This verse is from "Two Songs on the Evening Scene of the Spring River in Huichong" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty,which means that Artemisia vulgaris is all over the land, and the reed buds have become shorter, which means that it is exactly the time when the river dolphins want to jump onto the surface of the river.

This poem depicts the coming of spring. Piper betel and reed buds are spring plants, while the puffer fish symbolizes the vibrant spring. Piper betel and short reed buds indicate that spring has arrived and everything in nature is taking on new life. The dolphin's desire to go up the river, on the other hand, symbolizes that the arrival of spring will bring more life activity and reproduction.

The whole stanza expresses the breath of spring and the revival of life force in a concise and condensed way, giving people a feeling of delight and anticipation. At the same time, it also expresses the poet's praise for nature and admiration for life force through the description of natural scenes.

Original text

Two Songs on the Evening Scene of Spring River by Huichong

Su Shi [Song Dynasty]

Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo, and the ducks are the first to know the warmth of the water of the spring river.

The artemisia vulgaris is full of reed buds, and it is the time for the river dolphin to go up.

Two or two of them are going to break away from the group, and they still look like people returning from the north.

It is known that there are many winds and snowfalls in the desert, so I am waiting for half a month's spring in the south of the Yangtze River.

Translation

Beyond the bamboo forest, two or three branches of peach blossom blossomed, and the ducks playing in the water were the first to notice the warmth of the river in early spring.

The riverbanks are full of Artemisia vulgaris, and the reeds are sprouting short new shoots, while the river dolphins are just about to swim against the current from the sea back into the river.

The geese flying north are like those returning north, reluctant to leave, almost falling out of the flock.

Far away from thousands of miles have known the northern desert more wind and snow, or in the south of the river to spend half a month of spring time it.

Notes

Hui Chong (also known as Hui Chong): a monk from Jianyang, Fujian, one of the nine monks of the early Song Dynasty, capable of poetry and painting. Qian Zhongshu's Selected Poems of the Song Dynasty (《宋诗選注》) is called "Dawn Scene". Many notes, useful "dawn scene", useful "evening scene", this from the "Dongpo complete collection" and before the Qing note with "evening scene".

The Artemisia vulgaris: grass, there are Artemisia annua, Artemisia alba and other species.

Artemisia vulgaris: the name of the grass, including Artemisia annua and Artemisia absinthium.

Bufferfish: a kind of fish, scientific name "triggerfish", meat flavor, but the ovaries and liver is highly toxic. Produced in China's coastal and some inland rivers. Every spring, it goes up the river and spawns in fresh water.

Up: means going up against the river.

Homecoming: returning geese. Breaking the flock: leaving the flying flock.

YiYi: the appearance of not giving up. The return of the people: the people who go home.

Shuo Desert: the desert land in the north. Du Fu's poem: "Once I go to the Purple Terrace, I will be in the Shuo Desert."

More to wait: to wait again; to pass again.

Appreciation

These two poems were inscribed by Su Shi on the painting "Dawn Scene of Spring River" painted by Huichong. The original painting by Huichong has been lost, and some versions of the poem were titled "Dawn Scene of the Spring River", which has not been verified. Painting with a clear image, so that people have a specific visual experience, but it can only show a specific picture, there are certain limitations. A good poem, although there is no visual image, but can use figurative language to attract readers to enter a beautiful mood formed through the poet's unique conception, to make up for some of the picture can not show things.

Background

Two Poems on the Evening Scene of the Spring River by Huichong is a poem written by Su Shi in the eighth year of Emperor Shenzong's reign in Yuanfeng (1085) in Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province), which is the title of a poem on the two panels of "Evening Scene of the Spring River" painted by Huichong. It is said that the poem was written in Jiangyin.

Author's Biography

Su Shi, (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), the word Zizhan, and Zhong, the number of Tieguan Taoist, East Slope Jushi, world known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian, Han Chinese, Meishan (Meishan City, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China), ancestor Luancheng in Hebei Province, the famous literati in the Northern Song Dynasty, calligraphers, painters, the history of the water treatment. Celebrity. Su Shi is the leader of the literary world in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, and has made high achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, painting and other aspects. Su Shi's poetry was broad in subject matter, fresh and bold, and made good use of hyperbole and metaphor, with a unique style, and Huang Tingjian, known as "Su Huang"; his words opened up a school of boldness, and Xin Qiji was a representative of the school of boldness and boldness, and was known as "Su Xin"; his prose was grand and rich, and was bold and free, and was known as "Ou Su"; his prose was rich and bold, and was known as "Ou Yang Xiu", and was known as "Ou Su", and was known as "Ou Su". He was also known as "Ou Su", one of the "Eight Greats of Tang and Song Dynasty".