From: Three Summer Poems by Zhang Lei in Song Dynasty.
The days in summer are very long, the wind in the village is very clear, and there are many swallows living under the eaves, and their wings have grown up.
Butterflies spread their wings on the branches that bloom at noon. On a sunny day, spiders make a spider's web in the corner.
The moonlight shines on the curtain, leans on the pillow, and listens to the murmur of the stream.
Long gray hair is like frost and snow now, and I always want to be a woodcutter or fisherman to spend my life!
In summer, the days are long, and it's sunny in Jiangcun. There are many little birds living on the eaves, and their wings have grown up. The butterfly spread its wings and stopped on the flower branch at noon. One sunny day, spiders are leisurely weaving webs in the corner. Moonlight falls on scattered curtains, leans on pillows, and listens to the gurgling stream. My hair has been gray for a long time, and now it is as white as frost and snow. I have always wanted to be a woodcutter or fisherman to spend my life.
Introduction and appreciation of this poem shows the poet's love for a quiet and peaceful life by describing the images of birds, butterflies and spiders at midnight in summer. It expresses the poet's feelings of being indifferent to fame and fortune, hating the secular and wanting to live in seclusion.
There is movement in the whole poem, and there is silence in the movement. The author chooses a summer scene in the countryside far away from the officialdom, and sets off the tranquility of rural life by writing the actions of birds, butterflies and cobwebs, which makes rural life full of business and interest. The hustle and bustle of the whole countryside just shows their peace and the "breeze" in the countryside; The "sunny day" in rural areas is in sharp contrast with the unbearable filth of officialdom. "Inviting the moon shadow at the end of the curtain, the noise is empty, listening to Naxi sound" expresses that the author's heart has been integrated with nature, and his heart has been extremely quiet.
The whole poem shows the poet's love for the moon shadow and the sound of streams, his leisurely mood and his desire to retire to the countryside and die in it.