"Gift to Liu Jingwen"
Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
There is no rain cover when the lotus is gone, and there are still proud frost branches of the chrysanthemums.
You must remember that the good times of the year are the time of orange and green.
This poem is an encouragement poem to my friend Liu Jingwen. The first half of this poem says that "when the lotus is gone and the chrysanthemums are gone," we must still maintain the integrity of the proud snow and ice. The second half of the poem uses "orange, yellow, orange, and green" to encourage friends that difficulties are only temporary, to be optimistic and not to be depressed. It expresses the author's broad mind and his encouragement and support for friends in the same predicament. It expresses his aspirations through material and lofty artistic conception.
"Like a Dream Ling·The rain and wind last night"
Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty
The rain and wind last night made me sleep hard and I couldn't get rid of the remaining wine.
When I asked the person behind the curtain, I found that Begonia was still the same.
You know, you know, it should be green, fat, red and thin.
Although it rained sparsely last night, the wind blew fiercely, and the deep sleep could not wipe out all the remaining power of the wine. Ask the maid who is rolling up the curtain: How are the begonia flowers in the garden doing now? She said the crabapple flowers were still the same as yesterday. Do you know, do you know that at this time, the green leaves should be luxuriant and the red flowers should be withered.
This little poem has only six short sentences and thirty-three words, but it is written in a tortuous and euphemistic way and is extremely layered. The poet drank heavily because he cherished the flowers, knew that the flowers had faded but still had a chance to "question", and asked again because he did not believe the answer of the "curtain roller". With such twists and turns, step by step, he cherished the flowers. The emotion is expressed in various ways.
"Quequatrains"
Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty
Two orioles sing in the green willows, and a row of egrets ascends to the blue sky.
The window contains Qianqiu snow of Xiling, and the door is docked with a ship thousands of miles away from Dongwu.
Almost everyone can recite this quatrain. This poem is very pictorial, and every sentence seems to be a wonderful picture. The first sentence: Two orioles were singing in the willow tree. Second sentence: A line of egrets flies into the sky. The third sentence: Sitting in front of the window, you can see the snow that never melts all year round on the West Ridge. The fourth sentence: There are ships moored in front of the door from Soochow, thousands of miles away.
This poem is very light. When Du Fu wrote this poem, he was also happy. In 762 AD, during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Yin Yanwu from Chengdu entered the dynasty. At that time, due to the "Anshi Rebellion", Du Fu fled to Zizhou for a time. The next year, the rebellion was put down and Yan Wu returned to Chengdu. Du Fu also returned to Chengdu thatched cottage. At that time, he was in a good mood. Faced with the vitality of this school, he couldn't help but write this short poem on the spot.
"Jiangnan Spring Quatrains"
Tang Du Mu
Thousands of miles away, the orioles are singing, the green is reflected in red, and the wine flags are blowing in the mountains and rivers of water.
There are four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, and many towers are in the mist.
In the late Tang Dynasty when Du Mu lived, the Tang Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. When Du Mu came to Jiangnan this year, he couldn't help but think of the piety of the Southern Dynasties, especially the Liang Dynasty, in serving Buddhism. In the end, it was in vain. Seeking longevity will harm the country and the people. This poem interweaves the natural scenery and the cultural landscape for description, combining the beautiful and picturesque natural scenery of Jiangnan with the misty and rainy cultural landscape of the Southern Dynasties. In the misty spring scenery, the poet's emotion about the rise and fall of history and his hidden worries about the fate of the country in the late Tang Dynasty permeate.
"Remembering Jiangnan"
Tang Bai Juyi
Jiangnan is good, and the scenery is familiar to me.
When the sun rises, the flowers on the river are as red as fire, and when spring comes, the river is as green as blue.
Can we not remember Jiangnan?
In his youth, Bai Juyi once roamed the south of the Yangtze River and lived in Suzhou and Hangzhou. He had a good understanding of the south of the Yangtze River, so the south of the Yangtze River left a deep impression on him. When he resigned from the post of governor of Suzhou due to illness and returned to Luoyang for more than ten years, he wrote these three poems "Recalling Jiangnan".
As soon as I opened my mouth, I praised "Jiangnan is good!" It is precisely because of "good" that we cannot but "remember" it. The phrase "Landscapes I have known for a long time" shows that the "goodness" of the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is not what others say, but what I personally felt and experienced, thus leaving an unforgettable memory in my aesthetic consciousness. The flowers in the river are red and the water in the river is green. They are the background of each other. So the red ones are more red, "red is better than fire"; the green ones are greener, "green is like blue".
"Ode to the Goose"
King Luo Bin of the Tang Dynasty
Goose, goose, goose, the song is singing to the sky.
White hair floats on the green water, and anthurium stirs the clear waves.
"Ode to the Goose" is an ancient five-character poem written by Luo Binwang, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty, when he was seven years old. This poem starts with a strong start, "Goose! Goose! Goose!" It describes the beauty of the goose's sound, and also uses "quxiang" and "towards the sky", "white hair" and "green water", "anthurium" and "clear water". The contrast of "wave" describes the beauty of lines and colors of the goose. At the same time, the words "song", "floating" and "pluck" also describe the dynamic beauty of the goose. The perfect combination of hearing and vision, static and dynamic, sound and color , bringing the form and spirit of the goose to life.