[Song] Weng Juan

Green all over the mountains, white manchuan,

It rained like smoke in the sound of the rules.

There are few idle people in the countryside in April.

Only when silkworm mulberry is planted in the field.

Author's introduction

Weng Juan, a native of Yueqing, Wenzhou (now Zhejiang), was a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was also called "Yongjia Four Spirits" with Zhao Shixiu, Xu Zhao and Xu Ji. Most of his poems are skillful and austere. He is the author of Xiyan Collection 1 Volume, and the book of Southern Song Dynasty Qunxian Collection; "Wei Bixuan Collection" has a copy of "Yongjia Poet Ancestral Temple Congke". The two episodes differ from each other.

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(1) Bai Manchuan-refers to the water color in the rice field reflecting the skylight. Chuan, flat land.

2 sub-rules-cuckoo birds.

(3) just-just now. .

(4) Yamahara-hillside Yuan Ye.

(5) sericulture-planting mulberry and raising silkworm.

⑥-Finished cooking.

All landowners such as-as if.

translation

(1, 2 sentences) There are lush vegetation in the fields on the hillside, and the water color in the rice fields reflects the skylight. The sky is misty and rainy, cuckoos are crying, and the earth is thriving.

(3, 4) April has arrived, and no one is idle. Just after the sericulture, it is necessary to transplant rice seedlings.

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The whole poem highlights the intense and busy labor in the countryside in April. The whole poem is like a brightly colored picture, which not only shows the poet's love and praise for rural scenery, but also shows his praise for working people and working life.

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This poem describes the rural spring scene in the south of the Yangtze River in a simple way. The first two sentences focus on the scenery: green plains, white rivers, Zigui and misty rain. A few strokes outline the unique scenery of the water town in early summer. The last two sentences are about people, and the image of farmers transplanting rice in paddy fields is mainly highlighted on the screen, thus setting off the tension and busyness of labor in April in the countryside. Call before and answer after, interwoven into a brightly colored picture. In April in the south of the Yangtze River, the hillside is green, Yuan Ye is green, green trees, green grass and green seedlings are displayed in front of the poet, which is a world dominated by green. In the green Yuan Ye, the rivers and canals crisscross, and the roads are full, flowing and white; The paddy fields filled with water are also white streams. Looking up, green fields and white water are all shrouded in faint smoke. Is that fog? A cigarette? No, it was a misty drizzle. From time to time, several cuckoo calls came from the trees and the air. The first two sentences of the poem describe the scenery of the land in the south of the Yangtze River in early summer, with a broad vision and delicate brushwork; Tone is bright, artistic conception is hazy; Static and dynamic combination, colorful and sound. "The rain is like smoke in the sound of the sub-gauge", and the drizzle like smoke seems to be called by the sub-gauge, especially with a sense of realm. "There are few idle people in the countryside in April, and only sericulture is inserted into the field." The last two sentences sing about the busy farming in early summer in the south of the Yangtze River. Picking mulberry, raising silkworms and transplanting rice seedlings are two major agricultural activities related to clothing and food. Now it is the busy season, and every household is busy. Don't take the last sentence of the poem too seriously, thinking that every family is the first to pick mulberry and feed silkworm, some people transport seedlings and some people transplant seedlings; Some people insert silkworms into the field first, some people insert silkworms into the field first, some people are only busy with one of them, and many people have to do other work. "Only when sericulture is cultivated, it is inserted into the field", but it is just a simplification, sketching the busy atmosphere of rural farmers in April. As for not directly saying that people are too busy, they say that there are few idle people, almost none. That's a deliberate euphemism, soothing, in order to maintain a calm and quiet tolerance in people's busy and nervous, and this calm and quiet and the watercolor-style hazy tone described by the top two scenes are a harmonious and unified picture.