Emeishan, Pingqiang (River), Qingxi, Three Gorges, Yuzhou. Using five place names in a row, it unfolds a picture of a thousand-mile trip to the Shu River for readers without leaving any trace, which is cleverly conceived.
"Moon Song of Mount Emei" is a poem by Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. This is a poem written by Li Bai when he first came out of Sichuan, in which he was attached to the mountains and rivers of his hometown. It describes the night scene that the poet saw in the boat: the half-round autumn moon hung high above Mount Emei, and the shadow of the moon was flowing in the Pingqiang River. The first sentence is looking up, describing a static scene; the second sentence is looking down, describing a dynamic scene. The third sentence describes the departure and destination places, and the fourth sentence describes the feelings of missing friends.
Original text of the work
Moon Song of Mount Emei
The half-round autumn moon of Mount Emei casts its shadow into the water of Pingqiang River.
The clear stream flows towards the Three Gorges at night, and I miss you and go down to Yuzhou without seeing you. ?
Vernacular translation
In front of the tall Mount Emei, half an autumn moon hangs. The flowing Pingqiang River reflects the bright moon shadow.
Start by boat at night, leaving Qingxi and going straight to the Three Gorges. I miss you but it’s hard to see you, so I reluctantly go to Yuzhou.
Extended information
This song comes from Volume 8 of "The Complete Works of Li Taibai". It was the work of young Li Bai when he first left Shu. It was composed around 725 (the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan). time) before. The whole poem has a clear artistic conception, simple language and smooth phonology. "Notes on Tang Poetry": "'Jun' refers to the moon. The moon is in Emei, and its shadow enters the river. Because of the moonlight, the stream is clear, and towards the Three Gorges, the moon suddenly disappears again, and the boat has gone straight down to Yuzhou. The poem has a pure and charming charm. "
The poem starts from "Emei Mountain Moon", which points out that the season for traveling is autumn. The word "Autumn" is placed at the end of the sentence upside down because of the rhyme. The air is crisp in autumn and the moon is particularly bright ("The Autumn Moon shines brightly"). The word "autumn" is used to describe the beauty of the moonlight. It is easy to pick up and it is natural and wonderful. The moon is only "half round", which reminds readers of the beautiful artistic conception of green mountains spitting out the moon.
The Qingyi River near Mount Emei originates from Lushan County, Sichuan, flows to Leshan County and enters the Minjiang River. "Shadow" in the second sentence refers to the shadow of the moon, and the two verbs "in" and "liu" form a linking predicate, which alleges that the moon's shadow reflects into the river and then flows away with the river. Watch the moon shadow in the water at a fixed position. No matter how the river flows, the moon shadow will not move.
“When the moon goes, I go too.” Only when the viewer goes down the river can he see the wonderful scene of “the shadow entering the river flow”. Therefore, this sentence not only describes the beautiful scenery of the Qingjiang River reflected in the moon, but also highlights the boating on the autumn night, making the artistic conception ethereal and wonderful.
There is someone in the second sentence, and the person in the third sentence has appeared: he is setting off from Qingxiyi overnight into the Minjiang River, heading towards the Three Gorges. The young man who "went to his country with a sword, left his relatives and traveled far away" suddenly left his hometown and was reluctant to leave his homeland and his friends. Seeing the moon while walking along the river is like seeing an old friend. However, the bright moon is not an old friend after all, so I can only "look up at the bright moon and express my feelings for the thousand miles of light". The last sentence, "Missing you without seeing me, I went to Yuzhou" expresses the infinite emotions of parting with each other. The words are short but the feelings are long.
Mount Emei - Pingqiang River - Qingxi - Three Gorges - Yuzhou, the poetic landscape gradually unfolds a thousand-mile journey along the Shujiang River for readers. Except for "Emei Mountain Moon", there is almost no more specific description of the scenery in the poem; except for the word "Missing the King", there is no more lyricism. However, the artistic image in the episode "Emei Mountain Moon" runs through the entire poetic realm and becomes a catalyst for poetic sentiment.
The meaning caused by it is quite rich: the mountain and the moon accompany people thousands of miles away, and can be seen every night, making the feeling of "missing you missing" even deeper. The bright moon is approachable but not approachable, and can be expected but not touched. It is also a symbol of missing friends. The places where the moon is chanted in the poem express the feeling of missing friends while traveling on the river, which makes the poet feel very intoxicated.
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