾個地方我看不懂。
他就會把這首詩拿回家，重新思考應該如何表達得更加簡單而且清楚自已的觀點。
他有時候會修改好幾次，直到這個老婆婆說我完全可以理解你這一首詩了。
他這時候才會發表這一首詩。
這句成語被用來形容一篇文章用詞非常簡單且明白。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你認為一篇好的文章應該有怎樣的特點呢?你喜歡的寫作風個是哪一種類型的呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為白居易-與元九書
https://www.arteducation.com.tw/shiwenv_4f5e854b1169.html
出處為宋-惠洪-冷齋夜話-卷一
https://zh.m.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%86%B7%E9%BD%8B%E5%A4%9C%E8%A9%B1
