Yechi
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"Yechi" is a poem from the Tang Dynasty. The genre is Qijue and the author is Wang Jian.
Title of work
Wild Pool
Foreign language title
The wild pool?
Creation year
Tang Dynasty
Literary Genres
Qijue
Author
Wang Jian
Contents
1?Basic information
2?Original text of the work
3?Analysis
4?Annotations
5?Poetry interpretation< /p>
6? Introduction to the author
Basic information
Name of the work Yechi
Original text of the work
Yechi
The wild pond is full of water and even reaches the autumn embankment, and the water chestnuts are strong and the pu leaves are in full bloom.
The rain and wind in Kawaguchi have stopped, and dragonflies are flying up and down to catch fish.
Analysis
The poem uses "wild pond" as the description object. The first and second sentences describe the scene of the pond overflowing with water and the plants bearing fruit and flourishing. The poem "The dragonfly flies up and down to fish" expresses the author's yearning for a free and leisurely life.
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Dike: A high bank built with earth and stone to block water.
Linghua: the flower of water chestnut. Emperor Wen of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty wrote in his poem "The Watermelon Picking Song": "The water chestnut flowers have fallen back to their buds, and the mulberry girls have given up new silkworms." Yu Dafu's "Car Passing Linping" poem: "The clear stream is undulating with water chestnut flowers, and the sparse birds in the yellow-leaf forest are dreaming lightly."
Pu: A perennial herbaceous plant that grows in ponds and swamps, nearly two meters high. The rhizomes grow in mud and are edible. The leaves are long and pointed, and can be used for weaving mats and making fans. They bloom with yellow flowers (also known as "cattails") in summer
Kawakou: the mouth of the river. Tang Du Mu's poem "The Emperor in the Past": "The embankment of Kawaguchi was broken, and the ghost carriage was lifted."
Interpretation of the poem
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The poem starts with "Wild Pond" To describe the object, the first and second sentences describe the scene of the pond overflowing and the plants bearing fruit and flourishing. The poem "The dragonfly flies up and down to fish" expresses the author's yearning for a free and leisurely life. The pond in the wild is full of water and has reached the river bank in autumn.
The water chestnuts are bearing fruits and the vegetation is lush.
The rain has passed and the wind has stopped at the mouth of the river.
Dragonflies and fish live freely.
Express the author’s yearning for a free life
About the author
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Wang Jian (768-827), courtesy name Zhongchu, Yingchuan (now Xuchang, Henan). Jinshi in the tenth year of Dali. He was awarded the title of Weinan Wei, and was transferred to Zhaoying County. Later he returned to Chengyangyuan. Shigongyuefu is as famous as Zhang Ji. The hundred "Gong Ci" he wrote are unique. In addition to the traditional theme of palace resentment, he also extensively describes the affairs of the palace. There are four poems from "Tiaoxiao Ling" that are preserved today, and they have a long and sad feeling. There is "Wang Sima Collection".