Tangwangxu
Riding a bike to visit the border and passing through Juyan County.
Pengpeng also floated out of Korea, and the geese heading north also flew into the sky.
The vast desert is lonely, and the Yellow River sets the yen.
When I arrived at the small pass, I met a spy waiting for the knight and told me that Dou Hu was in Yan.
[Edit this paragraph] Note
1. From Notes on Wang Youcheng's Collection. This poem was written by Wang Wei when he went to frontier fortress as a supervisor in the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737).
2. Ambassador: Ambassador.
3. Bicycle: a car, which is described here as not having many followers in this trip. Ask the border: check the border area.
4. Belonging to the country: In the Han Dynasty, it was called those attached ethnic minority areas.
5. Juyan: the name of the ancient county, in today's Zhangye North, Gansu.
6. Qian Peng: Erigeron, a metaphor for wandering travelers, generally refers to people who travel far away.
7. Solitary smoke: smoke emitted by the kitchen alone in the distance.
8. Returning to the wild goose: Because the season is spring and the wild geese fly north, it is called "returning the wild goose into the lake field". Hu Tian, this refers to the northwest region.
9. Desert: Great desert, here refers to the desert north of Liangzhou.
10. Long River: Yellow River (but some people think it's not the Yellow River, it's something else)
1 1. Xiaoguan: It was called Guan in ancient times, in the southeast of Guyuan, Ningxia.
12. Various ways
13. outward: floating outward.
12. Waiting for riding: reconnaissance and communication as cavalry.
13. Duhu: official name. Duhu is the highest official of Duhu House, referring to our envoys in Hexi.
14. Yanran: Yanran, now Mount Hang 'ai in Mongolia, stands for frontier defense.
[Edit this paragraph] Translation
Riding a bike to visit the border and passing through Juyan County.
Where does the light bus go? The mission is on the northwest border.
Pengpeng also floated out of Korea, and the geese heading north also flew into the sky.
Like a grass floating in the wind, it walks out of the border, and like a wild goose flying north, it enters the border.
The vast desert is lonely, and the Yellow River sets the yen.
A wisp of solitary smoke lit on the beacon tower rose into the sky in the vast desert, and the winding river set off the red sunset glow.
When I arrived at the small pass, I met a spy waiting for the knight and told me that Dou Hu was in Yan.
When I arrived at the frontier fortress, I only met the left-behind troops. It turns out that the defenders are at the front.
[Edit this paragraph] Key points
The desert is lonely and straight, and the long river sets the yen.
This sentence depicts the magnificent and unique scenery outside the Great Wall: a wisp of solitary smoke lit on the beacon tower rises to the sky in the vast desert, and the winding Yellow River sets off the residual red of the sunset. Straight, wrote the height of solitary smoke; Round, wrote a low sunset, with a very neat antithesis will be open and bright, magnificent scene described incisively and vividly.
The role of the word "big" shows the boundless desert, which has no starting point and no end point.
& lt 1 & gt； It depicts the strange and magnificent frontier scenery and the majestic momentum of the desert.
& lt2> conveys subtle inner feelings.
& lt3> has a hidden proportion, a rich artistic conception and a broad vision.
However, some people say that "the desert is lonely and straight" does not hold water. Because in the desert, when the smoke rises to a certain height, it will cross over, and if it meets the wind, it will definitely not fall. Even if there is no wind, the smoke will rise zigzag. Moreover, it is not accurate to say that "the long river falls into the yen", and there is a saying that "the long river falls into the yen". So these two sentences are the poet's imagination.
[Edit this paragraph] Appreciate
In the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737), Wang Wei was ordered to visit the Xihe Provincial Government to express his condolences to the soldiers. This poem was written by the poet on his way to Xihe. This is a travel poem. The poet went to the frontier fortress on the orders of the imperial court. This poem describes what he saw and felt on this trip.
The first two sentences explain the purpose and place of this trip, why this poem was written, and the place where it was written shows the vastness of the frontier fortress. "I want to ask over there" is the purpose of the task. "Bicycle" means that there are few followers and the festival specifications are not high. Poetry reveals frustration in the chronicle, which is triggered by the word "bicycle". The last sentence said that I had been to this special area of Juyan, which became the basis of the scenery described in the poem.
