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Du Fu
It is said that the scenery along the Chunjiang River is Yan Fang, and the third spring is coming. How can it not be sad?
Crazy catkins dance with the wind, and fine peach blossoms chase water.
Distinguish and appreciate
This quatrain is the fifth poem in Du Fu's Nine Poems, which has a wandering style. This group of poems was written in the second year of Tang Suzong Shangyuan (76 1), when Du Fu's Chengdu Caotang had been built for two years. During this period, the poet wrote a series of poems one after another, so it was called "rambling". The writing technique of this group of quatrains also belongs to the "diffuse" style: it is full of interest and self-contained, like a masterpiece proficient in stone painting and calligraphy, and occasionally touches a small flower-and-bird painting. Although it is spontaneous, it can be seen in the excitement and fun.
This poem is about a sunny day in late spring. The poet was bored, attracted by the spring scenery that could not be caged outdoors, and strolled around Huanhuaxi. The riverside here refers to Huanhuaxi on the edge of Chengdu Caotang, where the scenery is beautiful and it is the time for poets to relax.
A frequent place to go. Life in Chengdu Caotang is also relatively stable, providing a shelter for poets who have been wandering for a long time. The poet has probably been immersed in his study for a long time and lived a leisurely life, but when he went outdoors that day, he suddenly found that it was late spring. The annual spring, like this Huanhuaxi, is flowing away, and the deceased is like a husband, and he will not give up day and night. Looking at all this, I am old and sleepy and have accomplished nothing. I can't help but feel heartache!
With this in mind, while walking with a stick of quinoa, he came to the stream with green grass and flowers in full bloom. His footsteps slowed down unconsciously, and even stood firm and stopped moving forward. Why? The following two poems explain to us: "Crazy catkins dance with the wind, and fine peach blossoms chase the water." It turns out that such a beautiful picture of nature in spring makes our poet forget his sadness and stop for a long time, immersed in deep intoxication. From "Xu" to "Li", the poet's lingering state in spring can be seen. Three or four sentences is a picture that the poet sees in front of him. To a great extent, it has the emotional color of a poet. Catkin flying all over the sky, how sultry, how lovely peach blossoms are! Spring is so annoying! The poet couldn't help laughing and blaming catkins for flying around, which was really "crazy", while the gorgeous peach blossoms seemed "frivolous". In fact, catkins can only be "blown by the wind" and "peach blossoms" can only be floated away by water. They are all natural things, not to mention "madness" or "lightness", but in the poet's pen, they all become vivid, emotional and vivid. This is really: "Everything is in my view of the color of things" (Wang Guowei's "Words on Earth"). At this time, the poet has been deeply integrated with nature.
Brief introduction of the author
Du Fu (7 12 February 12 ~ 770), with beautiful words, is a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty, and is also called "Du Li" with Li Bai. Born in Gongxian County, Henan Province, his ancestral home is Xiangyang, Hubei Province. In order to distinguish Li Shangyin, Du Mu and Xiao Du Li, Du Fu and Li Bai are also called Da Du Li, and Du Fu is often called Lao Du.
As a teenager, Du Fu traveled to wuyue and Zhao Qi successively, during which he also visited Luoyang. After thirty-five, I came first and last in Chang 'an. Later, he presented gifts to the emperor and presented them to the nobles. The frustration of officialdom witnessed the extravagance and social crisis of the upper class in the Tang Dynasty. In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Tongguan fell, and Du Fu moved to many places. In the second year of Gan Yuan (759), Du Fu abandoned his official position and went to Sichuan. Although he fled the war and lived a relatively stable life, he still cared about the whole life and the affairs of the country. Du Fu wrote such famous works as Climbing to the Top and Looking at Spring, Northern Expedition, Three Officials and Three Farewells. Although Du Fu is a realistic poet, he also has a wild and unruly side. It is not difficult to see Du Fu's heroism and dry clouds from his masterpiece Song of Drinking Eight Immortals.
The core of Du Fu's thought is benevolent government, and he has the great ambition of "making the monarch Yao and Shun superior, and then making the customs pure". Although Du Fu was not famous during his lifetime, his fame spread far and wide, which had a far-reaching impact on China literature and Japanese literature. About 65,438+0,500 poems of Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected by Du Gongbu.
He died in the winter of the fifth year of Dali (770) at the age of 59. Du Fu's influence on China's classical poetry is far-reaching, and he is called "the sage of poetry" by later generations, and his poems are called "the history of poetry". Later generations called him Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu, and also called him Du Shaoling and Du Caotang.
Injection and release
(1) ramble: follow nature and write with letters and pens.
(2) Zhou Fang: a place with rich water plants.
(3) Crazy: bohemian
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It is said that the riverside scenery is beautiful, and spring is coming to an end. How can I not be sad? Walking on crutches at the head of the river, standing on the Zhou Fang, I only saw catkins jumping wildly, dancing unscrupulously with the wind, and thin, self-respecting peach blossoms chasing the running water.