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Source: Cui Hu's "South Village of Capital" in Tang Dynasty.
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Original text:
Last spring, in this door, the girl's face contrasted with the peach.
Today, I came here again. I don't know where the girl went. Only the peach blossoms are still there, smiling in full bloom in the spring breeze.
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Translation:
At this time last year, through this door, I saw that beautiful face and peach blossom matched each other and blushed.
When I come here again today, the beautiful scenery has disappeared, and only peach blossoms are still in full bloom with smiles.
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Precautions:
Capital: The capital refers to Chang 'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
Face: refers to the girl's face. The third sentence "human face" refers to girls.
I don't know: one is "today". Go: write "existence".
Laughter: Describe peach blossoms in full bloom.
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Creative background:
The specific writing time of this poem is unknown. Cui Hu met a beautiful girl in the southern suburbs of Chang 'an after failing the Jinshi exam in Chang 'an, and revisited the girl in Tomb-Sweeping Day the following year, so he wrote this poem. This record is legendary, and its authenticity is difficult to be confirmed by other historical materials.
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Appreciate:
The whole poem consists of four sentences, including two identical and mutually reflecting scenes.
The first two sentences of this poem are memories. Last year today, this door pointed out the time and place, which is very specific, showing how profound and unforgettable the memory of this time and place left in the poet's heart. The second sentence is about writing people. The poet came up with an image that is still familiar to people-peach blossom. Everyone knows how gorgeous the peach blossoms are in the spring breeze, but the "human face" can "reflect" that the peach blossoms are particularly red, and the beauty of "human face" can be imagined; Moreover, the already beautiful "human face" is more youthful and beautiful against the bright red peach blossoms. A dazzling "red" word, it is strongly rendered this scene and atmosphere. Faced with this peach blossom picture with rich colors, youthful glow and two beautiful faces, it goes without saying that the girl's look and beauty, as at present, are her modality, the poet's heart, the love and excitement hidden in each other's hearts, and can also be "imagined".
The next part is about the season of warm spring in bloom, or the pass where flowers and trees are sparse and peach trees are hidden. However, the "human face" that adds luster to all this has gone nowhere, and only a peach blossom in front of the door is still smiling in the spring breeze. The association of spring breeze peach blossom laughter comes from "peach blossom and human face reflect red" On this day last year, the girl I met unexpectedly standing under the peach tree must have a deep smile; Today's peach blossom, with a sad face and a smile, can only arouse the feeling of good memories of the past and the absence of good times. The word "return" contains infinite disappointment.
In fact, the whole poem takes "human face" and "peach blossom" as the running clues, and through the comparison between "last year" and "today", the poet's feelings caused by these two different experiences are expressed in a tortuous way. Contrast and thinking play an extremely important role in this poem. Because it is written in the memory of the beautiful things that have been lost, the memory is particularly precious, beautiful and full of feelings, which is a vivid description of "peach blossoms set each other off"; It is precisely because of such beautiful memories that I feel particularly disappointed to lose something beautiful, so I have the feeling that "people don't know where to go, but peach blossoms still smile proudly in the spring breeze".
Judging from the storyline, this is an impromptu poem, which seems to give people only two simple pictures-a face set against the peach blossom and a peach blossom after the face is gone. However, because the activities of the characters run through it, and because of the contrast and contrast between the pictures, the peach blossoms in the picture and the poets outside the picture skillfully show the occurrence, development and ups and downs of the characters' feelings, such as first meeting, lovesickness after parting, affectionate revisiting and unexpected disappointment. , all of which are expressed implicitly or in situ. The whole poem is naturally muddy, like a clear spring gushing from the bottom of my heart, clear and mellow, which makes people memorable.
"Seeking Beauty in Spring" and "Seeking Nothing Again" can be written as narrative poems. The author didn't write it like this, but it just shows that Tang people are more accustomed to feeling the events in life with the eyes and feelings of lyric poets.
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About the author:
Cui Hu (772-846) was born in Boling (now Dingzhou, Hebei Province) in the Tang Dynasty. His life story is unknown, and he is a poet in the Tang Dynasty. In 796 AD (twelfth year of Zhenyuan), he ascended the throne (Jinshi Ji). In 829 (the third year of Taihe), he was a Jing, and in the same year he was an ancient scholar and an ambassador to Guangnan. His poetic style is concise and graceful, and his language is extremely fresh. There are six Poems of the Whole Tang Dynasty, all of which are excellent works. Among them, the title "Chengnan Village" is the most widely circulated, with high popularity and good reputation. This poem tells the same life experience that thousands of people in Qian Qian experienced with a seemingly simple life experience, which won the poet an immortal title.