The silence of spring is because I don't want a long stream of water, and the shadow reflected on the water is like sunny days and breezes.
The delicate lotus flower bud shows a sharp corner from the water, and a naughty little dragonfly stands on its head.
-Yang Wanli's Little Pool
The delicate lotus flower bud shows a sharp corner from the water, and a naughty little dragonfly stands on its head. Xiaochi is a seven-character quatrain written by Yang Wanli, a poet in the Song Dynasty. In this poem, the author uses rich and novel imagination and anthropomorphic techniques to describe in detail the characteristics and changes of natural scenery around Xiaochi. The first sentence says that the pond is connected with running water. There is a shade on the pond. The third sentence says Xiao He came out of the water with a small pond. Dragonflies have feelings, come and be with Xiao He. It shows the poet's love for natural scenery.
Annotation of works
1, spring eye: the outlet of spring water. Cherish: stingy.
2, according to the water: reflected in the water. Soft sunshine: a soft landscape on a sunny day.
3. Sharp corner: the unstretched lotus leaf tip at the initial water outlet.
4, above: above, top. In order to rhyme, "head" is not read softly.
Translation of works
Spring is silent because it can't stand the thin water flow, and the shade reflects the water because it loves sunny days and the softness of the wind.
The delicate little lotus leaf just emerged from the water with a sharp corner, and a naughty little dragonfly had already stood on it.
works appreciation
This poem is small and exquisite, just like a colorful ink painting of flowers, birds, insects and fish. The pond, spring, stream, lotus and dragonfly in the picture are all small, but they are exquisite and full of vitality.
The first sentence, closely related to the topic, is the source of a small pool, a trickle of spring water. The spring water flowed out of the hole silently, of course, it was very small. The flowing spring forms a trickle, smaller. This is a very common thing, but the author added a word "poor" out of thin air, saying that Yan Quan seemed to cherish it and was reluctant to shed more money. So this poem immediately flew and became affectionate, interesting and full of humanity.
In the second sentence, write the shade in the soft sunshine and cover the water. This is also a very common thing, but the poet added the word "love", which seems to cover the pond with her shade to prevent the water from evaporating and drying up, thus turning ruthlessness into sentience. Moreover, the poem takes the form of shadow, focusing on the soft branches on the water, which is very ethereal.
In three or four sentences, narrow the focus and write about a small lotus flower in the pool with a dragonfly on it. Xiao-he just put her budding tip out of the water, showing great vitality, but there was a little dragonfly standing on this tip long ago, which seemed to get there first and enjoy the spring scenery. Xiao He and Dragonfly, a "talent show" and an "early riser", look at everything around them with novel eyes and capture fleeting scenery.
Poets are excited by things, and use agile and dexterous methods to describe specific scenes full of interest, and write extremely ordinary things in nature as a whole, which is harmonious, lively, natural, vivid, humorous and popular. This poem is written like a painting, with rich layers: sun, trees, lotus, pond, bright colors, bright sunshine, dark green shade, green lotus, fresh dragonfly and clear spring. The picture is full of motion: flying dragonflies, shadowy pool water, full of poetry and painting.
Brief introduction of the author
Yang Wanli (1 127~ 1206), with a beautiful name, is an adult. Jishui (now Jiangxi) people. Politically, he advocates resisting gold, and he dares to tell the truth. Ning Zongshi resigned and retired because of his treachery, and eventually died of grief and indignation, and gave him a memorial section. It is as famous as Lu You, Fan Chengda and You Mao, and it is also called "the four great masters in the Southern Song Dynasty". His poems studied "Jiangxi Poetry School" in his early years, and later devoted himself to poets in the late Tang Dynasty. After the age of 50, he suddenly realized that he had abandoned various schools, learned from his predecessors and nature, and formed a unique "sincere body". Poetry praises the natural scenery, is good at capturing fleeting details, improvises, is innovative, has a clear language, is humorous and has a fresh style.