Spring night
Song Dynasty: Su Shi
Spring night is worth a thousand dollars, and the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy.
Song Guan balcony sound fine, swinging yard night heavy.
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Spring nights, even for a short time, are very precious. The flowers exude a faint fragrance, and the moonlight casts a dim shadow under the flowers.
Deep in the balcony, rich people are still singing and dancing, and gentle songs and wind music are scattered in the intoxicating night from time to time. The night is already deep, and the yard with swings is quiet.
To annotate ...
Spring night: refers to the spring night.
Time: one quarter, time unit. In ancient times, time was recorded by a clepsydra, and a day and night were divided into one hundred quarters. A moment means time is short.
Flowers have fragrance: refers to the fragrance of flowers.
Moon shade: indicates that the moonlight casts a hazy shadow under the flowers.
Song Guan: refers to singing and wind music.
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The first two sentences are about the beauty of spring night. Spring night is precious, flowers are in full bloom and the moonlight is intoxicating. These two sentences not only describe the quiet night scene and pleasant night, but also tell people that time is precious.
The last two sentences are about bureaucrats and nobles enjoying themselves. The night is already deep, and the yard is silent, but they are still singing, dancing and playing wind music on the balcony. For them, such beautiful scenery is even more precious. The author's description is ironic.
The whole poem is clear and picturesque. In the calm and natural description, the author implicitly and euphemistically reveals his deep condemnation of those who are drunk, dream of death, love pleasure and spare no effort. This poem is gorgeous, implicit and intriguing. In particular, "a moment in spring is worth a thousand dollars" has become a famous sentence that has been passed down through the ages, and people often use it to describe the brevity and preciousness of its beautiful scenery.