Tang Dynasty: Zhang Ji
The annual autumn wind blows to Luoyang city, and my wandering son doesn't know how his relatives in his hometown are; Writing a letter to peace has too much to say and I don't know where to start.
When the letter is written, I am worried that I have not finished what I want to say; When the messenger started, he opened the envelope and gave it to him.
My harvest:
In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, quatrains were full of feelings and scenes, with few narrative elements.
In the middle Tang Dynasty, narrative elements gradually increased, and daily life events often became the common theme of quatrains, and the style changed from vigorous romance to realism in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Ji's "Qiu Si" is full of emotions. With the help of a pregnant episode in daily life-the details of thoughts and actions when sending a letter home, it truly and delicately expresses the deep nostalgia of people who are away from home for their loved ones in their hometown.
1. Translation
The annual autumn wind blows to Luoyang city again. I wonder what happened to my relatives in my hometown? Write a letter from home to greet peace. There are so many things to say and I don't know where to start.
The letter has been written, but I'm afraid I haven't finished what I want to say in a hurry; When the messenger set out, he opened the envelope and returned it to him.
Step 2 take notes
(1) has many meanings: there are many thoughts and ideas;
(2) Fear again: I am afraid again;
(3) Pedestrians: people who transmit information;
(4) coming soon: about to begin;
5. Kaifeng: Open the sealed letter.
Step 3 enjoy
Make an appreciative comment
This is a homesick poem. Express homesickness by describing the feelings before and after writing a letter. The first sentence explains the reason of "The Writer's Book" ("Looking at Autumn Wind"), and the last three sentences describe the psychological activities before and after writing. Before writing a book, it is "full of meaning" and after writing a book, it is "endless fear". The detail of "opening the envelope" vividly shows the mentality of "endless fear of repetition" and integrates meaning and form. What is written is common to everyone, but not everyone can say it. As a guest in a foreign country, I miss my hometown when I see the autumn wind. Please send me a message. Afraid of missing something when I left, I quickly opened it and read it several times. Things are flat, and once they enter poetry, especially when a master like Zhang Ji enters poetry, it will become a wonderful place. This is not common in poetry. Of course, there are also many excellent works with letters from home as the theme in Tang poetry. For example, Cen Can's "On welcoming messengers to Beijing": "When you meet, you don't need paper and pencil, and you can report peace with your message." Writer Ma Jun, in my busy schedule, as an envoy of Lu Yu, sent comfort to Lu Yu's family. Du Fu's hope for spring: "After three months of war, a letter from home is worth a ton of gold." The writer was trapped in Chang 'an under the occupation of An Shi Rebellion. I don't know if his home in the war was Anji, and I am eager to come to comfort me. They all expressed their homesickness with unique skills. The uniqueness of this poem lies in its depth, shallowness and softness in twists and turns. At first glance, it is just a few words, but it is full of profound meaning.
Wang Anshi's poem entitled "Zhang" said: "It seems to be the most extraordinary, but in fact it is a piece of cake." It can quite tell the artistic style and creative bitterness of this poem. Poetry follows the autumn wind, which is a common technique since the Book of Songs. With the autumn wind, the wild geese fly north and south. They travel in other places, and it is easy to contact and think. For example, Liu Yuxi's "Autumn Wind" once said: "Autumn wind comes everywhere, and rustling sends geese. When I came to the court tree, the lone guest heard it first. " Let's look at the history of the poet again. It turns out that he is from Wuzhong (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), which reminds people of the story of Zhang. "Book of Jin, History of Han, Biography of Zhang" says: "Seeing the autumn wind, I miss Wuzhong leek, soup and perch, saying,' If you don't aspire to your life, how can you become famous after being detained for thousands of miles!'" "Then I drove home." And Hans Zhang Daitong, with all the officials to the north. Hans Zhang predicted that Sima Tong, the king of Qi, would make trouble, so he decided to abdicate. Zhang Ji may not have any political reasons, but when he saw the autumn wind, his thoughts about his hometown were very similar. Although he couldn't "drive home" immediately like Hans Zhang, he poured his homesickness on paper. This creative impulse to feel things is a feature of this poem. Although it uses the traditional "ascending" method, it contains such rich connotations.
"If you want to be a writer, you are full of meaning", in which the word "desire" is closely related to "watching the autumn wind". It turns out that the poet's mood is calm, like a clear water. The autumn wind blew his emotional ripples. The writing is fluent, but at the end of the sentence, the word "heavy meaning" suddenly came back, just like calligraphy. Therefore, the poet's feelings here are not downstream, but deeper. This technology, seemingly ordinary, is actually extremely high. We played poetry carefully: the poet was homesick for the autumn wind and wanted to write a book, and I didn't know where to start with a thousand words. "Meaning is important", but using virtual reality. Liu Yuxi said in "Song of the Knife Ring": "Today, facing each other, the pulse is full of gravity." "Ten thousand centers of gravity" and "ten thousand meanings" are extremely complicated thoughts and feelings. Every reader with life experience can understand how much care there is. How to write this book because it is full of meaning? Did you write it? The author didn't make it clear for the reader to imagine, which is endless and thought-provoking.
Although "the meaning is too heavy", I can't write it, but in a sense, the letter from home is still written. The problem is that I'm in a hurry to write, and I'm still unfinished. The word "urgent" is vivid and picturesque, which not only describes one's own side, but also reflects the sender's side. As can be seen from the following, the messenger met him immediately during the trip: he may be about to get on the horse and board the ship. Even if it's not as urgent as Cen Can's "meeting at once" in Beijing, he's still anxious for a long time. As the messenger is in such a hurry, the writer has to write quickly. It's difficult to express the ideas in a hurry. In this logical description, the poet's eagerness and haste are as vivid as they are now. The word "inexhaustible" also closely echoes the above-mentioned "heavy meaning", because it is "inexhaustible" and "heavy meaning" is also related to the homesickness caused by "seeing the autumn wind". Huang Shucan's Notes on Tang Poetry says: "The meaning of the first sentence has been generally seen, and the official letter is inexhaustible." When pedestrians come, Kaifeng opens, which is even more wonderful. Think about how to connect the second half of this song, and you will know that the first sentence is difficult to write. "Explain that the beginning of the second half of the poem and the beginning of the whole poem are closely linked. The conclusion of the sentence is even more ingenious and can be called a warning strategy. Yu Biyun nearby commented: "I wrote a book, but I can't talk for a long time. I am about to open, and I am homesick. " He added: "This kind of poetry is all about sex." The so-called "ultimate language" is to write the most sincere feelings of human beings and reach the extreme. Structurally, the last sentence says "I can't talk about it in a hurry" and the next sentence says "I'm going to open it soon", which makes the atmosphere of "hurry" full.