1. Ancient poems about letters (verses describing the correspondence between ancient people)
Ancient poems about letters (verses describing ancient people's correspondence) 1. Poems describing ancient people's correspondence
1. "Sending Foreign Clothes" Tang Dynasty: Chen Yulan
The husband is guarding the border and the concubine is in Wu. The west wind blows and the concubine is worried about her husband.
A line of letters brings a thousand lines of tears. Is it so cold that you have no clothes at your side?
Definition:
You are guarding the border, but I am in Wu. When the cool west wind blows on me, I am worried about you.
I sent a short letter, and every line of the letter was soaked with my tears. When the cold comes to you, have you received the cold clothes I sent?
2. "Send to Linghu Langzhong" Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin
Songyun Qin Shu has been away from home for a long time, and the two carps are far away from each other with a piece of paper.
Don’t ask about the old guests in Liangyuan. Maoling is suffering from autumn rain disease.
Interpretation:
You are the clouds of Songshan Mountain and I am the tree of Qinchuan, I have been away for a long time;
Thousands of miles away, you sent me a letter of condolences.
Please don’t ask me, an old guest of Liangyuan, about the joys and sorrows of life;
I am like the sickly Sima Xiangru in the autumn rain in Maoling.
3. "Send to Wang Lin" Southern and Northern Dynasties: Yu Xin
The road to Yuguan is far away, and there are few messengers in Jinling.
A thousand lines of tears alone can open a book thousands of miles away.
Definition:
The road outside Yumen Pass is so far away, and the news from Jinling, the old capital, is so sparse.
I am so excited that I shed thousands of tears just because I read the handwritten letter you sent thousands of miles away.
4. "A Reward for the King's Twenty Households and a Mail in the Snow" Tang Dynasty: Liu Zongyuan
For three days, the firewood gate could not be opened, and the flat steps and courtyard were covered with white snow.
I am currently doing the traces of Qiong Yao, because there are poems coming from Feng Marsh.
Definition:
Chaimen has been closed for many days,
The stone steps in front of the door are covered with white snow.
Now someone has trampled the jade-like snow into pieces.
It was a friend who sent me a poem from the capital.
5. "Zhongling Ban Smoking Sent to His Younger Brother" Tang Dynasty: Li Zhong
The catkins are falling and the flowers are flying, and the sun is turning to the west, and the grass is luxuriant for an outing.
The marriage letter was not finalized, but I couldn't bear to listen to Du Yu's cry at dusk.
Definition:
(Willow) catkins are falling like flowers, and the sun has set to the west. I go out for an outing alone, and only the grass grows densely.
There was no news at all about the letters sent to relatives and friends (close relatives, good friends). How could I dare to listen to the cries of death at dusk.
2. Poems describing the correspondence between ancient people
Origin of "Yuzhuanchisu":
The allusion of using "fish" to transmit letters first appeared in Cai Cai of the Eastern Han Dynasty Yong's Yuefu poetry collection "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Grottoes" talks about the feelings of longing for each other through letters exchanged between separated relatives.
The full text of "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Grottoes": "The grass beside the river is green, and I think about the distant road. The distant road is unimaginable. I have dreamed about it in the past. I dreamed that beside me, foreign lands have different personalities. They are invisible. Suddenly I feel like I'm in a foreign country. The dry mulberry trees know the wind, and the sea water knows the weather. Who is willing to talk to each other? The guest comes from afar, leaving me a pair of carps, and there is a ruler in the book. What is it like in a plain book? The words above add food and the words below make memories." The poem "Traveling on the Shasha" written by Qin Guan in the Song Dynasty also describes "the fish passing on the ruler."
The full text of the poem: "The tower is lost in the fog, the moon is lost in the river crossing, and the peach garden is nowhere to be found. It is worth mentioning that the solitary hall is closed in the cold spring, and the setting sun is setting in the sound of cuckoos. The post sends plum blossoms, and the fish passes on the ruler, and the brickwork is There are so many regrets. The Chenjiang River flows around Chenshan Mountain for whom?"
Translated into modern Chinese, it means: "The fog covers the towers, and the dim moonlight covers Tianjin? No matter how much you hope for the beauty of Taoyuan, you can't find it. How can you bear the coldness of spring in this lonely building, especially when the cuckoos keep singing and the sun is approaching. Plum blossoms and fish geese are sent to Shusu, and the accumulated resentment is overwhelming and uncountable. Chenjiang is lucky and leisurely surrounding Chenshan, and for whom it flows to Xiaoxiang. ”
Hongyan Chuanshu. Source:
"The Book of Changes" says: The first six Hongs gradually come to dry, and the upper Nine Hongs gradually come to the land, and their feathers can be used as majestic and auspicious; "Book of Rites Monthly Order" says: The east wind thaws, and the stinging insects begin. Zhen... When the swan geese come, it's the moon, which is the beginning of spring... When the blind wind comes, the swans come... It's the moon, and day and night separate... The swan geese come as guests, and they enter the big water as clams... It's the moon; "Yi Li" says : The doctor holds the goose and moves it at the right time. When the wedding is announced, the geese are adopted; "Book of Zhou" says: On the day of white dew, swan geese come, but if the geese don't come, people from far away will carry them on their backs. On the day of the minor cold, the geese fly to the north. If the geese do not go north, the people will not come to the north. "Spring and Autumn Fanlu" says that whenever Zhi doctors use geese, the geese have their own kind. When elders are among the people, there must be an order of succession, and the geese have their own ranks, so they are called Zhi.
