Original text:
The spring breeze arrives in Hengyang overnight, and the water is long in Wan Li.
Don't go home when spring comes, although Jiangnan is a good place.
Translation:
One night, the spring breeze blew all over Hengyang, and the geese were planning their trip and preparing to fly back to Yanshan from the Chu River immediately. Don't blame me for going back when spring comes. Although Jiangnan is good, it is a foreign land!
Appreciate:
Poems about geese usually use the image of autumn geese flying south to express the nostalgia of northern wanderers for their hometown in the south and their boredom with the harsh environment in the north. This poem, though bitter, is home after all. This poem is unique in conception and its theme is to go up a storey still higher. The first sentence of the poem cuts into Hengyang from spring, and the tone is full of joy.
At the beginning of the poem, the poet said that "the spring breeze arrives in Hengyang overnight", as if "one night" could complete the alternation of winter and spring. At first glance, this seems to go against common sense. Under careful consideration, it is filled with people's relaxed and happy feelings about warm air and spring coming back to the earth, and it also reflects from the side that the geese have been waiting for the arrival of spring for a long time, so they are particularly sensitive to this point, so they are in the spirit of heaven.
Author's biography:
1, with little ambition
When Wang Gong was young, he had a good reputation, great sentiment, conceited talent and family background, and often had the desire to be a prime minister and assistant minister. At that time, Wang Gong was as famous as Wang Chen and admired Liu Yi. At first, Wang was appointed as an assistant writer, but later he resigned because he was too young to show his talent and ambition. Later, as a secretary, when he was about to be transferred to Zhongshulang, his father Wang Yun died and could not be appointed.
2. Out of Jingkou Town
Jin Xiaodi trusted Wang Gong, Wang Xun, Yin Zhongkan, Hui and others at that time, but at that time, he was at odds with Wang Xun and others by echoing and pleasing Sima Daozi. Fearing that the feud between them would cause trouble in the future, Emperor Xiaowu asked Wang Gong, Hui and others to go abroad as foreign princes, and used the force of the state government as foreign aid to defend Wang Xun and others. In the fifteenth year of Taiyuan, Wang Gong was the commander-in-chief of Yan Zhen guarding Jingkou.
3. Frankly speaking
Because Wang Gong is the younger brother of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, he is highly valued by Emperor Wu. At that time, Yuan Yuezhi's eloquence was well received by Wang Sima Daozi in Huiji, and he often advised Sima Daozi to take charge of the court. Wang Gong reported this matter to Emperor Xiaowu. On one occasion, Sima Daozi called his ministers to dinner. Because Xie Shi was drunk, the ministers ordered him to sing folk songs, which was severely criticized by Wang Gong.