Bai Juyi in Tang Dynasty
boundless grasses over the plain, come and go with every season.
wildfire never quite consumes them, they are tall once more in the spring wind.
sweet they press on the old high-road, and reach the crumbling city-gate.
o Prince of Friends, you are gone again, I hear them sighing after you.
Note
1. Separation: the appearance of prosperity.
2. Original: Yuan Ye.
3. Rong: Prosperous.
4. sweet they press on the old high-road: A stretch of weeds in the distance encroached on the ancient road. Yuanfang: A piece of grass involved.
5. and reach the crumbling city-gate: On a sunny day, a piece of green connects the deserted city.
6. o Prince of Friends, you are gone again, I hear them sighing after you: These two sentences borrow the allusion of "Wang Sun swims and never returns, and spring grass grows and blooms" in The Songs of the South. Wang Sun: Noble. Here refers to your friends. Lush: The appearance of the grass.
Appreciation
This is an exam-taking exercise, which is said to have been written by Bai Juyi when he was sixteen. According to the provisions of the imperial examination, the word "Fu De" must be added to all designated test questions at present, which is similar to chanting things < P >. "Farewell to the Ancient Plains Grass" is to express the feeling of farewell to friends through the description of weeds on the ancient plains.
The first sentence of the poem, "boundless grasses over the plain", closely fastens the title "Ancient Grass" and describes the lush spring grass with the overlapping word "Li Li". The second sentence "come and go with every season", and then write the law that weeds in the original world wither in autumn and flourish in spring, and the years are endless. The third and fourth sentences "wildfire never quite consumes them, they are tall once more in the spring wind", one written "withered" and the other written "glorious", are the exertion of the meaning of "withered and glorious". No matter how mercilessly the fire burns, as long as the spring breeze blows, there are green weeds everywhere, which vividly shows the tenacious vitality of weeds. The fifth and sixth sentences "sweet they press on the old high-road, and reach the crumbling city-gate" depict the spread of spring grass and the vast green fields with "invasion" and "connection", and the "ancient road" and "desolate city" point out the places that friends are about to experience. The last two sentences, "o Prince of Friends, you are gone again, I hear them sighing after you", point out the original intention of farewell. With endless luxuriant spring grass metaphor, Yuan Ye's feelings of farewell are filled, and the scene is truly blended and the charm is endless.
recalling Jiangnan township
Bai Juyi in Tang dynasty
Jiangnan is good,
the scenery was once familiar.
At sunrise, the river is more red than fire,
In spring, the river is as green as blue.
can you forget Jiangnan?
note
1. familiarity: familiarity.
2. Red is better than fire: bright red is better than flame.
3. Blue: blue grass, a plant whose leaves can be used to make cyan pigments.
Appreciation
Bai Juyi has been the secretariat of Hangzhou and Suzhou successively, and the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River left him unforgettable memories. After returning to Luoyang, he wrote a lot of
works that missed the old tour. At the age of sixty-seven, he wrote three poems "Remembering Jiangnan", expressing his praise and nostalgia for Jiangnan. This is the first one.
the first sentence "Jiangnan is good", come straight to the point and tell the truth. A word "good" is full of the poet's deep admiration. The second sentence, "I used to be familiar with the scenery", focuses on the present and recalls the past, indicating that the beauty of Jiangnan scenery was felt by myself in those years and is very familiar. This sentence not only implements the word "good", but also points out the word "memory".
The sentence "The flowers in the sunrise are better than the fire, and the water in the spring is as green as blue" describes the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, which was once known: the sun rises in the east, the sun shines brightly, and the colorful flowers along the river are even redder than the fire; The spring river is clear and beautiful, and it looks greener than blue grass against the background of green grass all over the ground. The poet grasped the two most representative scenery of "river flowers" and "river water", made a high generalization of the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and showed a beautiful, colorful and vibrant color map of the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River in front of readers. The most wonderful thing is the words "Red is better than fire" and "Green is like blue", which not only highlights the bonus and water green with the same color drying and dyeing, but also makes the jianghua and the river water as the background with different colors, making them more beautiful and lovely.
At the end, the sentence "Can you not forget Jiangnan" is rhetorical, showing strong admiration and attachment.