What do you mean, the wind is crimson and the leaves are full of branches?

"The wind is crimson, the leaves are overcast, and the branches are full" means "the change of wind and rain in nature makes the flowers wither. Spring has passed, the leaves are lush and the fruits are numerous, and it is almost the harvest season."

Source of works

"The wind is crimson, the green leaves are shaded, and the branches are full of branches" comes from Sighing Flowers. Sighing Flowers, also known as Poem of Disappointment, is a four-line poem written by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.

The whole poem is four sentences and twenty-eight characters. The poet's spring comes late, his youth is gone, and bloom's flowers are falling and the branches are full, which means that the girl's youth is over, expressing the melancholy that the opportunity has been missed and gone forever. This poem uses the technique of "comparison" throughout, which is vivid, implicit and natural and intriguing.

original work

Sighing flowers/poems

Du Mu

It's late in spring, so that spring flowers wither, instead of complaining that flowers bloom too early.

The vicissitudes of nature make flowers wither, spring has passed, green leaves are lush, fruits are heavy, and it is almost the harvest season.

Translation of works

Translation 1:

I blame myself for the late spring, and the flowers I have seen before are gone.

Nowadays, the change of wind and rain makes the flowers wither and wither. It is already the season of lush green leaves and heavy fruits, and it is almost the harvest season.

Translation 2:

I didn't have time to visit the spring scenery, so the spring flowers withered, so I don't have to complain that the flowers bloomed too early.

The wind and rain changes in nature have withered flowers, spring has passed, green leaves are lush, fruits are numerous, and it is almost the harvest season.

Annotation of works

1, naturally: blame yourself.

2, school: that is, "comparison", comparison.

3. gale: refers to the ruthless years and personnel changes.

4, blush: borrow flowers.

5, green leaves into yin: a metaphor for a woman who has given birth after marriage. Full branch: pun. Even if the flowers fall and bear fruit, it implies that the girls in those days are now married and have children.

6. Ziyingzhi: Pun. Even if the flowers fall and bear fruit, it implies that the girls in those days are now married and have children.

Creation background

This poem is not included in the Collected Works of Fan Chuan compiled by Du Mu's nephew Pei. However, there are stories related to this poem in the notes novels of Tang and Song Dynasties: Du Mu traveled to Huzhou in his early years and met a folk woman who was more than ten years old. Du Mu and his mother were married for ten years, and in the last fourteen years, Du Mu began to do Huzhou secretariat. The woman married for three years and gave birth to two sons. Du Mu lamented and pretended to write this poem. The earliest record of this poem is Gao Yanxiu's History of Tang Que. This legend may be unreliable, but it is almost certain that this poem expresses the love between men and women by sighing flowers.

works appreciation

This poem shows the poet's melancholy when his romantic life is not satisfactory.

The whole poem revolves around the word "sigh". In the first two sentences, the frustration of the man who is looking for spring is the hero's self-sigh, which expresses that he was late in looking for spring and enjoying flowers, so that the flowers withered and missed a good opportunity. The "spring" in the first sentence is better than the "fragrance" in the next sentence, which refers to flowers. The word "self" at the beginning is full of emotion, which fully expresses the poet's self-pity and self-regret. The second sentence is self-explanation, which means there is no need to be disappointed or resentful about the sunset in spring. The poet clearly complained, but said, "Don't be disappointed". Obviously, he regretted it to the extreme, but he still insisted on masturbating. This is the ups and downs of the text and the progressive semantics, which shows the poet's deep disappointment and frustration, and also reveals a feeling of helplessness and regret.

The last two sentences are written about the ups and downs of nature that make flowers wither, the red fragrance fades, the green leaves turn cloudy, the seeds are full of branches and the fruits are numerous. Spring has passed. It seems that it is only purely objective to write about the natural changes of flower trees, but in fact it contains the feelings that the poet deeply regrets.

This poem mainly uses the technique of "Bi Xing". Throughout the narrative, I express my feelings by comparing my feelings. As the flowers in nature wither, the trees are covered with branches, which means that girls have passed their prime, married and have children. However, this metaphor is not straightforward and blunt, but at arm's length, graceful and restrained. Even if you don't know the story related to this poem, it is excellent to regard it as a poem with no other sustenance. The successful use of metaphor makes this poem appear novel and ingenious, profound and intriguing.

Famous comments

Zhang, a professor at Jilin University, commented on the translation of "The Essence of Tang Poetry" in this way: the poem uses analogy throughout, using the metaphor of finding relatives, using flowers as a metaphor for women, using green leaves as a shade, and using branches as a metaphor for women getting married and having children. Vivid, unobtrusive, subtle and natural, intriguing.

Brief introduction of the author

Du Mu (803-853) was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Mu Zhi was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi, Shaanxi), and his grandfather Du You was a famous prime minister and scholar in the middle Tang Dynasty. In the second year of Daiwa (828), he was a scholar and was awarded the title of school bookkeeper of the museum. He worked as a staff member in other places for many years, then as a censor, a secretariat of Huangzhou, a secretariat of Chizhou and a secretariat of Zhou Mu, and later as a foreign minister of Sixun. I think I have the talent to help the world. Most of these poems quote Chen's works. A lyric poem about the scenery is so beautiful and vivid. Known for its seven-character quatrains, it has a particularly broad realm and a particularly deep sense of history. For example, Red Cliff, Tiaojiang Pavilion, Crossing Huaqing Palace, Bo Qinhuai, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Jiangnanchun Jueju and Xing Shan are all masterpieces that have been handed down to this day. People call it Xiao Du, and Li Shangyin is collectively called Du Xiaoli, which is different from Li Bai and Du Fu. There are twenty volumes in the Collected Works of Fan Chuan handed down from ancient times, and eight volumes of his poems are included in The Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty.