Lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, and he, Tian Tian, carries lotus leaves.
Fish are frolicking among the lotus leaves.
Fish hits the lotus leaf, fish hits the lotus leaf,
Fish hit the south of the lotus leaf, fish hit the north of the lotus leaf.
Poet writer
Han Yuefu was originally the official department of collecting poems and making music in the early Han Dynasty, and later it specifically referred to Yuefu poems in the Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty, there was an official of Yuefu, and there was probably Yuefu at that time. During Liang Wudi's period, Yuefu was expanded to become a special official position, in charge of music during suburban sacrifices, itineraries, court meetings and banquets, and was also responsible for collecting folk songs for rulers to observe customs and habits and understand the thickness of people's feelings. These ballads and other poems written by Yuefu are called Yuefu poems by later generations.
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Han Yuefu: It was originally the official place for collecting poems and making music in the early Han Dynasty, and later it specifically refers to Yuefu poems in the Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty, there was an official of Yuefu, and there was probably Yuefu at that time. During Liang Wudi's period, Yuefu was expanded to become a special official position, in charge of music during suburban sacrifices, itineraries, court meetings and banquets, and was also responsible for collecting folk songs for rulers to observe customs and habits and understand the thickness of people's feelings. These ballads and other poems written by Yuefu are called Yuefu poems by later generations.
Tian Tian: Lotus leaves are very lush.
Ke: It means "appropriate" and "just right" here.
Play: play, play.
Poetry appreciation
This is a folk song of Han Yuefu, and repeated sentence patterns are widely used in the poem, which makes this folk song very concise and clear.
When picking lotus leaves in the south of the Yangtze River, the lotus leaves surfaced, squeezed, overlapped and fluttered with the wind.
Beneath the thick lotus leaves, cheerful fish are constantly playing.
? I stayed here for a while, and then I suddenly swam there. I don't know whether it is in the east, west, south or north.
This folk song is very lively. After reading this poem, it seems that I can see people coming and going in the lotus field in the south of the Yangtze River, the fish passing by are playing happily, and there are people laughing happily beside them.
The last five sentences of the poem: fish play in the lotus leaves.
Fish hits the lotus leaf, fish hits the lotus leaf,
Fish hit the south of the lotus leaf, fish hit the north of the lotus leaf.
Intertextuality rhetoric is adopted.
Intertextuality is a rhetorical method, which expresses the meaning of a complete sentence by interlacing, infiltrating and supplementing the contextual meaning. The two parts of a sentence or sentence seem to say two things, but in fact they echo each other, explain each other, complement each other and say the same thing.
? So the last five sentences, translated, are the fish in the lower reaches of lotus leaves.
Some people think that the meaning of this poem is simple, but in fact, this poem is the style of folk songs, and the characteristics of folk songs are concise and lively.
? When we carefully review this poem, the first three sentences of the poem outline a vivid Jiangnan landscape.
The last four sentences are juxtaposed with the east, the west, the north and the south, and the orientation change is based on the swimming of fish, which is vivid, natural and interesting. Repetitive sentence patterns also highlight the lightness of fish shuttling between lotus leaves and convey the cheerful mood of lotus pickers.
Sentences are repeated and slightly changed, which is the traditional technique in the Book of Songs. Used here, it is more reminiscent of lotus pickers boating, singing and corresponding scenes in the lake.
None of the words in the poem directly describe people, but through the description of lotus leaves and fish, we can hear their voices, see their people, feel a kind of vitality and appreciate the inner joy of lotus pickers.