Original poem:
Jiang Xue in Tang Dynasty: Liu Zongyuan
There are no birds flying over those mountains, and there are no traces of people in those paths.
A boat on the river, a fisherman wearing his webworm moth; Fishing alone is not afraid of snow and ice.
Explanation:
On all the mountains, birds have disappeared, and on all the roads, there are no traces of people. On a lonely boat on the river, an old man in a bamboo hat was fishing alone on the cold river covered with heavy snow.
About the author:
Liu Zongyuan (773-8 19), a native of Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) in the Tang Dynasty, was an outstanding poet, philosopher, Confucian scholar and even an outstanding politician, and was one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
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Creative background:
This poem was written during Liu Zongyuan's exile in Yongzhou (AD 805-8 15). During Yongzhen Yuan's reign (805), Liu Zongyuan took part in Yongzhen Innovation Movement initiated by Wang Group, and soon the reform failed. Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou Sima and exiled for ten years. The oppression of the sinister environment did not crush him. He expresses the value and ideal interest of life through poetry.
Appreciate:
Jiang Xue is a five-character quatrain written by Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynasty. This ancient poem depicts an old fisherman fishing alone in the snow, showing the poet's lofty, aloof and indomitable character and revealing his unwillingness to go along with the authorities.
The first two sentences in the poem "Qian Shan" describe that although there are many mountains, not even a bird has flown away, and "Wanjing" describes that there are many roads, but there is not even a footprint. The mountains and roads are covered with snow, and the whole world looks very cold and quiet. This is the background of the old fisherman's fishing, and the last two sentences describe the fishing scene of the old fisherman, which is the main body of the picture.
"Alone boat" means that there is only one boat on the river. "Alone fishing" means that there is only one person on the boat, an old fisherman wearing hemp fiber and hat, fishing alone on the snowy river. This image of an old fisherman who is beyond the secular world is the sustenance and portrayal of Liu Zongyuan's thoughts and feelings here and now. This poem seems to be about scenery, but it is actually about people, which makes the environmental description symbolic.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Jiang Xue (Liu Zongyuan's five-character quatrains in Tang Dynasty)