"Little Pond" describes: the early summer season
The original poem "Little Pond" - Song Dynasty Yang Wanli
The spring silently cherishes the trickle, and the shade of the tree shines on the water. Qingrou.
The little lotus has just revealed its sharp corners, and a dragonfly has already stood on it.
The vernacular translation is that the spring is silent because it is reluctant to let go of the thin water, and the shade of the trees reflected on the water is because it loves the soft scenery on a sunny day. As soon as the pointed corners of the little lotus leaf emerged from the water, a little dragonfly stood on it.
Extended information
1. The creative background of "Little Pond"
"Little Pond" is a seven-character quatrain composed by Yang Wanli, a poet of the Song Dynasty. In this poem, the author uses rich and novel imagination and personification techniques to delicately describe the characteristics and changes of the natural scenery around the pond.
2. Appreciation of "Little Pond"
This poem expresses the author's love for life. Through the description of the spring water, tree shade, lotus and dragonflies in the small pond, it gives us It depicts a kind of simplicity and nature with infinite vitality.
The whole poem focuses on the "small", vividly and meticulously describing the vivid and dynamic new scene in the small pond in early summer. Now it is used to describe the newly emerging newcomers, because of the small buds of the lotus. It looks so small in the entire pond, but there are already dragonflies staying on it. The sharp corners can be regarded as new things or even newborn young people, and the dragonflies are the ones who appreciate them.
3. Introduction to the author of "Little Pond"
Yang Wanli (October 29, 1127 - June 15, 1206), also known as Tingxiu and Chengzhai. A native of Jishui, Jizhou (now Kuantang Village, Huangqiao Town, Jishui County, Jiangxi Province). A famous poet and minister in the Southern Song Dynasty, he is known as the "Four Great Poets of the Zhongxing Dynasty" together with Lu You, You Miao and Fan Chengda. Because Song Guangzong once wrote the word "Chengzhai" to him personally, scholars called him "Mr. Chengzhai".
Yang Wanli composed more than 20,000 poems in his lifetime, and has 4,200 poems handed down from generation to generation. He is known as the master of poetry of his generation. He created the "Chengzhai style" with simple, clear, fresh and natural language and full of humor. Most of Yang Wanli's poems describe natural scenery, and he is famous for this. He also has many works that reflect the sufferings of the people and express patriotic feelings. He is the author of "Chengzhai Collection" and so on.