The picture described is that the courtyard of the thatched house is often cleaned, so clean that there is no trace of moss. Flowers, plants and trees are arranged in rows and ridges, all planted by the owner himself.
From: "Two Poems on the Wall of Mr. Shu Huyin" is a seven-character quatrain poem composed by Wang Anshi, a writer and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. The whole poem not only praises the owner's simplicity and hard work, but also expresses the poet's tranquil mood of retreat and leisure, and enjoys endless fun from the pastoral landscape and interactions with the common people.
Literary Appreciation
These two poems were inscribed on the wall of Mr. Huyin’s house, the first of which is very famous. The allusion in this poem is very subtle. Readers who do not know the content of the allusion do not hinder their understanding of the main idea of ??the poem. However, the profound meaning and interest of the poem require understanding the source of the allusion in order to understand it more deeply.
The first two sentences praise the tranquility of the Yang family courtyard. The poet abandons all ordinary descriptions and only uses the word "no moss", which is really unique. The ground in the south of the Yangtze River is humid and it is the rainy season in early summer, which is more beneficial to the growth of moss than in other seasons. Moreover, moss likes darkness and always grows in secluded places, making it more difficult to remove than other weeds. Now there is not even moss in the courtyard, which shows that everything is impure and it is always impure.
Here, the ordinary image has extremely rich expressive power due to the appropriate use of words. "Flowers and trees" are the most eye-catching scenery in the courtyard. Because there are so many varieties, they need to be planted in separate borders. In this way, the word "chengqi" not only describes the neatness of the flower garden, but also strongly implies the beauty of the flowers and trees, which are neat but not monotonous.