Early Spring in the Capital: Arriving at Zhangji
Han Yu? Tang dynasty
There is a lot of silk in the sky above the avenue, which is as delicate and moist as butter. The grass is vaguely connected in the distance, but it looks sparse in the near future.
This is the most beautiful season of the year, far better than the late spring of the green willow.
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The thin spring rain in the street is as smooth as crisp, and the grass colors are vaguely connected from a distance, but it is sparse when you look closely.
The most beautiful scenery in a year is the early spring, far better than the late spring in the city of green willows.
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Gift: Give it respectfully.
Zhang, member of the Ministry of Water Resources, refers to the poet of the Tang Dynasty (766-830). Ranked 18 among the same brothers, and served as the foreign minister of the Ministry of Water.
Tianjie: the street in Beijing.
Moist as crisp: delicate as crisp. Crispy, the oil of animals, describes the delicious spring rain here.
The most important thing is: absolutely right. Location: time.
Absolute victory: far beyond.
Huangdu: Imperial Capital, here refers to Chang 'an.
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This poem is a seven-character quatrain for Zhang Ji, the Ministry of Water Resources, which describes and praises the beautiful scenery in early spring. Ranked eighteenth among the brothers, so he was called Zhang Eighteen. The style of poetry is fresh and natural, simple and colloquial. It seems dull, but it is by no means dull. Han Yu himself said, "Being poor is strange, and it becomes dull" ("Send the teacher to john young"). It turned out that his plainness was hard-won.
The first sentence points out the light rain in early spring, and describes it as smooth and moist with "moist as crisp", which accurately captures its characteristics. The sentence is fresh and beautiful. There is also Du Fu's "Good rain knows the season, when spring comes." Sneaking into the night with the wind, moistening things silently "has the same effect."
The second sentence closely follows the first sentence, which describes the scenery after the rain. From a distance, it seems to be there, but from a close look, it depicts the hazy scene of grass soaking in rain in early spring. Write down the characteristics of spring grass when it just germinates, if not, sparse and short. Can be compared with Wang Wei's "fog, it disappears when I enter them" and "the color of the mountain is yes and no"
The third and fourth sentences praise the scenery in early spring: "The most important thing is the benefits of spring, which is better than tobacco willow." The light rain and grass color in early spring are the most beautiful things in the spring of a year, far exceeding the late spring scenery of the city of smoke and willow. Poems about spring scenery, in Tang poetry, mostly focus on beautiful late spring, but this poem focuses on early spring, thinking that early spring scenery is better than late spring and is unique. The exquisite observation of the scenery in the first two sentences is admirable, and the last two sentences are even more unexpected, such as the sudden arrival of cavalry.
In this poem, the poet only uses simple words to describe the unique scenery of early spring with common "light rain" and "grass color", with delicate description, beautiful sentences and novel ideas, giving people a moist, comfortable and fresh aesthetic feeling of early spring. Express the author's love and praise for spring.
The wonderful sentence of the whole article is "the grass seems to be close, but it is not." In early spring and February, in the north, when the ice is still hanging under the treetops and eaves, there is not even a shadow of spring. But if it rains a little, spring will come the next day. The foot of the rain walked gently across the earth, leaving the mark of spring, that is, the grass buds of the first spring appeared. From a distance, it seemed that there was a very pale green, which was the grass color of early spring. Watching, people's hearts are suddenly filled with happy business. However, when people look closely with infinite joy, the ground is sparse and extremely slender buds, but they can't see what color it is. The poet, like a talented ink painter, waved his wonderful pen full of water, vaguely emitting a hint of green, which is the grass color in early spring. From a distance, there is nothing like it, but when you get closer, you can't see it. This sentence "grass seems to be near, but it is not", which can be said that it is suitable for both far and near and vivid in the air.
The background of this color setting is a slender light rain falling on the sky street. Seeing the grass color through the rain adds a hazy beauty to the grass color in early spring. And the light rain is as wet as crisp. Crispy is cream. With such nourishment, the grass color is naturally new; With this background, the grass color naturally looks good.
Finally, the poet made a comparison: "It is definitely better than a willow." The poet thinks that the color of early spring grass is many times better than the scenery of smoke and willow everywhere in the city. Because the grass color of "looking far but not near" is unique in early spring, it is fresh and moist, symbolizing the rejuvenation of the earth and the prosperity of Vientiane business. It's time for willows to pile up cigarettes, not to mention a "full" city, which is not rare. In late spring and March, the color is strong, but it is not so pleasing to the eye. Using contrast like this, unlike the general, is a double writing, in order to highlight the characteristics of spring scenery.
