Chishang

Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi

The little boy held a small boat and secretly picked white lotus.

If you don’t hide the traces, the duckweeds will bloom together.

Translation:

A child held a boat and secretly picked white lotus flowers.

He didn't know how to hide his traces, and there was a trace of a boat crossing on the duckweed on the water.

This poem describes a child secretly picking white lotus. From the time when the little protagonist of the poem enters the picture with a boat, to when he leaves, leaving only a piece of duckweed that has been cut open, there are scenery, color, action descriptions, and psychological portrayals, which are detailed, realistic, and full of interest.

The innocent, childish, lively and naughty cute image of this little protagonist is so lifelike that it comes to life on the page.

Extended information:

Creative background:

According to "Bai Juyi's Collection of Poems", this poem was written in the ninth year of Yamato (835), when he was the crown prince. Fu branched out to Luoyang, the eastern capital. One day when I was traveling by the pond, I saw a mountain monk playing chess and a little boy rowing a boat, so I wrote this series of poems.

Appreciation:

This is a poem describing children's life. The poet uses his unique popular style to describe the little doll in the poem as very cute and amiable. The whole poem is like vernacular, but it is full of charm, making people laugh and laugh after reading it. ?

The poet narrates a small incident in the life of a little baby in the poem, accurately captures the little baby's mood at the moment, and outlines a picture of lotus picking. Summer is here, and the scenery in the pond near the village is charming.

The green lotus leaves are connected one after another, like big umbrellas, held in the water. The snow-white lotus flowers are like graceful fairies. Some are in bud, some are already blooming, and some have withered, revealing small green lotus pods.

A little boy of seven or eight years old, wearing two buns on his head and wearing red clothes and trousers, came out of his home. He was attracted by the sight in front of him and happily jumped on a boat. , untied the boat rope, picked up the oar, and paddled to the depths of the pond.

While admiring the beautiful lotus flowers, the little boy picked a few lotus pods and rowed back. But he didn't know how to hide his whereabouts, and the boat broke away from the duckweed, leaving a long trail.

This scene was seen by the poet. He smiled slightly and wrote this poem: The little boy held the boat and secretly picked the white lotus. Without clearing up the hidden traces, the duckweeds bloom together.

Introduction to the author:

In the first month of the seventh year of the Dali calendar of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty (772), Bai Juyi was born in a small and medium-sized bureaucratic family in Xinzheng, Henan Province. Shortly after Bai Juyi was born, war broke out in his hometown.

Li Zhengji in the feudal town divided more than ten states in Henan, and the war was so intense that the people were in dire straits. When Bai Juyi was two years old, his grandfather, who was the magistrate of Gong County, died in Chang'an, and his grandmother died of illness shortly after.

Bai Juyi's father Bai Jigeng first joined the army from Songzhou Sihu and was awarded the magistrate of Pengcheng County in Xuzhou (780). A year later, because Bai Jigeng and Xuzhou governor Li Wei had made great achievements in defending Xuzhou, he was promoted to Xuzhou Biejia. In order to avoid During the war in Xuzhou, he sent his family to Fuli, Suzhou to live in peace.

Bai Juyi was able to spend his childhood in Fuli, Suzhou. But Bai Juyi was extremely intelligent and studied very hard. He had sores on his mouth and calluses on his hands from reading. He was so young that his hair turned all white.

Bai Juyi spent most of his later years in Ludaoli, Luoyang, making peace with Liu Yuxi, and often traveled around Longmen. He wrote "Chi Shang Chapter" and "The Biography of Mr. Zuiyin". In 845, Bai Juyi was 74 years old and still held the "Seven Elders Meeting" in Ludaolidi.

The attendees included Hu Gao, Ji Jiao, Zheng Zhi, Liu Zhen, Lu Zhen, Zhang Hun and Bai Juyi; in the summer of the same year, the "Nine Elders Picture" was painted with the seven elders together, such as Ruman and Li Yuanshuang. . In his later years, Bai Juyi believed in Buddhism and was named Xiangshan layman. He was a disciple of Seng Ruman.

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