Wang Wei [Tang Dynasty]
I leaned alone in the dense bamboo, playing the piano and humming a song.
It's too light for anyone to hear, except my partner, Mingyue.
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Sitting alone in a quiet bamboo forest, singing loudly while playing the piano.
No one knows in the mountains and forests, only a bright moon is quietly accompanying me.
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Zhuliguan: A scenic spot in Wangchuan Villa. There are bamboo forests around the house, hence the name.
Juan: A deep bamboo forest.
Xiaoà o: Wearing a green hat will make a long and crisp sound, similar to whistling.
Deep forest: refers to "secluded forest".
Taking pictures: corresponding to "sitting alone", it means that there is no one around, only the bright moon seems to understand and wants to take pictures.
Long whistle: shout with a pinch of mouth, which means chanting and singing In ancient times, some detached people used it to express their feelings. Celebrities in Wei and Jin Dynasties called whistling.
Creation background
This poem was written during Wang Wei's seclusion in Wangchuan, Lantian in his later years. Wang Wei believed in Buddhism in his early years, his thoughts were detached and his career was bumpy. After forty, I lived a semi-official and semi-secluded life. With a quiet mind, the poet met the quiet nature of bamboo forest and bright moon and wrote a book with great care.
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This poem describes the leisure life and interest of hermits, the leisure life of the poet sitting alone under the moon and playing the piano. With simple and beautiful words, it conveys the poet's calm and indifferent state of mind, showing the realm of tranquility and appealing to both refined and popular tastes.
The environment in which the poet started his activities was quiet. The word "independence" at the beginning left a prominent impression on readers, and the word "independence" also runs through the whole article. "Dark fire" refers to the depths of bamboo forest. "The Songs of Chu Nine Songs Shan Gui" said: "I can't see the sky anywhere else." As the name implies, the "Bamboo Pavilion" is a house built deep in the bamboo forest, and Wang Wei sits alone in it. His friend Pei Di wrote in the same poem: "No one in the world is the only mountain bird." Only the first sentence of the poem shapes the image of a leisurely solitaire.
The second sentence inherits the poet's carefree, alone, and expresses his feelings by playing the piano and whistling. We know that Wang Wei is a famous musician, so after passing the Jinshi exam, he became too happy. However, it is obvious that he is sitting alone in the bamboo pavilion playing the piano, not for people to appreciate, but to express his embrace. "Long whistle" refers to chanting poems loudly in a long sound, such as Su Shi's Waiting in the Woods: "Come home in the morning and evening, and the old songs will be long." It is obvious that playing the piano is not enough to express your feelings, and then I sang again. The poem he sang may be this "Bamboo House".
In describing the scenery in the poem, only six words are used to form three words, namely "secluded place", "deep forest" and "bright moon". For the moon that shines on the earth, there is nothing new and ingenious about using the word "Ming" to describe its brightness. It's a common saying. As for the first sentence "Huang" and the third sentence "Lin", they are actually the same thing, both of which repeat the bamboo forest where the poet lives, adding the words "secluded" and "deep" in front of the bamboo forest, but the explanation is neither "three poles and two poles of bamboo" as mentioned in Yu Xin's Xiao Yuan Fu, nor "green hills and bamboos" as mentioned in Liu Zongyuan's poems. Here, it's like writing the scene at will, without any effort to describe and describe it.
Write three or four sentences about your inner world, and no one can understand them. "It's too light for anyone to hear" is the proper meaning of this poem. If he didn't care what people knew and didn't know, he wouldn't have written this poem. Since he wrote this poem, it shows that he still hopes someone can understand him. Unfortunately, he was only accompanied by a bright moon in the sky. Writing "I don't know" at the beginning and "Moonlight" at the end can also be said to echo each other.
Brief introduction of the author
Wang Wei (70 1 year -76 1 year, 699 -76 1 year), whose real name was Ji Jie, was named the magic pony. Han nationality, a native of Hedong, Zhou Pu (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) and Qixian, Shanxi, was a poet in the Tang Dynasty and was known as the "Shi Fo". Su Shi commented: "Poetry is full of paintings; Look at the picture, there are poems in the picture. " In the ninth year of Kaiyuan (72 1), he was a scholar and was appointed as Tai Lecheng. During the Tianbao period, he worshipped the official department as a doctor and a servant. In the first year of Tang Suzong's rule, he was appointed as a senior minister, known as "Wang Youcheng". Wang Wei is a representative of poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Today, there are more than 400 poems, including Acacia and Autumn Night in the Deep Mountains. Wang Wei is proficient in Buddhism and is greatly influenced by Zen. Buddhism has a Vimalakīrti Jing, which is the origin of Wang Wei's name and ci. Wang Wei's poems, paintings and calligraphy are all famous, versatile and proficient in music. Together with Meng Haoran, they are called "Wang Meng".