Gu Kuang - "The Farmer Over the Mountain"
Era:
Tang Dynasty
Author:
Gu Kuang——"The Farmer Crossing the Mountain"
Contents
The sound of people crossing the spring in Banqiao, and the crowing of cocks on the eaves at noon. ?Don’t be angry when the smoke of roasted tea is dark, but be happy when the sun is shining and the sky is clear.
Appreciation:
This is a six-character quatrain about a visit to a mountain farmer. The author vividly and vividly depicts the labor scenes of roasting tea and drying grains in the mountains of Jiangnan, as well as the straightforward character and simple feelings of the mountain farmers. The style is clear, the rhythm is brisk, and it has a unique artistic style.
The whole poem has only twenty-four words. The author followed the order of the visit and took four shots of the mountain hike, arriving at the farmhouse, and visiting the roasted tea and sun-dried rice fields, clearly reproducing the interesting visit. Experience, when reading, I feel that the sentences are endless but the meaning is endless.
The first sentence, "The sound of people crossing the spring in Banqiao", intercepts a scene during the journey. When the author walked across the wooden plank bridge across the mountain stream, he was accompanied by the sound of gurgling springs. The word "mountain" does not appear in the sentence, only "banqiao" and "sound of spring" related to the mountain scenery are written, which sets off the environment of the mountain hike in an atmospheric way. The word "sound" in "spring sound" vividly describes the spring water and reflects the tranquility of the mountains. This short sentence makes people feel as if they are in the scene, as if they hear his voice, and they seem to share the author's feeling of relaxation and joy when he enters the secluded world.
From the first sentence to the second sentence, there is a jump in time and space. "The rooster crows at noon on the thatched eaves" is obviously the scene of the author crossing the mountains and slopes to reach the farmhouse. At this time, the sun was already shining high over the eaves, and the chickens of the mountain farmer's family clucked, as if to welcome the guests. The crowing of cocks is nothing new, but its arrangement in this poem makes the farmhouse in the mountains suddenly full of noisy worldliness and rich flavor of life. The six characters in this sentence form three groups of love affairs in turn, which are opposite to the three groups of love affairs formed in the same way in the first sentence, showing the characteristics of the six-character poetry style. In terms of syllables, they exactly constitute three "steps" of two words and one word. Due to the use of this sentence structure and the rhyme of Xiapingsheng Bageng rhyme, the reading is particularly rhythmic and the syllables are loud.
The third sentence, "Don't hate the smoke of roasted tea" is an apology made by the mountain farmer when he accompanied the author to visit the roasted tea. The two sentences above start from the environment and point out the characters, while this sentence starts from the characters and brings out the environment. The change in writing style is to highlight the image of the mountain farmer. The author adds the word "moo" before "the smoke of roasted tea is dark", so as to show the labor scene and at the same time write the feelings of the mountain farmer. The farmer's way of asking guests not to blame themselves for being smoked reflects his straightforward character and true nature as a laborer. The word "Mo Ang" is emotional, reasonable and full of charm.
The fourth sentence, "But I like the sunny weather in the valley," is connected with the third sentence. In the mountainous areas of the south, it is cloudy and rainy during the harvest season. The poem says that the mountain farmers are happy for the sunny weather, which is typical. After "Mo Ai", the word "Que Xi" is used to once again express the simplicity of Shan Nong's feelings and the cheerful character, which deepens the portrayal of Shan Nong's image and adds a distinctive touch to the bright tone of the whole poem. Pen.
If this poem is classified according to Sikong Tu's "Poems", it seems to belong to the "natural" category of "finding it wherever you find it, not picking up others, going along the right path, and starting to make spring". The author seems to be telling a small thing in life inadvertently, but it gives people a beautiful artistic enjoyment.