Nostalgia for the ancient Qin Kingdom in spring
Zhou Pu of the Tang Dynasty
The sight of the deserted countryside makes people lose their soul, and the Jingshui River lingers beside the distant village.
The cows and horses have been grazing for a long time, the spring grass has been exhausted, and the plowing of the original fields has destroyed the remains of ancient monuments.
The clouds and snow cover the mountains at night, and the smoke accompanies the setting sun and the green trees dim.
After traveling for miles on yellow sand, I can’t bear to look back and think about Qin Yuan.
Translation
Looking at the deserted countryside in the spring, watching the Jingshui flowing in twists and turns, surrounding the villages in the distance, infinite sadness rises in my chest.
Many cattle and horses grazed, causing all the spring grass on the plains to disappear. The fields were plowed and ancient monuments were discovered, confirming that this was the hometown of Qin.
The snow-covered mountains become more dazzling in the dusk; the setting sun, accompanied by clouds and smoke, makes the woods darker.
After walking for several miles, it was still a vast expanse of yellow sand. It's so desolate. It's really unbearable to think about how prosperous this Qin land was back then.
Comments
⑴Ecstasy: This describes extremely sad things.
⑵Jingshui: A tributary of the Wei River, in the central part of today’s Shaanxi Province, it belonged to the Qin State in ancient times. Yingyu: twisting and turning.
⑶ Plain: Same as "plateau", a highland formed by erosion in the Loess Plateau area, with steep sides and a flat top.
About the author
Zhou Pu (?—878), a native of Changle, Fuzhou, had plain words and simple works. "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" was written by a native of Wuxing (now Huzhou). The year of his birth is unknown from the "Biography of Talented Scholars of the Tang Dynasty", and he died in the fifth year of Emperor Qianfu of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty. He worked in poetry and had no desire for fame. He lived in seclusion in Songshan Mountain, living as a layman in a temple and often visiting and returning from the mountain monk Diaosou. He is a poet friend with the poets Guanxiu, Fang Qian and Li Pin. Zhou Pu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, liked to write poems by nature, especially the bitter style of poetry.
Brief analysis
"Nostalgia for the Qin Kingdom in Spring" is a work by Zhou Pu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty. This poem once appeared as a material for poetry appreciation questions in ordinary colleges and universities in 2011. Among the Chinese test questions for the new national unified examination course standard papers for admissions.
This is a nostalgic poem. The first six lines of the poem describe the scene in front of you, and the last two lines express the feeling of nostalgic for the past and regret for the present. The poet looked at the shore of Jingshui River in spring. He saw no spring grass, only ancient monuments, and the road was full of yellow sand. He thought about how powerful the Qin State was back then, but now that the Tang Dynasty is declining, and the desolation in front of him, he "cannot bear to look back." Feelings arise spontaneously.
The first sentence that governs the whole article points out that the author's emotions are extremely sad. This sadness is caused by the scenery seen in the wilderness: the Jingshui winds and bends next to the distant village; because there are too many Cattle and horses are grazing, and there is not much spring grass left; no one is cultivating the fields in the wilderness, only the ancient monuments from the Qin Dynasty are still there, which can prove the prosperity of this place; it is getting late, and clouds and snow surround Cangshan Mountain , a few wisps of smoke accompanied by the setting sun, the green trees looked particularly dim, and the traveler's road was full of yellow sand. Seeing this desolate scenery, I thought about how powerful the Qin State was back then, and then recalled the decline of the Tang Dynasty. The desolation in front of me made me feel "unbearable to look back".
The poem uses the technique of touching the scene and embodying the mood in the scene, and uses desolate and decaying scenery such as Jingshui River, spring grass, ancient stele, Cangshan Mountain, setting sun, green trees, yellow sand, etc. to express one's nostalgia for the past and the present. feeling. The poet looked at the shore of Jingshui River in spring. He saw no spring grass, only ancient monuments, and the road was full of yellow sand. He thought about how powerful the Qin State was back then, but now that the Tang Dynasty is declining, and the desolation in front of him, he "cannot bear to look back." Feelings arise spontaneously.
Using the characteristic desolate scenery to express the lamentation for the declining power of the Tang Dynasty. In terms of expression technique, the neck couplet adopts personification and the scene is described in detail.
This poem uses standard rhymes in terms of meter and neat counterpoints. The relationship between scenes and scenes is handled by touching the scenes to evoke emotions, embodying emotions in the scenes, and writing sad scenes to express sorrow. Emotionally, it contains a kind of low, Lonely thoughts and emotions.