Dynasty: Song Dynasty
Author: Xin Qiji
The moon on the horizon rose to the top of the tree, scaring away the magpies perched on the branches. The cool evening breeze seems to have spread to cicadas in the distance.
In the fragrance of rice and flowers, people talk about the harvest of a year, and frogs croak in their ears, as if in a bumper harvest year. In the old days, Maodian was near the forest, and the road turned to Xitou.
The moon on the horizon rose to the top of the tree, scaring away the magpies perched on the branches.
The first two sentences of the word, consisting of six noun phrases, describe a fresh rural summer night scene: the night sky is clear, the moon rises quietly, casting moonlight like water, and the black magpies are startled; In the middle of the night, the breeze blew slowly, bringing cicadas' chirping. The contrast between dynamic and static shows the tranquility and beauty of rural summer nights.
Magpies are extremely sensitive to changes in light. In the moon, they are often frightened by the moonlight, flying around and crying. Cao Cao's "Short Songs" has "the moon stars are rare, and magpies fly south. Three turns around the tree, no branches to follow ",Su Shi's Hangzhou peony has" moonlight surprises magpie branches ".
The meaning of "other branches" in the first sentence has been controversial. Some solutions are "far branches"; There is a solution called "oblique branch"; There is a solution that "the black magpie wants to leave the branch and fly"; There is a solution of "black magpies choose branches"; Some people interpret it as "the branches of the moon." Although it is difficult to draw a conclusion, from the double consideration of one or two sentences, the word "heterobranch" corresponds to "midnight" and should be used to describe and modify branches, so it seems more appropriate to interpret it as "far branch" or "oblique branch".
Although the poet walks at night, he seems to be in no hurry. We seem to see him walking slowly on the mountain road, watching where the bright moon went, listening to the birds singing cicadas and enjoying himself. At this time, he has no urgent business to deal with, and he doesn't have to stay up all night for accusations and slanders from others. Although he was impeached and dismissed from office, there was still a lot of resentment and sadness in his chest, but the beautiful nature and quiet rural life alleviated some of his resentment. So, on this beautiful summer night, walking on the quiet mountain path, he was completely immersed in the cool breeze and bright moon and melted into the world.
The cool evening breeze seems to have spread to cicadas in the distance.
In the rice fields along the road, the smell of rice flowers is fragrant, which indicates the arrival of another bumper harvest year. Frogs in the field can't stand loneliness, and their cries are one after another, which shows that the author loves nature and is full of vitality in summer.
In the fragrance of rice and flowers, people talk about the harvest of a year, and frogs croak in their ears, as if in a bumper harvest year.
In the moonlight, smelling the fragrance of rice and flowers and listening to cicadas, the relaxed and happy poet moved on. Looking up at the sky, "seven or eight stars" hung on the horizon, scattered all over the floor, and the original stars were blocked by dark clouds. Suddenly, it began to rain in front of the mountain, and "two or three drops of rain" fell on the poet.
Gal, just carefree poet can't help some worry. In summer, it changes as you said. Maybe there will be a downpour next? He quickened his pace and hurried to find shelter from the rain.
In the old days, Maodian was near the forest, and the road turned to the stream bridge.
Turning the corner from the mountain road and crossing a stream bridge, just outside the Woods next to the earth temple, a hut appeared in front of the poet. When he was happy, he took a closer look and found that it was the small shop he had fallen into! "She", the forest near the Earth Temple.