Original text:
Exploring Spring
Song Dynasty: Huang Shu
In the snow, you can still get drunk and fall plum blossoms, so you can prepare cups and wait for spring.
The east wind tries a new knife and ruler, and thousands of leaves and flowers can be cut with one hand.
The fallen plum blossoms reflect the snow, and the moss-covered branches are adorned with jade. It’s a unique sight that can still make people intoxicated. I arranged the dishes and utensils and waited for spring to come.
The east wind tries a new knife and ruler, and thousands of leaves and flowers can be cut with one hand.
Ah, soon, Dongfeng will hold a knife and ruler and carefully cut out the red flowers and green leaves of spring.
Comments:
Falling plum blossoms can still be seen in the snow, so it’s a good idea to set up a cup and wait for spring.
Cups: refers to drinking utensils.
The east wind tries a new knife and ruler, and thousands of leaves and flowers can be cut with one hand.
Knife and ruler: a tool for cutting clothes.
Appreciation:
This is the season of early spring, with heavy snowfall, just like a severe winter. Although the wintersweet has begun to wither, the fallen plum blossoms reflect the snow, and the moss-covered branches are adorned with jade. The unique scene can still make people intoxicated. It is just the right time to arrange the cups and plates to welcome the message of spring. In the quatrain "Exploring Spring", Huang Shu paints a picture of early spring with the first two sentences and expresses his yearning for spring. The sentence "You can still get drunk with falling plum blossoms in the snow" makes people imagine the scene of "falling plum blossoms in the snow"; "You can still" shows that although the flowers have not sprouted, there are still fallen plum blossoms that are worthy of drunken appreciation. The sentence "Have a good camp and wait for spring to come" is a supplementary narration and a preparation for "drunk", showing a burst of interest. The word "Plum Blossoms Fall" actually implies the meaning of the flute song "Plum Blossoms Fall". The author was obviously inspired by Jiang Zong's poems such as "Drinking with golden jakes to stimulate the jade pillars, and singing and dancing under the fallen plum trees" and Xu Ling's "Living cup with falling plum trees". The mood of the falling plum blossoms and golden jakes and the picture of flying snow welcoming the spring are integrated into one A new artistic conception.
The third and fourth lines of the poem inherit the meaning of the first couplet of "waiting for spring to come", expand the rich imagination, and paint a vibrant picture of spring. "The east wind tries a new knife and ruler, thousands of leaves and flowers can be cut with one hand", which uses the expression techniques and ideas of the Tang Dynasty, such as "I don't know who cuts the thin leaves, the spring breeze in February is like scissors" by He Zhizhang, "Gou Mang Palace" by Xu Ning The trees have bloomed first, and the pistils and qiong flowers are cut in the bucket." Wen Tingyun's "The distant water is slanting like a shear, and the green grass is as green as a shear." These poems that describe spring scenery all personify the "east wind" and give it a magical power. Scissors carefully cut out the red flowers and green leaves of spring, showing the power of spring breeze. The conception of Huang Shu's two sentences has its own unique features: first, it is reflected in the use of the word "Bian", which means "benevolent", which means being familiar with it, which means being proficient and comfortable. "Try the new knife and ruler" shows that "Dongfeng" uses the "knife and ruler" to cut the beautiful spring scenery every year and has become a skilled craftsman. Although this year is the first trial, he has shown his skills and is definitely extraordinary; secondly, it is reflected in the use of the word "新" Above, the word "new" highlights the beginning of the new year, and only the "new" knife and ruler can cut out a new atmosphere. Moreover, this word "new" also shows a subtle intention that is different from the familiar "knife and scissors" in Tang poetry. The sentence "Thousands of leaves and thousands of flowers are cut with one hand" is the highlight of the whole poem. "Ten thousand leaves and thousands of flowers" is a pun. It is not only the strange scenery like the "pearl-shaped flowers" described in Xu Ning's "Early Spring Song of Snow", but also the imaginary spring scene of hundreds of flowers blooming. The three words "one-hand cutting" are full of appreciation for the creation of the God of Spring.
This is an impromptu poem describing a scene. Strictly speaking, it just expresses the poet's leisurely mood. The poem is filled with an emotion of joy and surprise: surprise at the strange scenery of early spring with white snow and falling plum blossoms, surprise at the emergence of the breath of spring, surprise at the renewal of thousands of leaves and thousands of flowers after seeing the plum blossoms fall. The word "exploration" in the title of the poem expresses a kind of pursuit and joy. The style of the whole poem is fresh: the ice-clear scene, the fragrant and intoxicating aroma of wine, the spring breeze ushered in by the snow, and the pleasant and pleasant mood. This is the artistic conception, this is the unique beauty of this poem.