Hui Chong's Chunjiang Evening Poems

Ancient Poems on Late Scenery of Chunjiang River in Hui Chong;

Two or three peach blossoms outside the bamboo forest and ducks in the water first noticed the warm spring.

The beach is covered with wormwood, asparagus is beginning to sprout, and puffer fish are preparing to swim upstream from the sea back to the river.

Translation:

Two or three peach blossoms are blooming outside the bamboo forest, and ducks are swimming in the water. They first noticed the warming of the river in early spring.

The beach is covered with Artemisia selengensis, even the reeds are sprouting, and the puffer fish is about to swim back into the river from the sea.

Precautions:

Hui Chong (also known as Hui Chong): A native of Jianyang, Fujian, one of the nine monks in the early Song Dynasty, he can write poems and draw pictures. Night Scene by the River is the title of Hui Chong's paintings. There are two paintings, one is a duck play and the other is a flying goose.

Artemisia selengensis: the name of grass, including Artemisia annua and Artemisia annua.

Puffer: a kind of fish, the scientific name is Qu. Its meat is delicious, but its ovaries and liver are highly toxic. Produced in coastal areas and some inland rivers of China. Go against the current every spring and lay eggs in fresh water. Up: refers to going upstream.

About the author:

Su Shi (1037-110/year) was a writer in the Song Dynasty. The word Zi Zhan, the word He Zhong, the number Dongpo lay man. Meizhou Meishan (now Sichuan) people. Jia You (Song Renzong year number, 1056 ~ 1063) is a scholar. 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. Take multiple measures at the same time. A pawn is Wen Zhong. Knowledgeable, like to reward backwardness. Together with his father Su Xun and his brother Su Zhe, he was called "Su San". His writing style is bold and heroic, and he is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". His poems have a wide range of themes, fresh and vigorous, good at exaggeration and metaphor, and unique style. He and Huang Tingjian are also called "Su Huang".

Bold words, and Xin Qiji called "Su Xin". He is also engaged in painting and calligraphy. There are Seven Episodes of Dongpo, Dongpo Yi Zhuan, Dongpo Yuefu and so on. Su Shi has made great achievements in poetry, prose, ci, calligraphy and painting. In the Song Dynasty, talented people came forth in large numbers.

Creative background:

The Night Scene by the Hui Chong River is a poem written by Su Shi for Hui Chong in Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan) in the eighth year of Zongshen Yuanfeng (1085). This poem was written in Jiangyin.

Appreciate:

This poem successfully depicts the spring scenery in early spring. With his meticulous and keen feelings, Su Shi captured the characteristics of the scenery when the seasons changed and expressed his joy and praise for the early spring. The whole poem is full of the breath and vitality of spring, giving people a fresh and comfortable feeling.