Meaning:
My favorite is the faint wild grass growing by the stream, and the oriole singing gracefully deep in the bushes.
The spring tide carries the rapids of the dusk rain. There is no one at the wilderness ferry, except for a small boat leisurely crossing the water.
From: Xijian, Chuzhou
Dynasty: Tang
Author: Wei Yingwu
Original text:
Du Lian There are secluded grass growing beside the stream, and there are orioles singing in the deep trees. ?
The spring tide brings rain late and comes quickly, and there is no boat crossing the wild river.
Extended information:
It is generally believed that this poem was written in 781 AD (the second year of Emperor Dezong's founding in the Tang Dynasty) when Wei Yingwu was appointed governor of Chuzhou. The author loved the quiet scenery of Xijian very much. He visited Xijian in Chuzhou (in the western suburbs of Chuzhou City) one day and wrote this little poem.
This is a short poem about scenery, describing what I saw during a spring trip to Chuzhou’s West Stream to enjoy the scenery and the rainy Yedu in the late tide.
The first two sentences describe the spring scene, loving the secluded grass and caressing the oriole, which is a metaphor for enjoying the festival, but jealous of the beauty; the last two sentences describe the urgent spring tide with rain, and the scene of the rushing water and the boat crossing, which contains A kind of helpless sadness that is not in its place and has no use. The whole poem expresses the tranquility and sadness.
In the last two sentences, the late tide plus the spring rain made the water stronger. As for the suburban ferry, there were not many pedestrians at first, but now there are even fewer people. Therefore, even the boatman was gone, and only the empty ferry boat floated leisurely and indifferently. The water was fast and the boat was crossing, but because the ferry was in the countryside, no one cared about it. If we are at the key point, the tide will rise during the rain in the evening, which is when the ferry is in great use, and we will not be able to berth leisurely.
Therefore, in this leisurely scene of rushing water and boats, there is a helpless and sad feeling that is out of place and useless.
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