In 2008, "Blue and White Porcelain", sung by the famous singer Jay Chou and written by Fang Wenshan, a lyricist, was widely praised for its quaint lyrics and strong Chinese style. The collector Ma Weidu pointed out: The lyrics are guilty of common sense errors. The bottom of the traditional blue and white porcelain vase never writes Han Li.
The public opinion exploded all of a sudden, some said that Ma Weidu was picky, and some said that Fang Wenshanlang got a false name. In the face of criticism, Fang Wenshan said with a smile in a show: What is wrong is not just cultural common sense, the first sentence of the lyrics has a logical problem, but I think it is so beautiful, and the audience may not know that I am wrong. So just... you know.
1. The "hazy" beauty of "Blue and White Porcelain"
"The sky is waiting for mist and rain, and I am waiting for you". Fang Wenshan finished writing the lyrics and felt that he was very satisfied with the rhyme and rhyme. But then he realized that azure is not the color of blue and white porcelain, and that azure cannot wait for "misty rain". The "azure" in
Chinese painting refers to "sky blue", which represents the clear sky. What the lyrics want to express is a process of climate change. Only from "clear sky" to "shower rain" can the "me" and "you" in the second half of the sentence be addressed.
However, the "shower rain" always gives people a rough feeling of wind and rain, which is not worthy of the beauty of blue and white porcelain. Only a touch of "smoke rain" can match. Therefore, Fang Wenshan finally decided to use "Amidst the Rain". He also knew that it was illogical, but he felt "I don't know if I don't talk about it."
Fang Wenshan finished writing the first few sentences, searching for information and making associations, and finally decided to create with the theme of "blue and white porcelain". As for the later release of "Blue and White Porcelain", Ma Weidu singled out the mistake, which involved his knowledge blind zone, and it was no longer a big problem.
Each of us has our own blind spot of knowledge. Excellent writers such as Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, also made "common sense" mistakes on the problem of chrysanthemum petals falling. In folklore, Su Dongpo and Wang Anshi are also friends and enemies. The two of them disagree on political opinions, but they often exchange letters and compete in poetry.
Once, Su Dongpo went to visit Wang Anshi, and Wang Anshi happened to be out, leaving a two-line poem on the desk: "The west wind passed the garden last night, blowing yellow flowers and gold on the ground." Su Dongpo looked around and thought: Chrysanthemum is the most cold-resistant plant. The autumn wind blows chrysanthemums, can chrysanthemums fall petals?
So, he took out a writing brush and licked it on the tip of his tongue, added two lines of poems, and told Wang Anshi that the chrysanthemum did not fall petals when it was born in autumn, you know? As a result, Wang Anshi came back and saw it, so he demoted Su Dongpo to Huangzhou as a regiment coach. After Su Dongpo went to Huangzhou, he discovered that the local chrysanthemums would fall petals in autumn.
has too much knowledge in this world, and it belongs to "common sense" knowledge. It is very large, and almost no one can guarantee that they will not step on the "minefield".
Back to Ma Weidu's criticism of Fang Wenshan. Listening to songs is not archeology. Those things about the bottom of the blue and white porcelain bottle are too professional for ordinary people. If you don't tell, Fang Wenshan doesn't know. Even if you say it, most people may not be interested. After all, the lyrics are "winning with love".
Of course, Ma Weidu can point out the mistakes in time and spread common sense of cultural relics to the public, which is also meaningful.
2. Common sense and logic of lyrics
lyrics are actually the same as poems, they are not very logical, and sometimes even completely incomprehensible. Today's lyrics are the past Tang poems, Song lyrics and Yuan tunes. Poetry allows exaggeration and distortion, and uses various complex and avant-garde rhetoric techniques to create a hazy beauty.
For example, when Li Shangyin wrote "Jinse", he said, "There are tears in the sea and moon pearls", and the "beads in tears" here can be understood as the tears of the shark. But why can the "Jade" in "Lantian Ri Nuan Jade Produce Smoke" produce smoke? This cannot be explained at all. Only because of its beauty, it can still be passed down.
As for contemporary lyrics, there are even more things that people cannot understand. In the early years, there was a TV series "The Fence Woman and the Dog". The lyrics sang "The star is still that star, and the moon is still that moon." Talking for a long time is the same as not saying. However, there is no logical problem after all, and some people still think it is good.
and the lyrics of popular music over the years have become more and more strange. What a strange method? The famous singer Lin Junjie sang in a song "Cao Cao": "Walk down Changbanpo alone...Cao Cao is notHey, I want to take Jingzhou. "And Hu Yanbin sang in the lyrics of "Qin Shi Mingyue", "How painful, no words to think". What is the idea of this "no words to think"? It is totally incomprehensible.
, but the melody they accompany is good and very popular. Welcome. As for whether Cao Cao is determined to win Jingzhou, this question is more complicated for non-Three Kingdoms fans. Generally, we only laugh at it. And "How painful, there is no word to think", in the whole song of "Qin Shi Mingyue" The duration of Zhongzhan is also extremely short, so it can be ignored. These two songs are not too much compared with the later ones.
Because later, another "Internet ancient song" was released, called "Pirate Generals" The lyrics don’t follow the preface and the shit doesn’t make sense. One of the most classic sentences is, "Your smile is like a bad dog, it disturbs my heartstrings" and "I have been in the snow for many years, and I have breakfast with the tiger".
Usually we say, "I was struck by something", which expresses a happy emotion. When we call someone a "bad dog", the emotion is angry. In the same lyrics Here, the author’s mood changes rapidly before and after, which is jaw-dropping. In addition, the modern vocabulary "breakfast" is written in the ancient songs, which is full of "traversal". The lyrics of
can not be logical, emotion and beauty are the key points. But "The Pirates" "Xing" is such a preface that does not follow the words, emotional expression is chaotic, and there is no aesthetic feeling. In the end, it can also trigger a big explosion of Internet public opinion. Many people say that it is well written, which is really forgotten!
Now Let’s look back and look at the "mistakes" made by Fang Wenshan. It is a piece of cake. "The bottom of the blue and white porcelain vase does not write Han Li", which belongs to the "niche knowledge" of the cultural relics collection circle. It is matched with "Sky Blue". The confrontation between "Amidst the Rain" and "I and You" can only be regarded as untidy.
When Fang Wenshan responded to his mistake, he said the most accurate thing, that is-"Lyrics, popular culture. I don’t know if I don’t talk about it! "Z1z
Conclusion
Fang Wenshan's words in his response may make some fans feel offended, but what he said is also the truth. The knowledge of the collectors circle is indeed niche for ordinary people. And "sudden rain" "" and "Amidst the Rain" are all written words, and when it comes to confrontation issues, ordinary people will not make faults.
In addition, whether you admit it or not, contemporary Chinese young people generally have a decline in Chinese and lack basic aesthetic ability. Many The new generation "Ye Gong" loves to listen to "ancient songs." In fact, the lyrics of those songs are mostly like the "breakfast" of "villain dogs", which is astonishing.
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