"Guan Ju"——Pre-Qin Dynasty·Anonymous.
Guan Guan Jujiu, in the river island. A graceful lady, a gentleman is fond of quarrels. There are various water plants flowing left and right. A graceful lady, I long for her.
I can’t get what I want, so I sleep hard and think about it. Leisurely leisurely, tossing and turning. There are different kinds of watercress, pick them from left to right. A graceful lady, she is a friend of the piano and the harp.
Assorted water plants, left and right. The fair lady is played with bells and drums.
Translation and annotations:
Translation: The doves that sing in harmony live in the small island in the river. A virtuous and beautiful woman is a gentleman's best pursuit. The uneven water-lilies are picked from the left and right sides of the boat. A virtuous and beautiful woman, she is what I miss day and night. I pursue but cannot get her, I miss her day and night. The continuous longing makes it difficult to fall asleep.
The uneven water-lilies are picked from the left and right sides of the boat. A virtuous and beautiful woman, I played the piano, drums and harp to attract her to become my friend. I picked out the jagged water plants on the left and right, a virtuous and beautiful woman, and I beat the bells and drums to please her.
Guan Guan: Onomatopoeia, the calls of male and female birds in response to each other.
Jiujiu: A kind of water bird. Some scholars know ospreys that resemble mandarin ducks. Legend has it that the male and female pairs are inseparable.
Yaoyao: Yao, profound, describes the beauty of a woman’s soul; Yao, graceful, describes the beauty of a woman’s appearance.
Haoqiu: a good object.
Uneven: uneven length.
Nymphae: a kind of waterweed
Flow it left and right: sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right to pick the waterweed. Metaphor orange strives to pursue objects.
Wanmei: waking up and sleeping, meaning day and night. 夤, to wake up; 椤, to sleep.
Sifu: missing. Accept, think.
Youzai Youzai: Missing deeply and longing for a long time.
Tossing and turning: Tossing and turning and being unable to fall asleep.
Friends with the harp: Play the harp, drums and harp to get close to her and make friends. The zither has five or seven strings, and the harp has twenty-five or fifty strings.
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"Guofeng·Zhounan·Guanju" is a short poem, but it occupies a special position in the history of Chinese literature. It is the representative of "The Book of Songs" "The opening chapter is also the most familiar to the public. It is also the most popular and well-known among them. It is catchy and easy to understand.
The Book of Songs is one of the oldest classics of Chinese literature. This poem cleverly uses the expression technique of "Xing" in art. The birds sing toward each other in harmony, which makes the gentleman think of accompanying the lady. The collection of water plants also evokes the protagonist's longing and pursuit of the lady. The whole poem is beautifully written. , is good at using double tones and overlapping words, which enhances the phonological beauty and associative beauty of the poem, and makes the onomatopoeia convey emotion and vividness.
The content in "Guan Ju" is also relatively simple. It describes a gentleman's longing for a lady. The beauty of the lady's soul and body make the gentleman toss and turn, making the gentleman willing to ring bells, drums, and harps to attract the lady. Making Friends with a Lady, the characters' psychological and physical activities are clear and clear. In ancient times, it was more about simple and direct interactions between men and women.
This poem itself mostly appears in the form of a man pursuing a woman. In general marriage relationships, the man is more of the active party. In ancient times, when a man married a woman home, he would praise her as a beautiful and skillful girl. She is her good spouse. She said that she once tossed and turned and couldn't sleep every day because she missed her so much. This will definitely deepen the woman's joy.
From a structural point of view, the poem begins with seeing the love between birds and birds, thinking of the beautiful girl he strives to pursue, and ending with the love of the piano. The tossing and turning in the middle makes love hard-won. Make people cherish it more.
What this article praises is a kind of love that is emotionally restrained, cautious in behavior, and aims at marital harmony, so it has always been praised.