Lu Chai’s poem that uses human voices to reflect the tranquility of the valley is: No one can be seen in the empty mountain, but the sound of people’s voices can be heard.
"Deer Chai" is a work by Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. This poem describes an inaccessible empty mountain and a forest with towering ancient trees, aiming to create an empty, lonely and deep realm. The first sentence first describes the empty mountain in a positive way, focusing on expressing the emptiness and coldness of the mountain. Immediately after that, the realm suddenly appeared in the second sentence, with a local and temporary "ring" reflecting the overall and long-term emptiness. The third and fourth sentences go from the description of the message in the empty mountain in the previous picture to the reflection in the deep forest, with sounds and colors.
During the Tianbao period of Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei purchased Wangchuan villa at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain. Luchai is one of the scenic spots in Wang Wei's villa in Wangchuan. There are 20 scenic spots in Wangchuan. Wang Wei and his friend Pei Di wrote poems for each place and compiled them into "Wangchuan Collection". This poem is the fifth of them.
"Deer Chai"
No one can be seen in the empty mountain, but the sound of people's voices can be heard.
Returning to the deep forest, the light shines on the moss again.
Translation
The mountains are empty and quiet, no one can be seen, only the sound of people talking can be heard.
The golden light of the setting sun shines directly into the deep forest and shines on the moss in the dark place.
Appreciation
This poem depicts the quiet scenery of the empty mountains and deep forests near Luchai in the evening. The beauty of poetry is that it uses movement to contrast stillness, and parts to contrast the overall situation. It is fresh and natural, without any artificiality. When he started writing, he first wrote about the empty mountain with no human traces, and then he turned around to elicit the sounds of people's voices. When sound is transmitted through the empty valley, the emptiness becomes more apparent; after human words pass by, the emptiness becomes even greater. Finally, I write some reflections of the sunset, which further triggers the feeling of darkness.