The feeling of revisiting past experiences
or situations is so sad that it feels unbearable.(不堪回首)
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, China
entered the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
This was a chaotic period, with many
warlords setting up their own kingdoms, but the kingdoms these warlords set up
usually fell in a short period of time.
The Southern Tang Kingdom was one of these
kingdoms.
The name of the third king of the Southern
Tang Kingdom was (Li Yu). He was an unqualified king, but he was also one of
the greatest poets in Chinese history.
Li Yu's grandfather founded the Southern
Tang Kingdom in 937 AD, and Li Yu was born on 15 August of that year.
In 943 AD, Li Yu's grandfather died and Li
Yu's father succeeded him as king.
Li Yu's father has six children, and Li Yu
is the youngest.
Li Yu doesn't like politics. He likes
literature and art. His calligraphy is very good, and he is also good at
writing poetry. He doesn't have to worry about not having any money. He does
what he likes every day, and he lives happily every day.
The time he lived in was a very chaotic
time. His four brothers died while he was still a child. His eldest brother was
originally the heir to the throne, but his eldest brother fell ill and died in
859 AD. He became the heir to the throne of the Southern Tang Kingdom.
In 961 AD, Li Yu's father died and Li Yu
succeeded him as king.
In 975 AD, the army of the Song Kingdom
defeated the Southern Tang Kingdom, and the territory of the Southern Tang
Kingdom was incorporated into the territory of the Song Kingdom.
Li Yu was arrested and taken to the Song
capital and put under house arrest.
He died in the Song capital after three
years of house arrest.
This is described in the third and fourth
sentences of the last poem he wrote before his death.
I felt the warm spring wind last night, and
it suddenly occurred to me that another year had passed since I lived alone in
this house in the capital of the Song Kingdom.
I looked at the bright moon alone and
remembered the extinct Southern Tang Kingdom where I had lived since my
childhood.
The contrast between the joy of the past
and the pain of the present is especially strong at night. The feeling of
remembering past experiences or situations is so sad that it feels unbearable.
The direct translation of this saying is
that the feeling of remembering a past experience or situation is so sad that
it is unbearable.
Dear friend, how do you feel or what do you
think after listening to this story?
What things that happened in the past do
you remember the most? When you look back on your life, do you feel sad or
happy?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
不堪回首(The feeling of revisiting past
experiences or situations is so sad that it feels unbearable.)
中國唐王朝滅亡之後，進入了五代十國的年代。
這是一個混亂的年代，有許多軍閥建立了屬於自己的王國，但這些軍閥所建立的王國通常也都在很短的時間內滅亡。
南唐王國就是其中一個王國。
南唐王國第三任國王的名字叫做(李煜)。他是一個不合格的國王，但他卻也是中國歷史上最偉大的詩人之一。
李煜的祖父在西元937年建立了南唐王國，那一年的8月15日李煜出生。
西元943年，李煜的祖父過世，李煜的父親繼任成為國王。
李煜的父親有六個孩子，李煜是年紀最小的一個。
李煜不喜歡參與政治，他喜歡文學與藝術，他的書法寫得很好，他也很擅長寫詩。他不用為沒有錢而煩惱，他每天做自己喜歡做的事，他每天生活得很快樂。
他生活的那個年代是一個很混亂的年代，他的四個哥哥在他還是幼童的時候就死了，他的大哥原本是皇位的繼承人，但是他的大哥在西元859年生病過世，他成了南唐王國的王位繼承人。
西元961年，李煜的爸爸過世，李煜繼任成了國王。
西元975年，宋王國的軍隊戰勝了南唐王國，南唐王國的領土被納入宋王國的版圖。
李煜被逮捕並且被抓到宋王國的首都並且軟禁。
被軟禁的三年後，他死在宋王國的首都。
他在生命的終了前他寫下的最後一首詩的第三句與第四句這樣描寫。
我在昨天的夜裡感受到了春天的溫暖地的風，我突然想到我孤獨的住在宋王國的首都的這間房子中已經又過了一年。
我一個人看著明亮的月亮，我回想起我從小居住的那個已經滅亡的南唐王國，
以前的歡樂對比現在的痛苦在夜裡變得特別的深刻，再次回憶過去的經歷或情景的感覺太難過了，這感覺令我難以忍受。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是再次回憶過去的經歷或情景的感覺太難過了，這感覺令我難以忍受。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你最常回憶起過去發生的那些事情呢?你回想自己的人生你會覺得難過還是歡喜呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為李煜-虞美人