Lotus leaves will not turn green the next day, and lotus flowers are particularly bright red in the sun.
"translation"
In June, the scenery of the West Lake is different from other seasons. Lotus leaves spread out in layers, connecting with the blue sky, endless green. Graceful lotus flowers are in full bloom, especially bright and red under the sunshine.
"Writing background"
After Lin Zifang was promoted to Jinshi, he served as the secretary of Zhige (a civil servant responsible for drafting letters for the emperor, which can be said to be the secretary of the emperor). Yang Wanli, at that time, was the junior supervisor of the secretary, the assistant of the prince, the superior of Lin Zifang and a good friend. They often get together to talk about the ideas of a powerful country and suggestions for resisting gold. They also study poetry and literature together. They share the same interests and regard each other as bosom friends.
Later, Lin Zifang was transferred from the emperor's side to work in Fuzhou, and the position was well known. Lin Zifang is very happy and thinks that she is a career promotion. Yang Wanli doesn't think so. When seeing Lin Zifang off to Fuzhou in Hangzhou West Lake, he wrote this poem and advised Lin Zifang not to go to Fuzhou.
"appreciation"
Two Farewells to Lin Zifang in Jingci Temple at Dawn is a group of poems by Yang Wanli, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is a famous farewell poem. By describing the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in June, these two poems express their attachment to their good friend Lin Zifang in twists and turns. The second one is widely read.
Compared with the first song, the second one is widely circulated. "After all, in June, the scenery of the West Lake is different from that at four o'clock", which means that the scenery of the West Lake in June is different from that at four o'clock. These two simple poems show that the scenery of the West Lake in June is different from other seasons, which is enough to make people want to stay. These two sentences are the poet's overall feelings about the West Lake in June. The word "after all" highlights the unique and extraordinary scenery of the West Lake in June, giving people rich and beautiful imagination. The first sentence seems abrupt, but it is actually an atmosphere. Although readers have not yet appreciated the beauty of the West Lake from the poems, they can already feel it from the poet's appreciative tone. Poetry seems to blurt out, which is the most intuitive feeling after shock and ecstasy, thus strengthening the beauty of the West Lake.
Then, the poet painted a wonderful and gorgeous picture of the West Lake in summer with sentences full of strong color contrast: "The lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers in the sun are of different colors." After all, these two sentences specifically describe different landscape pictures: the lotus leaf that extends to the end with the lake blends with the blue sky, creating an "infinite" artistic space and drawing endless blue; On this blue background, the lotus reflected by the sun is lit, so beautiful and bright. "Infinitely blue" lotus leaves in the sky and lotus flowers reflecting "different colors of red" in the sun can be seen not only in spring, autumn and winter, but also in the most vigorous summer of mid-June. The poet captured the unique scenery of this midsummer and summed it up very aptly. This transformation in the sketch, although ups and downs, has no sense of suddenness. The seemingly dull pen and ink presents an evocative artistic situation.
Yang Wanli, a poet in Song Dynasty, is good at describing poetry in simple ways. In this respect, the poem Two Poems from Jingci Temple to Dawn Lin Zifang is one of his representative works. From an artistic point of view, besides line drawing, this poem has two points worthy of attention: first, the coexistence of reality and falsehood. The first two sentences are straightforward, just general and empty; The last two sentences describe and show the concrete image, which is true. The combination of reality and reality complements each other. The second is to combine rigidity with softness. The lotus leaf and lotus flower written in the last two sentences are generally classified as feminine, but the poet writes very magnificently and has a broad realm, with "heaven" and "heaven". Language is also very imposing: "connecting the sky" and "infinite". In this way, masculinity and femininity are harmoniously unified in poetry.