a night-mooring near maple bridge is a poem written by China poet Zhang Ji. The following is the full text, the translation, the relevant background and the author's brief introduction:

Full text:

frosty night and Jiang Feng are worried about fishing and sleeping.

At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang at midnight to the passenger ship.

Translation:

The moon has set, crows crow and night frost covers the whole sky. Between the maple trees on the river and the fishing boats, the sadness is intertwined.

In Hanshan Temple outside Gusu, the bell rang on the passenger ship in the middle of the night.

Origin:

a night-mooring near maple bridge comes from Zhang Ji, a writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, whose masterpiece "Four Seasons in the Countryside". Zhang Ji lived in the south of the Yangtze River in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was good at describing natural scenery and rural life. This poem was created when he described the night scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.

Creation background:

The creation background of this poem is said to be what Zhang Ji saw and felt during a night voyage. He took a boat and moored at the maple bridge at night, and saw the scene of the moon setting and the fishing in Jiangfeng, which made him feel lonely and sad. At the same time, he also heard the bells of Hanshan Temple in the distance, which further increased his inner loneliness and homesickness.

Use environment:

This poem describes the night scenery and people's living conditions in the south of the Yangtze River, and expresses the poet's inner sadness and homesickness through the description of natural and human landscapes. This unique technique of scenery description and emotional expression makes a night-mooring near maple bridge a classic in China's ancient poetry.

About the author:

Zhang Ji (1185 -1145), whose name is Bochun, was born in Shijiushan and was known as Zhang Shigong. Writers and calligraphers in Jiangnan area in the Northern Song Dynasty. His works take the description of natural scenery and rural life as the theme, with fresh and simple form and far-reaching artistic conception. In his works, he pays attention to expressing his thoughts and feelings about life through the description of natural scenery. His representative works include "Two Feelings about Coming out of the Hedge Gate at Dawn in Autumn Night" and "Village Residence". Zhang Ji's poems have had an important influence on later generations and are regarded as one of the representatives of Jiangnan poetry school.