Translation: I miss you taking a walk on this late autumn night and chanting about such a cold frosty day. Thinking that pine nuts are falling from the empty mountains at this moment, my friends living in seclusion must not be asleep yet.
Appreciation: This poem expresses the author's longing for a friend who lives in seclusion on an autumn night. The first half of the poem is written by the author himself, the person he cherishes; the second half is written by Qiu Dan, who is studying Taoism in Linping Mountain, that is, the person he cherishes. The whole poem does not attract readers with strong words, but writes calmly, with light ink, light words but strong emotions, short words but profound meaning. The style is simple, elegant, leisurely and tranquil, giving people an endless artistic experience.
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Twenty-two members of the family are sent to Qiu on an autumn night
Huaijun belongs to the autumn night, walking in the cool sky.
The pine nuts are falling on the empty mountain, and the lonely people should not be sleeping.
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Appreciation of Works
Wei Yingwu's five-character quatrains have always been highly praised by poetry critics. Hu Yinglin said in "Shi Sou": "The five-character quatrains of the Mid-Tang Dynasty are the oldest in Suzhou, succeeding those of Wang and Mencius." Shen Deqian said in "Shuo Shi Xunyu": "The five-character quatrains are as natural as You Cheng and as sublime as Taibai. , Suzhou's antiquity is merged into the realm of transformation. "The poem above is one of his five masterpieces.
The artistic enjoyment it gives readers is first of all the beauty of this quaint and leisurely style. Shi Buhua once praised this poem in "Poems Said by Xian Maid" as "serene and tranquil, yet undiminished by Mojie. It is also the hidden part of the Dharma Eye among the five unique features." It does not impress readers with strong language, but writes calmly and lightly. The words are shallow and affectionate, and the words are concise and meaningful, making people feel that the charm is long and endless.
In terms of conception and writing, there are other features of this poem that are worth mentioning. It is a sentimental poem. The first half is about the poet himself, who misses his friends; the second half is about Qiu Dan who is studying Taoism in Linping Mountain, which is the person whom the poet misses.
The first sentence "Huaijun belongs to autumn night" points out that the season is autumn and the time is night, and the scenery of "Autumn Night" and the feeling of "Huaijun" set off each other.
The second sentence "Walking to chant the cool sky" follows nature without any effort, but closely follows the previous sentence. "Walking" corresponds to "huaijun"; "cool day" coincides with "autumn night". These two sentences are both realistic, describing the scene where the author wandered and meditated on a cool autumn night because he was pregnant with someone. Next, the author did not express his feelings, but described the scene, and his poetic thoughts flew into the distance.
In the third and fourth sentences, imagine the situation of the person you miss at this time and that place. And these three and four sentences are closely related to the first and second sentences. The third sentence, "Pine nuts are falling in the sky", is a distant inheritance of "autumn night" and "cool day". It is an inference of the autumn colors in Linping Mountain tonight from the cool autumn night in front of us.
The fourth sentence "The distant person should not be asleep" is a distant inheritance of "huaijun" and "walking". Since I am missing the distant person and lingering insomnia, I infer that the other person should not be sleeping either. These two sentences come from imagination. They are not only derived from the previous two sentences, but also the deepening of the poetic sentiment of the first two sentences. Looking at the entire poem, the author uses a combination of realism and fiction to juxtapose the scene in front of his eyes and the scene in his mind, connecting the person he cherishes with the person he cherishes, thereby expressing the deep affection of longing for each other in a different place.
Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qiu Yuanwai on an Autumn Night