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Three cold autumn nights, a comfortable old man.
After lights out, sleep in the beautiful rain.
Grey thermos flask, fragrant warm quilt.
The sun is shining, it is freezing, and the frost leaves are full of red.
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(1) An Xian: Peaceful and carefree, peaceful and comfortable.
(2) Accommodation (Xi incarnation): at night.
(3) Bottle: a drying bottle for heating.
(4) Dawn: Dawn, just before dawn.
(5) Step: Step. [ 1]
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It was a little cold in the late autumn night, and another old man lay awake with a light blowing leisurely. The fire in the brazier has been extinguished in the autumn rain, and the quilt baked in the morning is sunny. I don't think it. Look out of the window, the leaves are red with cold.
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"Sleeping at night in autumn rain" is a familiar theme written by the ancients. Bai Juyi, on the other hand, can explore the artistic conception, grasp the personality characteristics of the characters in a specific environment and describe them in detail, thus successfully portraying an image of a carefree old man.
"On a cold night in Sanqiu, an old man is at ease." The poet describes the late autumn night with the feeling of "cold" given by the climate environment, which sets the tone for the whole poem in late autumn. No wind and rain, still so cold, the attack of autumn wind and autumn rain naturally makes the poet feel even colder. Using this contrast technique can fully mobilize the imagination of readers and enhance the appeal of poetry. The second period represents a character. The word "leisure" outlines the image of an "old man" who likes quiet but hates sports and is indifferent.
"Sleeping late after lights out, sleeping late in the beautiful rain" and "lying late" describe the characteristics of the elderly. The old man is sleepy, so he would rather sit with his eyes closed in the morning than sleep, lest he can't sleep at night. If the old man didn't "lie up late", he might not be able to "have a good sleep" in the rain. It is interesting to explain the time of "lying late" with the words "after lights out". The autumn rain outside the window, the "old man" in the house "slept beautifully" safely, just shows that his heart is empty and he has leisure.
The above two couplets depict the character of the old man from the night when he went to bed in the autumn rain. The second half of the poem further depicts the situation after the old man wakes up.
"Gray thermos flask is fragrant and warm in the quilt cage", and the fuel in the drying bottle has been turned into ashes at night, taking care of the "sleeping beauty" of the elderly. It's only night in Sanqiu, and we have to warm ourselves, highlighting the old people's fear of the cold. The night has passed, and it is reasonable to say that the old man should get up, but he still wants to "add fragrance and warm the quilt" and intends to continue to lie down, vividly depicting the image of a weak and idle old man.
"Sunny and cold, frosty leaves are full of red", echoing the first sentence, write the influence of climate on flowers and trees and the elderly. After the storm, the climate in late autumn is even colder. The word "cold" explains the reason why the old man didn't get up, and the wind and rain at night deepened the meaning of "cold". Not long ago, leaves as red as February flowers were ruthlessly swept away by autumn wind and autumn rain overnight. This is a method of comparison, which shows the ruthlessness of nature. The poet was deeply moved by the empathy from trees to people and from nature to society. The "old man" is "cold before dawn", which is careless and highlights the quiet and indifferent state of mind of the old man. The whole poem firmly grasps the characteristics of the old man sleeping on the night of autumn rain, which is vivid, cordial and touching and full of life breath.
This poem was written in the autumn of 832 (the sixth year of Daiwa), and Bai Juyi was appointed as Henan Yin. The poet is in his sixties, frail and sick, and his official duties are at leisure. In addition, his best friend Yuan Zhen has passed away, and his mood is particularly lonely. This poem somewhat reflects the poet's indifference to politics and loneliness to life in his later years. [2]