From "Moon on the West River·Walking on the Yellow Sand Road at Night" by Xin Qiji, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty
The bright moon scares the magpies on the branches, and the breeze blows the cicadas in the middle of the night. The fragrance of rice flowers tells of a good harvest, and the sound of frogs sounds.
Seven or eight stars are outside the sky, and two or three points of rain are in front of the mountain. In the old days, by the forest of Maodian Society, I suddenly saw a bridge over a stream when the road turned.
Translation:
The bright moonlight startled the perching birds and magpies, and they left the branches and flew away. In the late night when the breeze blows, the cicadas keep chirping. The fragrance of rice flowers is refreshing. Stop and listen to the sound of frogs, as if they are singing for people's harvest...
Look, you can occasionally see seven or eight stars in the sky, and in the blink of an eye, you are in front of the mountain. A few drops of rain fell. The heavy rain was coming, so he hurriedly took shelter, but he couldn't find the Maodian he had always been familiar with. When he ran to the corner of Xitou, the Maodian appeared in front of him.
"The fragrance of rice flowers means a good year, and you can hear the sound of frogs" Analysis:
These two sentences say that when the rice flowers are fragrant, you can only hear the sounds of frogs, as if to say that this year It is a good harvest year. It means that the sound of frogs accompanied by the fragrance of rice flowers indicates that a good harvest is in sight.
Listen: hear. One piece: connected as one, everywhere.
The sound of frogs is unintentional, but it seems to be a deliberate prediction of a good harvest. It embodies emotions in the scenery and is filled with the author's joy.
"The fragrance of rice flowers talks about a good year, and listens to the sound of frogs." Shifting people's focus from the sky to the fields shows that the poet is not only infiltrated by the soft taste of the yellow sand road at night, but also cares about the gentle breeze that hits his face. The fragrance of rice flowers fills the village and fields, and the fragrance of rice flowers reminds us of the coming harvest. At this time and place, the joy that the poet and the people breathe together is all expressed in words. The "fragrance" of the fragrant rice flowers not only describes the blooming rice flowers, but also expresses the sweetness in the poet's heart. The main subject of the harvest is not the commonly used magpie sound, but the sound of frogs. This is the originality of the poet and it is amazing. In the poet's mind, it is as if he can hear a group of frogs clamoring in unison in the rice fields, arguing about a good harvest. First tell the content of "said", and then add the source of "sound". It is the poet's creation to use the sound of frogs to talk about a good harvest.