Wanli Yang of the Song Dynasty
The hedges are sparse and one foot deep,
The flowers on the treetops have not yet become shade.
Children hurriedly chased the yellow butterfly,
flew into the cauliflower and was nowhere to be found.
Author
Yang Wanli (1127-1206) was named Tingxiu and Chengzhai. A native of Jishui, Jizhou (now Jishui County, Jiangxi Province). An outstanding poet in the Song Dynasty. He became a Jinshi in the 24th year of Shaoxing (1154). He was granted the title of Sihu in Ganzhou and later transferred to the position of Prime Minister of Lingling County in Yongzhou. He met Zhang Jun who was relegated to Yongzhou and received much encouragement and instruction from him. Yang Wanli advocated the war of resistance throughout his life and opposed surrender. In many "letters", "policies" and "notes" to the emperor, he repeatedly stated the country's ills and denounced the mistake of surrender. His patriotism was beyond words. He was an upright and upright official, and tried his best not to disturb the people. The poet Xu Ji at the time praised him as "as clean as water, but poor but with gold" ("Tou Yang Chengzhai"). After his term as deputy envoy to Jiangdong was completed, he should have had a surplus of ten thousand yuan, but he abandoned it all in the official treasury and returned without taking any money. He was upright and upright, spoke out when things happened, pointed out the ills of the times, and had no scruples, so he was never of great use. In fact, he did not bother to seek promotion when he was an official. When he was a Beijing official, he was ready to be dismissed at any time. Therefore, he prepared the travel expenses home from Hangzhou in advance, locked them in a box, hid them in his bedroom, and warned his family not to buy them. I am afraid that my luggage will be cumbersome when I leave my job and return to my hometown. Later, during the fifteen years when he was idle and at home, when Han Yuzhou was in charge of the government, Han Xinjian Nanyuan asked him to write a "note" and promised to reward him with a high-ranking official. Wan Li refused to write, saying that "the official can be abandoned, but the 'note' cannot "Zhizhi several things, you can imagine his character. The poet Ge Tianmin praised him as having "a backbone as strong as iron and a heart as solid as stone" (see "Short Collection of Sages of the Southern Song Dynasty. Collection of Ge Wuhuai"), which is not a posthumous compliment.
Notes
1. Xinshi Xugongdian: Xinshi: place name. Today's Xinshi Town, Deqing County, Zhejiang Province. Xinshi was also the brewing center of the Song Dynasty. The government set up a liquor tax official in the new city, and Zhu Xi's son Zhu Shu served as the official. Yang Wanli is obsessed with the wines that line Xinshi Xihekou. Drink heavily and get drunk. Keep the Xugong store in Xinshi. Xu Gongdian, the name of the hotel opened by a family named Xu.
2. Fence: fence.
3. Sparse: sparse.
4． Path: path.
5. Deep: profound.
6. Tree head: On the top of a branch.
7. Wei: None.
8. Yin: shade of trees.
9． Rush: run quickly.
This is a poem describing the rural scenery in late spring. It paints us a picture of spring and lovely children. "Wei Cheng Yin" highlights the happy and innocent background of children catching butterflies. There is a sparse fence and a deep path. There are several trees beside the fence. The petals are falling from the branches, and the young leaves have not yet fluttered.
Simple analysis
Cheng Yin: Fences and paths indicate that this is a rural area; "the flowers have fallen before they become shade" and the "cauliflower" in the conclusion both indicate that this is the late spring season.
The last two sentences, "Children run in a hurry to chase yellow butterflies, flying into cauliflower and nowhere to be found." The colored pen is moved to the center of the picture, depicting the joyful scene of children catching butterflies. "Running fast" and "chasing" mean to run and chase quickly. These two verbs are very vivid and vivid, vividly portraying children's innocent, lively, curious and competitive demeanor and psychology. "Flying into the cauliflower and finding nowhere" suddenly turns the moving shot into stillness. The three words "Nowhere to be found" leave room for readers to imagine and recollect, as if there is another child in front of us who is scratching his head and wondering at a loss in front of a field of golden cauliflower.
This poem uses line drawing techniques, which is easy, natural and vivid. Yang Wanli was an upright official, but he was once hated by his traitors. After being dismissed from office, he lived in the village for a long time. He was very familiar with rural life. His descriptions are naturally touching and interesting.
Translation Beside the sparse fence, there is a path stretching into the distance. The flowers on the trees beside the road have withered, but the new leaves have just grown and have not yet formed shade. The children ran and chased the fluttering yellow butterflies, but the yellow butterflies flew into the yellow cauliflower bushes, and the children could no longer distinguish or find them.
Thoughts after reading
The author of this poem wrote more than 20,000 poems in his lifetime, including a large number of landscape poems.
His poems are fresh and interesting, with clever conception and popular language. They are unique in their own way. At that time, he was as famous as Lu You and others. This poem is a seven-character quatrain describing pastoral scenery. The title of the poem implies that the content of the poem is the scene that the poet saw when he stayed in Xu Gongdian.
When the poet was staying at an inn opened by a family named Xu in Xinshi Town, Deqing County, Zhejiang Province today, he saw a field of rapeseed with yellow flowers in full bloom. There were happy children running there. They are chasing yellow butterflies. The yellow butterfly flew into the yellow rapeseed flowers. The children could not tell which butterfly was the yellow flower. At that time, the yellow flowers could no longer find the butterfly. The poet vividly described the beautiful pastoral scenery in simple language and praised the great mountains and rivers of the motherland.
Brief analysis
This is a poem describing the rural scenery in late spring. It paints a picture of children fluttering butterflies full of spring.
The first two sentences, "The fence is sparse and one path deep, and the flowers on the treetops have not yet become shade" point out the background of children catching butterflies. There is a sparse fence and a deep path. There are several trees beside the fence. The petals are falling from the branches, and the young leaves have not yet turned into shade. Fences and paths indicate that this is a rural area; "the flowers have fallen before they become shades" and "cauliflower" in the conclusion indicate that this is the late spring season.
The last two sentences, "Children run in a hurry to chase yellow butterflies, flying into cauliflower and nowhere to be found." The colored pen is moved to the center of the picture, depicting the joyful scene of children catching butterflies. "Running fast" and "chasing" mean to run and chase quickly. These two verbs are very vivid and vivid, vividly portraying children's innocent, lively, curious and competitive demeanor and psychology on the page. "Flying into the cauliflower and finding nowhere" suddenly turns the moving shot into stillness. The three words "Nowhere to be found" leave room for readers to imagine and reminisce, as if there is another child in front of us who is scratching his head and feeling at a loss in front of a field of golden cauliflower.
This poem uses line drawing techniques, which is easy, natural and vivid. Yang Wanli was an upright and honest official, and he was once hated by traitors. After being dismissed from office, he lived in the village for a long time and was very familiar with rural life. His descriptions are natural, touching and interesting