A seven-character quatrain "Boating in Guazhou" written by Wang Anshi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The whole poem is as follows:
Jingkou and Guazhou are just separated by a water, and Zhongshan has only a few heavy green mountains.
Jiang Nanan spring breeze is green, when will the bright moon shine on me?
The translation is as follows:
Standing at Guazhou Ferry, looking south, there is only one Yangtze River between Jingkou and Guazhou, and Zhongshan, where I live, is hidden behind several mountains.
The warm spring breeze once again blew the fields in the south of the Yangtze River green. When will the bright moon shine on me and return to my home at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain?
The first sentence in the poem reveals a relaxed and happy mood by writing that the distance between Jingkou and Guazhou is short and the speed of the ship is fast. In the second sentence, the poet looks back at Zhongshan where he lives and is reluctant to part; The third sentence describes the Jiangnan scenery full of spring; Finally, I ended in a questioning tone, emphasizing my yearning for my hometown again.
Extended data:
Creation background
Sailing in Guazhou was written in Wang Anshi's later period, but the exact time of writing has long been controversial. There are three main opinions:
1. In the first year of Xining, Song Shenzong (1068), Wang Anshi was called from Jiangningfu to Beijing as a bachelor of Hanlin, and obtained it after passing through Guazhou.
2. In the seventh year of Zong Xining (1074), Wang Anshi made his first attack when he returned to Jinling from Beijing and passed through Guazhou.
3. In the eighth year of Zong Shenxi Ning (1075), Wang Anshi visited China for the second time, entering Beijing from Jiangning and passing through Guazhou.
works appreciation
The poet stood at Guazhou Ferry and looked south. He saw that "Jingkou" and "Guazhou" on the south bank were so close, separated by a river. The word "one water sword" describes the rapid and instantaneous arrival of a ship.
In terms of time, it is already night. The poet looked back for a long time, unaware that the red sun was setting in the west and the bright moon was rising. Although the scenery on the other side disappeared in the dim moonlight, the attachment to Zhongshan deepened. He believed that he would jump into the old forest one day, so he expressed this idea in a rhetorical way at last.
The description of the scenery at the beginning of the poem is not only a metaphor, but also an exaggeration, which forms a strong contrast between the proximity of space and the length of time, which almost leads to the emotional generation of "when the moon shines on me" at the end, which is likely to be broken at first.
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