Source: Early Spring Appears Outside Zhang Eighteen Members of the Ministry of Water Resources —— Tang Dynasty: Han Yu

There are many silk in the sky above the main avenue, it is like the butter - like fine and moist, the overlook grass is vaguely connected, but it appears to be sparse in close range.

This is the most beautiful season of the year, far more than the late spring of green willows.

The fine spring rain on Chang 'an Avenue is as smooth as crisp, and the grass color is vaguely connected from a distance, but it looks sparse when you look closely. The most beautiful thing in a year is the early spring scenery, which is far better than the late spring in the city of green willows.

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1, the creative background of "Early Spring Showing Zhang Eighteen Members of the Ministry of Water Affairs"

This poem was written in the early spring of 823 AD (the third year of Tang Muzong Changqing). At that time, Han Yu was 56 years old and served as assistant minister of the official department. This poem was written to Zhang Ji, a poet who was then a member of the Ministry of Water Resources. About Han Yu asked Zhang Ji to go for a spring outing. Zhang Ji refused because of his busy old age, so Han Yu wrote this poem as a gift.

2. Appreciation of "Early Spring Presents Zhang Eighteen Members of the Ministry of Water Affairs"

This is a seven-character quatrain that describes and praises the beauty of early spring. The first sentence describes the light rain in early spring, describing it as smooth and moist with "moist as crisp", writing its characteristics very accurately, and using beautiful words and sentences. And du fu's "good rain knows the season, when spring happens." Sneaking into the night with the wind, moistening things silently "has the same effect."