Du Fu - "Moonlight Night Recalls My Brother-in-law"
Era: Tang Dynasty
Author: Du Fu - "Moonlight Night Recalls My Brother-in-law"
Content
The garrison of drums interrupts the pedestrian movement, and there is a sound of wild geese in the autumn.
The dew is white tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown.
My brothers are all scattered, and I have no family to ask about life and death.
The letter sent was not delivered, but the troops did not stop.
Appreciation:
This poem was written by Du Fu in Qinzhou in the autumn of the second year of Qianyuan (759). In September of this year, Shi Siming led his troops south from Fan Yang, captured Bianzhou, and marched westward to Luoyang. Shandong and Henan were both in war. At that time, several of Du Fu's younger brothers were scattered in this area. Due to the war, there was no communication between them, which aroused his strong worry and longing. "Moonlight Night Remembering My Brother" is a true record of his thoughts and feelings at that time. In classical poetry, missing family and friends is a common theme. Such works must avoid mediocrity and be unconventional. It is not enough to rely on the author's life experience alone, but must also be ingenious in expression techniques. It is in the treatment of such common themes that Du Fu shows his true qualities.
The poem is abrupt and uneven at the same time. The title is "Moonlight Night", but the author does not start from the moonlight night. Instead, he first paints a picture of the autumn of the frontier fortress: "The drums cut off the pedestrians, and there is a sound of wild geese in the autumn." The road cuts off the pedestrians, and writes what they see; drums cut off. The sound of wild geese, write down what you hear. As far as the eye and ear can see is a desolate scene. The heavy and monotonous drumming and the cry of lonely geese in the sky not only did not bring any vitality, but made the already desolate frontier fortress look even more desolate and silent. "Breaking people's walking" points out the social environment, indicating that wars are frequent and fierce, and roads are blocked. Two lines of poems exaggerate the strong and sad atmosphere, which is the background of "Moonlight Night".