Year: Tang Author: Bai Juyi Category: Four Wonders Category:
A sunset spread in the water, half a river rustled and half a river was red.
Cherish the night of September, dew is like a pearl and the moon is like a bow.
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Sunset spreads in the water? Half a river is rustling and half a river is red (2)
Poor (3) September 3rd night? Dewdrops are like real pearls, and the moon is like a bow.
Sunset: Sunlight about to fall.
(2) Rustle: bright green.
3 pity: love.
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.
The sonnet Ode to Mujiang is a masterpiece describing scenery. It was written on the way to Hangzhou in the second year of Changqing (AD 822). At that time, politics was dark, and the struggle between Niu and Li was fierce. The poet tasted the taste of being an official and asked to work abroad. This poem reflects the poet's relaxed and happy mood after leaving the court. The first two sentences describe the scenery on the river before sunset, when the sun sets and the water waves flicker. The last two sentences are written on the third night of September and the beginning of the new moon. Bend like a bow, the dew is crystal clear, and the evening scenery is like a meticulous painting. This poem is beautiful and fluent in language, fresh in style and vivid and meticulous.
Ode to Mujiang is one of Bai Juyi's "miscellaneous poems". The characteristic of these poems is to express their inner feelings truly and naturally by chanting sentence by sentence.