The Autumn Breeze
Tang Dynasty: Liu Yuxi
Where does the autumn wind come? Xiaoxiao sends the wild geese off.
When a visitor comes to visit the tree in the courtyard, the solitary visitor is the first to smell it.
Translation
The autumn wind blows from nowhere, sending flocks of wild geese rustling.
Early in the morning, the autumn wind comes to the trees in the courtyard, and the lonely traveler is the first to hear the sound of the autumn wind.
Comments
Introduction: One of the genres of literature or music, which means an introduction, the beginning.
To: Arrive.
Xiao Xiao: Describes the sound of wind blowing trees. Wild geese: a group of wild geese.
Morning: Early morning. Garden tree: garden tree.
Lonely guest: a single person living in other places. This refers to the poet himself. Smell: hear.
Appreciation
The poem is titled "Autumn Wind"; the first sentence "Where does the autumn wind come?" asks questions on the topic, swaying, and through this sudden and erratic writing, The question also shows the characteristics of the autumn wind that comes unexpectedly and suddenly. Further exploration also implies the meaning of resentment against autumn, which is similar to the sentence in Li Bai's "Spring Thoughts" poem "I don't know the spring breeze, why should I enter the Luo curtain". The autumn wind comes with no trace or trace, and is everywhere. Where it comes from and where it comes is unexplainable. Although it comes out as a question, the poet's true meaning is not to get to the bottom of it, and then he stops writing.
The sentence "The wild geese send off the flock" describes the rustling sound heard by the ears and the flock of wild geese seen by the wind. Turn the invisible wind into an audible and visible scene, thus vividly writing the unknown autumn wind into the poem. Combined with the first two lines of the poem, it is derived from Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" "The wind rustles and the trees rustle" and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "Autumn Wind Ci" "The autumn wind rises and white clouds fly, and the grass and trees fall yellow and the wild geese return south." Wei Yingwu's poem "Hearing the Wild Geese" that can be combined with these two poems: "Where is my hometown? It's so leisurely to think about it. On an autumn rainy night in Huainan, I heard the wild geese coming from Gaozhai." But Wei Yingwu's poem is based on my feeling of things. When feelings meet the scene, write "Return to Thoughts" first, and then "Wen Yan". Shen Deqian pointed out in "Collection of Tang Poems" that when written in this way, "the emotion is deep". If it were "reversed", it would become an ordinary work that ordinary people can write. The first two lines of the poem "Introduction to the Autumn Wind" describe the arrival of the autumn wind and the arrival of wild geese from the south. This is exactly the content of the last two lines of Wei's poem, which is exactly what Wei's poem is said in reverse. It is written in the distance, written in the sky, from opposite to the person who hears the wild geese thinking about their return, and creates a scene based on the autumn wind sending the wild geese away. As for the content of the first two sentences of Wei's poem, I left it to the end of the chapter.
"The solitary guest is the first to smell the trees in the garden when he comes from the morning", moving the brushstrokes from the "flocks of wild geese" in the autumn sky to the "trees in the garden" on the ground, and then focusing on being alone in a foreign land, "returning to a place of reflection" The "leisurely" "Chu Ke" moves from far to near, changing the scenery step by step. The sentence "Chaolai" not only inherits the "autumn breeze arrives" in the first sentence, but also inherits the "Xiao Xiao" sound in the second sentence. It is not an answer but seems to answer the question at the beginning of the article. It shows that although the coming and going of the autumn wind is nowhere to be found, it is attached to other things and exists everywhere. At this moment, the wind is shaking the trees in the courtyard and the leaves are rustling, and the invisible autumn wind is clearly close to the courtyard and coming to the ears.
The poem "The solitary guest is the first to hear it" has been written here, which fully describes the "autumn wind" as the title of the poem. The people in the poem have not yet appeared, and the feelings in the scenery have not yet been highlighted. "The lonely guest is the first to hear it." The finishing touch is that the autumn wind has been "heard" by the "lonely guest". Here, if we connect with the author's other poem "The First Smell of the Autumn Wind", in which the two sentences "Five nights of swaying in front of the pillow, and the appearance of a year in the mirror" can be used as a supplementary explanation of "smell". Of course, as a "lonely guest", he will not only be saddened by the passage of time due to the change in appearance, but one can also imagine his feelings of being away from home and longing for home.
What this poem mainly wants to express is actually the feeling of traveling and the longing for home. But the beauty is that it does not write from the front, and always only writes about the autumn wind. At the end of the poem, although it introduces " "A solitary guest" only ends when he "smells" the autumn wind. As for his reflection on his journey, the word "first" is used to express it. As it is said, when the autumn wind blows against the trees in the garden, everyone can hear it at the same time, and there should be no distinction in order.
But Gu Ke was the only one who heard it "first". As you can imagine, he has special sensitivity to timing and phenology. And the reason why he is so sensitive. This is the explanation for "smell first". These comments all praised the conclusion for its twists and turns and implicit meaning, leaving readers with a depth to ponder. From the perspective of the whole poem, it must be said to be "inaudible" to blend in with its desolate and generous artistic conception and high-pitched and vigorous style. The two concluding sentences have similar content. One uses a curved pen and the other uses a straight pen, but each has its own unique charm. By contrast, one can understand the poetic method.
This poem uses scenery to express emotions. It mainly expresses the feeling of traveling and the longing for home. It shows that although the coming and going of the autumn wind is nowhere to be found, it is everywhere attached to it. The wind blows The trees are moving, the leaves are rustling, and the invisible autumn wind is clearly approaching the courtyard and reaching my ears.