The hymn of Twilight River
Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
A sunset gradually sank into the river, half green and half green.
The loveliest thing is the ninth day of September. The bright pearl's bright crescent moon is shaped like a bow.
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A sunset gradually sank into the river, and the river was half green and half brilliant red.
The loveliest thing is the night on the third day of September, which is as bright as pearls and crescent as a bow.
To annotate ...
(1) Poems written by the river at dusk. Yin, a form of ancient poetry.
(2) Sunset: the light of sunset. Also refers to the sunset glow.
⑶ se se: The original meaning is bright blue treasure, and here it means bright green.
(4) poor: cute. September 3 rd: the third day of the ninth lunar month.
5. Zhenzhu: Pearl. The moon is like a bow: on the third day of the ninth lunar month, the first quarter moon bends into a bow.
Sentence solution
A sunset is spreading in the water, half a river is rustling and half a river is red;
In the evening, the poet captured two different colors on the river under the setting sun, and used microwave to sparkle and change the color, showing the gorgeous scene of the river.
The meaning of this poem is: in the evening, the sunset is about to set and gently sprinkle on the river. The river looks bright red under the setting sun, but the green waves are rolling on it.
Poor September third night, dew is like a real pearl, a bow;
Here, the poet compresses the two scenes of heaven and earth in his poems, and creates a harmonious and quiet artistic conception of autumn night by describing the visual images of "dew" and "moon".
The meaning of this poem is: how lovely this night is on the third day of September. Dewdrops on the grass stems and leaves on the shore are like rare pearls, and a crescent moon rises like a delicate bow.
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Ode to Mujiang is one of Bai Juyi's "miscellaneous poems". The unique conception of the whole poem lies in the integration of two beautiful natural scrolls. One is the gorgeous scene of the sunset reflected on the river, and the other is the hazy night when the crescent moon rises and the dew is crystal clear; Both have their own beautiful scenery, and it is even more wonderful to read them together. The poet appropriately added metaphors to his poems to make the scenery more vivid. Because this poem permeated the relaxed and happy liberation mood and personality of the poet after he left the court voluntarily, the whole poem became the artistic carrier of the poet's aesthetic psychological function in a specific situation.
The first two sentences describe the river in the sunset, "a sunset spreads in the water." The setting sun shines on the river, but it says "spread" instead of "take pictures" This is because the "sunset" is very close to the horizon, almost touching the ground, and it really looks like it is "paved" on the river. The word "shop" also appears euphemistic and gentle, describing the unique softness of the autumn sunset and giving people a cordial and leisurely feeling. "Half the river is rustling, half the river is red", the weather is clear and windless, the river flows slowly, and the river is slightly rippled; The part that receives more light shows "red"; Where there is little light, there is dark blue. The poet grasped the two colors on the river, but showed the scene that the river was sparkling at dusk and the light color changed rapidly under the irradiation of sunset. The poet was intoxicated and put his happiness in the description of the scenery.
The last two sentences describe the night scene when the new moon rises, and the poet lingers until the early moon rises, the cool dew falls, and a better realm is displayed in front of him; The poet leaned down and saw the grass by the river covered with crystal dew. Dewdrops on the green grass are inlaid on the green grass like pearls. With the metaphor of "real pearl", not only the roundness of dew is written, but also the luster of dew shining under the new moon. The poet looked up again and saw a crescent moon Ran Ran rising, just like a delicate bow hanging in the blue sky. The poet condensed the two wonders of heaven and earth into a poem-"The dew is like a real pearl, and the moon is like a bow". From a crescent moon bent like a bow, the author remembered that it was "the third night of September", and could not help but blurt out his lovely praise for it, expressing his feelings directly, pushing his feelings to a climax and causing waves in his poems.
Through the description of the two visual images of "dew" and "moon", the poet created a harmonious and quiet artistic conception, and used such novel and ingenious metaphors to describe and color nature in detail, describe the capacity, draw the shape, and show readers a wonderful picture; There seems to be a lack of time connection between describing the sunset river and praising the moon dew, but the night on the third day of September is invisibly connected with time, and it is connected with dusk, dew and the moon, which means that the poet enjoys it from dusk to the moon and contains the poet's love and love for nature.
In addition, the issue of time in this poem is also worthy of readers' attention. There are three different "times" in Mujiang Song. Through the above analysis, the first two sentences of Ode to Mujiang were written before sunset (briefly) or at sunset; The last two sentences are mainly written after sunset (short time), that is, dusk; The last two sentences also lead to a period of time in the evening. This is completely in line with the author's viewing order, that is, the author saw the sunset before sunset, the moon like a bow after sunset, and the dew like a real pearl at night. Most materials think that "the moon is like a bow" and "the dew is like a pearl" are seen by the author at the same time at night, writing in the sky before and writing underground after. In fact, this is because of the lack of common sense of astronomy and meteorology, ignoring the "time difference" between two natural phenomena. As mentioned above, the author can only see "the third day of September" and "the moon is like a bow" shortly after sunset. At this time, because the sun has just set, the heat lost on the ground is not much, and the cool dew has not yet formed; By the time the night is "like a real pearl", the moon like a bow has sunk below the western horizon.