Seven Pastoral Poems in Tang Dynasty (IV) —— Wang Wei
Spring grass is lush, autumn grass is lush, and pine trees grow in Xia Han. Cattle and sheep return to the village lane, and young people don't know how to dress.
This is a poem describing the joy of rural life. The first two sentences of this poem are "Spring grass grows in autumn and green, and Xia Han grows pine." Focus on the scenery: spring grass and autumn green, Xia Han, Chang Song, with beautiful pastoral scenery all year round.
The last two sentences are "cattle and sheep return to the village lane, and young people don't know how to dress." Write about the country's wild interests: cattle and sheep know that they belong to officials that children don't know at dusk. Because this place is far away from the hubbub, they have never seen anyone wearing official clothes.
It can be seen that the "official concept" here is weak. The poet saw the real interest of the countryside in the eyes of children. Wang Wei is a representative writer of the pastoral poetry school in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Most of his poems are composed of mountain scenery and pastoral taste.
Creative background:
Seven Pastoral Songs is Wang Wei's later works. In the later period, Wang Wei basically held an indifferent attitude towards reality.
He first lived in seclusion, then bought a villa in Wangchuan, Lantian, Song Dynasty, and lived a leisurely life. He "played the piano and wrote poems with Taoist friends Pei Di and Uighur" and went to fast and read Buddha. "After retiring from the DPRK, he burned incense and sat alone to meditate." This group of poems was written by Wang Wei during his seclusion in Wangchuan, Lantian, so it is also called "Six Words of Wangchuan".