Country night
Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
In a piece of autumn grass that was grayed by frost, insects were whispering, and everyone around the mountain village disappeared.
I went to the front door alone and looked out at the field. I saw the bright moonlight shining on the endless buckwheat field, and the buckwheat flowers were like a dazzling snowflake. (Front door: front door)
Translation and annotation
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In a gray autumn grass beaten by frost, insects are whispering, and pedestrians around the mountain village are extinct.
I came to the front door alone and looked at the fields. I saw the bright moon shining on the endless buckwheat field. The buckwheat flowers on the ground are like a dazzling snowflake.
To annotate ...
(1) Frost grass: grass beaten by autumn frost.
⑵ Pale: grayish white.
(3) Cutting: insect calls.
(4) Absolute: extinction.
5] Loneliness: Loneliness, loneliness.
[6] Noda: Field.
(7) Buckwheat: Millet, with solid black and angular seeds, can be eaten by grinding into flour.
References:
1, Gu. Selected Poems of Bai Juyi: People's Literature Publishing House, 1963: 167.
2. Li Wanlong. Appreciation of Classical Poetry: Gansu Education Press, 2005: 44-45.
Make an appreciative comment
This poem has no amazing pen, no gorgeous words and beautiful sentences, but just draws an ordinary country night in a simple way. Handy, eloquent, but fresh and quiet, poetic.
"Frost grass and green worms are cut down, and people in the south of the village are absolutely unique." Frost grass green, pointing out the thick autumn color; Cutting insects, rendering the sadness of autumn night. Pedestrians are extinct and everything is silent. The two poems clearly outline the characteristics of village night: the night is deep, the autumn color is strong, and the grass color is boundless under the influence of autumn frost. The air was silent and the pedestrians were gone. Only unknown autumn insects are singing in a low voice. Although the scenery here is purely written, as Wang Guowei said in "Words on Earth", "All scenery words are sentimental words", and the bleak scenery reveals the poet's lonely feelings. This feeling in the landscape is more attractive than direct lyric.
The sentence "Look at Noda before going out" is not only a transition in the poem, but also changes the object of description from the village to the field. It is also a turning point between the two couplets, which draws a bleak atmosphere of the village night and unfolds another refreshing picture for readers: the bright moonlight shines on the endless buckwheat field, which looks like a crystal white snow from a distance, bright and dazzling.
"The bright moon is in the sky, and buckwheat flowers are like snow", which is a very moving scenery. The picturesque beauty of nature infected the poet and made him forget his loneliness for a while, so he couldn't help but marvel. This magnificent scene is in sharp contrast with the description in the first two sentences. Poets skillfully use the transformation of natural scenery to write the emotional changes of characters, which are flexible and free without traces; And simple and natural, it is kind and touching to read and memorable. Poetry in the Tang and Song Dynasties praised it as "plain and plain, without fake makeup, with its own aging, the closest of the seven wonders to ancient times".
Understanding of the thoughts, feelings and writing techniques expressed in this poem: Because of the different scenery described before and after, it expresses the poet's emotional change from loneliness to excitement and complacency. The poet depicts the night scene of the countryside in a simple way, which is fresh and calm and contains profound poetry. The poem describes the rural night, bleak and desolate, but also spectacular, which constitutes the rural night scene in contrast. ▲
References:
1, Li Wanlong. Appreciation of Classical Poetry: Gansu Education Press, 2005: 44-45.
Creation background
In the ninth year of Yuanhe (8 14), Bai Juyi wrote this poem in Wei Village with loneliness because of his mother's death.
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References:
Yan Jie 1. Selected Works of Bai Juyi: People's Literature Publishing House, 2002: 137.
2. Timely. Selected Poems of Bai Juyi: Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House, 1996: 133.