The cries of thousands of birds echo their own hearts, and thousands of purple flowers on the mountain are on the height of trees.
Only then did I understand that listening to the cry of the thrush locked in a golden cage is far less than singing leisurely in the forest.
[Notes]
Free action: fly freely in the Woods.
② Tree height: high or low in the forest.
(3) Golden cage: a valuable birdcage, which refers to a residence with superior living conditions and no worries about eating and drinking.
(3) Hundred tones: describe the cunning and changefulness of thrush.
4 I began to know: I just know now.
Better: far behind.
[explanation]
When I came to the Woods, I saw blackbirds flying freely on the branches full of red, purple and purple mountain flowers, and heard them singing happily on the high and low treetops. He couldn't help feeling that if they were locked up, even in golden cages, they wouldn't sing such beautiful songs. Because freedom is the premise of a happy life. Birds are like this, aren't people like this?
Translation:
The cries of hundreds of birds echoed at will,
(Right there). Mountain flowers are in full bloom, trees are high and horses are low.
I just realized: (before) I heard the cry of a thrush in a golden cage.
Not as free as singing when you swim in the forest.
[Appreciation]
This article expresses its spirit by chanting thrush. The title of the poem is "Tongue of Bai Wen in County Zhai". Thrush and tongue are euphemistic songbirds. The poet also wrote in the poem "Birds Singing" that "it's beautiful to sleep in the south window, and the tongue doesn't dawn to urge the morning. The oriole is lovely in color and dumb as a baby. " This shows his appreciation of "free singing in the forest". Through the comparison with "locked in a golden cage", we can see the poet's psychology of breaking free and yearning for freedom. The poet used to be an official in the DPRK, but later he was implicated in the party struggle and was demoted to know the prefecture and magistrate. These two sentences are probably suppressed.
In Ouyang Xiu's "Thrushcross Birds", the first two sentences describe the scenery: thrush birds call one after another, one high and one low, making the colorful mountain flowers more pleasing to the eye. The last two lyrical sentences: Seeing those birds in cages, I really envy thrush flying in the forest, free and unrestrained. What should also be known here is that Ouyang Xiu, the author, was banished to Chuzhou at this time because he was excluded from the DPRK, which shows the mood of writing this poem.
Writing thrush is really about writing yourself, a hundred songs of thrush birds, expressing the heart music of seclusion in the mountains and unconstrained style. Look at the flowers, lush green leaves, and care about the purple robe with gold belt; Infinite joy and comfort, like a clear stream in the mountains, washed away the dust in the world, leaving only a pleasant rhyme flowing. Use contrast: compare the first two sentences (writing a free thrush) with the last two sentences (writing a thrush trapped in a cage and losing his freedom)!