source: don He Zhizhang's
[ translation] I don't know who cut the willow leaves. It turns out that the spring breeze in February is like scissors in the hands of a skillful craftsman.
[ Appreciation] These two sentences are a hymn to the biochemical things in nature. The spring breeze, which is as clever as scissors, cuts out the green willows and puts new makeup on the earth, which is a symbol of natural vitality and gives people beautiful enlightenment. In the Song Dynasty, Mei Yaochen's poem "Dongcheng Sending and Judging Machayuan" said: "The spring breeze is as clever as scissors, cutting the willows first and then the apricots." The poem "Liu" by Jin Nong in Qing Dynasty says: "It is good to be born in countless ways. Who says scissors win the spring breeze?" All of them are transformed from this. Zhou Xing's Poem of Tang Poetry in the Qing Dynasty said that it was "sharp and clever, but it was not carved", that is to say, it was a metaphor for novelty, but its language was natural and there was no artificial trace.
[ Original] Jasper is decorated as a tree with ten thousand green silk tapestries hanging down. I don't know who cut the thin leaves, but the spring breeze in February is like scissors.
Note
(1) Willow: willow, deciduous tree or shrub with long and narrow leaves and many kinds. This poem describes weeping willows.
(2) Jasper: turquoise jade. Here is a metaphor for the bright green willow leaves in spring.
(3) make-up: decorate and dress up.
(4) a tree: full of trees. One, full, full. In China's classical poems and articles, the use of quantifiers does not necessarily mean the exact number. The "ten thousand" in the next sentence means a lot.
(5) Tapestry: a rope made of silk. Silk tapestry: describes a silk ribbon-like wicker.
[6] cutting: cutting, dividing an object into several parts with a knife or scissors.
(7) February: February of the lunar calendar is the early spring season.
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Introduction
This poem uses the willow to sing about the spring breeze, comparing it to scissors, saying that she is the creator of beauty and praising her for cutting out the spring. The poem is filled with people's joy in early spring. The novelty and appropriateness of analogy and metaphor are the success of this poem. "Annotations to Tang Poetry" says: "The things are wonderful and the meaning is gentle."
This is an object-chanting poem, which is about the willow in early spring and February.
where should I start writing about willows? There is no doubt that the beauty of its image lies in Naman's long branches. Once a year, it grows new green leaves, which are drooping and have a charming attitude in the spring breeze. This is something that everyone can appreciate. In classical poetry, we often see this kind of image beauty to describe and compare the slim figure and graceful waist branch of a beautiful woman. This poem is original. Turn it over. "Jasper is dressed as a tree height", at the beginning, Yangliu appeared as a beauty: "ten thousand green silk tapestries hang down", and these countless hanging silk became her nepotism. The word "Gao" in the previous sentence sets off the graceful charm of the beautiful Tingting; The word "hanging" in the next sentence implies that the slim waist is swaying in the wind. There are no words "willow" and "waist branch" in the poem, but the weeping willow in early spring and the beauty incarnated by willow are written alive. "Southern History" said that Liu Yong was the secretariat of Yizhou, and presented several Shu willows. "The strips are very long, and they look like silk threads." Emperor Wu of Qi planted these willows in Taichang Cloud and in front of the temple, saying that they were "romantic and lovely". Here, the wicker is called "green silk sash", which may be a dark use of this famous allusion about willow. But it's a waste, and you can't see any trace.
"Jasper makeup" leads to "green silk tapestry", which leads to "who cut it out", and finally, the invisible and unpredictable "spring breeze" is also vividly depicted with "scissors". These "scissors" cut out bright green flowers and plants and put on new makeup for the earth. It is the symbol of natural vitality and the inspiration of spring to people's beauty. From "Jasper Makeup" to "Scissors", we can see a series of processes of the poet's artistic conception. A series of images in poetry are closely linked.
Some people may wonder: There were many famous beauties, Liu, in ancient China. Why should we just compare them with Jasper? I think this has two meanings: first, the name jasper is related to the color of willow, and "green" and "green" in the next sentence are mutually complementary and complementary. Second, Jasper will always leave a young impression in people's minds. Mention Jasper, people will associate it with the widely circulated Song of Jasper, when Jasper breaks the melon, and poems such as Jasper's Little Family Girl (Xiao Yi's Poem of Picking Lotus). Jasper has almost become a general term for young and beautiful women in ancient literary works. Compare the willow with jasper, and people will imagine that this beauty has not yet reached its prime; This willow is still a young willow in early spring, and it is not the time to hide the crow with dense leaves; It is also related to the "thin leaves" and "February spring breeze" below.
