The meaning of the whole poem is: overnight, it began to rain cold in Wudi River. After seeing you off in the morning, you were left alone to face Chushan.

When I arrive in Luoyang, if my relatives and friends in Luoyang invite me, please tell them that my heart is still as clear and pure as ice in a jade pot!

original text

Farewell Xin Jian at Lotus Pavilion.

Wang Changling [Tang Dynasty]

Misty rain enveloped Wu's day overnight; Send you in the morning, lonely to the infinite sorrow of Chushan!

Friends, if my friends in Luoyang invite me; Just say I'm still Bing Xin Okho, stick to the faith!

translate

Cold rain spread all over Wudi Jiangtian overnight. After seeing you off in the morning, you face Chushan alone.

When I arrive in Luoyang, if my relatives and friends in Luoyang invite me, please tell them that my heart is still as clear and pure as ice in a jade pot!

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Furong Building: Furong Building: formerly known as Northwest Building, overlooking the Yangtze River and Jiangbei, in the northwest of Runzhou (now Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province). Volume 26 of Yuanhe County Annals in Runzhou, Jiangnan Road, Danyang records: "The public is a secretariat, and the southwest building is called Wansui Building, and the northwest building is called Furong Building." This refers to the Furong Building in Qianyang (now Qiancheng, Hunan). Shin-hyun: the poet's friend.

Cold rain: cold rain in autumn and winter. Lianjiang: The rain is connected with the river surface, which means it is raining heavily.

Wu: Ancient country names generally refer to southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang. When Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province was the Three Kingdoms, the State of Wu belonged to it.

Pingming: At dawn. The plain is flat, which is what we now call dawn. The earthly branch indicates that this time period is Yin Shi, that is, 3-5 o'clock every morning, which is what we call the Five Watches in ancient times.

G: It refers to the author's good friend Xin Xian.

Chushan: Chushan. Chu here also refers to Nanjing area, because Wu and Chu ruled here successively in ancient times, so Wu and Chu can be collectively called.

Loneliness: a person, a person.

Luoyang: Located in the west of Henan Province, on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Bing Xin: a metaphor for a pure mind.

Jade pot: A pot made of jade. Metaphor is noble and pure.

Creation background

This poem was written in the first year of Tianbao (AD 742), when Wang Changling was Jiangning Cheng. Xin gradually is a friend of Wang Changling. This time, he plans to cross the river from Runzhou, pass through Yangzhou and go north to Luoyang. Wang Changling may accompany him from Jiangning to Runzhou, and then break up here. This poem was written for parting from the river.

Make an appreciative comment

This poem is a farewell poem.

"The night rain is cold in Wu", and Wu is shrouded in misty rain, weaving an endless network of worries. Rainy nights add to the bleakness of autumn, and also render the gloomy atmosphere of parting. The chill not only filled the misty rain, but also penetrated the hearts of two parting friends. The words "Lian" and "Jin" describe the continuous rain, and the dynamics coming from the river rain can be clearly perceived by people, so it is conceivable that the poet stayed up all night because of his feelings. However, this night rain picture of Wujiang, where water and sky meet, just shows an extremely lofty and magnificent realm. In the middle and late Tang poetry and graceful words, the sound of rain is often written on tidbits such as the phoenix tree under the window, the iron horse in front of the eaves, and the residual lotus in the pool. , but Wang Changling didn't really write the details of how to perceive the coming of autumn rain. He just summarized hearing, vision and imagination into the rain entering Wujiang River, and used a large area of light ink.

Brief introduction of the author

Wang Changling (698-756) was born in Jinyang, Hedong (now Taiyuan, Shanxi). A famous frontier poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, later generations praised him as the "Seven Wonders". In his early years, he was poor and trapped in farming, but in his thirties, he began to become a scholar. Shu Lang, the first secretary of the provincial school, even learned from the macro words, awarded Si Shuiwei, and demoted Lingnan because of things. There are Li Bai, Gao Shi, Wang Wei, Wang Zhihuan and Cen Can. At the end of Kaiyuan, he returned to Chang 'an and was awarded Jiangning Cheng. The slandered dragon captain. An Shi uprising was killed by Lu Qiuxiao, the secretariat. His poems are famous for the Seven Wonders, especially those he wrote in the northwest frontier before he won the first place. He has the reputation of "Wang Jiangning, the poet saint" (also known as "Wang Jiangning, the poet saint of Tian Zi").