Three or four sentences contain multiple meanings. From the sentence of "returning to the wild goose", we can see that the time to go to the frontier fortress this time is spring. When the grass is ripe, the branches and leaves are dry, and the roots leave the earth and float with the wind, so it is called "signing the crown". This sentence is the poet's feeling of falling from the grass. When Cao Peng is mentioned in ancient poems, he mostly laments his own life experience. For example, Cao Zhi's miscellaneous poem (the second part) is called "Turning from the Root, Gone with the Wind", which is a famous example. "Going out to the Han Dynasty" in this poem just reflects the poet's itinerary. Moreover, these three words are very affectionate abroad, which deepens the feeling of occupation. When you leave your hometown, your feelings are always complicated, whether it is because of a difficult home, a difficult country to vote for, or a mission, as written in this poem. Regarding the poet's mission this time, he has been in a bad mood, which is different from Sima Xiangru's prestige and demeanor when he was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the early Han Dynasty and sent to the Southwest. The poet's frustration was related to the political struggle in the imperial court. Zhang Jiuling, the prime minister who has always attached importance to poets, was demoted to Jingzhou secretariat in April this year.
Poetry is written in contrasting expressions. "Zheng Peng" is in direct proportion to the poet, and "Returning to the Wild Goose" is in contrast to the poet. In spring, it is a good place for Yanbei to return to its old nest to raise chicks. Facing the desert sandstorm, the poet drifted to the Great Wall like a loose grass, and the situation was very different.
Five or six sentences describe the magnificent scene in the polishing of border crossings, with a broad realm and vigorous weather. This couplet consists of two paintings. The first picture is a lonely smoke in the desert. Being in the desert, the poet is presented with such a scene: the yellow sand is boundless and endless. Look up at the sky, there is not a cloud in the sky. Without vegetation, there is no travel. Looking from a distance, I saw a wisp of solitary smoke rising at the end of the sky, and the poet's spirit did it one brace up, as if this desert had a little vitality. It is a lighthouse, which tells the poet that this trip is about to reach its destination. The beacon smoke is a typical frontier fortress scene, and "solitude and straightness" highlights the atmosphere of frontier fortress. Judging from the composition of the picture. Adding a column of white smoke between the blue sky and the yellow sand becomes the center of the whole picture, which is the finishing touch. Kunya: "ancient fireworks, with wolf smoke, gather straight, although the wind is not oblique." Zhao Diancheng, a Qing Dynasty man, said: "Only when you see the scenery with your own eyes can you know the beauty of the word' straight'." This is from words.
The other is a sunset over a long river. This is a close-up shot. The poet stood on the hill overlooking the winding river. In the evening, the sunset lowered the river, and the river was sparkling. What a wonderful moment it is! The poet only quoted a word "circle", which accurately described the scenery characteristics of the sunset on the river. As a result of choosing such a perspective, the red sun suddenly enters and exits in the long river, adding to the magnificence of the river swallowing the sun and the moon, thus making the whole picture more magnificent.
The poet focused his pen and ink on what he was best at winning-writing landscapes. The author's mission takes place in spring. On the way, I saw a few lines of returning geese to the north. The poet made a metaphor on the spot, and compared himself with returning geese, which was both narrative and scenery-writing, which was natural and appropriate. In particular, the link of "lonely smoke in the desert, long river setting the yen" describes the strange and magnificent scenery outside the Great Wall after entering the frontier fortress. The picture is open and the artistic conception is magnificent, which is called "the wonders of the ages" by Wang Guowei. The frontier desert is boundless, so the word "big" of "desert" is used. The frontier fortress is desolate and wonders. The smoke lit by the beacon tower is particularly eye-catching, so it is called "solitary smoke". A word "solitary" describes the monotony of the landscape, and a word "straight" behind it also shows its strength and perseverance. There are no mountains and trees in the desert, and the Yellow River flowing through it cannot express the poet's feelings unless a word "long" is used. Sunset, originally easy to give people a sentimental impression, uses the word "round" here, but it gives people a feeling of warmth and boundless. The word "circle" and "straight" not only accurately describes the desert scene, but also shows the author's deep affection. The poet skillfully blends his loneliness into the description of the vast natural scenery. The forty-eighth chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions said: "The desert is lonely and straight, and the long river sets the yen." . How straight do you want to smoke? The sun is naturally round. The word' straight' seems unreasonable, and the word' round' seems too vulgar. When I closed the book and remembered, I seemed to have seen this scene. You have to look for two more words of these two, but you can't find two words. The advantage of "this is" poetry is indescribable, but it is vivid when you want to leave; "It seems unreasonable, and it is reasonable to want to go." This passage also reveals the superb artistic realm of these two poems.
