It's past midnight and the invited guests haven't come yet. When I lit the oil lamp, I beat the chess piece bored and broke the knot on the wick.
Second, the original text
"Guest" Zhao Shixiu in Southern Song Dynasty
Mei Huang Shi, every family was flooded by rain, and the pond was covered with green grass and frogs.
It's past midnight, and the invited guests haven't come yet. I tapped the chess pieces bored and shook the wick of an oil lamp.
Extended data
I. Introduction to the author
Zhao Shixiu, grandson of Song Taizu VIII.
Shao Xiyuan, Guangzong Jinshi (1 190). Together with Zhao Xu (word), Ji Xu (word Lingyuan) and Weng Juan (word Lingshu), they are called "ghosts" and created the poetic style of "Jianghu Poetry School".
In the first year of Qingyuan (1 195), he was appointed as the master book of Shangyuan and later promoted to Yunzhou (now Gao 'an, Jiangxi).
The official career is not good, saying that "the official is three years old and much ado about nothing."
In his later years, he traveled as an official, lived in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province), died in Lin 'an and was buried in West Lake.
Second, appreciate
This is Zhao Shixiu's masterpiece.
This poem is about a poet traveling alone on a stormy summer night.
Poetry expresses the poet's complex thoughts and feelings by writing scenery and expressing emotion.
It is an exquisite poem, with a blend of scenes, fresh and meaningful, and thought-provoking.
Being in contact with someone for a long time will inevitably lead to anxiety. This is probably an experience that everyone will have. It is difficult to write interesting poems.
However, this little poem by Zhao Shixiu is just like this emotion, but it is very profound and has a rich aftertaste.
When people are lonely and anxious, they often subconsciously make a monotonous and mechanical action, such as deliberately making a noise to break the silence and dilute their worries. The poet's "knocking chess pieces" here is just such an action.
"Falling into Snuff" is of course caused by playing chess, but it also euphemistically shows the situation that the wick burns for a long time and the guests wait for a long time, and the image of the poet's frustration is vividly on the paper.
This detail of playing chess contains multiple meanings, including near and far, and has charm.
This shows the importance of capturing typical details in artistic creation.
Another obvious feature of this poem is the use of contrast.
The first two sentences about outdoor "it rains at home" and "frogs are everywhere" are as loud as the two propaganda.
The last two sentences are written about sitting indoors, playing chess, being silent and bored, which is in sharp contrast with the previous ones. Through this contrast, the poet expressed his feelings of loneliness and disappointment more deeply.
Therefore, although Zhao Shixiu and other "Four Spirits" poets appeared with indifferent and fresh faces, they actually had a lot of painstaking efforts.