Source: Jade Case Yuan Xi —— Xin Qiji's Jade Case Yuan Xi in Song Dynasty
Original text:
Thousands of trees are blooming and stars are everywhere in the east night. BMW carved cars are full of incense. Phoenix flute moves, jade pot turns, fish dragon dances all night.
Moths, snow, willows, gold thread, laughter and incense are all gone. Looking for him in the crowd, suddenly looking back, the man was there, dimly lit.
Translation:
The east wind blew away the silver flowers of the fire tree at midnight, and the lanterns were bright, just like the flowers of thousands of trees. Fireworks falling from the sky are like star rain. The luxurious carriage crossed the fragrant street. The melodious sound of the phoenix flute echoed everywhere, and the moon like a jade pot gradually turned to the west. All night, the fish lanterns and dragon lanterns kept jumping, laughing and making noise.
The beauty wears gorgeous ornaments on her head and walks with the crowd with a smile. Only the smell of clothes is still floating in the dark. I looked for her a thousand times in the crowd and suddenly turned around, but I found her inadvertently in the scattered lights.
Precautions:
Jade case (qρng yùw∥n): inscription name. The title of the song is taken from the poem "Beauty gave me splendid paragraphs, why should I report the jade case" in Zhang Heng's Four Sorrow Poems in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Also known as "Hengtang Road" and "Xihu Road", it has 67 words with two tones and five rhymes up and down.
Yuanxiao: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival, and this night is called Yuanxiao or Yuanxiao.
Hundreds of flowers and thousands of trees: all the trees are full of lanterns.
Stars like rain: refers to fireworks falling like rain. Stars refer to fireworks. Describe the fireworks all over the sky
BMW Carved Car: a luxury carriage.
"Feng Xiao" sentence refers to playing sheng, Xiao and other musical instruments. Xiao's laudatory name.
Jade pot: metaphor for the bright moon. It can also be interpreted as referring to a lamp.
Fish dragon dance: refers to dancing fish-shaped and dragon-shaped lanterns, just like dragons making trouble in the sea.
Moth: a seasonal ornament made by cutting ribbons on ancient women's heads around the Lantern Festival.
Snow willow: originally meant as a plant, here refers to the ornaments inserted and worn by ancient women during the Lantern Festival.
Gold thread: A gold thread tapestry on a headdress.
Yingying: Her voice is light and pleasant, which also means her appearance is beautiful.
Fragrant fragrance: originally refers to floral fragrance, which refers to the fragrance emitted by women.
He: refers to the third person in general, including the ancient "she".
Thousands of Baidu: thousands of times.
Suddenly: suddenly, suddenly.
Dim: dim; Disperse.
Creative background:
This word was written in the first year of Xichun (A.D. 1 174) or the second year of Xichun (A.D. 1 175) in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, the strong enemy oppressed the country and the country declined, while the ruling class in the Southern Song Dynasty indulged in singing and dancing and whitewashing peace. Xin Qiji, who has an insight into the current situation, wants to make up for the sky, but he hates being able to ask for more happiness. He is full of passion and resentment, interwoven into this picture that Yuan is looking for.
Appreciate:
The first half of this word mainly describes the night of the Lantern Festival, the lights in the city and the carnival scene.
"Thousands of trees bloom in the east wind at night, and the stars are like rain": The east wind blows out the flowers, but it blows out the fire tree and silver flowers in the Lantern Festival first. It not only blew away the snuff on the ground, but also blew off colorful stars from the sky like rain-fireworks first rushed into the sky and then fell from the air, like a meteor shower. This is Cen Can's "Spring Breeze Melts Rain and Blows Ten Thousand Pears" in the Tang Dynasty. Then write the fairyland of horses and chariots, drum music, lights and moonlight, and write the "social fire" of folk artists singing and dancing, which is very lively and dizzying. In the meantime, all kinds of beautiful words such as "treasure", "sculpture", "phoenix" and "jade" just convey the spirit to the atmosphere at night, which is probably beyond the reach of pen and ink. Fortunately, there are these kind words, just to help. This is also an implicit praise for the heroine in the poem.
A summer pool dedicated to writing people. At the beginning, the author wrote: These girls wore bright ornaments on their heads, laughing and joking all the time as they walked. After they left, the smell of their clothes was still floating in the dark. These beautiful women are not concerned by the author's original intention, but just looking for one among thousands of people-but they are always hard to find and hopeless. Suddenly, my eyes lit up, and next to the corner of the lamp, I clearly saw that it was her! Yes, she is in this cold place and has never left! At that moment, I found that man is the condensation and sublimation of life spirit, and it is a kind of sad and inexplicable gratitude. It was not until the last scene that the poet's ingenious ideas were revealed: lanterns, the moon, fireworks, flutes, ballroom dancing and interwoven Yuan exultation. The next scene was originally designed for that Mr Right. Without this person, there would be no meaning and interest.
At the same time, there is a saying that people standing in dim light are their own portrayal. From the historical background, he was not valued at that time, and Wen Tao's military talents could not be put to good use. He has a very melancholy feeling in his heart and can only admire himself from the side. Just like people standing outside the lively atmosphere, it gives people a feeling of being lofty and unconventional, which embodies the wind of aristocratic scholars who refuse to go with the flow after being left out in the cold.
As a graceful word, Jade Case is not inferior to graceful poets Yan Shu and Liu Yong in artistic achievement. The first part is about the lively scene of Yuan Xi's night with bright lights and tourists like clouds. The second part is about a beautiful woman who doesn't admire wealth and is willing to be lonely. The image of beauty is the embodiment of the author's ideal personality. "Looking for him in the crowd, I suddenly turned around and the man was there, dimly lit." Wang Guowei calls this realm a great cause, and the third realm of university questioners is really the insight of university questioners.
About the author:
Xin Qiji (165438+May 28th 040-1207-65438+1October 3rd), formerly known as Tanfu, later changed to You 'an, middle-aged posthumous title Jiaxuan, a native of Licheng County, Jinan, Shandong East Road (now Licheng District, Jinan City, Shandong Province). Officials, generals, writers and bold poets in the Southern Song Dynasty were called "dragons in words". Known as "Su Xin" with Su Shi and "Jinan Er 'an" with Li Qingzhao. When Xin Qiji was born, the Central Plains was occupied by nomadic people. 2 1 year-old joined the anti-Jin army and soon returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. He has been to Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian and eastern Zhejiang. Fight for gold all your life. There are "Ten Theories on Meiqin" and "Nine Theories" on the top, and there is "Debate and Strategy" on the bottom. His lyrics expressed patriotic enthusiasm for restoring national unity, poured out his grief and indignation, and condemned the humiliation and peace of the rulers at that time. There are also many works that praise the rivers and mountains of the motherland. He has a wide range of subjects, is good at using predecessors' allusions, and has a heroic style, but there is no lack of delicacy and gentleness. Because Xin Qiji's anti-gold proposition did not conform to the political proposition of the ruling peace faction, he was impeached and resigned, and lived in seclusion by the lake of Jiangxi.