"Things are rare", and the color of spring grass in early spring is also very delicate. "There are no flowers in the Chinese New Year, and grass buds are first seen in February" (Chun Xue by Han Yu). This is a state of mind. The severe winter is the end of it. When I suddenly see this wonderful grass color, I can't help but be surprised and happy. These pale greens were the only decorations on the earth at that time; However, at the end of spring, "grass knows spring" (Han Yu's "Late Spring"). At this time, even if the wicker is green, people have no intention to see it because it lacks that freshness.
So the poet reminded me at the turning point of the third sentence: "The most important thing is the benefits of spring." A year is in spring, and the best part of spring is in early spring.
This poem is exquisite in description, beautiful in sentence and novel in conception, giving people a moist, comfortable and fresh aesthetic feeling in early spring, which not only praises early spring, but also captures its soul, giving people endless aesthetic interest, even beyond painting. The poet has no crayons, but he paints a color that is extremely difficult to describe in poetic language-a pale color that seems to be absent. Without keen observation and superb poetry, it is impossible to refine the natural beauty of early spring into artistic beauty. Express the author's love and praise for spring.
Creation background
This poem was written in the early spring of 823 AD (the third year of Tang Muzong Changqing). At that time, Han Yu was 56 years old and served as assistant minister of the official department. This poem was written to Zhang Ji, a poet who worked in the Ministry of Water Resources at that time. Han Yu asked Zhang Ji to go for a spring outing. Zhang Ji refused because he was busy in his later years, so Han Yu wrote this poem as a gift.
Distinguish and appreciate
This is a seven-character quatrain that describes and praises the beauty of early spring. The first sentence describes the light rain in early spring, using "moist as crisp" to describe its smoothness and wetness, writing its characteristics very accurately, and using beautiful words and sentences. There is also Du Fu's "Good rain knows the season, when spring comes." Sneaking into the night with the wind, moistening things silently "has the same effect."
The second sentence closely follows the first sentence, which describes the scenery after the rain. It's green from a distance, but it's not green from a close look. It depicts the hazy scene of grass soaking in rain in early spring. Can be compared with Wang Wei's "fog, it disappears when I enter them" and "the color of the mountain is yes and no"
Three or four sentences praise the scenery in early spring: "The most important thing is that the benefits of spring are better than cigarettes and willows." The light rain and grass color in early spring are the most beautiful things in the spring of a year, far exceeding the late spring scenery of the city of smoke and willow. Poetry about spring scenery, in Tang poetry, mostly takes beautiful late spring, but this poem takes early spring to chant it, thinking that early spring is better than late spring, which is innovative.
This poem praises the early spring, which can capture the soul of the early spring and give readers endless aesthetic interest, even surpassing painting. The poet has no crayons, but he paints a color that is extremely difficult to describe in poetic language-a pale color that seems to be absent. Without keen observation and superb poetry, it is impossible to refine the natural beauty of early spring into artistic beauty.
Brief introduction of the author
Han Yu (65438+768-February 25th, 824) was born in Heyang, Henan Province (now mengzhou city, Henan Province). He claimed to be "the ancestral home of Changli County" and was called "Han Changli" and "Mr. Changli". Minister of the Middle Tang Dynasty, writer, thinker and politician, son of Han Lang, Minister of the Middle Qing Dynasty. In the 12th year of Yuanhe (8 17), he served as the prime minister of Pei Du, Sima in March, to fight against the "Huaixi Rebellion". Speak out to welcome the Buddha's bones and be demoted to Chaozhou secretariat. Official ups and downs, tired of the official department assistant minister, known as the "Korean official department." In the fourth year of Changqing (824), Han Yu died of illness at the age of 57, and was posthumously awarded as the history of the Ministry of Rites. Posthumous title is called Wen, so he is called Han Wengong. In the first year of Yuanfeng (1078), Bo in Changli County was posthumously sealed to worship the Confucius Temple. As an advocate of the ancient prose movement in the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu ranked first among the "Eight Masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties" and was known as "a great writer" and "a hundred schools of literature". He and Liu Zongyuan are also called "Liu Han", and Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi are also called "four great writers through the ages". Advocating writing theories such as "the unity of literature and Taoism", "moderation in words", "no words in words" and "following words" is of guiding significance to future generations. He is the author of The Collection of Han Changli.