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Lakeside temple at dawn
Yang Wanli [Song Dynasty]
It is the scenery of the West Lake in June, which is really different from other seasons.
Lotus leaves will not turn green the next day, and lotus flowers are particularly bright red in the sun.
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What is the scenery of the West Lake in June? The scenery is very different from other seasons.
The dense lotus leaves spread out layer by layer, and the endless green seems to be connected with the sky. The lotus in the sun is particularly bright and red.
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Xiao: The sun has just risen.
Jingci Temple: The full name is "Jing Ci 'en Guangxiao Temple". Lingyin Temple is two famous Buddhist temples in Nanbei Mountain of West Lake in Hangzhou.
Lin Zifang: the author's friend, secretary of the cabinet in the official residence.
After all: finally.
Mid-June: June.
Four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. This refers to other seasons except June.
Same: same.
Connect with the sky: just like connecting with the sky.
Infinite: boundless. Infinite blue: because the lotus leaf is very wide, it seems to be connected with the sky, so it is infinitely green.
Reflect the sun: the sun reflects.
Difference: Song Dynasty proverb, special, different.
Another kind of red: red is particularly prominent.
Creation background
Lin Zifang and the poet are like-minded and regard each other as bosom friends. Later, Lin Zifang was transferred from the emperor's side to work in Fuzhou, and the position was well known. Lin Zifang is very happy and thinks that she is a career promotion. Yang Wanli doesn't think so. When sending Lin Zifang to Fuzhou, he wrote this poem to persuade Lin Zifang not to go to Fuzhou.
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The poet painted a colorful picture for readers with sentences full of strong color contrast: "Lotus leaves are infinite in the sky, and lotus flowers reflect different colors in the sun." These two sentences describe "after all" different landscape pictures in detail: with the lotus leaf extending to the end of the lake and the blue sky merging together, an "infinite" artistic space is created and endless blue is drawn; On this blue background, the lotus reflected by the sun is lit, so beautiful and bright. "Infinitely blue" lotus leaves in the sky and lotus flowers reflecting "different colors of red" in the sun can be seen not only in spring, autumn and winter, but also in the most vigorous summer of mid-June. The poet captured the unique scenery of this midsummer and summed it up very aptly. This transformation in the sketch, although ups and downs, has no sense of suddenness. The seemingly dull pen and ink presents an evocative artistic situation for readers.
Brief introduction of the author
Yang Wanli (112710/October 29th-1June 2006 15), whose real name was Ting Xiu, was called. Jishui, Jizhou (now Tang Qiu Village, huangqiao town, Jishui County, Jiangxi Province). Famous poets and ministers in the Southern Song Dynasty, together with Lu You, You Mao and Fan Chengda, are called "Four Poets of Zhongxing". Scholars call Song Guangzong "Mr. Chengzhai" because he wrote the word "Chengzhai". Yang Wanli wrote more than 20,000 poems in his life, and 4,200 works were handed down from generation to generation. He is regarded as a generation of poets. He used simple language, fresh and natural, full of humor, and created a "sincere style". Most of Yang Wanli's poems describe natural scenery and are good at it. He also has many chapters reflecting people's sufferings and expressing patriotic feelings. He is the author of Zhai Chengji and so on.