The poem "Boating in Guazhou" expresses the poet's helplessness in coming out as an official this time and his thoughts and feelings of eager to return to his hometown Jiangning through the description of spring scenery.

Original text: Guazhou, Jingkou, is a water room, and Zhongshan is only separated by several mountains. Gentle spring breeze blowing green again, but, the moon in the sky, when you can take me home?

Standing at Guazhou Ferry, looking south, there is only a Yangtze River between Jingkou and Guazhou, and Zhongshan, where I live, is hidden behind several mountains. The warm spring breeze has once again blown the fields in the south of the Yangtze River green. When will the bright moon shine on me and return to my home under Zhongshan Mountain?

Extended information:

Boating in Guazhou is a seven-character quatrain written by Wang Anshi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The first sentence in the poem reveals a relaxed and happy mood by writing about the short distance between Jingkou and Guazhou and the fast speed of the ship. In the second sentence, the poet looked back at Zhongshan, where he lived, and felt reluctant to part; The third sentence describes the Jiangnan scenery full of spring; Finally, it ends with a questioning tone, once again emphasizing the yearning for my hometown. The whole poem is not only lyrical by scenery, but also full of emotion in narration, with an open realm and fresh style.

The word "green" in "Spring Breeze and Green Jiang Nanan" really vividly describes the greening effect of spring breeze on plants, but it is not as good as the word "green" in "Sending Hefu to Long 'an because of the light rain". Because in that sentence, spring breeze and green are two different things after all, and the poem is written that Jiang Nanan turned green because of the spring breeze.

This is similar to He Zhizhang's "Singing Willow", "I don't know who cut the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors". However, this sentence thinks that it is not the spring breeze that can make the grass and water appear green, but the spring breeze itself is green, so wherever it blows, the sand beside the water will be everywhere instead of green. Spring breeze is colored and dyeable, which is the contribution of the poet.

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