Liu Han’s poem on the Beginning of Autumn is as follows:
The Beginning of Autumn
(Song Dynasty) Liu Han
The crows of breasts scattered across the jade screen, and a new pillow appeared Get some cool air.
When I wake up from sleep, I can’t find the sound of autumn, but the full moon shines in the sycamores.
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This poem describes the poet's nuanced feelings at the turn of summer and autumn. It seems that as soon as the beginning of autumn arrives, nature changes its appearance, and people's lives also undergo significant changes. The sense of season is very strong, the situation of the whole poem closely follows the title of the poem, and the conception is very clever. The whole spirit of this poem lies in the word "find". Write a hazy, melancholy and helpless mood.
The first sentence describes the changes in the scenery in the evening. At first, the little crows were still crows on the branches or on the eaves. When it gets dark, the crows return to their nests, and the crows can no longer be heard. Crows have the characteristic of nesting in groups, so in the evening, crows crow more frequently. Old crows don't like to crow very much, and their crows are rough and unpleasant to hear.
The milk crow prefers to call, and its voice is softer and not unpleasant to hear. In the evening, the calligraphy and painting on the jade screen can still be seen more clearly. When it gets dark, the calligraphy and painting on the jade screen are invisible and appear empty. Of course, the crows could not be heard and the calligraphy and paintings on the jade screen could not be seen, so the room seemed quiet and empty.
The second sentence describes the poet's feelings when he was lying on the bed and fanning himself. Fanning in summer did not feel very cool because the air temperature was relatively high. The fan blows at the beginning of autumn, and it feels particularly cool, because autumn has arrived and the air temperature is also lower. The word "Xin" in "Xin Liang" expresses this change. Of course, there are also psychological factors at play in this qualitative change in feeling.
Three sentences describe the process of the autumn wind blowing from strong to stopping at night. At first I heard the autumn wind blowing the grass and trees making a whining sound, but after I got up I couldn't hear any sound at all. Getting up to look for the sound of autumn shows that the poet is very concerned about the arrival of autumn.
The last sentence was written in the bright moonlight. Seeing the steps covered with sycamore leaves, the poet finally clearly saw the footsteps of autumn. Because the air is crisp and clear in autumn, the autumn moon is particularly bright. Because the sycamore is a deciduous tree with wider leaves, it makes people think that the sycamore loses its leaves earlier and more conspicuously.
The biggest feature of this poem is that it describes the changes in nature at the turn of summer and autumn. Some changes are obvious, such as "the steps are full of Wuye" and the so-called "one leaf falls and the world knows autumn". Some changes are not very obvious. For example, the first sentence can be judged by the sound to be from "Milk Crow", and the second sentence describes that the wind fanned by the fan at the beginning of autumn is particularly cool. This all reflects that the poet is particularly sensitive to changes in things and has a particularly detailed observation and experience of life.