Xin Qiji? Song dynasty
Hungry mice ran around the bed and bats danced around the dark oil lamp. There was a breeze blowing in the room, and it rained heavily. I talked to myself between the broken paper windows.
From the northern frontier to the south, and now retired to the forest, it is already an old face with white hair. A cold autumn wind blew through the thin cloth quilt and woke up suddenly. It was still a dream country in front of me.
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Hungry mice ran around the bed and bats jumped up and down around the dim oil lamp. The wind mixed with pine trees roared like a raging wave; The rain poured down and beat on the roof; Enough paper was torn by the wind, whistling, as if talking to himself.
From Saibei to Jiangnan, I am now hiding in the mountains, my face is old and my hair is white. A cold autumn wind blew through the thin quilt and woke up suddenly. It was Wan Li's dream.
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Boshan, in Yongfeng County, Jiangxi Province (now Guangfeng County, Jiangxi Province), was called Tongyuan Peak in ancient times. Because it looks like Lushan incense burner peak, it was renamed Boshan. Ann: Round cabin.
Lantern dance: Fly back and forth around the lamp.
Shredded paper sentence: Shredded paper rustles between windows, as if talking to itself.
Saibei: refers to the Central Plains. According to "Ten Theories on Meiqin", before returning from the south, the poet was sent to Yanjing twice by his grandfather to observe the situation. Return: It means that Xi Chun was dismissed and retired in the winter of the eighth year (1 18 1). Hua: gray, pale face: pale hair, old face.
"Cloth quilt" two sentences: that is, I wake up in autumn night, and I still vaguely see Wan Li in my dream.
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This song "Qing Ping Le" represents an artistic style of Xin Ci, with only eight sentences and 46 words, but it depicts a desolate and dilapidated amorous feelings painting.
At night, the hungry mouse crawled around the bed, and the bat ran indoors to surround the lights, while it was raining outside and the broken window paper was ringing. The word "monologue" personifies and personalizes the sound of wind and paper naturally and humorously. This "Wang Temple", where one lives, is a dilapidated house that no one has lived for a long time. It is against this background that the author, an old man with gray hair and an old face, appeared after life in south in the north of Saibei to serve the national affairs. In such a state of mind and such an environment, A Dream on an Autumn Night clearly points out the seasons, and at the same time implies that it is difficult for the protagonist to sleep. What wakes up in the middle of the night is not hungry mice and bats, broken lights and broken windows, but the "Wan" of the motherland. Obviously, he "traveled all over the south and north" ("Man Jiang Hong"), and after waking up, he wandered in his dream, so the cloud "Wan Li is in sight". This sentence echoes "all my life in the north and south of the great river", pushing the four sentences that are still missing to the back. His life experience made him cherish the motherland and rivers, and he dreamed of everything; Now, I'm white-haired and ambitious, but I'm still dreaming of Wan Li in the past.
The pictures and feelings expressed by this word in words can be fully expressed if they are replaced by lines and colors, showing the concreteness of the scenery captured and expressed by the author with abstract text symbols. Moreover, every sentence is a thing, a scenic spot. When they are spliced together, even words can be omitted, forming a rare amorous feelings painting. Through this painting, the author's sad feelings of loving the great rivers and mountains of the motherland are expressed.
Judging from the style of ci, it is similar to pastoral school or hermit school, which is far from the author's bold and unconstrained work and is not a good work. However, the uniqueness of this word also brings people artistic enjoyment of beauty. As far as creation is concerned, works always reflect the writer's experience, and what he sees, hears and feels always reflects the writer's life and all aspects of his life, that is, the writer as a whole. From the perspective of creation, any writer always tries to find different forms and styles from the content of the subject matter, and the difference between them lies in the level of achievement. It is rare in the history of literature that the author can become an uninhibited person on the basis of inheriting and developing Su Shi's ci style, and at the same time, he can make outstanding achievements in his leisurely, delicate and graceful style. As Liu Kezhuang said in the preface to Xin Jiaxuan, "Do you want to be bored loudly? ? Whispering, crossing Liuhe, sweeping away the ages. Its precise people are not under Xiaoyan and Qin Lang.
This poem has strong feelings, plain language and excellent rendering of the environment and atmosphere. It is very successful in expressing the psychological description and image portrayal of the protagonist. It is unique in Jiaxuan's patriotic works and has a strong artistic appeal.
Brief analysis
The fluency of language increases the readability of this word. Don't say this evaluation is like talking about the composition of primary school students. Fluency represents the coherence of sentences and endless words. Many far-fetched words are not smooth to read, awkward to recite, and naturally affect the expression of emotions. Moreover, this word is read in one go, and it is really "shocked and angry to this day". There is no such thing at all.
There are no conjunctions between the lines. The first part describes everything in the room simply and clearly, with flexible language and clear outline. If you carve a hungry mouse, you will understand the lack of material here at a glance. The word "lantern dance" is used to show the madness of bats, and the word "urgent" is used to show the thinness and breakage of the hut in the wind and rain, which makes the next sentence appear naturally and the scene has appeared in the reader's mind. Generally speaking, the connection of the last part is not abrupt, with a strong sense of picture and no special color, but it can still be seen that Jia Xuan's profound brushwork is the lowest level, without carving, but it is intuitive and concrete.
Jia Xuan was a soldier when he was a teenager. The past of the battlefield always came to his mind and he was endowed with the talent of restoring the country. Unfortunately, he can only return to China in the north and south of the Yangtze River. Through these two sentences, he seemed to see an old man with gray hair and beard. After all, it was suppressed and failed to lead the troops to fight the Jin people. Seeing that time is getting old, his ambition is hard to reward. So that Fang woke up from his dream and his eyes were in a trance, which showed his sincere heart for the country. The hero lost his way and his eyes filled with tears. How can he not sigh!
Creation background
Xin Qiji was about forty-five years old in the twelfth year of Xichun (AD 1 185) and was demoted to the public. During my stay at the lakeside, I often visited places of interest near Xinzhou (now Shangrao, Jiangxi), such as E Lake and Boshan (now southwest of Guangfeng County, Jiangxi). One clear autumn night, the author came to a family named Wang at the foot of Boshan to stay. The poet wrote this poem because of improvisation.
Brief introduction of the author
Xin Qiji (165438+May 28th 040-1207-65438+1October 3rd), formerly known as Tanfu, later changed to You 'an, middle-aged posthumous title Jiaxuan, from Licheng County, Jinan, Shandong East Road (now Licheng District, Jinan City, Shandong Province). Officials, generals, writers and bold poets in the Southern Song Dynasty were called "dragons in words". Known as "Su Xin" with Su Shi and "Jinan Er 'an" with Li Qingzhao. When Xin Qiji was born, the Central Plains was occupied by nomadic people. 2 1 year-old joined the anti-Jin army and soon returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. He has been to Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian and eastern Zhejiang. Fight for gold all your life. There are "Ten Theories on Meiqin" and "Nine Theories" on the top, and there is "Debate and Strategy" on the bottom. His lyrics expressed patriotic enthusiasm for restoring national unity, poured out his grief and indignation, and condemned the humiliation and peace of the rulers at that time. There are also many works that praise the rivers and mountains of the motherland. He has a wide range of subjects, is good at using predecessors' allusions, and has a heroic style, but there is no lack of delicacy and gentleness. Because Xin Qiji's anti-gold proposition did not conform to the political proposition of the ruling peace faction, he was impeached and resigned, and lived in seclusion by the lake of Jiangxi.