Said by: Jiang Xue is a five-character quatrain written by Liu Zongyuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, in Yongzhou. Original text:
Xue Jiang
Tang Dynasty: Liu Zongyuan
There are no birds flying over those mountains, and there are no traces of people in those paths.
A boat on the river, a fisherman wearing his webworm moth; Fishing alone is not afraid of snow and ice.
Translation:
On all the mountains, birds are gone, and on all the roads, there are no traces of people.
On a lonely boat on the river, an old man in a bamboo hat was fishing alone on the cold river covered with heavy snow.
Extended data:
Creative background:
In 773 AD, Liu Zongyuan was born in an official family in Chang 'an. In 785 AD, Liu Zongyuan traveled with his father, gained a better understanding of society, made many friends and increased his knowledge.
In 792 AD, Liu Zongyuan was selected as a township tribute to take the Jinshi exam. In 793 AD, Liu Zongyuan entered the Jinshi discipline, but his father died and he stayed at home for three years.
In 796 AD, Liu Zongyuan was assigned to the secretary province as a school bookkeeper. In 798, 25-year-old Liu Zongyuan took the exam of erudite macro words and won the top prize.
In 803, 30-year-old Liu Zongyuan was appointed as the censor. He communicated with the upper echelons of officialdom, gained a deeper understanding of the dark corruption of politics, and gradually sprouted the desire for reform.
In 805 ad, Shunzong succeeded to the throne and reused the king. Liu Zongyuan participated in the political reform movement headed by Wang, which is called Yongzhen Innovation in history. However, due to the joint counterattack of conservative forces and eunuchs, Wang was dismissed.
In August of the same year, Shunzong was forced to give way, and Yongzhen's innovation failed. When Xian Zong ascended the throne, Wang was condemned to death, and Wang's political group was severely suppressed.
Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou Sima and had no official residence, so he had to settle in longxing temple. Since Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou, he has been greatly stimulated and depressed mentally.
Therefore, he expressed his lofty and aloof attitude and his political frustration by describing landscapes. The song "Jiang Xue" was written under this background.
Appreciate:
Compared with the following solo boat and solo fishing, Qianshan and Wanjing emphasize the author's loneliness. Three-word summary of "Cold River Snow". It shows that mountains are covered with snow and roads are covered with snow. Even the roofs of ships and fishermen's hats are covered with snow, and rivers are covered with snow.
This poem is very deserted, without any fireworks. By depicting a fisherman who is spotless and far away from the world, the poet expresses the author's thoughts and feelings of getting rid of the secular and detached things.
The word "snow" covers the whole poem. "Qian Shan" and "Wanjing" are all snow, which makes "birds fly away" and "people disappear". Even the awning and fisherman's hat are covered with snow. But the author did not explicitly associate these scenes with "snow".
On the contrary, in this painting, there is only Jiang and only Rulu. Of course, the river will not store snow, and it will not be covered by snow. Even if it falls into the river, it will immediately become water.
However, the author only used the word "cold river snow" to connect the two farthest images, giving people a vague, distant and narrow feeling and forming a long-distance lens.
This makes the main object described in the poem more concentrated, dexterous and prominent. Because even the river seems to be covered with snow, even the places where there is no snow are covered with snow, which completely describes the situation of heavy snow, dense snow, thick snow and thick snow.
Water and sky are one color, and the atmosphere of up and down is completely set off. As for the word "cold" used above, it is of course to point out the climate; But the poet's subjective intention is to write the fisherman's spiritual world quietly.
Imagine, in such a cold and quiet environment, the old fisherman is not afraid of the cold and the snow, forgetting everything and devoting himself to fishing. Although his body is lonely, his personality is lofty and aloof, even a little awe-inspiring.