original text
Children fishing
(Tang)
Hairy heads, young children, learn to hang on vines and sit on the side where raspberries, moss and grass reflect their bodies.
Passers-by ask ⑤ Wave in the distance, and the fish will be scared. ⑧ Don't be embarrassed.
To annotate ...
1 unkempt hair: unkempt hair.
2 children: children.
3 hang down: fishing. Nylon, fishing silk thread.
④ Berry: a kind of grass.
5 Bryophytes: Bryophytes.
6. Excuse me: Ask someone.
⑦ The fish is afraid: The fish is afraid (runs away). )
8 should: respond.
Translation, poetry
A unkempt child learns to fish like an adult, sitting sideways on strawberry moss, hiding in the weeds. Hearing the voices of passers-by, people asked for directions and waved at a distance, afraid to disturb the fish and dare not respond to passers-by.
works appreciation
This is a poem about children's life. In Tang poetry, there are few themes about children, so they are valuable. This poem about children's fishing has a special interest. The first two sentences of narration and description are written from appearances and are real words. The last two poems focus on expression. This poem has no gorgeous colors and deliberate carving, just like a beautiful hibiscus, which reveals a bit of innocence and infinite childlike interest in its plain and simple narrative.
One or two sentences focus on writing, and three or four sentences focus on vividness. Young children, children also. "Pengtou" describes its appearance and highlights the innocence of children. "Nylon" is a fishing line, and "hanging nylon" means "fishing" in the title, which means fishing. The poet did not whitewash the fisherman's appearance, but wrote the true face of Shan Ye's unkempt hair, which made people feel natural, lovely and authentic. The posture of "sitting sideways" when fishing reflects the physical and behavioral scenes, and it is also the case at present. "Sitting sideways" means sitting down at will. It is also conceivable that children are absorbed in fishing in an informal way. "Berry moss" generally refers to low-level plants that grow in wet places near the ground. From Berry Moss, we can not only know that the fishing place chosen by children is a place where the sun is scarce and inaccessible, but also an ideal fishing place where fish are not frightened and people are not exposed to the sun, which paves the way for the later saying that "people should not be frightened by fish". "Grass mirror" is not only a portrait of a child, but also has a direct connection with the next sentence "passers-by ask questions"-passers-by ask questions to him just because they can see him.
The subject of the last two sentences of "remote waving" is still a child. Passers-by asked, the child was afraid of the fish to answer, and waved his hand from a distance without answering. This is a psychological description of children, with calculation, strategy, alertness and intelligence. The reason why he wants to use action instead of answer is that he is afraid of scaring the fish away. His action is "waving from a distance", which shows that he is not indifferent to passers-by's questions. How did he whisper to passers-by after he waved? This is the reader's imagination, and there is no need for the poet to explain it. Then, after explaining the reason of waving in the distance, his poem came to an abrupt end.
Through the above brief analysis, we can see that although the first two sentences focus on children's postures, "Sitting aside" and "Raspberry Moss" are not simply descriptive pens; Although the last two sentences focus on the child's expression, the third sentence still has vivid pen and ink to describe the action. It can be said that it is a masterpiece describing children with a blend of scene and spirit.