The Original Text and Translation of Qiu Si (Zhang Ji)

Melancholy Qiu Si

Ji Zhang

Series: Complete Works of Ancient Poetry in Primary Schools

Melancholy Qiu Si

The annual autumn wind blows to Luoyang city, and my wandering son doesn't know how his relatives in his hometown are; Writing a letter to peace has too much to say and I don't know where to start.

When the letter is written, I am worried that I have not finished what I want to say; When the messenger started, he opened the envelope and gave it to him.

translate

The annual autumn wind,

It blew into Luoyang city,

Urged me to write a letter from home,

Communicate with the people you love.

The messenger is about to leave,

I opened the sealed envelope again,

Just add a few more words,

Endless worries,

Helpless and hasty.

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This is a homesick poem. Express homesickness by describing the feelings before and after writing a letter. The first sentence explains the cause of the "writer's book" ("Looking at the Autumn Wind"), and the last three sentences describe the psychological activities before and after writing a book. Before writing a book, there is a lot of meaning. After writing a book, there is endless fear. The detail of "opening the envelope at once" vividly shows the mentality of "endless fear reappearing" and blends meaning with form. What is written is common to everyone, but not everyone can say it. As a guest in a foreign country, I miss my hometown when I see the autumn wind. Please send me a message. Afraid of missing something when I left, I quickly opened it and read it several times. Things are flat, and once they enter poetry, especially when a master like Zhang Ji enters poetry, it will become a wonderful place. This is not common in poetry. Of course, there are also many excellent works with letters from home as the theme in Tang poetry. For example, Cen Can's "On welcoming messengers to Beijing": "When you meet, you don't need paper and pencil, and you can report peace with your message." The writer, in my busy schedule, is the messenger of Lu Yu, sending messages to comfort my family. Du Fu's hope of spring: After three months of war, a letter from home is worth a ton of gold. "The writer is trapped in Chang 'an under the occupation of An Shi Rebellion, and I don't know if the family in the war is Anji, and I am eager to comfort me. They all expressed their homesickness with unique skills. The uniqueness of this poem lies in its depth, shallowness and softness in twists and turns. At first glance, it is just a few words, but it is full of profound meaning.

Wang Anshi's poem entitled "Zhang" said: "It seems to be the most extraordinary, but in fact it is a piece of cake. It can quite tell the artistic style and creation of this poem. Poetry follows the autumn wind, which is a common technique since the Book of Songs. With the autumn wind, the wild geese fly north and south. They travel in other places, and it is easy to contact and think. For example, Liu Yuxi's "Autumn Wind" once said: "Autumn wind comes everywhere, and rustling sends geese. When the morning light enters the courtyard, lonely guests smell it first. "Let's look at the history of the poet. It turns out that he is from Wuzhong (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), which reminds people of the story of Zhang. "Book of Jin, History of Han and Biography of Zhang" contains: "Seeing the autumn wind, I miss Wuzhong leek, soup and perch, saying:" Life is expensive but not ambitious, how can I become famous after being detained for thousands of miles! " Then life drives home. "And Hans Zhang generation Tongli, travel with all officials in the north. Hans Zhang predicted that Sima Tong, the king of Qi, would make trouble, so he decided to abdicate. Zhang Ji may not have any political reasons, but when he saw the autumn wind, his thoughts about his hometown were very similar. Although he can't "drive home" immediately like Hans Zhang, he pours his homesickness into paper. This creative impulse to feel things and feelings is a feature of this poem. Although it is "inspired" in the traditional way, it contains such rich connotations.

"If you want to be a writer, you are full of meaning", in which the word "desire" is closely related to "watching the autumn wind". It turns out that the poet's mood is calm, like a clear water. The autumn wind blew his emotional ripples. The writing is fluent, but at the end of the sentence, the word "heavy meaning" suddenly came back, just like calligraphy. Therefore, the poet's feelings here are not downstream, but deeper. This technology, seemingly ordinary, is actually extremely high. We played poetry carefully: the poet was homesick for the autumn wind and wanted to write a book, and I didn't know where to start with a thousand words. "Meaning is the most important", that is, taking the virtual with the real. Liu Yuxi's "Song of Seeing the Sword and the Ring" said: "Today, facing each other, the pulse is full of gravity." "Ten thousand centers of gravity" and "ten thousand meanings" are extremely complicated thoughts and feelings. Every reader with life experience can understand how much care there is. How to write this book because it is meaningful? Did you write it? The author didn't make it clear for the reader to imagine, which is endless and thought-provoking.

Although I can't write a letter because it is "very meaningful", I have written a letter from home in terms of meaning. The problem is that I'm in a hurry to write, and I'm still unfinished. The word "hurry" is vivid and picturesque, which not only describes one's own side, but also reflects the messenger's side. As can be seen from the following, the messenger met him immediately during the trip: he may be about to get on the horse and board the ship. Even if it's not as urgent as Cen Can's "meeting at once" in Beijing, he's still anxious for a long time. As the messenger is in such a hurry, the writer has to write quickly. It's difficult to express the ideas in a hurry. In this logical description, the poet's eagerness and haste are as vivid as they are now. The word "endless" also closely echoes the above-mentioned "endless meaning". Because "meaning is endless", it is "endless". The emphasis on meaning is also related to the homesickness caused by "seeing the autumn wind". Huang Shucan's Notes on Tang Poetry says: "The meaning of the first sentence has been generally seen, and the things mentioned in the official letter are too numerous to mention." When pedestrians come, it's more exciting to drive. Try to think about how to connect the second half of this song, and you will know that the first sentence is difficult to write. It shows that the beginning of the second half of the poem is closely connected with the beginning of the whole poem. The conclusion of the sentence is even more ingenious and can be called a warning strategy. Yu Biyun, a close friend, commented: "I wrote a book, but I couldn't say it for a long time. It will be opened soon, and I am very eager to miss my hometown. He added: "This kind of poetry is all about sex. The so-called "ultimate language" (A Brief Introduction to Poetic Realm) is to write the most sincere feelings of human beings and reach the extreme. Structurally, the last sentence says "I can't talk about it in a hurry" and the next sentence says "I'm going to open it soon", which makes the atmosphere of "hurry" full.