The Moon Song of Mount Emei-[Tang] Li Bai
In the autumn of the first half of Mount Emei, the Pingqiang River reflected.
In the evening, Qingxi went to the Three Gorges, but the four gentlemen did not see Yuzhou.
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Emei Mountain: In the southwest of Emei County, Sichuan Province.
Semi-circular autumn moon: a semi-circular autumn moon, that is, the first quarter moon or the second quarter moon.
Shadow: moonlight.
Pingqiang (qiānɡ): The name of the river, now Qingyi River, is in Emei Shandong.
Evening: Tonight.
F: Let's go.
Qingxi: The place name refers to Qingxi Post Station, near Emei Mountain in Sichuan.
Three Gorges: refers to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, namely Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge at the junction of Sichuan and Hubei provinces. One refers to the Three Gorges in Li Tou, Beibei in Leshan, Sichuan is peaceful, and Qingxi is in the upper reaches of Li Tou Gorge.
Jun: It refers to Mount Emei. One refers to the author's friend.
Down the river.
Yuzhou: Chongqing area today.
Modern Translation of Ancient Poetry
Half a moon hangs over Mount Emei, and the bright moon is reflected in the flowing river in Pingqiang. With the moonlight and the sky, I left Qingxi and went all the way down to the Three Gorges. Mingyue, I miss you but I can't see you. It turns out that I have arrived in Yuzhou.
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This is a poem written by young Li Bai when he left Sichuan for the first time, because of his attachment to his hometown landscape. The poet left Qingxi by boat at night, went downstream and headed for the Three Gorges. The' semi-circle autumn moon' hanging high in Emei Mountain is reflected in Pingqiang River, and the poet jumps with the swift river. When the ship turned into Yuzhou, the moonlight in my hometown never appeared again. Although there are only four sentences in this poem, it uses five place names, and at the same time skillfully presents a picture of Jiang Tu, a thousand miles away, to the readers through "Half Moon Autumn".
"Emei Mountain is half moon and autumn." "Emei Mountain Month" is about time, and the time to start from Qingxi is at night; "Half Autumn" explains the season. This trip is in autumn, which is a moment of "lack of the moon" as opposed to the "full moon" symbolizing a group and a circle, showing the poet's reluctance and attachment to his hometown. The work connects "half a wheel" with "autumn", which has a profound artistic conception, as if with a little coolness, and autumn also contains a sense of incompleteness. It is not difficult to see that there is some melancholy here, but it is only light, not heavy.
"Shadow into Pingqiang River." In this sentence, the poet turned his eyes from the sky and mountains to the boat, from writing "Mountain Moon" hanging high in the head of Emei Mountain to "Shuiyue" reflected in "Pingqiang". A river of autumn water, carrying a "semicircle" of autumn moon, flows slowly and eagerly. Moonlight, like water, flows with the moon, which has both flowing charm and quiet beauty.
Su Shi said in the poem "Send a message to Zhang Jiazhou": "Emei Mountain is reflected on the Pingqiang River in the first half of autumn. Who explains what Chen Xian said? Please go upstairs when you see the moon. " The first two sentences of the poem are directly quoted from Li Bai's poems. Su Shi has lived near Mount Emei and Qingyijiang since he was a child, so his understanding of Li Bai's "Moon Song on Mount Emei" will naturally be deeper than that of people outside the mountain. As you can imagine, this poem must have evoked many vivid and clear memories of his hometown. So "The Language of the Immortal" is probably his best understanding.
"Qingxi sends the Three Gorges at night." Accompanied by the moonlight in the sky and the moon shadow in the water, the poet set off from Qingxi Station by boat and went downstream to the Three Gorges. The so-called "Qingxi", that is, Qingxi Post, is on the Qingyi River, and now qián in Sichuan is near Emei Mountain, the county seat. According to records, Du Fu, Cen Can, Su Shi, Lu You, etc. Everyone has been to Qingxi Post Station and left some poems and stories. This poem actually describes a process, that is, when, where to start and where to go.
"Four gentlemen don't see Yuzhou." The poet drifted away from home, and the mountains along the coast were heavy with water. Half the moon was hidden out of sight, and finally, it was out of sight. When the work was written here, the poet's farewell and yearning for his hometown were vividly expressed on the paper. The meaning of this poem is: I miss you, but I can't see you. Let me go downstream in my thoughts and melancholy and come to Yuzhou. We know that there will be a bright moon on the poet's way forward, but Emei Mountain and Pingqiang River can't be seen. The month of last night is not the month of tonight, nor the month of my hometown. People are relatives in their hometown, and the moonlight at home needs how bright and how bright! .
One of the highlights of this poem is to express emotion by borrowing things. Between the lines of Li Bai's "Song of the Emei Mountain in the Moon", there is a deep attachment and yearning for his hometown, from attachment and reluctance to "Emei Mountain in the autumn of half a month" when he left his hometown to helplessness and melancholy when he missed his husband but didn't see Yuzhou. On the surface, it is the "Emei Mountain Month", but in fact it is the poet's deep attachment and yearning for his hometown. It should be said that "Emei Mountain Moon" is here.