Jiang Xue Liu Zongyuan
There are no birds flying over those mountains, and there are no traces of people in those paths.
A boat on the river, a fisherman wearing his webworm moth; Fishing alone is not afraid of snow and ice.
Creation background: Jiang Xue is a poem written by Liu Zongyuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, after he was relegated to Yongzhou. In this poem, Liu Zongyuan expresses his extreme loneliness and depression by "fishing alone in the cold river".
Poetry analysis:
The following is to appreciate the image of "fisherman" by analyzing specific poems:
"There are no birds in a hundred mountains, and there are no footprints in a thousand roads." "Qian Shan" in this poem refers to all the mountains. "Wanjing" refers to all roads. The meaning of this poem is: there are no birds on all the mountains, and there are no traces of people on all the roads.
"A boat, a bamboo cloak, an old man fishing in the cold Jiang Xue." "Loneliness": Loneliness, loneliness. "Cannibal": Cannibal. Li: A hat. These two lines mean: on a lonely boat, there is an old man wearing hemp fiber and a hat. And the old man is fishing alone on the cold river covered with heavy snow.
This is an ancient poem that expresses one's ambition through scenery. In such a vast, lonely and bleak picture, the author outlines the image of a fisherman, who is arrogant, self-sufficient and does not compromise with the world. The scene of the fisherman fishing alone on the snowy river artistically summarizes the sinister political environment he was in at that time, showing his strong will not to be afraid, not to yield to the dark forces and his noble quality of not being in cahoots.
References:
Xiao Difei et al. Appreciation Dictionary of Tang Poetry: Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House, 2004: 937-938.