Liu Zongyuan's Poems for Liuzhou

Liu Zongyuan wrote a poem for Liuzhou: a trip to Lingnan.

I. Full text

When you go south of the Yangtze River, you can see the Yellow Sea. Rain and sunshine on the hillside increase the image, and the heart of the pool becomes warmer and longer. Archers skillfully waited for the wandering figure, and mother hurricane surprised the passenger ship. Since then, it is no longer a worry, so I can't wait for the fleeting time.

Second, translation.

I'm sailing in the miasma-filled water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with yellow hair all over the shore and clouds around me. After a storm comes a calm, Shan Ye is empty, sometimes hidden and sometimes present, and animal footprints are vertical and horizontal. The pool is full, the weather is warm and aquatic, and the dragon spits. The shooter is cunning and vicious, just waiting for the shadow of the tourists. The sudden hurricane disturbed the passenger ship. Since then, more than one person has been worried. How can I allow my face to drop and my years to be wasted!

Third, appreciate

The first couplet of this poem describes the Lingnan scenery seen on the way to relegation, which has a distinct local color. The first sentence is about mountains and rivers. The mountains and rivers in Lingnan overlap and flow endlessly, forming numerous tributaries and forks. Coupled with the winding mountain road, pedestrians can't tell things clearly and get lost easily. The use of the word "contend" here not only makes the dynamic scenery more vivid, but also points out the reasons for "turning to confusion".

It seems that the road twists and turns, making people lose their way, is caused by "Lingshui" deliberately "fighting for points." This is the author's subjective feeling, but it is also a real feeling, so this poem is more emotional. The second sentence is followed by the first sentence to further describe the mountain scenery. Qian Shan is full of sandalwood and coconut trees, with lush forests and full of green, which has a strong southern scenery.

Brief introduction of Liu Zongyuan

Brief introduction to life

Liu Zongyuan (773-8 19), a native of Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) in the Tang Dynasty, was an outstanding poet, philosopher, Confucian scholar and even an outstanding politician, and was one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Together with Han Yu, he advocated the ancient prose movement in Tang Dynasty, which was called "Liu Han". Liu Zongyuan was born in the Liu family in Hedong, and was also called "Liu Liu" with Liu Yuxi.

Introduction of works

Liu Zongyuan left more than 600 poems in his life, and his achievements in writing were greater than poems. Nearly a hundred parallel essays, argumentative essays, sharp and ironic. His representative works include Xiju, Jiang Xue, Fisherman, Xiaoshitang, Shiqu, Shi Jian and Koishiyama.