Translation: Suddenly I saw lights under the fence in the distance, thinking it was children catching crickets.
From the seven-character ancient poem "What I See in a Night Book" written by the Southern Song Dynasty poet Ye Shaoweng
"What I See in a Night Book"
Author: Ye Shaoweng?
The swaying leaves send out the cold sound, and the autumn wind on the river stirs up the guest sentiment.
I know that there are children picking and knitting, and a light falls on the fence late at night.
Vernacular translation
The rustling autumn wind blows the Wuye leaves, sending bursts of chill. The tourists who are traveling abroad can't help but miss their hometown.
Suddenly I saw lights under the fence in the distance, thinking it was children catching crickets.
Literary Appreciation
1. Use scenery to express emotions and use scenery to express emotions. One or two sentences describe the natural environment, the rustling of falling trees, the sound of cold, the autumn wind and the autumn river, conveying the feeling of wandering, sadness and loneliness; it triggers the feeling of longing written in the last two sentences, thinking that the children at home may still be playing at night by midnight. , teasing cricket fights. When you are lonely, you fantasize about your family relationship, and the desolate scenery makes you miss the joy of play. The scenery blends into the emotions, setting off each other, and the conception is wonderful.
2. Sadness and joy are intertwined, covering up sadness with joy. One or two sentences describe the tragic scene, the autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves, and the long sky brings chill; three or four sentences describe the joy, weaving in the middle of the night, and thinking about the joy in a different place. One is sad and the other is happy, the sadness and joy are mixed together, and the sadness is covered up with joy, which further shows the loneliness and helplessness of the wanderer wandering the world, and the strong longing for his family.
Extended information
"What You See in the Night Book" is a seven-character ancient poem written by Ye Shaoweng, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. The first two sentences of the poem describe the scenery, using the falling leaves, rustling autumn wind, and cold air to highlight the desolate feeling of the wanderer wandering and lonely. Three or four sentences describe a child catching crickets at night, with high spirits, which cleverly contrasts the sadness and highlights the loneliness and helplessness of being a guest in a foreign land. The poem uses scenery to set off emotions, combines movement and stillness, and uses the sound of Wu leaves and wind to set off the silence of the autumn night. It also uses contrasting techniques to reflect the sadness of living in a foreign country with the happy scene of children catching and weaving at night.
Ye Shaoweng, courtesy name Sizong and nickname Jingyi, was a native of Longquan (now Longquan City, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province), a writer and poet in the mid-Southern Song Dynasty. His ancestral home is Jianyang. His original surname was Li, and he was descended from the Ye family in Longquan. His grandfather Li Yingshi was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty (1115).
Ye Shaoweng wrote "Records of Hearings and Seeings of the Four Dynasties", which corrected the shortcomings of history and was included in "Sikuquanshu". The poetry collections "Jingyi's Short Draft" and "Jingyi's Small Draft Supplement" have fresh poetic language, lofty artistic conception, and belong to the Jianghu Poetry School style.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia: "What I See in the Night Book"