After seeing his friends off at Jingmen Ferry, Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote five songs on his way out of Sichuan in his youth. This poem begins with the topic of distant travel, followed by experiences and impressions along the way, and finally thoughts.
The original text is as follows:
Sail from Jingmen Ferry, and soon you will be with southerners.
At the end of the mountain range and the beginning of the plain, the river winds through the wilderness.
The moon rises like a mirror, and the sea clouds twinkle like palaces.
The water brings you the feeling of home and makes your boat travel 300 miles.
The translation is as follows:
I crossed the river by boat to Jingmen, far away, and visited the territory of Chu State during the Warring States Period.
With the emergence of low-level vilen land, mountains gradually disappear, and rivers flow in the endless vilen.
The moon on the river flies from the sky like a mirror, and the clouds form a mirage outside the city.
I still cherish the water from my hometown and the boat that came to see me off in the east not far away.
Extended data:
This poem was written by Li Bai to bid farewell to his hometown when he left Shu for Jingmen in his youth. This is the first time that the poet left his hometown and began to roam around the country, ready to realize his ideals and ambitions.
By changing the scene, the poet described the close-up and prospect of the Yangtze River from different angles: "The moon is lifted like a mirror, and the sea clouds twinkle like a palace."
The Yangtze River flows below Jingmen, and the river twists and turns, and the flow rate slows down. At night, when the river is calm, look down at the reflection of the moon in the water, like a mirror falling from the sky; During the day, looking up at the sky, the clouds rise and change endlessly, forming a mirage-like spectacle.
This is a wonderful view from Jingmen's vast plains and calm rivers. For example, in the Three Gorges of the mountains, because the pavilion is at midnight, there is no sunrise, the water is fragrant in summer, and the water on the river is rushing, it is difficult to see the underwater image of "the moon is like a mirror"; In the secret space of the Three Gorges, there is no wonder of "sea clouds flashing like palaces".
This couplet takes the moon in the water as a round mirror, which sets off the calm of the river, and the clouds in the sky form a mirage, setting off the vast and high sky on the river bank, which has a strong artistic effect. The couplets of chin and neck vividly describe the fresh feelings of people living in Shu when they first walked out of the canyon and saw the vast plain.
The two sentences of the neck couplet reflect the calm of the river, showing the vastness of the river bank, the high sky and the romanticism.
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