Li Bai's Yuege on Mount Emei in Tang Dynasty
In the autumn of the first half of Mount Emei, the Pingqiang River reflected.
In the evening, Qingxi went to the Three Gorges, but the four gentlemen did not see Yuzhou.
Translation:
In front of the steep Mount Emei, there is a half-moon suspension. The flowing Pingqiang River reflects the bright moon. Set out by boat at night, leave Qingxi and go straight to the Three Gorges. Miss you, hard to meet, reluctant to part with Yuzhou.
Extended data
The poem "The Moon Pavilion on Mount Emei" uses five place names in succession, which is ingenious and without trace. The poet passed through Emei Mountain, Pingqiang River, Qingxi, Three Gorges and Yuzhou in turn, and the poetic scene gradually unfolded a picture of Jiang Tu, a thousand miles away. Apart from the "Emei Mountain Moon", there is almost no more specific description of the scenery in the poem; Except for the word "four kings", there is no lyric.
However, the artistic image of "Emei Mountain Moon" runs through the whole poetic realm and becomes a catalyst for poetry. It has rich implications: the mountains and the moon accompany Wan Li, which can be seen every night, making the feeling of "missing you" deeper and deeper.
The bright moon is approachable and unattainable, which is a symbol of missing friends. Where there is a bright moon singing, where there is a feeling of missing friends in the river, which is intoxicating. Using five place names in a row can make a trip in an exquisite place, which is both heroic and homesick. The language flows naturally, just like "clear water produces hibiscus, natural carving"
Originally, short quatrains are easily restricted in expressing the change of time and space, so they are generally written differently or beyond time and space.
But this poem has reached a free position in the span of time and space, and there are five place names in 28 words, totaling 12 words.
This is unique among ten thousand quatrains in the Tang Dynasty. People not only don't feel repetitive, but also think it's a swan song. The reason is that Jiang Xing's experience and friends' yearning are permeated in the poetic realm, and the symbolic artistic images of mountains and moons are everywhere, unifying a vast space and a long time. Secondly, the treatment of place names is also full of changes.
"Emei Mountain Moon" and "Pingqiang River" are names attached to the scenery, which are empty; "Faqingxi", "Xiangsanxia" and "Xiayuzhou" are practical, with different positions in the sentence, and they feel intangible and natural.