Yan Lu [Tang Dynasty]
The grass shop is six or seven miles away from the field, and the flute makes the night wind three or four times.
Come back from a full meal at dusk and lie in the moonlight without taking off your hemp fiber.
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The grass seems to have been spread on the ground, and it is everywhere in Fiona Fang. The intermittent melodious flute of the shepherd boy was faintly heard in the evening breeze.
The shepherd boy came back and had a good meal. It's already after dusk. He didn't even take off his hemp fiber, so he lay on the grass and watched the full moon in the sky.
This poem vividly shows a picture of a shepherd boy returning home at night: Yuan Ye, green grass, flute, shepherd boy, hemp fiber and bright moon. There are scenes, feelings, characters and voices in the poem, and this vivid scene appears in the poet's field of vision from far and near; It is a short song praising labor, describing the tranquility of rural life and the hard work of herding children. Grassland, flute, moonlit night and shepherd boy, like a bleak ink painting, make readers feel peaceful.
"Six or seven miles of grass cover the field" describes the visual experience. Looking around, the Yuan Ye is covered with lush grass. The word "paving" shows the lush grass and the gentle and comfortable feeling of grassland. The vastness of grassland paved the way for the emergence of shepherd boy.
"The flute let the night wind blow three or four times." Described the feeling of hearing, listening to the ears and the shepherd's flute in the evening wind. The word "Nong" shows a kind of interest, conveying the intermittent and melodious flute sound in the wind and the meaning of the shepherd boy playing the flute. The melodious flute sound reflects the relaxed mood of the shepherd boy after a day's work. If you don't see the shepherd boy, you can smell his voice first, which has unlimited imagination. The "six or seven miles" and "three or four sounds" here are not exact figures, just to highlight the vastness of Yuan Ye and the silence of the countryside in the evening.
"Returning from a full meal at dusk", the poet changed a pen and began to describe the shepherd boy directly. The shepherd boy had a full meal, and it was after dusk.
"Lying on the moon without taking off the hemp fiber" describes the scene of a shepherd boy resting. A shepherd boy with the earth as his bed and the sky as his account, who eats when he is hungry and sleeps when he is sleepy, has no attachments and is free. The poet did not describe what the shepherd boy did after lying down. The shepherd boy may want to stretch himself or enjoy the moonlight. The poet seems to have only written down what he saw, but he has unlimited imagination.