The water is bright and clear,

It's rainy in the mountains.

In order to compare the West Lake with the West Lake,

Light makeup is always appropriate.

Source of works

From "Drinking Rain on Lake Chuqing", it is a set of poems by Su Shi, a writer in Song Dynasty.

These two poems praising the beauty of the West Lake were written by the poet when he was a judge in Hangzhou. Among them, the second poem is widely circulated. This poem does not describe a scene or a moment of the West Lake, but a comprehensive description of the beauty of the West Lake, especially the last two sentences, which are considered to be appropriate comments on the West Lake. The first poem was not included in the anthology. In fact, this poem is also well written. The first sentence describes the magnificence of the West Lake in the morning. Comparing the two poems can better grasp the author's thoughts and feelings when writing poems.

original work

Two songs about the lake drinking the rain after the Qing Dynasty.

one

Welcome guests to the sunrise, and stay drunk at night.

This means Jia Jun won't. One glass is the narcissus king.

Secondly,

The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are cloudy and rainy.

If there are more dead beauties in the West Lake, C+ is so appropriate.

Sentence annotation

(1) Drinking on the lake: drinking on the boat in the West Lake.

⑵ Sunrise: the sunshine in the morning.

⑶ Narcissus King: In the Song Dynasty, there was a Narcissus King Temple next to the West Lake to worship the Dragon King of Qiantang, so it was called Narcissus King.

(4) Turbulence: The appearance of water waves rippling and flashing. Fang Hao: It looks beautiful.

5] Empty: It's drizzling. Meng, a "Meng". Also: also. Odd: wonderful.

[6] Desire: Yes; If. Xi Shi, a famous beauty of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period.

(7) Always appropriate: always appropriate and natural.

Translation of works

one

The sky was hazy, and I went to meet the guests from afar. The morning light gradually dyed the mountains red. Boating in the West Lake at night, there was a shower in the sky, and all the guests were drunk as a fiddler. The West Lake is suitable for rain or shine, so charming, but the guests don't fully appreciate it. If you want to feel the magical beauty of paradise on earth, you should enjoy it with the patron saint of the West Lake, Narcissus King.

Secondly,

On sunny days, the West Lake is full of blue waves. In the sunshine, radiant, beautiful. When it rains, the distant mountains are shrouded in misty rain, and their eyes are confused. The hazy scenery is also beautiful. If the beautiful West Lake is compared to a beauty, then whether it is light makeup or heavy makeup, it can always set off her natural beauty and charming charm.

Creation background

Su Shi was a general of Hangzhou from four to seven years in Xining, Song Shenzong (1071-kloc-0/074), and wrote a lot of poems describing the scenery of the West Lake. This group of poems was written in the sixth year of Xining (1073).

works appreciation

one

There are two poems in this group, but many anthologies only take a fancy to the second one, so the first one is little known. In fact, although the second song is good, it is a footnote of the first song. The "meaning" mentioned in the first song is "this meaning is not from Jiajun", which refers to the sunny Xian Yi in the West Lake written in the second song, such as the beauty's light makeup and heavy makeup. If you don't choose the first song, the word "drink" in the title of the song will be nowhere to be found. Su Shi means that most people like sunny days when they visit the lake, but they don't know that the lakes and mountains in the rain are different. There is the Narcissus King Temple on the lake. The immortals in the temple are always by the lake and have seen the ups and downs and sunny days of the West Lake. They will certainly agree with their own aesthetics, so the author will ask the Narcissus King to raise his glass. The word "Yan" in the first sentence of this song is very accurate, which describes the splendor of Chaoyang beautifully. If you only watch the second song, the meaning of "thick wipe" is abstract.

Secondly,

The first half of the second poem describes not only the scenery of the West Lake, but also the sunny and rainy state of the West Lake. "Clear water is good" describes the clear water of the West Lake: in the bright sunshine, the West Lake is rippling and sparkling, which is very beautiful. The Wonder of Mountain Kong Yu describes the mountains in rainy days: under the cover of rain curtain, the mountain fans around the West Lake are very wonderful as if nothing had happened. From the first poem, we can know that the poet accompanied guests to dine by the West Lake all day. It was sunny in the morning, then turned cloudy, and it began to rain after dusk. In the eyes of poets who are good at appreciating nature and have deep feelings for the West Lake, whether it is water, mountains, sunny or rainy, it is beautiful and wonderful. From the praise of "sunny face" and "strange sound of rain", we can imagine the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains in different weather, and we can also imagine the poet's free and easy personality and open mind when he is in a mood. The scenery written in the first half is a scene corresponding to communication, with broad and bold feelings, blending scenes and relative scenes between sentences. The beautiful scenery of the West Lake is written, and the poet Su Shi's feelings are expressed incisively and vividly.

In the second half of the poem, the poet did not closely follow the first two sentences, and further described the sunny and rainy days of lakes and mountains with a pen. Instead, he took appearance as the god and only used an ethereal metaphor to convey the charm of lakes and mountains. Between the carrier and the noumenon, except for the West Lake, which literally has the same word "West", the poet only pays attention to the present beauty of the West Lake, and the charm of Fengshen is similar to the beauty imagined by the stone. It is precisely because the West Lake and Xizi are beautiful, so for the West Lake, whether it is sunny or rainy, or for Xizi, no matter whether it is light makeup or heavy makeup, it can not change its beauty, but only increase its beauty. There are two diametrically opposite explanations for this metaphor: one is that the poet "takes the West Lake on a sunny day as a light makeup, and the West Lake on a rainy day as a heavy makeup"; One said that the poet is "using sunny days is better than heavy makeup, and rainy days are better than light makeup." Both theories have their own opinions and evidence. But for talented poets, this is a clever metaphor, and an occasional poem is just a temporary heart and scenery. From the beautiful scenery of the West Lake to the calligraphy as the embodiment of beauty, from the "sunny side" and "strange rain" of the West Lake, it is always appropriate to imagine calligraphy. Speaking of metaphor and writing, I'm afraid it's not necessarily limited to sunny. When appreciating this poem, if we must let the heavy makeup return to sunny rain, it may damage the integrity of metaphor and the ethereal beauty of the poem.

Famous comments

Chen Yan commented on the last two sentences of the second song in the Essence of Song Poetry: "It became an evaluation of the West Lake."

Wang Wengong called the second poem "masterpiece" in the compilation and annotation of Su Wenzhong's Gong Shi.

Brief introduction of the author

Su Shi (1037—110/) was born in Meishan, Meizhou (now Sichuan). Son of Su Xun. Jiayou years (1056-1063), Jinshi. He wrote a letter about the disadvantages of Wang Anshi's new law, and later he was sent to Yushitai prison and demoted to Huangzhou for satirizing the new law with poetry. Song Zhezong, a bachelor of Hanlin, is a native of Yingzhou, and is an official of the Ministry of Rites. Later, he was exiled to Huizhou and Danzhou. There are benefits everywhere. Chasing Wen Zhong after death. Knowledgeable, like to reward backwardness. Together with his father Su Xun and his brother Su Zhe, he was called "Su San". His prose is arbitrary, and he is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". His poems have a wide range of themes, are fresh and healthy, are good at using exaggerated metaphors and have a unique style. Also known as "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. Bold words, and Xin Qiji called "Su Xin". He is also engaged in painting and calligraphy. There are Seven Chapters of Dongpo, Dongpo Yi Zhuan, Dongpo Shu Zhuan, Dongpo Yuefu and so on.