Said by: Tianjingsha Qiu Si is a poem by Ma Zhiyuan, a writer in Yuan Dynasty. Original text:
Tianjin Sha Qiu Si
Yuan Dynasty: Ma Zhiyuan
Old vines are faint crows, small bridges are flowing, and old roads are thin horses.
When the sun sets, heartbroken people are at the end of the world.
Translation:
At dusk, a group of crows landed on an old tree with withered vines and made a piercing cry.
Under the small bridge, the running water jingles, and the farmhouse next to the small bridge raises smoke.
On the ancient road, a thin horse struggled against the west wind.
The sunset gradually lost its luster and set from the west.
On a cold night, only lonely travelers wander in the distance.
Extended data:
Creative background:
When Ma Zhiyuan was young, he was keen on fame, but he never succeeded because the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty carried out the policy of national oppression. He has lived a wandering life almost all his life. He has been depressed and embarrassed all his life. So I wrote this song "Tianjin Sha Qiu Si" during my trip.
Appreciate:
Qiu Si of patio sand is Sanqu, with patio sand as its theme and Qiu Si as its theme. It is a well-known masterpiece that combines the dusk scene in the autumn suburbs with the troubles of travel.
Zhou Deqing, a poet in Yuan Dynasty, called it "the ancestor of Qiu Si", and Wang Guowei, a close friend, praised it as "the wonderful place to win the quatrains of Tang Dynasty".
"Tianjingsha Qiu Si" depicts a scene of autumn suburbs at dusk, which renders a sad atmosphere and shows the melancholy of a person who has been wandering in a foreign land for a long time. The first sentence of the song: the old vine is a faint crow, which means that the old vine is the home of crows who return to their nests at dusk.
This sentence also wrote three kinds of scenery, centered on "running water", with a small bridge above the running water and people living next to it. Desolation and depression contrast with purity and tranquility.
The third sentence: the thin horse in the west wind of the ancient road means that a thin horse is walking in the bleak autumn wind and on the desolate ancient road. This sentence then lists three kinds of scenery, including the "ancient road" that stretches into the distance.
There is a chilly "west wind" and a slow "thin horse". Where's the thin horse? Being away from home is like being heartbroken in the sky, that's right! "When the sun sets, heartbroken people are at the end of the world!"
The author introduces:
Ma Zhiyuan was a playwright of Yuan Dynasty in China. There are fifteen kinds of zaju, including Tears of Sima Qing in Jiangzhou. In his youth, Ma Zhiyuan pursued fame and had illusions about Dragon House and Phoenix Pavilion.
However, due to his ill-fated official career, he never held a prominent position after the late Mongolian era and the early Yuan regime, so his political ambition has never been realized.
Ma Zhiyuan participated in the creation of zaju in his early years and served as a provincial official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces from 1285 to 1287. During the period of 1295- 1297, he organized a "Yuan Hui" with Wang Bocheng, a scribe, and had contacts with artists Hua and Li Er, the scarlet letter.
Ma Zhiyuan finally resigned and retired at the age of fifty. He has been unhappy and idle all his life. In his official career, he saw through the sadness of the world and the shame of life.
Dissatisfaction with politics led to the idea of "living in seclusion in the mountains and having fun" Since then, I have lived a very dull leisure and quiet life.
When Ma Zhiyuan was alive, Mongolian rulers began to attach importance to "obeying the Chinese law" and appointed Han literati, but it failed to be universally implemented, which brought a little fantasy and more disappointment to Han literati.
In his early years, Ma Zhiyuan was ambitious in his official career. In a group of stray songs, he claimed that "he wrote a poem for the Dragon Family", but it was fruitless for a long time. Later, as a small local official, I was completely dissatisfied and my working hours were probably not long.