Night Mooring at Maple Bridge
The moon is setting, crows are crying, the sky is full of frost, Jiang Feng is fishing and the fire is facing melancholy.
At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang at midnight to reach the passenger ship.
Explanation of poetry
The moon has set, crows crow from time to time, the vast night seems to be filled with frost, facing the faint maple trees on the rocks and the river. The flickering fishing fires and melancholy kept me awake. In the middle of the night, the cold bells of Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou drifted leisurely to the passenger ship.
Word explanation
Jiang Feng: maple tree by the river.
Gusu: Another name for Suzhou.
Poetry Appreciation
The poet uses detailed thinking. Six scenes are contained in just four lines of the poem. He uses the most poetic language to construct a quiet and distant artistic conception: Autumn by the River At night, the fishing fire is lit, and the travelers lie down to hear the bells ringing in the quiet night. All scenes are selected with unique discernment: one is still, one is moving, one is bright, one is dark, and on the river bank, the combination of scenery and the mood of the characters have reached a high degree of tacit understanding and blending, and together they have formed this artistic realm that has become a model for later generations. .
Author
Zhang Ji
[Tang Dynasty] (lived around 756 AD), named Yisun, Xiangzhou (the state is governed in Xiangyang, Hubei Province today) County) people. The year of birth and death is unknown, but he was alive around the time of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty. He is well-read and knowledgeable, easy to talk about, and knows how to manage the body. Befriended Huangfu Ran and became more in love with his younger brother Kun. In the twelfth year of Tianbao (AD 753), he became a Jinshi. He served as the shogunate of the Rong army in Changzuo, and also served as the judge of salt and iron. At the end of the Dali calendar, Wai Lang, a member of the Jixiao Temple, entered the temple. He also divided the wealth in Hongzhou. Later, both the couple died there. Following the poem, "Mooring at Night at Fengqiao" is the most famous. There is a volume of poetry anthology, "New Tang Calligraphy and Literature Chronicle" handed down to the world.
Gao Zhongwu commented on Zhang Ji's poems: "Both things and principles", "Bi Xing is profound", "Don't carve but decorate yourself, rich and clear, the style of a Taoist." His poems are not only " "The style of a Taoist" also has a "Zen flavor". This was a common trend among scholar-bureaucrats at that time advocating Confucianism and Taoism, and he was no exception. However, he did not have the bureaucratic habits of ordinary officials. He once wrote a sentimental poem: "If you are in harmony with the people of the time, you will be quiet. In the imperial city, you will not know the five princes." He did not cater to the powerful, and he was the same as that time. Huangfu Ran, a poet who was a Jinshi scholar, had a good friendship and kept in touch with him from time to time.
Zhang Jixuan has very few works handed down, and all Tang poems are included in one volume. However, only one poem, "Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night", has made his name famous throughout the ages, and the "Hanshan Temple" is also attributed to him. , becoming a famous tourist attraction far and wide.