It was the time when the puffer fish was going to the top, which came from Su Shi's "The Night Scene by the Hui Chong River" in the Song Dynasty.
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Hui Chong Chunjiang Night Scene
Su Shi? Song dynasty
Two or three peach blossoms outside the bamboo forest and ducks in the water first noticed the warm spring.
The beach is covered with wormwood, asparagus is beginning to sprout, and puffer fish are preparing to swim upstream from the sea back to the river.
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There are two or three peach blossoms outside the bamboo forest, and the ducks playing in the water first notice the warming of the river in early spring.
The beach is covered with Artemisia selengensis and reeds are sprouting short buds. At this time, the puffer fish will swim from the sea to the upper reaches of the river.
To annotate ...
Hui Chong (also known as Hui Chong): A native of Jianyang, Fujian, one of the nine monks in the early Song Dynasty, he can write poems and draw pictures. Night Scene by the River is the title of Hui Chong's paintings. There are two paintings, one is a duck play and the other is a flying goose. Qian Zhongshu's Notes on Selected Poems of Song Dynasty is called Xiaojing. Many annotations are useful for Xiaojing and Night Scene, and the complete works of Dongpo and the annotations before the Qing Dynasty are all useful.
Artemisia selengensis: the name of grass, including Artemisia annua and Artemisia annua. Reed bud: the young bud of reed, which is edible.
Puffer: a kind of fish, the scientific name is Qu. Its meat is delicious, but its ovaries and liver are highly toxic. Produced in coastal areas and some inland rivers of China. Go against the current every spring and lay eggs in fresh water.
Creation background
Two Late Scenes of the Spring River in Hui Chong are two poems written by Su Shi 1085 (the eighth year of Yuanfeng) for Hui Chong in Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan). This poem was written in Jiangyin. This poem is his first.
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Although the painting "It's time for the puffer fish to come up" does not describe the action of the puffer fish, the poet knows that "the puffer fish is coming up" from the wild growth of Artemisia selengensis and the germination of reeds, thus drawing the image of the puffer fish going up the river when it blooms by the riverside, so as to make up for the deficiency. It is through this kind of pen and ink that Su Shi transformed the silent and still picture into a lively poetic scene. In Su Shi's eyes, this painting is no longer a plane static picture on paper in the frame, but gives people a profound experience and subtle observation of ecology. The former is picturesque and the latter is realistic, and the two are confused. I don't know which is the picturesque scene and which is the real scene. The poet's artistic association broadens the world beyond the field of vision expressed by painting, and makes poetry and painting combine perfectly.
Brief introduction of the author
Su Shi, (1037 65438+10.8-165438+August 24, 0),No. Zizhan, He Zhong, a famous Taoist of tin cans, Dongpo Jushi,No. Su Dongpo, Su Xian, Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (Sichuan