Two poems about the first clear and then the rain on the drinking lake·Part 2

Song Dynasty: Su Shi

The clear sky is good when the water is shining, and the mountains are empty and covered with rain, which is also strange . (Mengtong: Meng)

If you want to compare the West Lake to the West, it is always appropriate to put on light makeup and heavy makeup. (Light Makeup, Heavy Makeup, One Work: Heavy Makeup, Light Wear)

Su Shi

Su Shi (1037-1101) was a writer, calligrapher, painter, and gourmet in the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name is Zizhan and his nickname is Dongpo Jushi. Han nationality, Sichuan native, buried in Yingchang (now Jiaxian County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province). He had a bumpy official career throughout his life, but he was knowledgeable and talented. He was excellent in poetry, calligraphy and painting. His writing is unbridled, clear and fluent. Together with Ouyang Xiu, he is called Ou Su, and he is one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". His poetry is fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggeration and metaphor, and his artistic expression is unique. He is also called Su Huang together with Huang Tingjian. He started a bold and unrestrained school and had a huge influence on later generations. Together with Xin Qiji, he was called Su Xin. He was good at calligraphy in running script and regular script. He was able to create his own ideas. His pen was rich and ups and downs, and he had an innocent taste. He was called Song Dynasty together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang. The four schools have the same painting studies and literature, advocate spiritual similarity in painting, and advocate "scholar painting". He is the author of "The Complete Works of Su Dongpo" and "Su Dongpo Yuefu".

Translation

Under the bright sunshine, the water of the West Lake is sparkling and beautiful, and it looks beautiful; on rainy days, under the cover of the rain curtain, the mountains around the West Lake Confused and confused, if there is something or nothing, it also seems very strange.

If the West Lake is compared to the ancient beauty Xi Shi, it is very appropriate to wear light makeup and heavy makeup.

Notes

① Lake: the West Lake in Hangzhou.

②潋滟(liàn ??yàn): The way the water surface is flashing with light.

③Fang Hao: It looks very beautiful.

④Kongmeng: Xiaoyu looks confused.

⑤Xizi: Xishi, a famous beauty from the Yue Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period. Her original name was Shi Yiguang, or Xian Shi. She ranked first among the four beauties in ancient times (Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan, and Yang Yuhuan). He lived in the west of Huanshaxi Village (in today's Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province), so he was called Xishi.

⑥Xiangyi: It also looks very beautiful. ▲

The clear sky is good when the water is shining, and the mountains are also strange when they are empty and rainy

From the title of the poem, we can see that the poet was drinking and enjoying the West Lake. The sun was bright at first, and then it started to rain. It rained. He admired two different views. He said: When the sky is clear, the clear water of the West Lake is rippling and sparkling, and the scenery is just right; when it rains, the green mountains around the West Lake are misty and vast, and if they are there or not, they show another wonderful scenery. "Liaoyan", the waves are flashing. "Empty", misty rain and confusion. Both words are rhyming words, which enhance the musicality of the poetic language.

Here, the poet writes about both the lake and the mountains; there are both sunny scenes and the charm of rainy days. It can be said that there is a lot of content. But from another perspective, it is very general, because these two sentences are not only applicable to West Lake. In fact, this is the exquisiteness of the poet's writing style. The West Lake is beautiful, but no one can tell exactly what is beautiful and how it is beautiful. If you describe the scenery specifically, you may have some wonderful sentences, but they are always too real and too specific to convey the overall impression of the West Lake. Su Shi's two sentences have a high degree of artistic generality, and at the same time they are very vivid and expressive. They have a lot of room for imagination. They express people's most common feeling of "the West Lake is beautiful" in the language of poetry. At the same time, these two sentences also reflect the poet's broad mind and optimistic and comfortable temperament.

If you want to compare West Lake to Xizi, it is better to wear light makeup and heavy makeup.

“Xizi” refers to Xi Shi, a famous beauty in the country of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period. No matter it is elegantly decorated or dressed up, Xi Shi is equally beautiful; if the West Lake is compared to Xi Shi, then it will be equally beautiful whether it is sunny or rainy, winter or spring.

The stunning beauty is used as a metaphor for the West Lake, which not only gives life to the beauty of the West Lake, but also makes it novel and unique, and has a lasting appeal. Everyone knows that Xi Shi is a beauty, but what kind of beauty she is only exists in the heart of an individual. And isn’t the beauty of the West Lake the same? Using this method saves a lot of ink compared to describing it directly, but its meaning is much richer and deeper. It not only appeals to readers' feelings, but also appeals to thinking, allowing readers to develop the connotation of the poem through their own imagination. This excellent metaphor was called by the Song Dynasty people as a good sentence that "explains the benefits of West Lake", so that "Xizi Lake" became the alias of West Lake.

It's no wonder that later poets wrote about it: "Except for the light makeup and thick sentences, what else can be compared to the West Lake?" (Wu Yan of the Song Dynasty, "Boating on the Lake on the Second Day of the First Month")