"Ode to the Dusk River" is a poem composed by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. So, let me introduce to you the ancient poems of Mu Jianglin and Bai Juyi. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.
Original text:
Song of the Dusk River
Author: Bai Juyi
A setting sun spreads over the water, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red.
Poor on the third night of September, the dew is like pearls and the moon is like a bow.
Comments
<1>Dusk River Yin: a poem written by the river at dusk. Yin, an ancient poetry style.
<3>Sese: The original meaning is blue-colored treasure, which refers to green color.
<5>Zhenzhu: Pearl. The truth in the poem is true and false, not the pearl.
<7>The third day of September: the third day of the ninth lunar month
Translation
A ray of afterglow spreads on the river, sparkling under the sunlight, Glitter. Half of the river water is deep green, and the other half is bright red.
What is even more lovely is the first moon night when the cool dew falls in September. The drops of dew are like pearls, and the crescent moon is like an exquisite bow.
Appreciation:
"Ode to the Dusk River" is one of Bai Juyi's "Miscellaneous Poems". The wonderful idea of ??the whole poem lies in the combination of two beautiful pictures of nature. One is the gorgeous scene of the setting sun and the sunset reflecting on the river; the other is the hazy night with the crescent moon rising and the dewdrops crystal clear. The two have beautiful scenery when viewed separately, and the scenery is even more wonderful when read together. Bai Juyi also appropriately added metaphors to the poems to make the scenery more vivid. Because this poem permeates Bai Juyi's relaxed and joyful liberating emotions and personality after he voluntarily left the court, the whole poem has become an artistic carrier of Bai Juyi's aesthetic and psychological functions under his specific circumstances.
The first and second sentences describe the river water in the setting sun. "A ray of setting sun spreads over the water." The setting sun shines on the river. Instead of saying "shine", it says "spreading". This is because the "setting sun" is close to the horizon and is almost touching the ground. It really looks like "spreading" on the river. It is very vivid; the word "Pu" also appears euphemistic and gentle, describing the unique softness of the autumn sunset, giving people a friendly and relaxed feeling. "Half the river is rustling and half the river is red", the weather is clear and windless, the river flows slowly, and the surface of the river wrinkles with small ripples. The parts that receive more light show a "red" color; the parts that receive less light show a deep blue color. Bai Juyi captured the two colors appearing on the river surface and showed the shimmering waves of the dusk river under the setting sun, with the light and color changing rapidly. Bai Juyi was so intoxicated that he placed his own joy in the description of the scenery.
The last two sentences describe the night scene of the rising new moon. Bai Juyi lingered there until the first moon rose and the cool dew fell, and a more beautiful realm appeared in front of him. Bai Juyi leaned over and saw that the grass by the river was covered with crystal dewdrops. The drops of clear dew on the green grass are like pearls inlaid on it. Using "real pearls" as a metaphor not only describes the roundness of dewdrops, but also the shining luster of dewdrops under the clear light of the new moon. Bai Juyi looked up again and saw a crescent moon rising, like a delicate bow hanging on the blue sky. Bai Juyi compressed these two wonderful scenes of heaven and earth into one poem - "The dew is like pearls and the moon is like a bow." From the bow-like crescent moon, the author remembered that it was the "third night of September" and couldn't help praising its cuteness. He expressed his emotions directly and pushed his feelings to a climax, causing waves in the poem.
Bai Juyi creates a harmonious and peaceful artistic conception through the description of the visual images of "dew" and "moon". He uses such novel and ingenious metaphors to carefully color and describe nature, giving it a The reader is presented with a wonderful picture. From describing the dusk river to praising the moon dew, there seems to be a missing connection in time, and the "night" in "the third night of September" invisibly connects time. It connects with "twilight" on the top and "twilight" on the bottom. "Dew" and "moon" are connected, which means that Bai Juyi has been admiring the moon and dew from dusk, which contains Bai Juyi's love and love for nature.
In addition, readers should pay attention to the time issue in this poem. "Dusk River Song" writes three different "times". Through the above analysis, the first two sentences of "Dusk River Song" are written before sunset (a short period of time) or at sunset; the last two sentences are mainly written after sunset (a short period of time), that is, dusk; from the last two sentences, there are also Some time during the night. This is completely in line with the author's order of viewing, that is, the author first saw "the setting sun is shining" before sunset, then he saw "the moon is like a bow" after sunset, and then at night he saw "the dew is like pearls". Most sources believe that "the moon is like a bow" and "the dew is like pearls" were seen by the author at the same time at night, with the former written in the sky and the latter written underground. In fact, this is because of the lack of common knowledge in astronomy and meteorology, and the neglect of the "time difference" problem between the two natural phenomena. As mentioned before, the author could only see "the third day of September" and "the moon is like a bow" shortly after sunset. At this time, because the sun has just set, the ground has not lost much heat, and cool dew has not yet formed; and when the dew is "like pearls" at night, the bow-like moon has already sunk below the western horizon.