Wang Wei
[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to the poet
Wang Wei (70 1-76 1), a famous poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, was famous and successful, with a high official, originally from Qi (now Qixian, Shanxi), moved to Yongji, Shanxi, believed in Buddhism and lived in Lantian in his later years. He is good at drawing figures, bamboos and landscapes. There are two kinds of landscapes recorded by the Tang people: one is similar to Li's father and son, the other is painted by breaking ink, and the latter is his masterpiece. Unfortunately, no original works have been handed down from generation to generation. The Snow Stream Map and Jinan Mansion handed down to him are not original works. Su Shi commented that "there are paintings in poetry; Look at the picture, there are poems in the picture. " He is a representative of the pastoral poetry school in Tang Dynasty. Kaiyuan Jinshi He served as Da Lecheng and You Shiyi. When An Lushan rebelled, he was forced to assume a false post. He has made great achievements in poetry and painting. Su Dongpo praised him for "painting in poetry and poetry in painting", especially for his achievements in landscape poetry. Together with Meng Haoran, they are called "Wang Meng". In his later years, he was careless about his official career and devoted himself to being a Buddha. Later, he was called "Shi Fo".
Wang Wei's creative talents are manifold. His five laws and five or seven words are the highest attainments, and he is also good at other subjects, which is quite prominent in the whole Tang Dynasty poetry circle. His seven laws are either rich and gorgeous, or beautiful and elegant, which were learned by the seven sons of the Ming Dynasty. Seven ancient poems, Peach Blossom, Old General and Answering My Brother with Cui Fu, are among the best among the seven ancient poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, with their scattered forms and erratic momentum. Prose also has excellent works. The Book of Mountains Pei Xiucai's Cuisine is beautiful, meaningful and poetic, which is similar to its landscape poetry style.
What Wang Wei lacks in concentration is those eulogizing and eulogizing poems, flattering chorus poems and works that directly promote Buddhism. Their content is not enough, and their language is full of cliches or boredom. However, there are also some famous sayings, such as "the leaves covered by the spring rain are in the double wind of the imperial city in the clouds" ("looking down in the spring rain during the process of adding pavilions from Xianshan Palace to Hehuang Poetry"), which are also praised for their high weather and meticulous objects. The illustrations of Wang Weishi's "Youth Journey" are selected from the Yazhai block-printed edition of the Ming Wanli Collection "Seven Words of Tang Poetry".
Writing background
In the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737), Cui, the deputy envoy of Hexi Festival, defeated Tubo greatly, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty ordered Wang Wei to go to the fortress as the censor to inspect the military situation. This is actually pushing Wang Wei out of court. This poem was written on the way to the border. The Ambassador to the Great Wall depicts the strange and magnificent scenery beyond the Great Wall, and shows the poet's praise for the patriotic spirit of the frontier guards who are brave in danger and lead the motherland. This poem is concise in narration and magnificent in picture.
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"I want to ask over there by bike", so I won't go by car. Where are you going? "The vassal country has passed Juyan", Juyan is in the northwest of Zhangye County, Gansu Province, far from the northwest frontier.
The poet compared Peng to Yan, saying that he came out of Han's fortress, like a blowing in the wind weed, and entered Hu's sky, like a wild goose flying north. In ancient poetry, flying over the eaves and walking over the wall is often used as a metaphor for a wandering wanderer, but here it is a metaphor for a minister with a court mission, who is secretly writing the poet's inner anger and depression. It echoes the "bicycle" in the first sentence. The trip to Wan Li took only ten words.
Then it describes the typical scenery in the desert: "The desert is lonely and straight, and the long river sets the yen."
The last two sentences are written to arrive at the frontier fortress: "Xiaoguan is protected in Yanran every time he rides a horse." When I arrived at the frontier fortress, I didn't see the general. The scouts told the special envoy that the general was at the front.
The poet focused his pen and ink on what he was best at winning-writing landscapes. The author's mission takes place in spring. On the way, I saw a few lines of returning geese to the north. The poet made a metaphor on the spot, and compared himself with returning geese, which was both narrative and scenery-writing, which was natural and appropriate.
[Edit this paragraph] Writing background
In the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737), Cui, the deputy envoy of Hexi Festival, defeated Tubo greatly, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty ordered Wang Wei to go to the fortress as the censor to inspect the military situation. This is actually pushing Wang Wei out of court. This poem was written on the way to the border.
[Edit this paragraph] Center
The Ambassador to the Great Wall depicts the strange and magnificent scenery beyond the Great Wall, and shows the poet's praise for the patriotic spirit of the frontier guards who are brave in danger and lead the motherland. This poem is concise in narration and magnificent in picture.