Chai Lu, a masterpiece of Wang Wei's later landscape poems, describes the quiet scenery of Chai Lu in the evening. This poem is about a lonely empty mountain and towering ancient forest, which is intended to create an ethereal and profound realm. The beauty of poetry is that it is dynamic and static, local and global, fresh and natural, unpretentious. The original text is as follows:
Luchaitang Wang Wei
No one can be seen in the silent valley, only the voice is heard. The shadow of the sunset shone into the depths of the forest, and the scenery on the moss was pleasant.
To annotate ...
(1)(zhàI): Chai, like Zhai, is a fence. This is a place name.
(2) but: only. Smell: I heard it.
(3) Returning to the scenery: the light returning from the sunset. "Scene": the shadow of sunlight, which was the same as "shadow" in ancient times.
works appreciation
This poem depicts the tranquil scenery of Chai Lu in the evening. The beauty of poetry is that it is dynamic and static, local and global, fresh and natural, unpretentious. The first sentence "There seems to be no one on the empty mountain" first describes the empty mountain positively. Wang Wei especially likes to use the word "empty mountain", but in different poems, the realm it expresses is different.
The word "Dan Wen" in the second sentence "However, I think I heard a voice" is worth pondering. Usually, although there are no people in the silent empty mountains, they are not silent and lifeless. The sound of nature is actually very colorful. This "human voice" seems to break the "silence" In fact, it is a partial and temporary "ring", which reflects the overall and long-term emptiness.
Three or four sentences "sunshine, entering a small forest, reflects to me from the green moss." From the description of the empty mountain in the above picture, we can describe the deep forest that returns to the light. From sound to color, the depths of the forest are already dark, and the moss under the trees in the forest highlights the lack of sunshine in the depths of the forest. Silence and darkness, although related to hearing and vision respectively, belong to the same category in people's general impression, so silence and stillness are often put together. When readers suddenly see it, they will feel that this oblique light brings a ray of light to the depths of the dark forest, a little warmth to the moss in the forest, or a little business to the whole forest.
This poem creates a deep and bright symbolic realm, which shows the author's sudden enlightenment in the process of deep meditation. Although there is Zen in the poem, it does not resort to discussion and reasoning, and is completely permeated in the vivid description of natural scenery.
Creation background
Chai Lu is one of the attractions of Wang Wei's other businesses in Wangchuan. During the reign of Tang Tianbao, Wang Wei bought another enterprise in Wangchuan at the foot of Zhong Nanshan. There are 20 scenic spots in Wangchuan. Wang Wei and his good friend Peidi wrote poems one after another and compiled them into "Wang Chuan Bie Ji". This poem is the fifth.
Brief introduction of the author
Wang Wei (70 1 year -76 1 year, 699 -76 1 year), whose name is Moju. Born in Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), born in Hedong Wang, his ancestral home is Qixian, Shanxi. A famous poet and painter in Tang Dynasty. Li Guan right gleaned, supervised the remonstrance, and made our time in Hexi. During the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he worshipped the official department as a doctor and gave things. When An Lushan captured Chang 'an, he was forced to accept a fake post. After Chang 'an was recovered, he was accused of granting Prince Zhongyun. In the first year of Tang Suzong's rule, he was appointed as a senior minister, so he was called "Wang Youcheng". He is proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting, music and so on. He is famous for his poems, especially his five words, which praise the landscape and countryside. Together with Meng Haoran, he was called "Wang Meng" and "Shi Fo". Calligraphy and painting are particularly wonderful, and later generations promoted it to the ancestor of Nanzong landscape painting. There are more than 400 poems, including Acacia and Autumn Night in the Mountain. His works include The Collection of Wang Youcheng's Works and The Secret of Painting.