This poem was written by Bai Juyi on his way to Hangzhou as a secretariat in the second year of Changqing (822). At that time, the court politics was dark, and the party struggle between Niu and Li was fierce. The poet tasted the taste of being an official and asked to go abroad. The author felt relaxed and carefree after leaving the imperial court, so he wrote this poem.
Ode to Mujiang is covered with sunset, half river rustling and half river red.
The loveliest thing is the ninth day of September. The bright pearl's bright crescent moon is shaped like a bow.
A sunset sank into the river, and the river was half green and half brilliant red.
The loveliest thing is the night on the third day of September, with dew like beads and crescent like a bow.
Mu Jiang Yin is one of Bai Juyi's Miscellaneous Poems. The beauty of the whole poem lies in taking two beautiful pictures of nature and combining them. One is the gorgeous scene of the sunset reflected on the river, and the other is the hazy night when the crescent moon rises and the dew is crystal clear. Both of them have their own beautiful scenery, and it is even more exciting to watch them together. Poets also add metaphors to their poems appropriately to make the scenery more vivid. Because this poem permeated the relaxed and happy liberation mood and personality of the poet after he left the court voluntarily, the whole poem became the artistic carrier of the poet's aesthetic psychological function in a specific situation.
The first two sentences are about the river at sunset. "A sunset is spreading in the water". The sunset shines on the river, but it means "spreading" instead of "taking pictures". This is because the "sunset" is very close to the horizon, almost touching the ground, and it really looks like it is "paved" on the river. The word "shop" also appears euphemistic and gentle, describing the unique softness of the autumn sunset, giving people a cordial and leisurely feeling. "Half the river is rustling, half the river is red", the weather is clear and windless, the river flows slowly, and there are tiny ripples on the river. The part that receives more light shows "red"; Where there is little light, there is dark blue. The poet grasped the two colors on the river, but showed the scene that the river was sparkling at dusk and the color changed rapidly in the sunset. The poet was intoxicated and put his happiness in the description of the scenery.
The last two sentences are about the night scene when the new moon rises. The poet lingered until the early moon rose, the cool dew fell and a better realm appeared in front of him. The poet leaned down and saw the grass by the river covered with crystal dew. Dewdrops on the green grass are inlaid on the green grass like pearls. With the metaphor of "real pearl", not only the roundness of dew is written, but also the luster of dew shining under the new moon. The poet looked up again and saw a crescent moon Ran Ran rising, just like a delicate bow hanging in the blue sky. The poet condensed the two wonders of heaven and earth into a poem-"The dew is like a real pearl, and the moon is like a bow". From a crescent moon bent like a bow, the author remembered that it was "the third night of September", and could not help but blurt out his lovely praise for it, expressing his feelings directly, pushing his feelings to a climax and causing waves in his poems.
Through the description of the two visual images of "dew" and "moon", the poet created a harmonious and quiet artistic conception, and used this novel and ingenious metaphor to describe and color nature in detail, describe its capacity, draw its shape and show readers a wonderful picture. There seems to be a lack of time connection between describing the sunset river and praising the moon dew, but the night on the third day of September is invisibly connected with time, and it is connected with dusk, dew and the moon, which means that the poet enjoys it from dusk to the moon and contains the poet's love and love for nature.
In addition, the issue of time in this poem is also worthy of readers' attention. There are three different "times" in Mujiang Song. Through the above analysis, the first two sentences of Ode to Mujiang were written before sunset (briefly) or at sunset; The last two sentences are mainly written after sunset (short time), that is, dusk; The last two sentences also lead to a period of time in the evening. This is completely in line with the author's viewing order, that is, the author saw the sunset before sunset, the moon like a bow after sunset, and the dew like a real pearl at night. Most materials think that "the moon is like a bow" and "the dew is like a pearl" are seen by the author at the same time at night, writing in the sky before and writing underground after. In fact, this is because of the lack of common sense of astronomy and meteorology, ignoring the "time difference" between two natural phenomena. As mentioned above, the author can only see "the third day of September" and "the moon is like a bow" shortly after sunset. At this time, because the sun has just set, the heat lost on the ground is not much, and the cool dew has not yet formed; By the time the night is "like a real pearl", the moon like a bow has sunk below the western horizon.