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Wang Ji's "Going to the West"
What's average? Empty water.
The afterglow of the sunset rises from the distant mountains, and the sun shines on the winding water.
The cicadas are singing, and the Woods are particularly quiet; The singing of birds in the mountains is more beautiful than usual.
This place has given me a hermit's heart. I'm tired of my official career but I'm not retired and sad.
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Sailing in the stream of Ruoyexi, the boat seems to meet the sky from a distance.
There are clouds in the north of the distant mountain peak, and the sun shines on the winding water.
Cicada bursts, the forest becomes more and more silent, birds sing, and the mountains feel deeper.
Such a beautiful place gave me the heart of seclusion, and I was sad because I was tired of my career for many years but didn't retire.
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Ruoyexi: In the southeast of Shaoxing, it originated from Ruoyeshan (now Huashan) 44 miles away from the city. Along the way, it connects with 36 streams and enters Jianhu Lake in the north. In the early years, the upper reaches flowed through the mountains, and the lower reaches were rich in bamboo and wood, making it a very elegant tourist destination.
Yú huáng: Name of the ship. Big ship.
General: The ship is clear.
Empty: refers to the sky.
Water: refers to Ruoyexi.
Yin Xia: Clouds in the north of the mountain. If Xiye flows from south to north, the poet goes upstream, hence the name "Yin Xia".
Westward Journey: The distant peaks refer to the looming high mountains such as Ruoye Mountain, Yunmen Mountain, Heshan, Taoyanling and Rizhushan.
Sunny scenery: refers to the shadow of the sun in the water; "Scene" is the original word of "shadow".
Backflow: the water flowing back from the shore when the ship is moving.
Noisy: Many birds or insects are singing.
Duo: Same as Duo, Duo.
Quiet: Quiet, quiet.
Reclusive thoughts.
Long-term sorrow and fatigue: The poet is tired of his official career for many years, but he has not retired, so he is sad. Tired of traveling: Tired of official career, consider retiring.
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Ru ruo Xi is a five-character ancient poem written by Liang Wang Ji in the Southern Dynasties. The poet's boating, like what he saw and heard in the west field, contains long-standing homesickness. At the beginning of the poem, the poet took a boat into the stream to play. Three or four sentences were written about the scenery he saw when he looked at the distant mountain, five or six sentences were used to show the tranquility of the mountain, and the last two sentences were that the poet was tired of official travel and had the meaning of seclusion in the face of the beautiful scenery of nymphs. The whole poem is lyrical because of the scenery, which is very natural and harmonious. This poem is elegant in dictionary and beautiful in melody, creating a quiet artistic realm.
Brief introduction of the author
Wang Ji (birth and death year unknown), the word Wenhai, was born in Linyi (now Linyi North, Shandong Province). Southern Liang poets. Because of his poem "Entering Ruoyexi", it is famous in the history of royal poetry. People with literary talent are unsuccessful. At the end of the Qi Dynasty, he joined the army for the top scholar and moved to the foreign military mansion. After Tian Liang was released from prison, Xiao Yi, the king of eastern Hunan, suggested that he join the army, move to China and disperse doctors. Xie Lingyun, a researcher of Wang Ji's poems, said in the Southern History of Wang Ji that "when people are salty, they have royal pastimes, such as Qiu Ming and Zhuang Zhou".