The ancient pond is deep with clear water,
Frogs "plop" over its body, and
suddenly there is a clear sound.
(translated by Lu Jian)
Appreciation
Matsuo Bashō's famous haiku was written in 1686 (three years in Japan and twenty-five years in China Kangxi). At first, there were only seven Chinese characters and five Chinese characters. The first five words are left empty. His disciples mainly use "Mountain Blowing Flowers" in their wrestling (rosa multiflora Branch). Banana felt bad and didn't adopt it. That's because the combination of "mountain blowing flowers" and "frog" is just a tradition of chorus, which is not original. At the same time, the banana does not take the commonly used "singing frog", but uses the jumping dynamic frog. Finally, the last five words are defined as "the ancient pool is clear and the water is deep". The sound of frogs jumping into the ancient pond broke the silent environment and soon returned to the silence. The sound of water caused by a moment's little action fluctuates the atmosphere of silence, sets off the artistic conception of silence and meditation, and shows the time process of static-dynamic-static. As a work of art, its image is also easily reminiscent of a surprise, a spring return to the earth, the revival of everything, and gazing at the fields, which can not help but feel the lively vitality. From this masterpiece, we can also get a glimpse of the dynamic feeling of the haiku made by Banana when she got rid of the threat of severe cold.
From the perspective of artistic dialectics, Banana's haiku is mainly composed of silence with sound and silence with movement. Literature and art show people's feelings and experiences about the world. Everything in the world is dynamic and static, with endless changes. Static objects sometimes make people feel dynamic; Moving objects sometimes make people feel static. The dynamics of the object sometimes make people feel quiet; The static state of the object sometimes makes people feel dynamic. A clever writer's feeling and experience of movement and quietness can make his works full of fun and charm. For example, painting is a static art, but the painter can hint at the dynamics of the object and give people a sense of movement. The bamboo in the painting was originally motionless, but because it painted a moment full of changes, from the attitude of this moment, people can imagine that the bamboo is shaking in the storm. Another example is music, which is a moving art, but musicians can hint at the static state of the object through the sound of that movement. A few birdsongs can set off the silence of the mountains in the morning. A few small drums can show the tranquility of the moonlight on the riverside.
Literature uses language to create artistic images. Compared with other art forms, it has more free expressive force. Writing landscapes, seeing stillness in motion, moving in stillness, moving in stillness, crisscrossing motion and moving in various manners, can fully show the author's feelings and experiences about life and form different artistic conceptions. China's ancient poems are not uncommon in terms of setting off the static state by moving in the static state. As early as the Book of Songs Xiaoya Chegong, there was a sentence of "rustling in A?vagho?a, fluttering leisurely", which set off the flag fluttering leisurely without noise with the rustling sound of war horses neighing. This kind of writing is quiet with movement, which is very affectionate.
probably influenced by this poem, Wang Ji's poem "Entering Ruoyexi" in the Liang Dynasty has a similar performance. There is a saying in his poem: "The cicada makes the forest quiet, but Tonamiyama is more secluded. This place is full of thoughts, and I have been sad and tired for many years. " The author has been traveling abroad for many years, homesick and bored with his career. He wrote this poem when he stayed in Zhejiang and visited the scenic spot Ruoyexi near Shaoxing. In the poem, the phrase "The cicada makes the forest quiet, and Tonamiyama is more quiet" is especially appreciated by people. This is also a special psychological state of the author's artistic aesthetics. For the author, his mood is naturally difficult to be calm because of "long years of sad and tired travel". Once he indulges in the scenery of Ruoyexi, he hopes to get rid of vulgarity and lead a quiet life in the mountains, so that his psychological state can be temporarily balanced and show a harmonious state of mind. This is the "quietness" in the poem. In the author's view, everything in nature is harmonious, calm and dynamic, and it also shows a static beauty. This is a realm that the author pursues in his inner world. Therefore, it can be said that the Jing Jing expressed in these two sentences is a portrayal of the author's peace of mind.
in the Tang dynasty, Wang Wei was a master at combining the dynamic and static state to create a wonderful scene. Take a look at his poem "Bird's Singing Stream": "People are idle and osmanthus flowers fall, and the night is quiet and the mountains are empty. When the moon comes out, it surprises the mountain birds, and when it sounds in the spring stream. " This poem describes the quiet and beautiful scenery of mountains and streams on a spring night, showing the author's elegant and leisurely interest. The main technique used is to write static by moving.
If we compare the technique and interest of Bajiao's haiku with the ancient poems of China, I'm afraid we can't say that there is nothing in common. Dynamic and static are the existing ways and manifestations of material movement. They are opposite, but they are connected, opposite and complementary. This famous haiku by Bajiao and this kind of classical poems by China writers skillfully use this artistic dialectics, which makes the static state not stagnant and full of vitality by contrasting the static with the dynamic and displaying the static with the dynamic, thus reaching the artistic sublime realm.
(Lu Jian)