Bai Juyi replied to his dream of playing with the moon on the night of August 15th
A blue cloud guest from the South, a white-headed man from Tokyo.
There is a moon in the early days of Songjiang River, and there is no wind in Yishui River.
I miss the two hometowns far away, but the clear light is the same thousands of miles away.
I don’t know how the baby’s pavilion looks like in the stone building.
Appreciation
Bai Juyi was a great poet with great influence in the mid-Tang Dynasty. His poetic ideas and poetry creation, with their outstanding emphasis and full expression of popularity and realism, It occupies an important position in the history of Chinese poetry. In "Yu Yuan Jiu Shu", he clearly stated: The servant's ambition is to be both helpful and to be independent in doing good. What is followed and persisted is the Tao, what is said and invented is poetry. It is said that allegorical poetry has the intention of also benefiting people; it is said that leisure poetry has the meaning of being independent and good. It can be seen from this that among the four categories of poems that Bai Juyi divided into four categories: allegory, leisure, sentimentality, and miscellaneous rhyme, the first two categories embody his consistent approach of combining benefits and doing good alone, so they receive the most attention. At the same time, he put forward his own literary proposition: articles are written according to the time, and songs and poems are written according to the situation. His poetic ideas were mainly based on the creation of early allegorical poems.
Playing with the moon on the night of August 15th with all the guests
Bai Juyi played with the moon with all the guests on the night of August 15
This is the only story about the good moon*** At night, everyone knows that this is the eastern capital.
There are thousands of layers of snow on the outside and inside of Songshan Mountain, and two pearls on the top and bottom of Luoshui River.
It is rare to cherish a beautiful scenery at every opportunity, and to encourage you to enjoy it until you grow old.
Knowing sincerely that there will be a meeting in the coming year, I will keep you clear and strong.
Appreciation
Bai Juyi was a great poet with great influence in the mid-Tang Dynasty. His poetic ideas and poetry creation, with their outstanding emphasis and full expression of popularity and realism, It occupies an important position in the history of Chinese poetry. In "Yu Yuan Jiu Shu", he clearly stated: The servant's ambition is to be both helpful and to be independent in doing good. What is followed and persisted is the Tao, what is said and invented is poetry. It is said that allegorical poetry has the intention of also benefiting people; it is said that leisure poetry has the meaning of being independent and good. It can be seen from this that among the four categories of poems that Bai Juyi divided into four categories: allegory, leisure, sentimentality, and miscellaneous rhyme, the first two categories embody his consistent approach of combining benefits and doing good alone, so they receive the most attention. At the same time, he put forward his own literary proposition: articles are written according to the time, and songs and poems are written according to the situation. His poetic ideas were mainly based on the creation of early allegorical poems. Huayang Guanzhong invites friends to play with the moon on the night of August 15th
Bai Juyi Huayang Guanzhong invites friends to play with the moon on the night of August 15th
Humanity knows that the bright moon in autumn is good, and I would like to invite you to join us. How do you like it?
On the autumn altar in Huayang Cave, there is a lot of clear light here tonight.
Translation and annotations
Autumn: A work on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Appreciation
Bai Juyi was a great poet with great influence in the mid-Tang Dynasty. His poetic ideas and poetry creation, with their outstanding emphasis and full expression of popularity and realism, It occupies an important position in the history of Chinese poetry. In "Yu Yuan Jiu Shu", he clearly stated: The servant's ambition is to be both helpful and to be independent in doing good. What is followed and persisted is the Tao, what is said and invented is poetry. It is said that allegorical poetry has the intention of also benefiting people; it is said that leisure poetry has the meaning of being independent and good. It can be seen from this that among the four categories of poems that Bai Juyi divided into four categories: allegory, leisure, sentimentality, and miscellaneous rhyme, the first two categories embody his consistent approach of combining benefits and doing good alone, so they receive the most attention. At the same time, he put forward his own literary proposition: articles are written according to the time, and songs and poems are written according to the situation. His poetic ideas were mainly based on the creation of early allegorical poems. Looking at the moon in the Huanting Pavilion on the night of August 15th
Bai Juyi Looking at the moon in the Huanting Pavilion on the night of August 15th
On the night of August 15th of that year, I was by the apricot garden by the Qujiang Pool.
On the night of August 15th this year, in front of the Shatou Water Museum in Penpu.
Looking to the northwest, where is my hometown? To the southeast, I can see how full the moon is.
Yesterday the wind blew and no one was there, but tonight the light is as clear as in previous years.
Translation and Notes
On the night of August 15th, I stood next to the apricot garden beside the pond in Qujiang.
On the night of August 15th this year, I was in front of the Penpu Shatou Water Museum again.
Looking to the northwest, how can I see where my hometown is? Looking to the southeast, I can see that the moon has become full several times.
No one paid attention to the wind blowing yesterday, but the beautiful scenery tonight is just like in the past years.
1. Past years: last year, the past.
Appreciation
The first couplet of the poem expresses the pain of the poet Bai Juyi in many aspects. In fact, this is a comparison of cross-sections of life. So how does the poem complete the transition in content? In terms of content, the couplet involves looking at hometown and the full moon. On the surface, it looks like homesickness, but the psychology reflected in the behavior of looking at hometown is permeated with the poet's loneliness and misery, and this psychology once again strengthens the inner subject's loneliness experience. Seeing the moon means appreciating the bright moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a full moon, but the question is actually the psychological result of the extreme loneliness of a round person.
Looking northwest to the four directions, looking at my hometown and the surrounding fields, looking at the bright moon, I can imagine the uneasiness and eagerness of a person watching, hoping that my hometown can bring me warmth, and I can see a bright moon in my heart for my care, but the opposite result occurs. , which only adds to the poet's endless sense of misery.
The poem is so full of twists and turns that it highlights the loneliness of the poet's relegation. The poet in the last couplet reproduces the autumn wind and moonlight in detail. The autumn wind and autumn rain make people sad. No one can understand the coolness of this sad autumn wind when it blows. To be able to ignore the skin feeling of this cold autumn wind must be that people are immersed in ruthless joy and have forgotten the coldness of the autumn wind. This highlights the joy of the poet's past days.
The clear light tonight is like that of previous years. First, it means that the moon tonight is similar to that of previous years. The light is used metaphorically. The prominent moon is still the moon of the past, implying that people are no longer the spirited people they used to be. The object that echoes the comparison in the previous part of the poem is people. Fei is helpless and miserable; the second is that the moon tonight is like that of previous years, but the moonlight shining on the body makes people extremely cold. When you are in the environment in front of the Shatou Water Pavilion in Penpu, you feel cold in your heart. The poem further develops here. It strengthened the poet's proficiency in poetry skills when faced with the exclamation of fifteen poets after he was relegated, and he could fully describe the invisible inner sorrow in a short space of time!