Author: Meng Haoran
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
The autumn water rises and almost blends with the shore, mixing water and sky with the sky.
Ozawa's water vapor transpiration on the cloud soil is white, and the waves seem to shake the whole Yueyang.
I'm going to cross the water to find a boat and paddle. It's a shame to return home in the sacred age.
Sitting around watching other people's hard river fishing can only envy the fish caught in the fish.
Translation:
Dongting Lake in August is flush with the shore, and the water and sky are the same color, which is connected with the sky.
Yunmeng Erze's water vapor transpiration is in vain, and the stormy waves seem to shake Yueyang City.
I want to cross the river, but I can't find a boat or paddle. It's really shameful to idle around in an enlightened age.
Sitting by the river watching others fish hard, you can only envy others for their success in fishing.
Extended data:
Zhang Jiuling, the Prime Minister of Zhang, is also a famous poet with official position and integrity. Meng Haoran wants to go into politics and realize his ideal. I hope someone can introduce him. This is the meaning of writing this poem to Zhang Jiuling before he went to Beijing to take the exam.
The first four sentences of the poem describe the magnificent scene and momentum of Dongting Lake, and the last four sentences are used to express their political enthusiasm and hope.
The first two sentences explain the time and write the vast lake. The lake and sky are integrated, and the scene is vast. "Han" means tolerance. "Virtual" is high altitude. The sky is contained by water, which means the sky is reflected in the water. "Too clear" refers to the sky. "Mixing too clearly" means that the water meets the sky. These two sentences are about standing by the lake overlooking the lake.
Three or four sentences continue to write about the vastness of the lake, but the eyes are from far to near. From the lake, I can see the scenery of the reflection in the lake: the water vapor hanging over the lake evaporates and engulfs the clouds and dreams. "Cloud and Dream" are the names of two ancient lakes. It is said that Yun Ze is in the north of the Yangtze River, while Mengze is in the south. Later, most of them silted up and became land. "Shake", shake (verb, vivid). "Yueyang City" is located on the northeast bank of Dongting Lake, which is now Yueyang City, Hunan Province.
When the southwest wind blows, the waves rush to the northeast shore, as if to shake Yueyang City. When you read this, you will naturally think of Wang Wei's poem "People's residence seems to be rippling in the distant sky". The whole city is floating on the water, the breeze is blowing waves, and the distant sky is shaking in the water. They really have the same effect.
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