The meaning of this poem is: the wind is quiet and the waves are at rest, the moonlight and the color of the water blend together, and the surface of the lake is like a copper mirror that does not need to be polished, smooth and bright.

Source: Tang - Liu Yuxi "Looking at Dongting"

Original Poem:

The light of the lake and the moon in autumn are in harmony, the surface of the lake is like a mirror without wind and has not been polished.

Looking afar at the emerald waters of Dongting, a green snail in a disk of silver.

Translation:

The wind is still and the waves are quiet, the moonlight and the color of the water blend together, and the surface of the lake is like a copper mirror that does not need to be polished, smooth and bright. When I look at Dongting, the mountains are green and the forested Dongting Mountain towers over the white-glowing Dongting Lake like a green snail in a dish of white silver.

Expanded Information:

< p>Generally the focus of the stanzas is mostly in the second half of the poem, and every now and then the third sentence is used to turn to the key place, and the fourth sentence is used to point out the main idea. "Looking at the Dongting mountains and waters, a green snail in a silver plate." With the word "distant", the line of sight is pushed to the distance by the lake, the poet sped through the imagination, using clever metaphors, sketching the color of the mountains and the water in the Dongting moonlit night.

The silver disk is a metaphor for the color of the water, and the green snail is a metaphor for the color of the mountains. When the moonlight shines on the center of Dongting Lake, the water surface is reflective and brilliant like white silver. There are many small mountains in Dongting Lake, and the scenery of Junshan Mountain is the most beautiful; Junshan Mountain, which is reflected in the lake water, is very green and emerald from afar, very much like a small and exquisite green conch in a silver plate.

The color tone is light and elegant, just like a splash of ink landscape painting, fresh and natural, no traces of axe chiseling. Dongting Lake, Junshan is a very spectacular scenery, the poet to a small metaphor for the big, heavy as light, unique, colorful for Dongting. People read "Looking at Dongting" and imagine the poet's leisurely mood as he strolls along the lake and looks into the distance. In this leisurely state of mind reflects the poet's boldness.