There are some plums in the corner, and cold ling opens them alone.
I knew from a distance that it wasn't snow, because there was a smell coming.
Translation:
In the cold winter, there are several plum blossoms in the corner. Although they are lonely, they can still bloom in the cold.
The poet knows that these plum blossoms are not snowflakes because they have a faint fragrance.
Precautions:
Cold ling: braved the cold.
Yao: It's far away. Know: I know.
For (wèi): Because.
Dark fragrance: refers to the faint fragrance of plum blossoms. ?
About the author:
Wang Anshi (102 1- 1086), a native of Fuzhou (now Shangchi, dongxiang county, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province), was a famous thinker, politician, writer and reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty. And "Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan". , and called "eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". In the second year of Xining (1069), he was promoted to participate in politics. Since Xining three years ago, he has served as a member of the same school twice to publicize the new law. Ning lived in seclusion after nine years' strike, and died in Zhongshan and posthumous title, Jiangning (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), also known as Wang Wengong. Its political reform had a far-reaching impact on the social economy in the late Northern Song Dynasty and had the characteristics of modern reform. Lenin praised him as "1 1 century China's great reformer".
Creative background:
In the first year of Xining, Song Shenzong (1068), Wang Anshi published Nothing Important in this Century, advocating "enriching the people" to save the "poor", enriching Qiang Bing and carrying out comprehensive reform. However, the opponents kept slandering and discussing. In the spring of the seventh year of Xining (1074), there was a great drought and the hungry people were displaced. Wang Anshi went on strike. In February of the following year, Wang Anshi visited again. After nine years in Xining (1076), he was discouraged after being stopped again, gave up political reform and retreated to Zhongshan. At this time, the author's lonely mentality and difficult situation have the same effect as the frosty plum blossom, so he wrote this poem.
Appreciate:
This poem expresses the tenacity and elegance of plum blossom in concise language, and also expresses the poet's praise and emotion for natural beauty. Poets express their admiration for strong and self-reliant people or things by depicting lonely plums in the corner; Plum blossoms are not snow, but can emit fragrance, which shows the poet's keen observation and profound understanding of the subtle changes in nature. The whole poem is profound in artistic conception, fresh and refined, giving people a sense of tranquility and beauty.