original text
Wang Anshi's Plum Blossoms
There are some plums in the corner, and cold ling opens them alone.
I knew from a distance that it wasn't snow, because there was a smell coming.
translate
Several plum blossoms in the corner are blooming alone in the cold. Why do you know from a distance that Bai Meihua is not snow? Because there is a faint plum blossom fragrance.
Brief analysis
This poem praises the noble character and tenacious vitality of plum blossom by writing about it, which blooms flawless in the cold. Plum blossom is a five-character quatrain written by Wang Anshi, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. In poetry, the power and noble character of plum blossoms are used to express those people who, like poets, can adhere to ethics and morality, advocate justice, and are not afraid of crowding out and hitting the country's prosperity in a difficult and harsh environment.
Brief introduction of poet
Wang Anshi (102 1 year1February 81May 2, 0861day), a native of Linchuan (now Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province), was a famous thinker and thinker in the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi successively signed judgments in Yangzhou, and decided cases in Yinxian and Zhou Shu, with remarkable achievements. In the second year of Xining (1069), he served as a political commissar, met with the Prime Minister the following year and presided over the political reform. Because of the opposition of the old school, Xining went on strike for seven years (1074). A year later, Song Shenzong was put into use again and retired to Jiangning. In the first year of Yuan You (1086), the Conservative Party gained power and all the new laws were abolished. Yu Ran died in Zhongshan (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) and gave it to a teacher. Shao Shengyuan (1094) was named "Wen", so he was called Wang Wengong. ?