3. Poems related to letters
The "good name" of ancient letters
Zhang Mujun, Hebei
"The war continues for three months, and the letters home Worth ten thousand gold.
"This is a poem in "Spring Hope" by the great poet Du Fu. Letters are full of deep affection and friendship, making relatives who are far apart thousands of miles away feel like they are meeting face to face, so they are particularly precious.
Since ancient times, letters have been It is closely connected with daily life, and people have given it many interesting nicknames, giving it a beautiful taste. "Guests come from afar and leave me two carps." "When you cook carp, there is a ruler-plain script in it." What a wonderful poem, what a touching scene!
Is there really a "foot-print script" in the fish's belly? The letters of the ancients were often written on white silk. About one foot long, it is called a ruler, so the letter is called a ruler. The white ruler often forms the shape of a pair of carps. An ancient Yuefu poem said: "The ruler is like residual snow, formed into a pair of carps." To know what's going on in your heart, read the book in your belly. "Therefore, "Double Carp" is the name for letters. The "cooked carp" in the poem quoted above is not really cooked, but just a vivid metaphor.
Many people know the story of Su Wu Shepherd. He once tied the letter to the feet of the wild goose and took it back to the motherland. This is what people call "the letter sent by the wild goose". Therefore, the letters are often collectively called "the wild goose". For example, the ancient poem has "There are no fish and wild geese in the Yangtze River, and the letter is sent to send people to miss you in dreams." "Qin".
Before the invention of paper, the ancients not only used silk and silk to write letters, but also used bamboo and wood chips as writing materials, called slips, letters, and slips. Therefore, letters were sometimes called "slips." ", "Shuzha", "Shuzha" or "Jianzha", "Jianzha". The length of Jianzha is the same as that of plain silk, which is about one foot, so letters are also called "Chizha", "Chihan", "Chihan" "Chi Shu" and other good names.
After the invention of paper, people made a small and exquisite paper specially used for writing poems and writing letters - "Jian", and used this as the name for letters. Yan Shu once said in a poem: "If you want to send colorful notes and rulers, you will know where the mountains are long and the rivers are wide!" ”
Who in the clouds sent brocade books? When the wild goose returned, the moon was full on the west tower. The flowers drifted by themselves and the water flowed by itself. One kind of lovesickness, two places of leisurely sorrow. - Li Qingzhao
Interpretation: The continuous war has lasted for more than half a year. Letters from home are rare, and one letter is worth ten thousand taels of gold.
2. Poetry: Who in the clouds sends a brocade letter with the word "Goose". When I returned, the moon was full on the west tower.
From: Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao's "A Cut of Plum Blossoms and the Fragrance of Red Lotus Roots in the Jade Mat in Autumn"
Meaning: Looking up at the distant sky, where the white clouds are curling up. , who will send the brocade book? When the geese fly back, the moonlight has filled the west tower.
3. Poetry: If you want to send colorful paper and ruler, where can you tell where the mountains and rivers are vast?
From "Butterflies in Love with Flowers, Chrysanthemums on the Threshold, Misty Orchid Weeping Dew" by Yan Shu of the Song Dynasty
Definition: I want to send a letter to my sweetheart, but the mountains are endless and the clear water is endless. , and I don’t know where my sweetheart is.
4. Poetry: Hu’er cooks carp, and there is a ruler in it.
From: Anonymous "Yinma Great Wall Grottoes" in the Han Dynasty. "Xing"
Interpretation: Calling the servant to open the wooden box, there is a foot-long letter written on plain silk.
5. Poetry: Seeing the autumn wind in Luoyang City, I want to write a letter.
From: "Autumn Thoughts" by Zhang Ji of the Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: The autumn wind blows in Luoyang City, and I want to write a letter to the family to wish them peace.
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5. What are the ancient poems that express the slowness of sending letters
"The Proud Fisherman"
——Lu You, Song Dynasty
Dongwang Mountain Where is the ghost? Thirteen thousand miles of travel. The paper is full of tears! It will be next year when the letter is returned.
When will the boat go to find my brother? I am so old all over the world! I am sleepless and worried, with a few wisps of tea smoke on my temples.
"Drinking Horses at the Great Wall Cave"
- Han·Unknown Author
The guest came from afar and left me a pair of carps. There was a plain book in the middle of the carp.
How can I read the plain book in the upper part and the food in the lower part? .
"The fishes form friends"
——Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty
The rulers are like residual snow, forming a pair of carps
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——Li Shen of the Tang Dynasty
Magpie in the Rain. The river trees are noisy with words, and the cobwebs are flowing in the wind.
What a joy to open a distant letter, several letters from experts are worth a thousand pieces of gold.
——Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty
The fragrance of red lotus root lingers in the jade quilt. I undress lightly and get on the orchid boat alone. Who in the clouds sends me a brocade book? When the wild goose comes back, the moon is full on the west tower.
The flowers float and the water flows. One kind of lovesickness, two places of idle sorrow. There is no way to eliminate this feeling, so I just frown, but it is in my heart.