Song Ci Appreciation • Surfing the Sand

Yuan Wang Mian "Nanzhi Spring Morning Map", collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, China

Waves and sand

- Anonymous

Next to the creek on the left side of the village, Pink Yifang (1), Cold Tim Xiao Xiao Cold Cream (2). A few thin branches can be included in the painting (3), bamboo reflecting moss wall (4). Shadow dipped in Hengtang (5), moon floating dark incense (6), when accompanied by Shouyang makeup (7). Unlike Dongjun xian leaned on the sill (8), leaking spring light.

[Note] (1) Dai (dai), the blue-black pigment used by ancient women's eyebrows. Pink daisy, here refers to plum blossoms. Yes, yes. Fragrant, fragrant. (2) Xiao (xido) Xiao, describing the rapid wind and rain. This sentence says that the wind and rain of Xiao Xiao add cold, and the frost adds to the cold. (3) Yes, yes. (4) Moss walls, walls with moss. (5) Sparse shadow, sparse shadow of plum blossoms. (6) This saying says that plum blossoms float a faint fragrance in the moonlight. (7) Shouyang, Princess Shouyang, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, who once wore plum blossom makeup, known as Shouyang makeup, (8) Dongjun, the god of spring.

This plum blossom word focuses on rewriting the character of plum blossoms. Plum blossoms bloom silently by the creek on the edge of the village, brave the cold, and live in indifference. The first two sentences of the next film are derived from Lin Kui's two famous sentences: "The shadow is shallow and shallow, and the dark incense floats in the dusk of the moon". The "then" sentence is subordinate. These three sentences are vigorously written to highlight the dignity and nobility of plum blossoms.