Ye Ru Nian · Tongqian
[Author] He Zhu ? [Dynasty] Song Dynasty
Under the slanting moon, in front of the north wind. Thousands of pestles and thousands of anvils are pounded to penetrate. If you don't work hard to break your clothes and don't sleep, tonight will be like a year. Appreciation of "Ye Ru Nian·Tong Qian"
This poem uses simple, natural, popular and fluent language and twists and turns of writing with profound implications. It uses the activities of the missing woman to smash her clothes to express the endless desire of the missing woman for her husband. Missing and the huge loneliness and pain in their hearts. The whole word is close to the heart, vague but not revealing, and has profound meaning.
The first sentence of the poem, "under the slanting moon", explains the time; "before the north wind" explains the climate and seasons. In the late autumn night, the silver-white moonlight shrouded the earth, and the north wind brought bursts of biting cold air. The watery moonlight reminded the missing women of their longing for their relatives far away on the border, and the biting north wind urged them to make cold clothes as soon as possible. The six naturally refined words outline a distant and desolate picture. In this background, the sound of anvils and pestles came one after another from far and near, rapid and heavy, and the sound was about to penetrate. The words come from the poems of the predecessors. There are poems from the predecessors that say, "Under the bright moon, the autumn wind blows in the quiet night" (Yu Xin's "Inscription on the Screen"), "A moon in Chang'an, the sound of thousands of households pounding clothes" (Li Bai's "Midnight Wu") "Song"), but the focus is on the three words "beating to penetrate". What the poet highlights is the rapid and heavy sound of the anvil and pestle. From this soul-stirring sound of the pestle, the thoughtful, caring and unforgettable thoughts of the missing woman for her relatives are expressed, conveying her feelings through sound, and expressing her feelings without words. The sentence "Not for breaking clothes" digs deeper, and the pen is gesticulating, making sudden waves, and the word "Not for" is added at the beginning of the sentence. It is clearly stated that the women who miss them do not stay up all night just to mess with their clothes, thus paving the way for what follows.
The fourth sentence achieves the effect of profoundly expressing the theme through almost unreasonable exaggerated description. In the eyes of the missing woman, a short night is as difficult to pass away as long years. If you savor it carefully, there are so many lingering and persistent longings and heartbreaking pains behind the words! Just as desperate people often use alcohol to anesthetize themselves, the "sad and dreamy" woman also tries to lighten the unbearable burden on her soul by constantly pounding her clothes to survive this unbearable period. The long lonely night. Although the author writes about "breaking through tonight, every night is like a year", how can the pain in the heart of the missing woman be "broken"? The sound of the anvil and pestle "breaking through" is pouring out this kind of hard-to-tell, hard-to-"break"
This poem inherits the fine tradition of Yuefu poetry and folk poetry. It is simple and affectionate, sincere and touching, and has the artistic power of "Ye Ru Nian·Tong Qian". Introduction to Zhu
He Zhu (1052～1125) was a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name was Fang Hui, and he was a Han nationality from Weizhou (now Weihui, Henan Province). The daughter of the clan claimed that her distant ancestor originally lived in Shanyin and was a descendant of He Zhizhang of the Tang Dynasty. Zhizhang lived in Qinghu (i.e. Jinghu), so she called herself Qinghu Yilao.
Other works by He Zhu
○ The Sapphire Case·Lingbo cannot reach Hengtang Road
○ Waves on the sand·A leaf suddenly startles autumn
< p> ○ Liuzhou Getou·Young chivalry○ Half-dead Tong·Everything will go wrong after crossing the Changmen again
○ Heartache·Willows returning to the pond
○ More works by He Zhu