Stay in Jiande River
Meng Haoran
Move the boat to berth in Yanzhu,
At dusk, the guest will feel sad and new.
The wilderness is open, the sky is low, and the trees are low.
The river is clear and the moon is close to people.
[Note]
1. Jiande River: refers to a section of the Xin'an River flowing through Jiande County (now part of Zhejiang).
2. Mooring: Stop the boat and dock it.
3. Yanzhu: refers to the small Shazhou shrouded in fog in the river.
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[Brief Analysis]
This poem describes the night scene by the river and expresses the poet's travel sorrow.
Start the sentence "Yizhou and park in Yanzhu", "Yizhou" means to move the boat; "Bo" means to park for the night; "Yanzhu" means a small island with hazy smoke. This sentence clicks on the title and introduces the poet's standpoint in appreciating the scenery. The second sentence is "At dusk, guests are worried about the new things." "Rimu" means dusk, and "guests are worried about the new things" means that the poet is a guest in a foreign country, which adds to his sorrow. This sentence describes the poet's mood of appreciating the scenery.
The third sentence writes about the distant view of the river. "The sky is low in the wilderness and the trees are low." The poet stood on the bow of the boat and looked far into the distance. The sky in the distance in the wilderness was lower than the nearby woods. The fourth sentence describes a close-up view of the river. "The river is clear and the moon is close to people." The river is clear, and the moon reflected in the river seems to be closer to the poet on the boat. This special scene can only be appreciated by standing on the boat. In this very successful contrastive description, the poet's implicit sadness is expressed.
The first two sentences of this poem are touching the scene, and the last two sentences are expressing the scene. The whole poem is light, interesting and enjoyable to chew.
Meng Haoran is a representative of the landscape poetry school of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that once, he went to Chang'an to participate in a literati poetry meeting. He composed an impromptu poem and wrote two good poems: "The thin clouds are faint on the river, and the sparse raindrops fall on the sycamore trees." Everyone was so impressed that they stopped writing poems.
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[Appreciation]
This is a poem expressing the sorrow of the journey. The first two sentences describe the poet's boat moored by the smoky sandbank. Seeing the sunset and dusk, a new journey sorrow arises spontaneously. The last two sentences are based on scenery to express emotions. In the poet's eyes, the wilderness is vast and empty, and the sky in the distance seems to be low on the trees, making the mood even more depressing. Only the bright moon reflected in the Qingqing River seems to take the initiative to get close to people, bringing Some comfort. The two lines in the poem, "The wild sky is low and the trees are low, the river is clear and the moon is close to people" are famous lines that have been recited for a long time, which very clearly highlight the poet's loneliness and melancholy mood.