On a spring night, the boat is moored on the shore of Guazhou. I looked across the river at Jingkou. I thought to myself, Zhongshan, where I live, is only separated by a few mountains, and the warm spring breeze blows the vegetation on the south bank of the Yangtze River green. When can I return to my hometown under the bright moonlight?
The original text of "Dengguazhou":
Wang Song Anshi
Jingkou and Guazhou are just separated by a water, and Zhongshan has only a few heavy green mountains.
The gentle spring breeze turns green again, but, moon in the sky, when can you take me home?
Boating in Guazhou is a seven-character quatrain written by Wang Anshi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. The first sentence in the poem reveals a relaxed and happy mood by writing that the distance between Jingkou and Guazhou is short and the speed of the ship is fast. In the second sentence, the poet looks back at Zhongshan where he lives and is reluctant to part; The third sentence describes the Jiangnan scenery full of spring; Finally, I ended in a questioning tone, emphasizing my yearning for my hometown again.
The whole poem is lyrical both in scenery and narrative, with an open realm and fresh style.
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Creation background
Dengguazhou was written in Wang Anshi's later period, in the first year of Xining, Song Shenzong (1068). Wang Anshi was called from Jiangningfu to Beijing as a bachelor of Hanlin, passing through Guazhou.
With the theme of "boating in Guazhou", the poem points out the poet's foothold. Poetry begins with a scene, which is not only a metaphor, but also a strong contrast between the proximity of space and the length of time through exaggeration, which almost leads to the emotional generation of "when the moon shines on me" at the end, which is likely to be broken at first. The whole poem is about the helplessness of wandering outside and the yearning for hometown, which makes readers cry.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Boating Guazhou