Han Yu
There is a lot of silk in the sky above the avenue, which is as delicate and moist as butter. The grass is vaguely connected in the distance, but it looks sparse in the near future.
This is the most beautiful season of the year, far better than the late spring of the green willow.
Appreciate:
This little poem is addressed to Comrade Zhang Ji of the Ministry of Water Resources. Ranked eighteenth among brothers, so it is called "Zhang Eighteen". The style of poetry is fresh and natural, simple and colloquial. It seems dull, but it is by no means dull. Han Yu himself said, "Being poor is strange, and it becomes dull" (Send the teacher to john young). It turns out that his "insipid" is hard-won.
The wonderful sentence of the whole article is "the grass seems to be close, but it is not." Imagine: in early spring and February, in the north, when the ice is still hanging under the treetops and eaves, where is spring? Not even a shadow. But if it rains a little, the next day, you see, spring is coming. The foot of the rain in walk on by left the mark of spring, that is, the grass buds in early spring appeared. From a distance, it seems that there is a very pale green, which is the grass color in early spring. Watching, people's hearts are suddenly filled with happy business. However, when you look closely with infinite joy, the ground is sparse and extremely slender buds, but you can't see what color it is. The poet, like a talented ink painter, waved his wonderful pen full of water, vaguely emitting a hint of green, which is the grass color in early spring. From a distance, there are no more images, but when you get closer, you can't see them. This sentence "grass seems to be near, but it is not", which can be said that it is suitable for both far and near and vivid in the air.
The background of this color setting is a slender light rain falling on Tianjie (the street in the imperial city). Seeing the grass color through the rain adds a hazy beauty to the grass color in early spring. And the light rain is as wet as crisp. Crispy is cream. With such nutrients, can grass not be new? With such a background, can grass be beautiful?
Finally, the poet made a comparison: "It is definitely better than the smoke willow in the Imperial Capital". The poet thinks that the color of early spring grass is many times better than the scenery of the willow trees in the city. Because the grass color of "looking far but not near" is unique in early spring, it is fresh and moist, symbolizing the rejuvenation of the earth and the prosperity of Vientiane business. Where's the willow? It's time for a "willow pile of smoke", not to mention a "full" city, which is not rare. In late spring and March, the color is strong, but it is not so pleasing to the eye. Using contrast like this, unlike the general, is a double writing, in order to highlight the characteristics of spring scenery.
"Things are rare", and the color of spring grass in early spring is also very delicate. "There are no flowers in the Chinese New Year, and grass buds are first seen in February" (Chun Xue by Han Yu). This is a state of mind. Winter has passed, and the cold is still strong. I was surprised and happy when I suddenly saw this wonderful grass color. These pale greens were the only decorations on the earth at that time; However, at the end of spring, "grass knows spring" (Han Yu's "Late Spring"). At this time, people are not interested in seeing wicker, even if it is green, because it lacks that freshness.
So the poet reminded me at the turning point of the third sentence: "The most important thing is the benefits of spring." Yes, the plan of the year lies in spring, and the best part of spring is in early spring.
This poem praises the early spring, which can capture the soul of the early spring and give readers endless aesthetic interest, even surpassing painting. The poet has no crayons, but he paints a color that is extremely difficult to describe in poetic language-a pale color that seems to be absent. Without keen observation and superb poetry, it is impossible to refine the natural beauty of early spring into artistic beauty.
