Han Yuefu [Han Dynasty]
The trees in the garden are lush, and the crystal dew rises in the sun.
Spring fills the earth with hope, and everything presents a scene of prosperity.
I am always afraid that when the cold autumn comes, the trees in Ye Er will turn yellow and the grass will wither.
The river runs to the sea, and when will it return to the west?
If young people don't work in time, they will only regret for life when they are old.
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Sunflowers in the garden are lush, and the crystal clear morning dew is waiting for the sun to shine.
Spring brings sunshine and rain to the earth, and everything is full of vitality and prosperity.
I am always afraid that the cold autumn will come, the leaves will turn yellow and the grass will wither.
When can a hundred rivers run into the sea and return to the west?
If you don't work hard when you are young, it's no use being sad when you are old.
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Long songs: the theme of Han Yuefu. This poem is selected from Volume 30 of Yuefu Poetry, which belongs to a genus, and the lyrics are flat.
Kwai: As a vegetable name, "Kwai" refers to one of the important vegetables in ancient China. "The Book of Songs, Wind and July": "In July, it is the same." Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica said: "Sunflower was a common food in ancient times, but it is quite fresh today. There are purple stems and white stems, and white stems are the best. Small flowers, big leaves, purple-yellow flowers, the smallest is called duck's foot sunflower. In fact, it is as big as a fingertip, thin and flat, and a true wife is as light as a pod. " This is what the poem "Kwai in the Green Garden" refers to.
Morning dew: morning dew. Xi: Dawn means sunshine.
"Yangchun" sentence: Yang is gentle. Yangchun is a time of plenty of dew and sunshine. Dew and sunshine are both needed by plants and a gift from nature, which is called "Deze". B: Here, here. Dez: Grace.
Autumn Festival: Autumn.
Yellowing: describes the yellow appearance of vegetation. Flower (huā): same as "flower". Decline: when saying "Cuι", because there was no sound of "shuāi" in ancient times; When it comes to reading shuāi, according to "Ancient Chinese" published by China Language Publishing House, any reading method other than the standard pronunciation of Mandarin is not advisable.
Hundreds of rivers: big rivers.
Young and strong: refers to adolescence.
Boss: Old, old. Acts: in vain.
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This is a song about life. Singing life begins with the sunflower in the garden, which is called "making things interesting" in writing, that is, "saying something else first causes the words to be sung". In the spring morning, the sunflower in the garden is slim and graceful, with dew rolling on the green leaves, shining in the early morning sun, like a teenager full of youthful vitality. The poet extended from the vigorous growth of sunflowers in the garden and wrote about the whole nature. Because of the sunshine and rain in spring, everything shines with the brilliance of life, and everywhere is full of vitality and prosperity. These four sentences, literally, are praises to spring, but in fact, they are comparisons between things and people, and they are praises to the most precious thing in life-youth. Life is full of youthful vitality, just like spring is beautiful all year round. In this way, there is a metaphorical meaning in writing, that is, the so-called "Xing and Bi".
Creation background
This poem is one of Han Yuefu's poems. Long-line songs refer to freestyle singing with "long singing" as the tune. Yuefu is a royal musical organ established since the Qin Dynasty. It not only sings the poems of literati, but also undertakes the task of collecting folk songs. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a large number of poems were collected from the people, which were rich in content and wide in subject matter.