Understanding and appreciation of the ancient poem "The Fisherman on the River"
Fisherman on the river
Song Fan Zhongyan
People come and go on the river,
But I like perch beauty.
Look at a boat,
In the storm.
Precautions:
1, fisherman: a fisherman.
2. but: only.
Jun: You.
4, haunt: looming. It means you can see for a while and you can't see for a while.
5. Storm: Storm.
6, love: like.
7. Perch: A kind of fish with big head and big mouth, thin and flat scales, white back and delicious taste. Grow fast, big and delicious.
8. Leaf boat: A boat that floats on the water like a leaf.
Translation:
Pedestrians coming and going on the river bank,
I only like the delicious perch.
Look at the little fishing boat that night.
Sometimes it was hidden, and now it's in a storm.
Appreciate:
This poem is simple in language, vivid in image, strong in contrast and intriguing, reflecting the hardships of fishermen's work and arousing people's concern about people's livelihood. The first sentence is about people coming and going on the river bank, which is very lively. The second sentence describes the mentality of people on the shore and reveals the reasons for "communication". The line of sight drawn in the last two sentences indicates that the fishing boat is swaying in the wind and waves, and pay attention to the fishing site. Although the perch is delicious, it is difficult to catch, which expresses the poet's sympathy for the fishermen's sufferings and deeply exhorts the people on the shore who love the beauty of perch. The contrast between "river" and "storm", the contrast between "coming and going" and "leaf boat", and the dynamic of "coming and going" show that the whole poem aims at translation: people coming and going on the river are like the delicious bass. Look at the small fishing boat in the river, floating in the wind and waves, visible for a while and invisible for a while.
By reflecting the hardships of fishermen's labor, the whole poem hopes to arouse people's attention to the sufferings of people's livelihood and embodies the poet's sympathy for the working people. The main purpose of writing the ancient poem "Fisherman on the River" is to make everyone understand the importance of thrift!
Creation background
This poem was written in the first year of Jing Shou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1034). At that time, Fan Zhongyan was 46 years old, in charge of Suzhou, and was inspecting the water situation in Suzhou-Changzhou area to control floods. I was filled with emotion when I saw a boat in the river, floating and sinking in the stormy waves.
Brief introduction of the author
Fan Zhongyan (989-1052) was born in Greece. After his death, posthumous title, Shi called Gong. He was a famous minister, politician, strategist, writer and thinker in the Northern Song Dynasty. His ancestral home was Zhangzhou (now Bin County, Shaanxi Province). In the name of daring to speak, he repeatedly wrote to criticize the prime minister at that time, so he was demoted three times. Song Renzong was a deputy prime minister when he was an official. Because he lost his father in childhood, he deeply felt the pain of the lower class. Fan Wenzheng Gong Ji has been handed down from generation to generation.
Literary appreciation
The language of this poem is concise and vivid. There are only 20 words in the whole poem, but the words are near and far, and the words are shallow and deep, which can trigger rich associations. There is a kind of "who knows that every grain in China is hard" (Li Shen's Two Poems of Compassion for Agriculture), which contains the author's idea of "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later".
The first sentence is about people coming and going on the river bank, bustling and very lively. Naturally leads to the second sentence. It turns out that people come and go on the river The purpose is "but love the beauty of perch". But love is only love. Perch has a flat and narrow body, a large head and thin scales, and is delicious. People gathered at the river in order to get there first. But no one knows that it is not easy to catch bass, and no one has observed the hardships of fishermen. The world only loves the delicious perch, but does not pity the fishermen's hard work, which is unfair in the world.
So in three or four sentences, the author constructs a vivid picture to reflect the hard work of fishermen on the river. A leaf boat, lingering in the wind and rain, is really "life is at stake, and the weather is unpredictable." The poet didn't make it clear why the fisherman had to take such a risk, so he came to an abrupt end, and readers could already understand the author's implication. This is: fishermen are completely forced by life, and the beauty of perch is bought by fishermen's suffering. This inexhaustible technique makes this poem meaningful and memorable.
This poem is full of the poet's concern and sympathy for fishermen sailing in rough waves, and also expresses the poet's advice to people who only love the beauty of perch on the river. In the sharp contrast between the two environments on the river and on the boat, in the two dynamics of "going back and forth" and in the two lives of fish eaters and fishermen, the poet's intention is shown.