Spring tides bring late rain, and no one crosses the river in the wild. "This means that it rains at night and the tide rises even more. There are no pedestrians in the country ferry, and a ferry is moored across the river. This picture of crossing a boat in the rain contains the poet's sadness about his inaction, which makes people think deeply.
Wild crossing, no boat crossing.
Note: Xixi in Chuzhou
wei yingwu
Alone, pitied by grass and streams,
There is an oriole singing in the tree.
The rain brought by the spring tide comes late and urgently,
Wild crossing, no boat crossing.
[Notes]
1. Chuzhou: now Chuxian County, Anhui Province.
2. Xijiang River: in the west of Chu County, commonly known as Shangma River.
3. pity: love.
4. Deep trees: trees with dense branches and leaves.
5. Wild crossing: a ferry in the country.
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[Brief analysis]
This is a famous landscape poem and the most famous masterpiece of Wei. Although the poem is about ordinary scenery, it has become a legal animation with deep artistic conception after being touched by the poet.
This article was written by the author when he was a historian in Chuzhou. The author visited Chuzhou on Xixi and wrote this poem.
The first two sentences of the poem, "I feel sorry for the static grass growing by the stream, and there are orioles singing in the depths of the trees", mean that the poet loves the static grass growing by the stream, and there are orioles singing in the depths of the shade. This is an elegant scenery where beautiful colors and beautiful music are intertwined. "Solitude and pity" means eccentricity, which shows the poet's quiet mind. The last two sentences, "spring tide comes late with rain, and no one crosses the river in the wild", mean that it rains in the evening and the tide rises more violently. There are no pedestrians on the ferry in the country, and a ferry is moored across the river. This picture of crossing a boat in the rain contains the poet's sadness about his inaction, which makes people think deeply.
Wei has been a "Sanweilang" and has been a secretariat of Chuzhou, Jiangzhou and Suzhou. He was deeply worried about the political corruption in the mid-Tang Dynasty, and was also concerned about the sufferings of people's livelihood, but he could do nothing. This poem expresses his feelings euphemistically.