Appreciation of Wu Xinyi's Ancient Poems

Nei Nei

Wang Wei

The branches of the topmost hibiscus flowers are full of scarlet calyx in the mountains.

The mouth of a stream is silent, without a trace. They open and fall.

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Wu Xinyi: Wangchuan place name, named after the rich magnolia, is located in Lantian County, Shaanxi Province. Dock: A valley with high periphery and low center.

Hibiscus: that is, magnolia flower. Magnolia grandiflora, deciduous trees. When its flowers first appeared, they were as sharp as pencil cones, so they were also called wooden pens. Because it blooms in early spring, it is also called winter jasmine. Flowers are purple and white, as big as lotus flowers. The white one is called magnolia. The purple one has six offices, short and wide, and the color and shape are all lotus flowers, also called lotus flowers. Magnolia blooms in the branches, so it borrows "hibiscus with broken wood flowers". Wood chips: treetops and branches. Hibiscus: This refers to Flos Magnoliae, because both hibiscus and Flos Magnoliae are very similar in shape and color.

Calyx (Calyx): Calyx is one of the components of flowers, which consists of several pieces wrapped around petals to support them when they are in full bloom.

Resident Jian: I'm talking about people by the river; Speaking of a mountain stream and two opposite cliffs, it looks like a portal.

And: once again.

1. What is the word "poetic eye" in this poem? Why?

2. Try to summarize the dynamic and static relationship of this poem.

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1. Silence. The first two sentences of this poem say that hibiscus flowers bloom in silence, which always gives people the feeling of "noisy" red, which just sets off the unexpected silence here. In the last two couplets, hibiscus flowers are quietly scattered in the silent and uninhabited mountain stream, revealing beautiful natural scenery and lonely and quiet environment.

2. The couplets are all "static", and the antithesis is "static in motion, static in motion".

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The hibiscus flowers on the branches are bright red in the mountains.

The outlet of the ravine is quiet and empty. It opens one by one and then falls one by one.

Creation background

In his later years, before the Anshi Rebellion, Wang Wei wrote Wang Chuan's poems. Since the 24th year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (736), Zhang Jiuling had no access to political affairs, and since the reactionary forces of Li came to power, political affairs were dark and social contradictions became increasingly acute. Although Wang Wei is in North Zhang Jiuling, he is inclined to's enlightened politics, and he is very dissatisfied and helpless with the reality. The contradiction in his heart gave him the idea of returning from the army and he fell in love with Lu Wei. So he built villas in Zhong Nanshan and Wangchuan, near Chang 'an, and lived in seclusion.

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"Hibiscus with broken wood, red calyx in the mountains." The flower bud of magnolia flower hits the end of each branch, which looks like a brush, so the word "sawdust" is very accurate. "Hibiscus" refers to magnolia. When magnolia is in bud, it looks like a lotus arrow and its petals are similar to lotus flowers. The first two sentences compare magnolia to hibiscus, which is so scarlet and gorgeous. Moreover, it is in full bloom on the high treetops overlooking the deep streams. It is so high-standard that it is the envy of the world. The poet borrowed the meaning of Chu Ci, selected beautiful metaphors and colored them, showing the vitality of Magnolia. Pei Di's "Wangchuan Collection" and poems contain the phrase "there are magnolia flowers, and the color of hibiscus is chaotic", which can be used as a footnote. The first two sentences of this poem focus on the "hair" of flowers. When spring comes to the world, under the impetus of vitality, Xinyi happily blooms mysterious buds, which are as brilliant as steamed clouds and Xia Wei, showing a scene full of spring.

The last two sentences of the poem describe the "falling" of flowers. With a stroke of the pen, the poet placed the magnolia in a deep and lonely environment. When he wrote it, it opened enthusiastically, making Shan Ye a fiery red. When it fell, it fell without regrets, making people imagine that petals fell like colorful red rain on a deep stream. It is self-defeating and conforms to the nature of nature. It is complacent, no one appreciates it, and no one expects it. This empty and silent "sword lake" is exactly the image of the poet observing the world with an "empty" Zen mind; But the poet opposes absolute emptiness and death, so he describes the scarlet and dynamic silence of Magnolia in this lonely and cold stream, which makes people feel that there is still a breath of life in the emptiness.

The four short poems not only describe the beautiful image of Magnolia, but also describe the lonely situation and environment. This poem was written from flowering to falling, with an environmental description inserted in it. The situation is very different before and after, from sending to falling. Although there seems to be no trace on the screen, it can make people feel lonely about the times and the environment. The so-called feeling that "the old China has fallen and the incense is still burning" (Chen Ziang's Feeling) is not directly expressed, but it can still be implied in the image.