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Qing Ping Diao·Part 1
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
The clouds think of clothes, flowers think of face, and the spring breeze blows the threshold and the dew is rich.
If we hadn’t met at the top of the jade mountain, we would have met under the moonlight at Yaotai.
Translation:
When I see clouds, I think of her gorgeous clothes; when I see flowers, I think of her gorgeous appearance; when the spring breeze blows on the railings, the dewdrops moisten the flowers and make them more colorful.
With such a natural beauty, it is either the fluttering fairies seen on the top of the jade mountains, or the goddesses under the moonlight in front of the Yaotai Hall.
This poem is cleverly imagined and easy to read without any trace of artificiality. The language in the poem is rich and colorful, and the words are flowing. When reading this poem, one feels like the spring breeze fills the paper, the eyes are filled with flowers, and the human face is blurred. There is no need to describe it. Naturally, people feel that this is a peony, a beauty and a jade color, and not anything else. .
The first song uses peonies to compare with the beauty of the imperial concubine. The first sentence uses clouds to compare clothes and flowers to appearance; the second sentence uses flowers to be moistened by the spring breeze, just like a concubine receiving the favor of a king; the third sentence uses fairies to compare to noble concubines; the fourth sentence uses Chang'e to compare to noble concubines. This repeated comparison creates an image of a beautiful woman as gorgeous as a peony. However, the poet used clouds, flowers, dew, jade mountains, Yaotai, moonlight, all light-colored words to praise the plump appearance of the imperial concubine without revealing any trace.
In art, this poem mainly uses a variety of rhetorical techniques.
First, use the rhetorical technique of metaphor. For example, the sentence "Clouds think of clothes and flowers think of appearance" uses metaphorical rhetoric to describe the beauty of Concubine Yang's appearance and clothes, and to show Concubine Yang's wealth and dignity.
Secondly, it uses personification and exaggerated rhetorical techniques. For example, the sentence "The spring breeze blows the threshold and reveals Revlon" describes Yang Guifei's beautiful appearance and noble status through personification and exaggerated rhetoric.
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