Quatrains (Part I)
Du Fu (Tang Dynasty)
Late day 1 Jiang,
Spring breeze smells of flowers and plants.
Mud melts ② Swallows,
Sleeping mandarin ducks in warm sand.
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1 evening: refers to spring.
② Mud melting: When spring comes, the frozen mud melts, and it is wet and soft.
Yuanyang: A beautiful waterfowl, hermaphroditic birds often appear.
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Jiangshan is bathed in bright spring, which brings the fragrance of flowers and plants.
Flying swallows are busy building nests with wet mud in their mouths, and beautiful mandarin ducks are sleeping on the beach in the sun.
The background of Du Fu's quatrains.
In 762 AD, at the height of the Tang Dynasty, Chengdu Yin entered Korea. At that time, due to the "Anshi Rebellion", Du Fu once avoided Zizhou. In the second year, the rebellion was put down and Yanwu returned to Chengdu. Du Fu also returned to Chengdu Caotang. At that time, he was in a good mood Faced with this school of life, he couldn't help writing this impromptu poem.
Brief introduction of Du Fu's quatrains author
Du Fu (A.D. 7 12- A.D. 770) was born in Xiangyang, Han nationality, and then moved to Gong County, Henan Province. A great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty, who claimed to be a young man at night, was called "Du Li" together with Li Bai. In order to distinguish Li Shangyin, Du Mu and Xiao Du Li, Du Fu and Li Bai are also called Da Du Li, and Du Fu is often called Lao Du.