It means: The wind and rain are making it dark, and the cock crows outside the window. How can I not feel happy when I see you in a stormy time?
Source excerpt "Guo Feng·Zheng Feng·Wind and Rain" - Anonymous·Pre-Qin Dynasty
The wind and rain are miserable, the cock crows and crows, and I see a gentleman. Yunhu Buyi?
The wind and rain are blowing, and the cock crows. Now that I've seen a gentleman, how can I not be confused?
The wind and rain are like darkness, and the cockcrow is endless. Now that I see a gentleman, Yunhu is not happy?
Vernacular translation: The wind is miserable, the rain is miserable, and the cock crows outside the window. How can I not feel relaxed and happy when I see you during the storm? The wind is blowing and the rain is blowing, and the sound of cockcrows is heard outside the window. When I see you during the storm, how can my heartache not be completely healed? The sky and earth were darkened by the wind and rain, and the cockcrow outside the window continued. How can I not feel happy when I see you in a stormy time?
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1. The creative background of "Guo Feng·Zheng Feng·Wind and Rain"
As for the background of this poem, ancient scholars mostly advocated "thinking about gentlemen" " said, while modern scholars mostly advocate the "couples reunited" theory or the "happy to see their lover" theory, believing that this poem was written by a woman waiting for her husband or lover.
2. Appreciation of "Guo Feng·Zheng Feng·Wind and Rain"
The poetic purpose of "Wind and Rain" may be about "reunion of husband and wife" or "happy meeting of lover"; In connection with the poetic realm, it is more reasonable to say it before. However, the theory of "thinking about the emperor in troubled times" proposed by Jingsheng in the Han Dynasty had a positive influence in later generations. "Preface to Mao's Poems" says: ""Wind and Rain" is about thinking about a gentleman. In troubled times, I think about a gentleman who does not change his temperament." Zheng Jian Shenfa said: "Xingzhi means that although a gentleman lives in troubled times, he does not change his temperament. . . . The rooster stops crowing because of the darkness. "
"Wind and rain" symbolizes troubled times, "rooster crows" symbolizes a gentleman who does not change his ways, and a "gentleman" means a "husband". Become a gentleman of high moral integrity and chastity. Although this is an attachment, it also has its textual basis. Because, "gentleman", in the era of "The Book of Songs", can be given to respectable, lovely, and amiable people, and the meaning is uncertain.
If you understand the line-drawing image of Futi as the symbolic image of Biti, you may have the association of "missing you in troubled times"; and if you understand the natural scene of "stormy and dark", it can be understood as a dangerous life situation. Or the turbulent social environment also conforms to aesthetic laws. Therefore, many scholars and gentlemen in later generations often thought that even though they were in a situation where "the wind and rain are as dark as darkness", they still had to "continuously crow" to encourage themselves.