Luzhai is one of Wang Wei's representative works of late landscape poetry, "Wangchuan Collection". The poem describes the quiet scenery of the empty mountains and deep forests near Luchai under the reflection of the setting sun. Let’s learn about Luzhai poems with me!
The original text of "Luzhai"
No one can be seen in the empty mountain, but the sound of people's voices can be heard.
Returning to the deep forest, the light shines on the moss again.
Translation of "Lu Zhai"
In the vast mountains, no one can be seen, but occasionally the voices of people can be heard.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines into the dense forest and reflects on the green moss.
Commentary on "The Deer Village"
Wang Wei is an outstanding representative of the pastoral style of landscape poetry. The characteristic of his poetry is that there are paintings within the poems and poems within the paintings. This poem is no exception. Human voices and echoes in the empty valley show its silence; a touch of afterglow shines on the moss deep in the mountain forest, showing its darkness. In short, this poem gives people a feeling of loneliness and darkness.
"There are no people in the empty mountain, but you can hear people's voices." "No people" appear to be empty. "The empty mountain is empty and there are no people in Chaimen. The empty forest is alone with white clouds." This empty space writes the silence in the mountain. , this kind of silence is not dead silence, not silence. You can't see people because you can't see them as far as the eye can see. Is there really no one? No, the next sentence "But I heard someone's voice" shows that there is clearly someone there. This just shows that this place is very quiet, so we can hear people's voices.
It also writes about the empty mountains and the quiet beauty. "Mountain Dwelling in the Autumn Twilight" has a bright tone, with an aura of tranquility floating on the quiet tone, and contains lively vitality; The mountains are quiet, but the artistic conception is fresh; while "Deer Village" has a cold and empty color. Let's look at "but hear". In the mountains, we should think of the singing of warblers and birds and the rustling of the wind, but the author did not hear it. The only thing he heard was the voice of people. Silence contrasts with movement, reflecting an empty atmosphere.
Three or four sentences, "Returning to the deep forest, the light shines on the moss again", from sound to color, from the empty mountain to the deep forest reflection. "Returning to the scene" not only indicates that the light is weak, but also indicates that the time is short; "moss" indicates the dimness and humidity of the deep forest. When a ray of afterglow shines on the moss, the sudden light becomes the focus of this dim area, further highlighting the darkness and loneliness around it.
If lines one, two, and two use sound to reflect the emptiness, then lines three, four, and two use light to reflect the darkness. Quiet and almost empty, quiet and slightly cold. The whole poem is like adding a little warm color to most of the pictures with cold colors. The result is that the cold colors make the impression more profound.