In early spring, Zhang Shiba, a member of the Ministry of Water Resources (Part 1)

Author Han Yu? Tang Dynasty

The light rain on Tianjie is as moist as crisp, and the color of grass looks far away but close up none.

The best thing about spring is that it is better than the smoke and willows all over the imperial capital.

Translation: The streets of Beijing are covered with raindrops. The raindrops are as fine and moist as milk. The grass emerges from the ground. From a distance, the grass color is vaguely connected, but when viewed up close, it appears sparse and sporadic. The most beautiful scenery of the year is the scenery in early spring, which is far better than the late spring when the city is full of green poplars.

Extended information:

This is a seven-character quatrain that describes and praises the beauty of early spring. The first sentence describes the light rain in early spring, describing its smoothness and moistness as "as moist as crisp". It describes its characteristics very accurately, and the words and sentences are very beautiful. It is similar to Du Fu's "Good rain knows the season, and spring will happen. Sneak into the night with the wind, moistening things silently".

The second sentence follows the first sentence and describes the scene after the grass is wet with rain. From a distance it looks green, but up close there is no green color. It depicts the hazy scene of the early spring grass after it has been wet with rain. It can be compared with Wang Wei's "Seeing nothingness in the green mist" and "Seeing nothingness in the color of mountains".