A night-mooring near maple bridge was written by Zhang Ji, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
The original text is as follows:
Crows fell on the moon, crowed coldly, slept on maple trees, and slept in fishing lanes by the river.
In the lonely Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou, the bell that rang in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship.
Vernacular translation:
The moon sets, crows crow and the sky is cold. They sleep sadly on the maple trees and fishing fires by the river. In the lonely and quiet Hanshan Ancient Temple outside Gusu City, the bell ringing at midnight reached the passenger ship.
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Creative background:
According to Volume III of Biography of Talented Scholars in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Ji was promoted by Yang Jun, assistant minister of does, in the 12th year of Tianbao (753), that is to say, he was admitted as a scholar. In January of the 14th year of Tianbao (755), the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and in June of the 15th year of Tianbao (756), Xuanzong rushed to Shu.
Including Zhang Ji. One autumn night, the poet anchored at Fengqiao outside Suzhou. The beautiful scenery of autumn night in Jiangnan water town attracted this traveler with travel worries, which made him appreciate a poetic beauty with meaningful feelings and wrote this poem with clear artistic conception.
The second volume of Miracle between ZTE edited by Gao Zhongwu in Tang Dynasty included this poem of Zhang Ji, named Sleeping at Night in Fengjiang. Song Liyun and others compiled Wen Yuan Hua Ying into this poem called a night-mooring near maple bridge.
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