Which poem comes from "The River Pressing the Galaxy"?

"Pressing the Galaxy" comes from "Inscribed on Qingcao Lake in Longyang County" by Tang Gong of the Yuan Dynasty.

Original poem:

The west wind blows the old Dongting waves, and the king of Xiang has many white hairs overnight.

After being drunk, I don’t know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of clear dreams that overwhelm the stars.

Translation:

The autumn wind blows strongly, and the water in Dongting Lake seems to have aged a lot; after a night of melancholy, Mr. Xiang also has white hair. Drunk and lying on the boat, I saw a world with bright stars, which seemed both illusion and reality, misty and blurred. I don’t know if the stars in the sky are reflected in the water, or if I am in a dream?

Poem Appreciation

This poem uses romanticism to describe the feeling of drunkenly visiting Qingcao Lake. From the perspective of artistic conception, the first two sentences are sad for autumn and sentimental for life, implying that the poet's own ambitions have been thwarted, resulting in frustration. The third and fourth sentences are about entering a dream world after being drunk, just like walking in the elegant starry sky, breaking away from the troublesome world of mortals, and gaining spiritual pleasure and satisfaction.

The wording of the poem is unique, such as the word "老" in the first sentence, which not only expresses the passing of time and the pressure of life, but also makes people feel that not only the lake is old, but also the people are getting older. This word "老" can be called the "eye" of the whole poem, enlivening the whole poem.

There is also the word "pressure" in the last sentence, which vividly shows that like a boat moving in the galaxy, the stars under the boat are of course pressed. This is a virtual state, and the stars are pressed, but in life Whether the star-like distress has been suppressed for the time being, it is the real situation, the virtual and the real complement each other, the virtual reality is realistically depicted, and it is lifelike. The whole poem has exquisite conception, fantastic imagination, novel and unique technique, and vivid and expressive conception.