"After Snow in the Mountains"
Qing Dynasty: Zheng Xie
When I open the door in the morning, the mountains are covered with snow, the snow is clear, the clouds are pale, and the sun is cold.
The eaves are not dripping with plum blossom jelly, a kind of loneliness that is not leisurely.
Translation
In the early morning, when I opened the door, I saw mountains full of white snow. It was clear after the snow, the white clouds were pale, and even the sunlight became cold.
The snow on the eaves has not melted, and the plum blossom branches in the courtyard are still frozen by ice and snow. How unusual is such a noble and tenacious character!
Comments
This is a poem that expresses life experience
This sentence means that the snow on the house has not melted, and the courtyard has not been opened due to the cold. .
Qinggu: desolate and lonely
Bingxian: ordinary, ordinary.
Appreciation
"The Snow Queen in the Mountains" depicts a snowy scene in the mountains in winter.
"In the morning, when I open the door, the mountains are covered with snow, and the snow is clear, the clouds are pale, and the sun is cold." It means that in the early morning, the poet opens the door, and it is cold and snowy outside, and the sun that has just risen also appears No energy. In the yard, the long icicles under the eaves showed no sign of melting, and the plum blossoms in the corner seemed to be frozen, showing no signs of blooming. The first two lines of the poem describe a scene in the early morning, after the snow, the earth is covered with snow, the sun rises in the east, the clouds are light; it is clear after the snow, and the weather is cold and freezing.
"The plum blossom jelly is not dripping from the eaves, a kind of loneliness is not leisurely" uses the technique of foil. "The plum blossom jelly is not dripping from the eaves" highlights the cold weather. It highlights the strong and unyielding character of plum blossoms. The author expresses his ambitions through things, implicitly showing the author's noble and tenacious character and self-sufficient quality.
In this poem, Zheng Banqiao writes from the cold after the heavy snow to the desolation deep in his heart. It seems to be describing the scenery, but in fact, seeing the scenery creates emotions, blending the scenery and the objects together, and expressing his feelings about the sufferings he has experienced. His life experience made a deep sigh.
Extended reading: Main achievements in the art of calligraphy
Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy uses official script mixed with regular regular script. He calls himself "Six and a Half Calligraphy" and is known as "Banqiao Style". Most of his paintings are based on orchids, grass, bamboo and stones. Orchid and bamboo are almost part of his soul. Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy art is unique in Chinese calligraphy.
It can be inferred from "Ouyang Xiu's Ode to Autumn Sounds in Small Regular Characters" written when he was 23 years old and "Zhi Shi Shi in Small Regular Characters" written when he was 30 years old that Banqiao learned calligraphy from Ouyang Xun in his early years. The font is neat and elegant, but a little restrained: this is related to the neat and elegant Guange style that was prevalent in the calligraphy world at that time, and it was used as the standard font for imperial examinations. In this regard, Zheng Banqiao once said: "If your regular script is too uniform, it will damage your soul if you work hard for a long time." After he became a Jinshi at the age of 40, he rarely wrote anymore. Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy is most praised for his "six-and-a-half-point script", which is a unique "Banqiao style" that combines "Han Bafen" (a kind of official script) with regular script, running script and cursive script.
"Six and a half" calligraphy is Zheng Banqiao's joking name for his original calligraphy. In the official script, there is a kind of "eight-point script" with many strokes. The so-called "six-and-a-half-point script" is roughly the official script, but mixed with other calligraphy styles such as regular script, running script, seal script, and cursive script. The scroll of "Poems of Cao Cao in Running Script" (as in the collection of Yangzhou Museum) can be regarded as a representative work of the "six and a half" style. This piece is written about Cao Cao's poem "Viewing the Sea". The format is very large, with an average of more than 10 square centimeters per room. The font has a strong official style, with both seal and regular script. The shape is flat and long, and the posture is mainly square with a slight swing. Down. The simplicity and expansion are similar to the majestic style of Cao's poems. Zheng Banqiao once praised his calligraphy in the poem "Gift to Pan Tonggang": "My pen is filled with clouds and smoke, sweeping away the clouds and covering the blue sky. I write numbers in one line and two lines, and the stars are arranged in the south and the north."
Zheng Banqiao The composition of calligraphy works is also very unique. He can intersperse the size, length, square and circle, fatness and thinness, and density, like "a street paved with random stones", with rules contained in the indulgence. It seems to be a casual stroke, but when viewed as a whole, it produces a jumping and lively rhythm. For example, the banner of "On Running Script" was painted in the 27th year of Qianlong's reign. He was already seventy years old and is a masterpiece in his later years. The general idea is that Su Dongpo liked to use Xuancheng Zhuge's Qifeng pen, and he wrote very well. Later, when he switched to other pens, the palm of his hand did not respond. Banqiao himself likes to use Taizhou Deng's sheep's hair brush, which makes his writing smooth and flying, which is always satisfactory. So he compared Taizhou Deng's Yanghao to Xuancheng Zhuge Qifeng, and finally said: "How dare I imitate Dongpo? But when writing books, people like fat rather than thin, which is also the meaning of slope." The whole work ends with the words. The strokes are large and small, thick and thin, and the postures are smooth and oblique. The stippling, lifting and pressing are like music to the ears. Birds fly in the air and fish swim in the water. They reveal the strength of the bones in an arbitrary rhythm. And charm: He Shaoji, a native of the Qing Dynasty, said that his calligraphy is "interspersed with orchid and bamboo, which is particularly interesting". From the composition, structure and strokes of this piece of crystal work, you can't tell the orchid, bamboo and lou spirit of his "robust, strange and graceful ancient shapes".