Author Su Shi, Song Dynasty
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 annotation
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 has been covered with Artemisia selengensis, reeds have begun to sprout, and puffer fish are about to swim from the sea to the river.
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These two poems were inscribed by Su Shi in Hui Chong's Riverside Scenery. Hui Chong's original painting has been lost, and some versions of this poem are called "Riverside Scenery", which cannot be verified now. Vivid painting makes people have a specific visual feeling, but it can only show a specific picture and has certain limitations. Although a good poem has no visible image, it can attract readers to the beautiful artistic conception formed by the poet's unique conception with vivid language to make up for what some pictures can't express. One is "There are three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo". Looking across the scattered bamboo, several peach blossoms are swaying. Peach blossoms and bamboo are in contrast, red and green, and spring is particularly charming. Although this is just a simple sentence, it reveals a lot of information. First of all, the bamboo forest is sparse. If it's sunny, you won't see peach blossoms. Secondly, it shows the seasons,
"Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet" has a vision from far to near, that is, from the river bank to the river surface. Jiang knows that spring water is rippling and active ducks are playing in the river. The silhouette of "Duck Prophet" shows that the water by the river is still slightly chilly, so other animals are not sensitive to the arrival of spring.