Spring is here ①
Li Misun
Famous sentence: The light rain is about to catch the spring, and the fallen flowers are in a mess near dusk.
Introduction
Li Misun (1082-1153), a poet in the Song Dynasty. The name is similar to him, and his later nickname is Junxi Jushi. A native of Wuxian County, Suzhou. Huizong Daguan of Song Dynasty ascended to the rank of Jinshi for the first time. He has successively held the posts of Zhongshu Sheren and Hubu Shilang. He was upright, loyal, and honest throughout his life, but his official career was bumpy, with frequent appointments and dismissals. He was dismissed because he strongly opposed Qin Hui's surrender policy. Later he went into seclusion. His poems mostly express emotions during troubled times, with a bold style. There is "Junxi Yuefu", which contains more than 80 poems.
Due to different political opinions and unsatisfactory official career, the author was depressed for a long time. On a spring day, facing the scene of light rain and falling flowers everywhere, the poet wrote this poem.
Original poem
The light rain is about to catch the spring, and the fallen flowers are in a mess near dusk.
The dust of the car cannot reach the open ground ②, and the door is closed amidst the sound of local birds.
Notes
① Spring Day Events: Things written down and feelings expressed on a spring day. ②Zhangluodi: refers to a place with few people and a very lonely place.
Translated Poetry
The drizzle is like a giant net trying to catch the spring.
It is almost dusk when I see flowers falling all over the ground.
Cars and horses cannot come to this cold and lonely place.
I close the door of my house alone amidst the sound of birds returning to their nests.
Appreciation
The first two sentences of "Spring Day" describe the actual scene before you, and the last two sentences describe your own situation associated with the scene before you.
The first two sentences, "The light rain is about to catch the spring, and the fallen flowers are in a mess near dusk" are about spring scenery. In the poet's eyes, even the spring scenery is not full of vitality, but the ruined flowers. The drizzle in late spring is continuous and intertwined, as if a huge net has been opened to catch the passing spring. Said that the raindrops are like netting threads, imagined the raindrops all over the sky as a huge net, and said that the raindrops "want to net the spring". The techniques of association and comparison are used here, which is the poet's unique imagination. The boundless raindrops are as thin as melancholy threads. This spring raindrops can easily arouse people's loneliness and melancholy of the fleeting spring. There is also a certain image and conceptual connection between the melancholy thoughts and the drizzle. Therefore, it is associated with the network of raindrops. It is very natural to think of the net of melancholy and further think that it wants to trap spring. The third and fourth sentences turn to the poet's own situation. "Zhang Luodi" refers to the place where one lives, which not only expresses the indifference of the family, but also expresses the lamentation of the world that tends to follow the crowd. "The dust of traffic cannot reach the open ground, and the door is closed amidst the sound of birds" is both narrative and lyrical, focusing on the desolation in front of the door. The "sound of the old bird" reflects the coldness and loneliness, and the word "zi" in "closing the door to oneself" conveys a sense of emptiness and boredom, implying that such loneliness and isolation from the outside world have not lasted a day. It not only expresses a sense of emptiness and loneliness, but also contains a disdain for the hot and cold world.
This poem combines scene and scene. The first two sentences describe the scenery, expressing the poet's feelings of cherishing and regretting spring. The description of the desolate scenery is full of loneliness and melancholy after political frustration. The last two lines are lyrical, describing the poet's situation, highlighting the author's desolate state, and there are vivid descriptions of the scenery in the lyrical feeling. There were so few birds in front of my home, so I had to close my door amidst the chirping of returning birds. "Closing the Door to Oneself" expresses the poet's helpless lament about life, and also expresses a calm and proud feeling.