About the author
He Zhizhang, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The word Ji Zhen, the word Wei Mo, the number stone window, and the number Siming fanatic in his later years, also known as the secretary's foreign supervisor. It ranks eighth and is called "He Ba". Huiji Yongxing (now Xiaoshan, Zhejiang) people. Zheng Shengyuan was a scholar in 695. He was awarded four doctors from Guozi and transferred to Taichang Shaoqing and Jixian College for a bachelor's degree. In the 13th year of Kaiyuan (725), he was the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the secretary of the palace was in charge. Therefore, it is called "He Mi Jian" or "He Jian" for short. In the third year of Tianbao (744), he resigned from his post and returned to his hometown as a Taoist priest, and built a view of the future generations to live in seclusion. He died at the age of 86. He Zhizhang was famous for his poems when he was young, and he became famous in Beijing during the Shenlong period (75-77). In the early years of kaiyuan, Bao Rong, Zhang Xu and Zhang Ruoxu, who were famous for their poems, were called "Four Scholars in Wuzhong", also known as "Four Friends in Wuzhong" and "Four Masters in Wuzhong". He Zhizhang, a prosperous, generous and open-minded man, is a generation of people who can learn from the romantic life. I especially like to write poems on the spur of the moment while drinking until the paper runs out. Zeng and Zhang Xu, Cui Zongsi's Broken Things in the Sea are also called "Ten Friends of Immortals" together with Chen Ziang, Song Zhiwen and Meng Haoran. He Zhizhang is also congenial to Zhang Xu, who has close contacts and is in-laws, so people often call it "He Zhang". The two often travel together. "Every family hall has good walls and barriers, and suddenly forgets the opportunity to develop, and puts pen to paper for several lines, such as insects flying away. Although Zhang (Zhi) and Suo (Jing) are not as good as the ancient ones. Good people provide them with a letter, and * * * spreads the treasure. " (Shi Su "Jia Tai Hui Ji Zhi") He Zhizhang is famous for his cursive script. In Shu Shu Fu, he praised his cursive script as "excellent in writing" and "contending with nature, arriving without manpower", while Lu Zong's Continued Book Review thought that "the vertical pen flies and runs endlessly." Li Bai compared it to Wang Xizhi in the poem "Send guests home to Vietnam", saying that "the flowing water in Jinghu Lake overflows with clear waves, and the fanatics return to the boat to prosper." Taoist priest in Shanyin: If we meet, we should write "Huangting" for the white goose. " Lu Xiang's poem "Send greetings to the prison, return to the meeting for records" says, "Qingmen resists to thank customers, while Jianbi violates Wang Xianzhi. Chang' an Sujuan's book is biased, and workers cherish it often. " It is called Wang Xianzhi. At that time, people also called its cursive script, the falling star stone of the Secretary Province, the crane painted by Xue Ji and the phoenix painted by Lang Yuling as the "four wonders" of the Secretary Province. However, He Zhizhang's calligraphy is rare in the world, and the only cursive works that can be seen now are the Book of Filial Piety, which is hearty with a pen, intense with stippling, thick and thin, accompanied by reality and reality; The knot leans left and right, and follows the trend; The composition is like a flowing water, which fully reflects his romantic feelings. He Zhizhang's cursive script opened the prelude to the romantic atmosphere of cursive script in the prosperous middle Tang Dynasty. In addition, He Zhizhang is also good at regular script, and Long Rui Palace has been handed down from generation to generation.
Modern Translation of Ancient Poems
A tall willow tree dressed like jasper, with countless branches hanging down with green silk strips. I don't know who cut the thin willow leaves. The warm and cold February spring breeze is like scissors.
Appreciation of famous sentences-"I don't know who carries the thin leaves, but the spring breeze in February is like scissors."
"Jasper is dressed as a tree with ten thousand green silk tapestries hanging down", which deeply grasps the characteristics of weeping willows. In the eyes of poets, it is like the embodiment of beauty. The tall trunk, like her graceful charm, drooping wicker, like the ribbon on her skirt. Here, the willow is a person, and the person is a willow. There seems to be no distinct difference between the two. And "Jasper" also has a pun meaning. Literally, it is in harmony with the green color of willow trees, and it also refers to young and beautiful girls, which just echoes the following "February Spring Breeze"-this is the weeping willow in early spring, and it has not yet reached the time when the trees are graceful and the shade is clear and round. However, the following two sentences are even better: "I don't know who carries the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors." Before He Zhizhang, who thought that spring breeze was like scissors? Turning the warm and cold February spring breeze from intangible to tangible, it shows the magic and dexterity of the spring breeze, and makes "Singing Willow" a model of poetry about objects.