Viewing the Sea is a four-character poem written by Cao Cao, a poet in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The original poem is as follows:
On the east coast, climb Jieshi Mountain to see the vast sea. The sea is so vast that the islands stand high on the sea. Trees and paraquat are very lush. Autumn wind makes trees make sad sounds, and the sea is surging. The movement of the sun and the moon seems to come from the vast ocean. A trip to the sun and the moon, if unexpected; Han is a talented star, if you take him by surprise. I am glad to use this poem to express my inner desire.
In the vernacular, it means: to the east, climb Jieshi Mountain and enjoy the vast sea. How vast the sea is, and the mountain island stands high on the seaside. Trees and hundreds of herbs are clustered, the autumn wind blows the trees and makes a sad sound, and the waves in the sea are surging.
The movement of the sun and the moon seems to emanate from this vast ocean. The Milky Way is dotted with stars, as if it came from this vast ocean. I am very happy, so I use this poem to express my inner ambition.
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Creation background: This poem entrusts the poet with deep feelings, through which we can see the poet's own soul. Cao Cao climbed Jieshi Mountain on his way back to Wuhuan Northern Expedition. As a commander-in-chief, Cao Cao climbed the Jieshi, and Qin Huang and Wu Han also climbed the Jieshi, feeling as uneasy as the sea. He integrated his grand ambition and broad mind into his poems and expressed it through the image of the sea.
In the poem "Watching the Sea", the first six sentences are about the real scene, the last four are Cao Cao's imagination, and the last two sentences are not directly related to the original poem. This poem is not only full of scenery, but also unique. It is the earliest masterpiece of landscape poetry in China, especially loved by literary historians.
In the first two sentences, "Jieshi looks at the sea in the east", the poet came to the foot of Jieshi Mountain and climbed to see the sea during the Northern Expedition. Jieshi Mountain was originally located in the southwest of Laoting County, Hebei Province. The Han Dynasty was still on land, facing the Bohai Sea. Due to the geological changes in the Six Dynasties, it sank into the sea. When the poet climbed Jieshi Mountain and looked down at the sea, he saw: "Where is the water, where are the mountains and islands?" . Even, the water waves are not exciting. The towering appearance of the island.
"There are many trees and plenty of herbs. The autumn wind is bleak, and Hongbo surges. " The trees are lush, the bleak autumn wind is blowing, and the waves on the sea are rolling. Although the bleak autumn wind gives people a feeling of sadness and killing, the vigorous grass shows its heroic nature; Hongbo is surging, and the more you see it! This is a true description of the natural environment and a concrete portrayal of the poet's subjective feelings.
After winning a series of wars, Cao Cao felt that his great achievements were as full of vitality as flowers and trees, and also full of vitality for the surging sea. Below, the poet developed a rich imagination and further described the magnificent spirit and broad mind of the sea embracing the sun and the moon.
"The trip to the sun and the moon, if unexpected; Xinghan is brilliant, if it is unexpected. " The movement of the sun and the moon seems to linger in the arms of the sea, and the brilliant Milky Way stars seem to be wrapped in the belly of the mother sea. Look, this is the spirit of the sea, the mind of the sea. It's spectacular, it's spectacular. ?
Although there is no direct expression of emotion, reading the whole poem can still make people feel the poet's feelings deeply entrusted by it. Through the poet's vivid description of the stormy waves, we seem to see Cao Cao's great ambition and grand mind of forging ahead and unifying the whole country, and touch Cao Cao's elegant demeanor as a poet, politician and strategist.