-Wang Wei's masterpiece of pastoral poetry

Rain is stored in the forest, smoke comes slowly, and steamed quinoa is used to cook millet.

An egret flies over the quiet swamp, and mango birds sing in the trees in midsummer.

I learned to watch the morning glory in the mountains calmly and eat sunflower seeds with dew under the pine trees.

Why should I scare seagulls, even if I think about it, by giving the honorary position to any clown? ?

This poem was written by Wang Wei when he lived in seclusion in Lantian, Wangchuan. In these seven laws, the poet combines his elegant seclusion with the quiet and beautiful pastoral scenery of Wangchuan, creating a realm of blending scenes, which can be said to be the masterpiece of Wang Wei's pastoral poems.

The first couplet: "It rained in the forest, and the smoke came slowly. I steamed quinoa and boiled millet, and lost money." Painted a picture of Tian Jia's life. Fireworks, Cooking Smoke and Being Late not only show that branches and air are extremely wet on rainy days, and firewood is not easy to burn, but also vividly show that smoke can't go straight into the sky in such wet air, but can only be scattered everywhere. The latter sentence says that the peasant women in the mountains are busy steaming quinoa and cooking millet, and delivering meals to men working in the east fields, which is also the source of fireworks. In just two sentences, it not only describes the common weather in autumn, but also skillfully combines this weather with farming activities, making readers feel as if they are there, creating an almost real atmosphere. Only those who are deeply humiliated can write such charm for ordinary scenery.

Zhuan Xu: "An egret flies over the quiet swamp, and mango birds sing in the trees in midsummer." These two sentences are about the natural scenery of Chu Qing after the rain. The rice in the vast paddy fields is full of vitality and green eyes; Snow-white egrets take off and land in rice fields, leisurely; The trees in the mountains are green and dripping in the misty rain; Golden orioles are calling friends and singing to each other in the Woods. Blue, white, green and gold, such a beautiful TINT, can only be written by Wang Wei, who is both a poet and a painter. Not only that, Wang Wei also matched this beautiful picture with the beautiful singing of oriole, which made Wang Chuan more vibrant in the rain. These two poems are bright in color and rich in painting. Some later generations called it "a masterpiece of writing" with Du Fu's "Two orioles singing green willows and a row of egrets soaring into the sky".

Farmers live a carefree life, and the orioles and egrets are free-the characters' activities and natural scenery described by the poet are not simple imitations of objective things, but are induced and filtered by the poet's mind. These scenes presented in the poet's appreciative eyes have a strong resonance with the poet's leisurely pursuit of life and aesthetic taste. They are not only the realistic environment in which the poet lives, but also the external expression of the poet's quiet and indifferent inner world.

It should be pointed out that in the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhao believed that Wang Wei's two poems copied two poems by another poet in the Tang Dynasty, Egrets Flying to Paddy Fields and Xia Shu Orioles. He said in Supplement to Tang Shi: "Wang Wei has a poetic name, but he is good at stealing folk articles." This theory has been debated endlessly since then, and there is no conclusion. In my opinion, no matter whether these two poems were stolen by Wang Wei or not, they all have the word "Mo Yin Mo Yin", which turns the usual and somewhat dull "Egrets fly to paddy fields and Xia Shu orioles" into vivid, vivid and sentimental sentences, showing Wang Wei's superb braille art.

Necklace: "I learned to watch the morning glory in the mountains calmly and eat sunflower seeds with dew under the pine branches." "Hibiscus", that is, hibiscus, is named Hibiscus because its bloom flowers fall at dusk. The ancients often used it to symbolize the impermanence of life. "Zhai Qing", vegetarian. "Dew sunflower", a kind of wild vegetables, is the best when it is frosted, so it is called dew sunflower. Wang Wei Biography in Old Tang Dynasty says that Wang Wei "eats vegetables at home, not meat and blood" has been confirmed here. The poet sat quietly in the empty mountain, watching the hibiscus wither rapidly, thinking hard and realizing the brevity and impermanence of life; Cultivate one's mind, pick dew and green sunflower under pine trees, and fast vegetarian food to keep one's body and mind clean. It is in this accumulated thinking that the poet has gained enlightenment and completely left the secular world of mortals.

Tail Union: "Why should I be afraid of seagulls, even if I have an idea, if I give the honorary position to any clown?" . "Wild old man" is the poet's self-assertion, and "fighting for seats" is fighting for seats. Here, two allusions, Zhuangzi Zapian Fable and Liezi Di, are used. One is positive and the other is negative, which implies a person's attitude towards life and satirizes some phenomena in the world. Finally, "why should I scare seagulls, even if I have an idea?" It is used to show that you are not striving for fame and fortune, and to express your indifferent mentality.

The whole poem consists of eight sentences, the first four of which were written by the poet, and the last four were written by the poet when he lived in seclusion. Vivid images and distinct verve show the poet's attitude towards life, such as being close to nature, indulging in the pleasure of mountains and rivers, not contending with the world, and having no desire or desire in the Ming Dynasty, which represents the main characteristics of Wang Wei's pastoral poems. Some people later called it "elegant and quiet, not better than" Accumulated Rain Fu ",and some people called it the masterpiece of the seven methods of Tang poetry. This evaluation may not be entirely appropriate, but it also shows the great influence of Qingyuan's indifferent style.