Dynasty: Southern Song Dynasty poet: Zhu
As soon as the half-acre square pond is opened,
The sky is full of clouds and shadows.
How can the canal be so clear?
Because there is inexhaustible living water for it.
Reflections on Reading (Part Two)
Dynasty: Southern Song Dynasty poet: Zhu
Last night, the river was full of springs.
This huge ship is a dime a dozen.
Always in vain,
This is a day of freedom.
(In ancient Chinese, "dragon" can also be used as "Meng Chong")
[Edit this paragraph] Translation and comments
Note 1. Fangchi, also known as Banmu Pool, is located in Zhengfu (later called Nanxi Academy) in the south of Youxi, Fujian. Song, the father of Zhu, made friends with Zheng, so he tasted the poem "Drunk in Zheng Villa": "Open a mirror. The sheep are flying, and they are willing to be satisfied with the spring breeze. "
2. Canal: It. Refers to the water in the square pond.
3. so clear: so clear.
4. For: Because. The light in the sky and the shadow of clouds are reflected in the pool water, constantly changing, just like people wandering.
③ Canal: pronoun, here refers to Tang Fang. : Like this. 5.4. How come: How come. Such a big warship. As light as a feather.
5 swords: mirror
People always think that the learned Zhu is expressing the truth of reading and learning, which is really a model of misunderstanding and misreading through the ages. Quite simply, the so-called' book' refers to' calligraphy' rather than' books'. And' reading' is' reading method'. Zhu likes calligraphy very much and is quite accomplished. Two poems, Reading Random Thoughts, describe his vivid feelings of observing and evaluating calligraphy works.
Poetry translation of my reading experience (I);
Calligraphy square
Explanation:
The pond, half an acre square, looks like a mirror.
The brilliance of the sky and the shadow of floating clouds entered the pond and kept shaking.
Why is the water in that square pond so clear?
Because water keeps flowing out from the source, it becomes living water (:that lies in the writer's constant injection of artistic inspiration)!
Comments: Poetry has profound meaning. The vivid metaphor of enriching the inspiration of calligraphy art from the source is the real inexhaustible source of calligraphy art works, which expounds the author's unique reading experience, conforms to the characteristics of calligraphy art creation and embodies the essence of general art creation.
Poetry translation of "reading comprehension" (Ⅱ);
Navigation in the spring tide
Last night, the river was in high tide.
This ship is as light as a feather.
It takes a lot of push and pull to keep driving.
Today, I can drift freely in the middle of the river.
Comments: Judging from the metaphor of "the great ship", perhaps Zhu commented on the creation of big characters in the list. The moral of this poem is also profound. A rising tide lifts all boats, and you can travel freely. It is a vivid metaphor that once the artistic creation of calligraphy is inspired, the style of writing can become smooth at once. This is not only an essential process of calligraphy art, but also an important essence of general artistic creation. Of course, this poem can also be understood from another angle, that is, Zhu saw the concise and vivid skills of calligraphy works and tasted the artistic truth that practice makes perfect.
Attachment: Zhu's calligraphy works
Zhuxi calligraphy
[Edit this paragraph] Appreciation and extension
This is an artistic and philosophical poem. When people taste calligraphy, they often have an artistic feeling of flying high. In poetry, this inner feeling is transformed into a tangible image through symbolic means, so that readers can understand the mystery themselves. The so-called "flowing water from the source" refers to the inexhaustible artistic inspiration in the writer's heart.
(2) This is also a poem that uses imagery to reason. Taking boating as an example, readers can appreciate the truth related to the art of calligraphy. The poem says that when the boat was shallow, it was futile for everyone to push the boat hard, but when the spring water soared, it floated freely in the current. The poem highlights the importance of a night of spring water, aiming to emphasize the generation of artistic inspiration, which is enough to make artistic creation smooth and comfortable. It can also be understood that artistic creation needs basic skills, and then practice makes perfect, so you can control it freely.
The truth contained in the two poems "Reading Comprehension" belongs to the category of aesthetic principles. The reasoning angle of one poem is to appreciate beauty, and the reasoning angle of the other two poems is to create beauty. This aesthetic principle has certain universality. For example, if the description object of poetry itself is abandoned, this truth can be completely extended. For example, if "book" is understood as "book", the contents of books generally do not include medical books, philosophy books, history books, science books and so on. Instead of reflecting the beauty of literature and art in poetry, songs, prose and other literary contents, it can also be considered that "flowing water from the source" expresses "inexhaustible literary thoughts" and "one-night spring tide" expresses "generate's literary thoughts"
[Edit this paragraph] The feeling of reading Random Thoughts
I am an amateur who studies calligraphy, and I also like to write ancient poems.
Occasionally I see children's enlightenment books in the supermarket, and when I am bored, I flip through them, including this poem, introducing that reading and learning are the truth of educating people. I can't help but be surprised: this is not a book, but obviously calligraphy! Later, I made a special investigation and found that these two poems of Zhu have been misunderstood and misread. I really don't know how his old man will feel when he knows this situation underground.
Zhu's calligraphy attainments are profound and his works are exquisite. Through these two poems, it shows that the author is not only good at writing and creation, but also good at appreciation and evaluation, and calligraphy theory has a high level. This fully shows that a good artist, without a profound theoretical and aesthetic foundation, is difficult to reach a superb level.
Therefore, sometimes, anyone can make a small mistake and never change it after a hundred generations. And such mistakes are more than one or two in today's society! And people are actually smugly continuing to teach the wrong things to the next generation of children. Come to think of it, it's really a little sad.
Therefore, you can be confused in life and be absolutely meticulous in academics!
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