Dujing gate 1 farewell
Tang Li Bai 2
Cross the far Outside the Jingmen Gate and come from 3 Chu Kingdoms 4 Tours.
5 in the Mountains, 6th Stream of Oiri.
Under the moon 7 Flying Mirror 8, Yunsheng 9 Jie Hai Lou 10.
Still pity 11 hometown water 12, ten thousand miles to send off the boat 13.
【Notes】
1 Jingmen: Jingmen Mountain, in the northwest of present-day Yidu, Hubei Province, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Huya Mountain across the river, the situation is dangerous, like the gate of Jingzhou.
2 Li Bai :李白: 字太白, courtesy name Qinglian (青莲居士), whose ancestral home was Chengji in Longxi (present-day Tianshui, Gansu). Ancestors migrated to Central Asia in exile at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Li Bai was born in the city of Shanye (in present-day Kyrgyzstan). At the age of five, he moved with his father to Qinglian Township in Zhangming County, Mianzhou (present-day Jiangyou, Sichuan). In the early years, Tianbao was ordered to go to Chang'an to make offerings to Hanlin, and received special courtesy from Li Longji of Tang Xuanzong. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and he lived in seclusion in Lushan, but still paid close attention to the current situation. Later, he joined the shogunate of The Yong King Li Xuan. Yongwang was defeated and killed, and Li Bai was implicated and imprisoned, and was later pardoned. In his later years, he drifted in Wuchang, Xunyang, Xuancheng and other places. Dai Zongbao died of illness in the first year (762) of his uncle Dangtu County, Ling Li Yangbing. Throughout his life, Li Bai was deeply influenced by Confucianism, Taoism, Zonghengjia, Rangers, and Immortals. Thus his poems are also meteorological: either expressing with unrestrained passion the desire for ideal politics and meritorious achievements; or exposing the absurdity and decay of political groups with sharp brushstrokes; or singing magnificent mountains and rivers with gorgeous words. No matter what kind of subject matter and what form, it is full of strong romantic colors. The pinnacle of Chinese Romantic poetry, Li Bai was therefore known as the "Poetry Immortal" by later generations.
3 From: Go, take the initiative to go and carry out, complete.
4 Chu State: A vassal state in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River during the pre-Qin Dynasty, it was later used to refer to present-day Hubei and its surrounding areas.
5 Plains: Flat plains, wilderness.
6 Great Wilderness: A place far away from home, which refers to the edge of the sky and the end of heaven and earth.
Under July: The moon is reflected in the water.
8 Heavenly Mirror: The mirror of the heavens, specifically the moon.
9 Raw: Arises, generates.
10 Hai lou: a mirage, which describes the beauty and fantasy of Yunxia, such as a mirage.
11 Pity: Love.
12 Hometown water: The water of the hometown, which refers to the river water, the Yangtze River flows through Sichuan, so the poet regards the river water as the hometown water.
13 Boat: A boat that travels far away actually refers to the pedestrians on board, that is, the author himself.
This poem was composed by Li Bai when he came down the river from Shudi to the Jingmen area. The whole poem goes to the following meaning: the destination of the voyage is far beyond jingmen, and I will carry out a tour of Chudi. The mountains stretched to the far end with the vast wilderness, and the river seemed to enter the far end of the world and was still rushing. The moon reflected in the water is like a mirror in the sky, and the clouds rise and fall as if forming a mirage. I still miss and love the flowing water of my hometown, and the boat ride of the wanderer who has traveled thousands of miles away.
From Sichuan to Hunan, Hubei, it is necessary to pass through the Three Gorges, which has rapid water flow and dense shoals. Even if the author at this time is in his youth, he must have been bumpy not lightly. From the turbulent Sichuan River to the sudden entry into the open and gentle river, anyone will suddenly be cheerful and excited. The author is no exception, so he recites the first two sentences of the poem. From the text point of view, these two sentences do not seem to be surprising, but from the words and sentences, it is clear that they can feel that their minds are free from the shackles and fly to the far side of the Jingmen Gate, and they are full of yearning for the upcoming "Chu Guo Tour". The young poet's state of mind at this moment is simply extremely good and excited.
The second two sentences describe what the author saw before his eyes: the mountains that originally faced each other left and right, accompanied by a vast wilderness, stretched out to the far side of the sky until they could no longer be seen; the rolling Yangtze River rushed straight to the sky, and seemed to have entered the far reaches of the great wasteland. This is the poet's overall description of the scenery he sees, and it is also very in line with people's perceptual habits: when people enter a new environment, they always pay attention to its large pattern first and form an overall impression. The same is true of poets, and Izukawa's first impression is two words- broad. In this joint, it is particularly worth mentioning the words "with" and "into": Yamamoto is stationary, but a "with" word writes them alive and moving. Under this description, the mountain seems to have life and spirituality, actively accompanying the wilderness, and reluctantly meandering into the distance until the end of heaven and earth. From such a description, the reader also seems to clearly see the picture of the mountains twisting and turning, gradually drifting away, and gradually getting smaller; what the author can see is that the Yangtze River rushes to the far side of the sky, but the author does not limit his thinking and penmanship to the sky that can be seen, but imagines that the river is still rushing and gushing after entering the "great wilderness" outside the sky. This gives the vast rushing river a sense of eternal and infinite artistic conception. This is the beauty of the word "into".
In the next couplet, the author begins to describe specific, more detailed impressions. This is also due to people's perception habits. But the author did not directly write one detail after another, but recombined these details in his mind and condensed them into a whole scene: the reflection of the moon in the water, it seems that the mirror in the sky is speeding forward, and the clouds and mist are rising and swirling, forming a wonderful city platform. Although the details of the moon shadow in the water and the composition of the clouds and mist are not specifically written, as long as you think of the "Flying Mirror" and the "Jiehai Building", everything is like in front of you, and there is infinite reverie space.
Although the author is full of longing and yearning for the future, he still has some attachment to the hometown where he grew up since childhood. So he looked back at the road and saw the river flowing from his hometown, just behind him, as if he had been sending the boat he was riding. At this time, the author may also think of his hometown and his relatives in his hometown because of this water, and even imagine that his loving mother leans on the door and looks at the direction in which her long-invisible son has disappeared. How can this not make the poet feel grateful and in love? Reading this, many people who have traveled far, or wanderers who are traveling far, will feel empathy and have a strong psychological resonance. The poem has ended here, but the mood is deeper and thicker, which makes people feel a lot of emotions.