The sentence describing the moonlight in "Night Tour of Chengtian Temple" is: The courtyard is like a pool of water, empty and clear, with algae and waterlilies intertwined in the water, covered with bamboo and cypress shadows.
Appreciation: The author cherishes ink like gold and uses only eighteen characters to create a quiet and charming night scene with clear moonlight and mottled bamboo shadows. The shadows of bamboo and cypress and the moonlight are used to set off, compare and metaphor each other in a precise and novel way, which appropriately renders the beauty and solemnity of the scenery. It also reflects the cool, clear and clean characteristics of the moonlight, setting off the author's leisurely mood.
"Remembering a Night Tour of Chengtian Temple" was written by Su Shi, a writer in the Song Dynasty. The full text is as follows:
On the night of October 12, the sixth year of Yuanfeng, I undressed and was about to fall asleep under the moonlight. Enter the house and set off happily. Thinking of nothing and being happy, I went to Chengtian Temple to look for Zhang Huaimin. Huai Min also stayed up and walked with each other in the atrium. Under the courtyard, the sky is clear as if there were accumulated water. The water is covered with algae and cypress shadows. What night is there without a moon? Where are there no bamboos or cypresses? But there are few idle people like the two of us.
Vernacular interpretation: On the night of October 12th, the sixth year of Yuanfeng (or the night of October 12th, 1083 AD, it does not need to be translated), when (I) took off my clothes and prepared to sleep, I happened to see the moonlight shining on me. on the door, (so I) happily got up and went for a walk. It occurred to me that I had no one with whom to play, so I went to Chengtian Temple to look for Zhang Huaimin.
Huai Min didn't sleep either, so we walked in the courtyard together. The moonlight shone on the courtyard, clear and transparent like water filled with water - through which extended a line of water-lilies and water-lilies, which turned out to be the shadow of bamboo and cypress. Which night is without moonlight? (Again) Which place doesn’t have bamboo and cypress trees? It’s just that there is a lack of people with leisure time like the two of us.
Extended information
The emotions expressed in "Night Tour of Chengtian Temple" are subtle and complex, including the sadness of being relegated, the emotion of life, the joy of admiring the moon, and the leisurely stroll. included. When the author was "undressing and about to sleep", "the moonlight entered the house", so he "happily set off". The moonlight was rare, which made people happy. But there was no one to admire the moon with my wife, so I had to look for Zhang Huaimin, who was also demoted. There was so much desolation and sadness in it! The two of them walked in the atrium, leisurely.
Compared to "idle people", all the meanings are contained in it. The vivid and vivid description of the clear and beautiful moonlight reveals the author's special state of mind, although he was deeply moved by the humiliation, but he was adaptable to the situation and relieved himself. It expresses the author's love for the moonlight, expresses the author's self-understanding, self-respect, self-mockery, yearning for and appreciation of natural life, and the disdain and irony of "busy people" (court officials and villains) as opposed to "idle people".
This article can be divided into three levels for appreciation. The first level of narrative: explains the time, place and reasons for the night trip. The first sentence points out the time of the event "October 12th, the sixth year of Yuanfeng". At that time, it had been four years since Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou as deputy envoy of regiment training due to the "Wutai Poetry Case". That night, the moonlight shone into his room. The author wanted to go to bed, but he was fascinated by the beautiful moonlight and suddenly became excited. However, he thought that there was no one to share the joy with him, so he set off to look for Zhang Huaimin in Chengtian Temple not far away. This layer of narrative is simple, indifferent and naturally smooth.
The second level of scene description: depicts the night in the courtyard, and uses metaphorical techniques to describe the bright moonlight in the courtyard. The third level: It’s a pity that no one is admiring the moon, so we turn to discussion. The author lamented that there was no moon on any night, and no bamboo or cypress anywhere. However, except for him and Zhang Huaimin, there were probably not many people who had the leisure and elegance to appreciate this scenery.
The highlight of the whole article is the word "idler". Su Shi was relegated to Huangzhou and was "not allowed to sign official documents". His role was only a nominal official, which was inconsistent with the Confucian concept of "managing the world and benefiting the people". It is far from the ideal of Su Shi, which is the superficial meaning of the so-called "idle man". It euphemistically reflects the depression of Su Shi's frustrated official career; from another aspect, the moonlight is most beautiful and the bamboo shadow is so beautiful, but people cannot recognize these two. Isn't it a pleasure for people to be lucky enough to appreciate it?
"Idle Man" contains the author's desolate state of mind. The author has lofty political ambitions, but he has been demoted again and again and lives in Huangzhou. Deep in his heart, he never wants to What about being a "idler"? The complacency of an "idler" admiring the moon is nothing more than the masturbation of being demoted as an "idler".