This is a poem about objects. It describes willows in early spring and February. In the poem, the willow is compared to an elegant beauty, vividly depicting the charming wind of slender willow swaying in the spring breeze. The spring breeze in February was compared to a pair of scissors by the poet, and those bright green willow leaves were carefully cut off.
The poet described the graceful posture of the newly sprouted willow, sincerely praised the magic of nature and expressed the poet's love for spring.
Lyrics of willow/willow branches
Tang Dynasty: He Zhangzhi;
Jasper dressed as a tree, hanging down ten thousand green silk tapestries.
Tall willows are covered with new green leaves, and soft willows hang down like ten thousand green ribbons fluttering gently.
I don't know who cut the thin leaves, but the spring breeze in February is like scissors.
Whose skillful hand cut off this thin young leaf? It turned out to be the warm spring breeze in February. It's like a pair of clever scissors.
Extended data
He (about 659-744) was a poet and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. Ji Zhen was born in Yongxing, Yuezhou (now Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang) in his later years. He was famous for his poems when he was young.
Wu Zetian won the second prize in Shengyuan year (695), awarded Guo Zi Simen Doctor and moved to Taichang Doctor. Later, he served as assistant minister of rites, secretary supervisor and prince guest.
He's poems are famous for quatrains. In addition to offering sacrifices to the gods and writing poems, his lyrical style of scenery writing is unique, leisurely, light and tasteful. The greatest success of his poems lies in reflecting and expressing the most essential things in social life, that is, human feelings and humanity, and writing a kind of emotion unique to human beings, such as two couples returning home.
He inherited and carried forward Chen Ziang's spirit of praising "Wei-Jin style", pursuing "Bi Xing" and promoting "human nature", boldly broke through the paradigm of object-chanting poetry advocated and practiced by Li Qiao in the early Tang Dynasty, and wrote a well-known immortal poem "Singing Willow".
Because of the affluent life, smooth official career and open-minded personality, there is no lament for cynicism and sad life experience in his poems. Even if disappointed, his tone is optimistic and open-minded, and his style is elegant, fresh and natural. He's poems are natural and vivid in feelings, unpretentious in language and unpretentious in carving. They come from life, from the bottom of my heart and have far-reaching artistic conception.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-He