Early-onset Baidi City belongs to classical literature.
Classical literature generally refers to the ancient literary works of various ethnic groups. It is a part of literature and the basis for the development of modern literature. It is a link between past and present and an indispensable part in the history of literary development. It is the most fundamental thing in Chinese literature. The so-called classical literature also refers specifically to excellent ancient literary works that have a certain value. "Classical" means "first-class, model" in Latin. During the European Renaissance, literary theorists took the excellent works of ancient Greece and Rome as models, which they called classical literature. In China, the original songs and myths and legends handed down from ancient times to the large number of literary works of certain value before the May Fourth Movement are called classical literature.
Early Departure from Baidi City
Author: Li Bai
The white emperor's speech is among the colorful clouds, and the thousand-mile journey to Jiangling is returned in one day.
The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Notes
1. Baidi: present-day Fengjie, Sichuan Province
2. Jiangling: present-day Jiangning County, Hubei Province. county.
3. One-day return: You can arrive in one day.
Translation
In the early morning, I bid farewell to Baidi City, which reaches into the sky;
Jiangling is thousands of miles away, and the boat trip only takes one day.
The sounds of apes on both sides of the strait are still crying in my ears;
Unconsciously, the boat has passed through thousands of green mountains.
Appreciation
This poem describes a scene. In the second year of Qianyuan (759) of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, the poet was exiled to Yelang. When he was pardoned by Emperor Bai, he wrote this poem when he returned to Jiangling by boat. The poem is about describing the section of the Yangtze River from Baidi to Jiangling, where the water flows rapidly and the boat moves like flying. The first sentence describes the height of Baidi City; the second sentence describes the distance to Jiangling and the speed of the boat; the third sentence uses the shadow of the mountain to highlight the speed of the boat; the fourth sentence writes that the boat is as light as nothing, indicating that the water is flowing like water.
The whole poem is sharp and straight, and it flows straight down. The speed of the boat is so joyful that it makes people feel far away. No wonder Yang Shen, a man of the Ming Dynasty, praised: "The ghosts and gods wept in the storm!"