in spring
Zhu Xi
Shè ng rü xú n fā ng sü Shu ǐ b ? n
Win the day to find the waterfront of Fangsi,
Wú bi ā n gu ā ng j ǐ ng y ? shí x ? n
The borderless scenery is always new.
d ě ng Xi á n Shí d é d not ng f ē ng mi à n
and other casual easterly winds,
w à n z ǐ qi ā n hó ng z ǒ ng sh ū ch n
it's always spring.
Author background
Zhu Xi (113-12) was a philosopher in the Southern Song Dynasty. The character Hui (hu), a word Zhong Hui, is called Hui An, and is also called Ziyang, a native of Huizhou Wu (now Wuyuan, Jiangxi). He is a master of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, and he has also written some good poems. He is good at putting philosophy into images, and is famous for "Spring Day" and "Thoughts on Reading Books".
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Victory over Japan: a beautiful day.
seeking fragrance: enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Surabaya: the name of the river, which flows through Qufu, Shandong.
waterfront: water.
carefree: easy, casual.
always: both.
Modern Translation of Ancient Poems
Exploring Beautiful Scenery in Beautiful Days On the shore of Surabaya, the infinite scenery is completely new. You can easily recognize the demon face of the east wind, and the colorful eyes are fragrant spring.
Appreciation of famous sentences-"All colors are always spring."
the first sentence points out the season and place of travel, and the next three sentences write what you have seen and learned about "seeking fragrance". Spring returns to the earth, and the poet is refreshed. It is this fresh feeling that makes the poet know the east wind. As if the east wind had blown away colorful flowers overnight; And the scene of flowers blooming, isn't it a vibrant spring? The poet changed from "seeking" to "knowing" and deepened step by step, while the word "new" dominated the whole poem. But Surabaya is in Shandong, and Confucius once gave lectures and preached on the shore of Surabaya; In the Southern Song Dynasty, the place had already fallen into the state of Jin. How could Zhu Xi go for a spring outing? It turns out that this is a philosophical poem. "Surabaya" in the poem is a metaphor for Confucius, "seeking fragrance" is a metaphor for seeking the way of saints, "Dongfeng" is a metaphor for enlightenment, and "Spring" is a metaphor for benevolence advocated by Confucius. If these meanings are written in philosophical lecture-style language, it will inevitably be boring. This poem, however, melts philosophy into vivid images, leaving no trace of reasoning. This is Zhu Xi's genius. Of course, if the reader ignores all those philosophies and only appreciates it as a poem about spring outing, it is also the reader's right, and Zhu Xi is helpless.
animation video appreciation-spring day of ancient poetry:
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