Background and introduction:
Han Yu (768-824) was a writer and philosopher in the Tang Dynasty. Return the word. People from Henan Province (now Meng County, Henan Province). The county looks at Changli, and the world is called Han Changli. In his later years, he served as assistant minister of the official department, also known as the Korean official department. Posthumous title "Wen", also known as Han Wengong. He lost his father at the age of 3 and was raised by his brother and sister-in-law. In the eighth year of Zhenyuan in Dezong (792), he was promoted to our time, and later served as the supervisor of Yushi and Yangshan. Xian zong acceded to the throne and became a doctor of the country. Later, he went through officials to the right illegitimate son of the prince. In the 12th year of Yuanhe (8 17), he put down the Yuanji rebellion in Huaixi Wu from Peidu and was promoted to assistant minister of punishments. In the 14th year of Yuanhe (8 19), Xian Zong welcomed the Buddha's bones into Da-nei and remonstrated with them, so he was demoted as the secretariat of Chaozhou. Move to Yuanzhou. Soon, he returned to North Korea and served as an official, son of the country and assistant minister of the official department. After Han Yu died in Chang 'an, he advocated strengthening political reunification and opposed the separatist regime in the buffer regions. Ideologically, he respected Confucianism and suppressed Buddhism, calling himself a descendant of Confucius and Mencius. He opposed the formalistic parallel prose since the Six Dynasties, vigorously advocated ancient prose, and led the ancient prose movement in the middle Tang Dynasty together with Liu Zongyuan. Han Yu was a famous essayist in Tang Dynasty. Su Shi called him "the decline of eight generations of literature" (Chaozhou Hanwen Gongci Monument). Han Yu's argumentative essays are extensive in content and eclectic in genre, such as The Original Road, Buddha's Bone Table, Teacher's Notes, Jin Xuejie, etc., with novel ideas, distinct viewpoints, boldness and frankness, and strong militancy. His epitaph Han creatively applies the biographical techniques of Zuo Zhuan and Shi Ji to the epitaph, creating a large number of vivid characters, adding luster to this always boring epitaph style, and some of his works have become excellent biographical literature, such as Liu Zihou's Epitaph. Preface to Farewell to Meng Dongye and Preface to Farewell to Dong Shaonan have their own advantages in techniques, which makes Preface to Farewell to Meng Dongye develop into a practical literary style. Books such as Answer to Cui Lizhi were opened because people made statements and they were sincere. Koreans are unrestrained, while Wang Yang is unrestrained, "like the Yangtze River, vast" (Su Xun's Ouyang Connotation Book). Profound conception, ingenious conception, concise language and creativity. His poems are also unique, innovative and long-lasting, making the past serve the present, adopting the style of prose poetry, which is magnificent, full of talent and whimsy, forming a unique style of extraordinary and magnificent, creating an important school after Li and Du Fu, and correcting the mediocre poetic style since Dali. His representative works include "Rocks" and "On the Mid-Autumn Festival to be divided into official posts". The Seven Laws "Moving Left to Lan Guan Xian's Grandnephew" and the Seven Unique Works "Zhang, Assistant Professor of the Ministry of Water Resources in Early Spring" are also well-known masterpieces. However, his excessive pursuit of novelty will inevitably lead to danger and strangeness, and his emphasis on "taking prose as poetry" will inevitably turn poetry into "rhyming literature" The Collected Works of Mr. Changli compiled by master Li Han has been handed down from generation to generation. Athena Chu Dialectics 500 compiled by Wei Zhongju in Song Dynasty contains 40 volumes of Mr. Changli's collected works, and Waiji 10 is relatively complete. Fang Shiju's Notes on the Chronology of Han Changli's Poems and Qian Zhonglian's Notes on the Chronology of Han Changli's Poems are better. For the deeds, see Biography of Old and New Books of Tang Dynasty.
When Han Yu wrote this poem, he was 56 years old and served as assistant minister of the official department. This is the biggest official he has ever worked in his life. Although it was not long (he died at the age of 57), he was in a good mood at this time. Not long ago, there was a rebellion in Zhou Zhen (now Zhengding, Hebei Province), and Han Yu was ordered to go to Fu Xuan to surrender the rebellion. Emperor Mu Zong was very happy. He was promoted from assistant minister of the Ministry of War to assistant minister of the official department. In literature, he has long been famous. He also made achievements in reviving Confucianism. Therefore, although the year is approaching, we are not sad because of the years, but welcome spring with great interest. "Light rain is crisp", which subtly expresses the unique joy of people living in the north to send away the cold and usher in early spring. "The grass is very close in the distance, but there is nothing" is a famous sentence that has always been praised. People who have noticed the changes in Yuan Ye in the northern spring have this feeling, and only Han Yu has created such vivid poems of prosperity. Huang Shucan's evaluation of this sentence in "Notes on 300 Poems of Tang Poetry" is: "The works are painted with great care, just as the painter colors them intentionally or unintentionally". The last two sentences contrast the prosperity of late spring and early spring, emphasizing that early spring is the best season of the year. Zhu Yizun's "On Korean Poetry" said: "The scenery is wonderful and the writing is wonderful."