The author of "Drinking the Rain of Chuqing Lake" is

Su Shi, author of Rain after Drinking on Lake Chuqing

Original text:

Drinking Chu Qing in the lake and then raining, the first part.

Song Dynasty: Su Shi

Welcome guests to the sunrise, and stay drunk at night.

This means Jia Jun won't. One glass is the narcissus king.

Drink Chu Qing's Rain on the Lake, two songs, the second song.

Song Dynasty: Su Shi

The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are cloudy and rainy. (Meng)

If there are more dead beauties in the West Lake, C+ is so appropriate.

A translator:

The sky was hazy, and I went to meet the guests from afar. The morning light gradually dyed the mountains red. Boating in the West Lake at night, there was a shower in the sky, and all the guests were drunk as a fiddler.

The West Lake is suitable for rain or shine, so charming, but the guests don't fully appreciate it. If you want to feel the magical beauty of paradise on earth, you should enjoy it with the patron saint of the West Lake, Narcissus King.

Second translation:

In the bright sunshine, the water in the West Lake is sparkling and beautiful. On rainy days, under the cover of rain curtain, the mountains around the West Lake are foggy, and if there is anything, it is wonderful.

If the West Lake is compared to the beautiful scenery of the past, light makeup is very suitable.

One note:

(1) Drinking on the lake: drinking on the boat in the West Lake.

⑵ Sunrise: the sunshine in the morning.

⑶ Narcissus King: In the Song Dynasty, there was a Narcissus King Temple next to the West Lake to worship the Dragon King of Qiantang, so it was called Narcissus King.

The second point to note:

① Lake: West Lake in Hangzhou.

(2) liàn yàn: the phenomenon of water surface waves flashing.

Fang Hao: It just looks beautiful.

4 empty Meng: drizzle confused.

⑤ Zi: In the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous beauty stone of Yue State, formerly known as Shi Yiguang, was the first of the four ancient beauties (Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Di Xin,). I live in the west of Huanshaxi Village (now Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province), so people call me Shi.

It fits: It looks beautiful, too.

Creative background:

Su Shi was a general of Hangzhou from four to seven years in Xining, Song Shenzong (1071-kloc-0/074), and wrote a lot of poems describing the scenery of the West Lake. This group of poems was written in the sixth year of Xining (1073).

First, a brief analysis:

There are two poems in this group, but many anthologies only take a fancy to the second one, so the first one is little known. In fact, although the second song is good, it is a footnote of the first song. The "meaning" mentioned in the first song is "this meaning is not from Jiajun", which refers to the sunny Xian Yi in the West Lake written in the second song, such as the beauty's light makeup and heavy makeup. If you don't choose the first song, the word "drink" in the title of the song will be nowhere to be found. Su Shi means that most people like sunny days when they visit the lake, but they don't know that the lakes and mountains in the rain are different. There is the Narcissus King Temple on the lake. The immortals in the temple are always by the lake and have seen the ups and downs and sunny days of the West Lake. They will certainly agree with their own aesthetics, so the author will ask the Narcissus King to raise his glass. The word "Yan" in the first sentence of this song is very accurate, which describes the splendor of Chaoyang beautifully. If you only watch the second song, the meaning of "thick wipe" is abstract.

Second, appreciation:

The first half of the poem describes not only the scenery of the West Lake, but also the sunny and rainy state of the West Lake. "Clear water is good" describes the clear water of the West Lake: in the bright sunshine, the West Lake is rippling and sparkling, which is very beautiful. The Wonder of Mountain Kong Yu describes the mountains in rainy days: under the cover of rain curtain, the mountain fans around the West Lake are very wonderful as if nothing had happened. From the first poem, we can know that the poet accompanied guests to dine by the West Lake all day. It was sunny in the morning, then turned cloudy, and it began to rain after dusk. In the eyes of poets who are good at appreciating nature and have deep feelings for the West Lake, whether it is water, mountains, sunny or rainy, it is beautiful and wonderful. From the praise of "sunny face" and "strange sound of rain", we can imagine the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains in different weather, and we can also imagine the poet's free and easy personality and open mind in his mood. The scenery written in the first half is a scene corresponding to communication, with broad and bold feelings, blending scenes and relative scenes between sentences. The beautiful scenery of the West Lake is written, and the poet Su Shi's feelings are expressed incisively and vividly.

In the second half of the poem, the poet did not closely follow the first two sentences, and further described the sunny and rainy days of lakes and mountains with a pen. Instead, he took appearance as the god and only used an ethereal metaphor to convey the charm of lakes and mountains. Between the carrier and the noumenon, except for the West Lake, which literally has the same word "West", the poet only pays attention to the present beauty of the West Lake, and the charm of Fengshen is similar to the beauty imagined by the stone. It is precisely because the West Lake and Xizi are beautiful, so for the West Lake, whether it is sunny or rainy, or for Xizi, no matter whether it is light makeup or heavy makeup, it can not change its beauty, but only increase its beauty. There are two diametrically opposite explanations for this metaphor: one is that the poet "takes the West Lake on a sunny day as a light makeup, and the West Lake on a rainy day as a heavy makeup"; One said that the poet is "using sunny days is better than heavy makeup, and rainy days are better than light makeup." Both theories have their own opinions and evidence. But for talented poets, this is a clever metaphor, and an occasional poem is just a temporary heart and scenery. From the beautiful scenery of the West Lake to the calligraphy as the embodiment of beauty, from the "sunny side" and "strange rain" of the West Lake, it is always appropriate to imagine calligraphy. Speaking of metaphor and writing, I'm afraid it's not necessarily limited to sunny. When appreciating this poem, if we must let the heavy makeup return to sunny rain, it may damage the integrity of metaphor and the ethereal beauty of the poem.

About the author:

Su Shi (1037-1101) was a writer, painter and gourmet in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zi yue Zhan, no Dongpo lay man. Han nationality, Sichuanese, was buried in Yingchang (now Jiaxian County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province). I have a bumpy career, profound knowledge, extremely high talent, and excellent poetry, calligraphy and painting. His writing style, Wang Yang, is unrestrained and fluent, and he is also called Ou Su with Ouyang Xiu, one of the "Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties"; Poetry is fresh and vigorous, making good use of exaggeration and metaphor, and its artistic expression is unique. Together with Huang Tingjian, they are called Su Huang. The uninhibited school has a great influence on later generations, and it is called Su Xin with Xin Qiji. Calligraphy is good at running script and regular script, and it can be innovative. Writing with a pen is ups and downs, full of childlike interest. And Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang are also called Song Sijia. Painting is the same as literature. In painting, we advocate spirit likeness and "literati painting". He is the author of The Complete Works of Su Dongpo and Dongpo Yuefu.