We keep inviting and calling(千呼萬喚)
There was a famous poet during the Tang
Dynasty in China, his name was (Bai Juyi).
He left behind more than 3,000 poems, the
most among all the poets of the Tang Dynasty.
At the age of 35, he joined the central
government as a mid-level official.
He was an upright man and often made many
suggestions to the king.
He also offended some in the establishment.
In 815 AD he was demoted and transferred to
what is now Jiangxi Province in China.
One day in 816 AD he wrote a narrative poem
of 612 words.
This poem became one of his most famous
works.
There is a paragraph in this poem that
reads as follows
One autumn night, I was saying goodbye to a
good friend of mine at the jetty on the Xunyang River.
The wind on the river bank was strong and
cold, and the maple trees and reeds on the bank were blown by the wind and made
a rustling sound.
I had a banquet on the boat and drank wine
in the hut with my good friends.
We are very sad because we will soon be
separated.
At the end of the banquet we came out of
the cabin. We saw that the night was already deep and the light of the moon was
reflected on the river.
Suddenly both of us heard the sound of
someone playing the pipa, and both of us were immersed in this wonderful sound.
We followed this beautiful sound and saw a
boat. The sound of the pipa was coming from that ship.
When we arrived at the ship, we politely
told the pipa player in the cabin of the ship that we really liked the pipa you
were playing.
The two of us would like to ask you to come
to our boat and play a song for us.
We would be very happy and grateful if you
would agree to our request.
After our constant invitations and calls,
the pipa player finally agreed to our request, came out of his hut and walked
onto our boat.
Only then did we see that the person was a
woman. The pipa in her arms covered half of her face.
This idiom means that we keep inviting and
calling.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
In your life, what performance have you
heard and thought was the best? Have you ever heard the sound of a Chinese
musical instrument like the pipa?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
千呼萬喚(We keep inviting and calling)
中國的唐王朝時代有一個著名的詩人，他的名字是(白居易)。
他留下了3000多首詩，是所有唐代詩人中最多的一個人。
他在35歲的時候進入中央政府擔任一個中階官員。
他是一個正直的人，他經常向國王提出許多建議。
他也得罪了一些當權派。
西元815年他降職並被調派到現在中國的江西省。
西元816年的一天，他寫了一首敘事詩，這首詩共有612個字。
這首詩成為他的代表作品之一。
這首詩中，有一段的內容大意如下。
在一個秋天的夜裡，我在潯陽江的碼頭為我的一個好朋友送行。
江邊的風很大又很冷，岸旁的楓樹與蘆葦被風吹得發出瑟瑟的聲音。
我在船上舉辦了一桌宴席，我與我的好朋友在船艙內喝著酒。
我們感覺很悲傷，因為我們再過不久就要分離。
宴席結束時，我們有出船艙，我們看到夜已經深了，江面上映照出月亮的光芒。
我們兩個人突然聽到有人在演奏琵琶聲音，我們兩個人沉浸在這個美妙的聲音中。
我們循著這個美妙的聲音去找，我們看到了一艘船，彈奏琵琶的聲音就是從這艘船上傳出。
我們到了這艘船旁，我們很禮貌的對著這艘船的船艙裡的彈奏琵琶的人說，我們很喜歡你所演奏的琵琶。
我們兩個人想要請你到我們的船上為我們彈奏一首曲子。
如果你願意答應我們的要求我們會覺得非常的高興與非常的感謝。
經過我們不停地邀請不停地呼喚之後，這個演奏琵琶的人終於答應我們的要求，他走出了他的船艙並走到我們的船上。
我們這才看到這個人是一個女子，這個女子懷中抱著的那把琵琶，遮住了這個女子的一半的臉。
這句成語的意思是我們不停地邀請與不停地呼喚。
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。
你這一生中，你聽過而且覺得最好聽的演奏表演哪一場呢?你有聽過琵琶這種中國樂器的聲音嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為白居易-琵琶行
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