late spring
Tang dynasty: Han Yu
Flowers and trees know that spring is about to pass, and they want to keep the pace of spring and pay more attention. (Grass Tree Works: Vegetation)
Even the fickle elm tree without beautiful colors is unwilling to be lonely, dancing with the wind and turning into snowflakes flying all over the sky.
1, translation and annotation
(1) Translation:
Flowers and trees all know that spring is back, and they all want to keep the pace of spring and compete with each other. Even beautiful flowers and elm money are unwilling to be lonely, dancing with the wind and turning into flying snow.
(2) Note:
Come back: everything will pass.
Huayang: refers to catkins.
Elm pod: also known as elm money. Before the elm leaves, it first grows pods between branches. Pods are small and shaped like money. The pods are white and fall with the wind.
Talent: talent and ability.
Jay: I know.
2. Appreciate:
This is a poem describing the scenery in late spring. Although poetry is just a common scene where a hundred flowers blossom and blossom, it is unique and unique. What the poet wrote was not the falling flowers and withering in late spring, but the plants and trees staying in spring, showing a colorful and moving scene. The poem is nuanced, revealing secrets that predecessors have never obtained, opposing the feeling of ordinary poets dying in late spring, imitating the splendid situation of flowers and plants, and showing the elegance of late spring. A few strokes are full of scenery, which is refreshing.
Spring is coming back. It seems that all the herbaceous woody plants ("grass trees") have got the news, and they all want to keep her and try their best to compete for beauty. Ironically, catkins and elm pods, which were originally full of color and flavor, were unwilling to be lonely. They joined in the fun, danced with the wind and became snow flies (the word "Huayang" is a preference for "Huayang"). Just a few strokes give readers an impression of eyeful scenery.
Furthermore, it is not difficult to find that the vivid effect of this poem is closely related to personification. Grass tree is a heartless thing, but it can know, understand and fight. In particular, there is a distinction between "talent and thinking", which is rare in previous poems. The strangest thing is that the word "no talent" caused the last two sentences to be chewed. If it can be solved, it will cause different views.
Some people think that it is to persuade people to cherish time and study hard, so that they will not achieve nothing like "Huayang fishing pods"; Some people see humor in it and think it is a deliberate mockery of "Huayang Jade Pod" without beautiful red and purple flowers, just as people have no talent and can't write a literary chapter; Others simply suspect: "The poet's three or four sentences seem to be ironic, but I don't know what he means." No matter how poetic each statement is, you can see that this poem is really strange just by explaining the differences.
This poem is the fusion of scenery and reason, and the description of scenery contains the philosophy of life: the poet's description of "knowledge" scenery through "vegetation" reflects his treasure of the beautiful scenery in spring. Facing the scene of late spring, the poet turned the common feeling of cherishing spring into subjective participation, and his mood was optimistic and innovative.