As the sun rises, it begins to be hazy and gradually becomes clear. At this time, the objects and images are clear and flowing into each other.
It comes from "Wen Fu" written by Lu Ji, a literati in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Excerpts from the original article are as follows:
At the beginning, everyone watched the show but listened to it, thinking about the news. The spirit is aspiring to the eight extremes, and the mind is wandering ten thousand miles. The result is that the feelings are clear and fresh, and the things are clear and mutually advanced. Pour out the words of the crowd to drain the liquid and rinse the fragrance of the six arts. The abyss in the floating sky is filled with water, and the spring is immersed in it. Then Shen Ci was filled with joy, like a fish holding a hook and emerging from the depths of a deep abyss; floating algae fluttering like a bird with its tassels, falling into the mountains of the clouds.
The translation is as follows:
Start creating and carefully conceive. Think carefully and search around. The gods fly beyond the eight extremes, and the mind travels high in the sky. The arrival of literary thoughts is like the rising sun, which begins to be hazy and gradually becomes clear. At this time, the objects and images are clear and flowing into each other. The essence of Zi's history is pouring out.
Six arts of diction, a collection of writing skills. Galloping imagination, churning up and down. Sometimes it floats on the Tianchi Lake, and sometimes it dives into the earthly spring. Sometimes the words are difficult and harsh, like a fish fished out of the abyss with a hook; sometimes the words are brisk, like a bird struck by an arrow falling from the sky.
Extended information:
Creative background
Starting from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, passing through the Southern and Northern Dynasties, including the early Tang Dynasty, it is the first period of the medieval period of Chinese literature. Looking at this period of literature, it is marked by the prosperity of ancient and modern poetry in five or seven characters. The Five Ancients reached its climax in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Seven Ancients and Five-Seven-Yan Modern Style reached their peak in the early Tang Dynasty. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, great changes took place in literature, with literary consciousness and the individuation of literary creation.
It is the most significant of these changes, which triggered a series of other changes and developments. During this period, the palace played a central role, and a literary group was formed around the palace. The convergence within the group causes literature to present a group style during this period of time, and another style at another period of time, thus making the stages of literary development quite obvious.
This work was created under this background.
About the author
Lu Ji (261-303), courtesy name Shiheng, was a native of Wu County, Wu County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province). He was a writer and calligrapher in the Western Jin Dynasty. Together with his younger brother Lu Yun, he is known as " Erlu”. He once held the posts of Pingyuan Internal History, Jijiujiu, and Book Writer, and was known as "Lu Pingyuan" in the world.
Later died in the "Eight Kings Rebellion" and was subjugated to the three Yi tribes. He was "a rare genius with outstanding articles" ("Book of Jin·Biography of Lu Ji"). Together with his younger brother Lu Yun, he was a famous writer in China's Western Jin Dynasty. He is also an outstanding calligrapher. His "Pingfu Tie" is the earliest authentic calligraphy of a famous person in ancient China.
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