"The spring breeze is green again on the south bank of the river. When will the bright moon shine on me again?" expresses the author's complex mood of missing his hometown in the spring when everything is revived. This poem comes from "Boancing Guazhou" by Wang Anshi, a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Original text:
Between Jingkou and Guazhou, there are only a few mountains between Zhongshan.
The spring breeze is green again on the south bank of the river. When will the bright moon shine on me again?
Translation: Standing at Guazhou Ferry, looking south, there is only the Yangtze River between Jingkou and Guazhou. Zhongshan, where I live, is hidden behind several mountains. The warm spring breeze once again blows green fields in the south of the Yangtze River. When will the bright moon shine on me back to my home at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain?
Extended information:
Creative background
"Boancing Guazhou" was written in Wang Anshi's late period, but the specific writing time has long been controversial. There are three main opinions:
1. In the first year of Xining (1068), Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi was called from Jiangning Prefecture to Beijing to serve as a Hanlin bachelor. He wrote this after passing through Guazhou.
2. In the seventh year of Xining (1074), the seventh year of Shenzong's Xining reign, Wang Anshi resigned from the capital and returned to Jinling for the first time, and he made it when he passed through Guazhou.
3. In the eighth year of Xining reign of Shenzong (1075), Wang Anshi paid homage to the prime minister for the second time. He made this work when he was passing through Guazhou from Jiangning to Beijing.
This is a famous lyrical poem, which expresses the poet's deep feelings of looking at the south of the Yangtze River and missing his hometown. Literally speaking, this poem expresses the nostalgia for one's hometown and the eagerness to cross the river to go home and reunite with relatives. In fact, between the lines there is also his strong desire to return to the political stage and implement the New Deal.
The poet looked back to the south of the Yangtze River. The earth was green. Of course, it was the spring breeze blowing green, but weren't the green seedlings the actual effect of the reform measures?
But officialdom is full of dangers. The poet looked at the Guazhou Ferry and the bright moon at Zhongshan, and sighed, "When will the bright moon shine on me again?" The poet wanted to leave right and wrong as soon as possible. The topsy-turvy officialdom, leaving that ugly and decaying place reflects the author's desire to return to his hometown where there are no conflicts of interest, and it has a lingering aftertaste. This poem not only expresses emotions through the scenery,
emotions are contained in the scenery, and the scenes blend together, but the narrative is also full of emotion, the realm is broad, and the style is fresh.
The most talked about thing is the rhetorical tempering
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