When I heard the sound of cicadas, I realized that the rain had stopped.
The cicadas are shouting: it's summer again.
It's summer again, and it seems to be fast, and it seems to be slow.
As if spring has long passed,
It's too far away to remember.
Spring goes to summer
Ming Qiuying, "Peach Village Thatched Cottage" (detail)
Evening Breeze
(Tang) Li Shangyin
Living deep in the city, spring goes to summer and is still clear.
Providence is merciful to the grass, and the world is sunny at night.
And add a high pavilion, micro note small window.
After the nest dries, the flying body is lighter.
Early summer was rainy, especially in Lingnan, where this year rained more than usual. Since returning from the trip, it has rained every day, and I heard that it has been raining for three weeks. The weather forecast is still a rainstorm, blue rain, like a lake, like an ocean, falling on the earth, like tons, dead desires.
All who are alive endure it. The trees stand in the water, the birds do not make a sound, and the people, like the birds, hide deep in their homes, the doors and windows are closed, and the rain rules the time, and the rain keeps falling. When the rain keeps falling, the world disappears and becomes a vague memory, clear and extinguished, sometimes near and sometimes far away.
I'm not anxious, the rain will always stop, even if it rains every day, there will be a time when it stops, and besides, I am not planted here, I am not a tree, I can walk as I want.
When the rain is about to stop, especially in the evening, the sky suddenly brightens, the birds chirp, the sun is revealed, as if the light is returning to the light, the sound of people and cars, and the picture of the world is revealed again.
Li Shangyin's "Evening Sunshine" may be talking about this mood. He has left Chang'an, escaped from the cracks of the Niu and Li party feuds, and followed Zheng Ya, who trusted him, to Guilin.
"Living deep in the city, spring goes to summer. "Living in the deep is the seclusion of the dwelling, and it is also his living habit. Li Shangyin is melancholy by nature, and no matter how beautiful the landscape of Guilin is, he has no heart to travel. Melancholy poets, especially gloomy poets, will blindly immerse themselves in their own melancholy, and the poems they write in this way are also delicate and chic, but in the end, they are petty and family-oriented, only about themselves, and cannot see the vast world.
From the upstairs of the deep dwelling, overlooking the Qucheng outside the city gate, spring has gone, the season begins to enter early summer, and the weather is clear. followed by two sentences, "Heaven has mercy on the grass, and the world is sunny at night." "It came suddenly, just like the sunny sky, it rained for a long time, and the sunny weather always felt sudden, especially in the evening. Just as rain has become the norm, people have accepted the rain and are used to being immersed in the rain all day, and unexpectedly, near the end of the evening, the sky suddenly clears. "The world is heavy and sunny in the evening", the world is happy after a long rain, and the world is happy, but the meaning of this poem is unexpectedly beyond the literal, and it may not be expected by Yishan.
The grass suffering from the rain is suddenly sunny, and in the afterglow of the sunset, it is especially increased and pure, "Providence pities the grass", Yishan said very well, the grass is weak, and it is also favored by Providence. Unintentionally, it is like comparing himself, being born as a human being, but also a small life, bearing the blow of wind and rain, bearing the burden of life, like a ghostly grass, but also for the timely favor of God.
The neck couplet depicts the evening sunshine, and the pen is fine, and the word "sunny" is said deep and detailed. "And add a high pavilion, micro note small windows. "The rain and clouds open, with the building overlook, the field of vision is suddenly high, and I don't feel that the front of the building is the end of the world. The sunset reflects the small window, the evening scene is oblique, and the light is soft, and this moment is so clear that it can be touched.
"After the bird's nest dries, the flying body is lighter. "The birds of the south, the birds of the south, fly lighter when they arrive home in the evening. A touch of joy, a touch of sadness. People in the detention trip, see the birds return to fly, can not help but touch the nostalgia, Yishan is called "the bird" here, must be to think of the ancient poem nineteen "the south branch of the bird's nest", there is a self-injury situation.
This poem is written in the evening, and it seems to have a support, the wonder is between intentional and unintentional, the intention of Yishan at the beginning or without the intention of supporting things, when climbing high and looking into the distance, it is suitable for things to meet, and the situation is harmonious, so it can be naturally formed, without deliberate traces.
Summer garden
Fu Baoshi "Summer Mountain"
Summer Garden
(Tang) Wei Yingwu
The trees are quiet during the day, and the north window is cool.
After living in the idle season, Xia Yun has been sagging.
The leaves love to be green, and the edge of the stream makes shocking waves.
Isn't it a long-cherished ambition, but a green mountain.
Build a thatched hut in the countryside, the green mountains are the household, the white clouds can be gardened, and the thatched hut is surrounded by trees. Spend a summer there, give yourself back to heaven and earth, without thoughts, without worries, living purely in every moment, with almost no memory.
During the day, the trees stand quietly, and the courtyard is full of thick shade. "The trees are quiet during the day", don't rush to read it, first feel the sentence with all your heart, every word in the sentence, and feel the things that are called by the words. A group of trees, the way they stand, their tacit understanding, imagine you sitting under a tree, or become a tree, or even a whole garden, feel the light and shadow of the day, at this moment, everything in the world has nothing to do with you.
You don't know how long you stayed in that moment, and then moved to the north window, where it was more cool. Feel the coolness, feel its wakefulness, as if it were aware of you. You can also be like Tao Yuanming, lying under the north window, encountering a cool breeze temporarily, and claiming to be the Emperor Xi. When the cool breeze blows on your body, at that moment, your happiness is heaven.
"The trees are quiet during the day, and the north window is cool. "If I ask what is written in these two sentences, I would say that it is written about the happiness of the summer garden, the trees, the day, the quietness, the north window, the cool air, all of which are the happiness of the poet.
The poet lives here in idleness, not realizing that the seasons are passing, and suddenly it is summer. Time flies, either because you are busy or because you are idle. If a person is too busy, he will be left out by time, so a person who is always busy never has time at all. Only when you are idle do you begin to have time, and time passes as if it had never passed, like eternity. "After living in the idle season, Xia Yun has been sagging. "The clouds in summer are the most beautiful, and the changes in the clouds make the poet realize that it is summer.
Play like a child and let the summer take us back to our childhood, or let us go back to our childhood for a summer. "The leaves love to be green, and the edge of the stream makes shocking waves. "Picking a leaf, because you love the greenery, playing in the water by the stream, reaching out to make the waves, feeling the coldness of the water, feeling the astonishment and joy of your skin and bones being burned and awakened.
"Isn't it a long-cherished ambition, but Aoyama. "It's a shame to talk about long-cherished ambitions here. Looking at the green hills opposite, the poet said that the answer to life is written on the hillside. Everyone will die, no matter what they pursue in this life, no matter what they get, in the end they will all be empty, and all the noise will be silenced.
Meng Xia reads "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"
Qing Shi Tao "Yuanming Poetic Album"
One of the thirteen poems of "Reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas".
(Jin) Tao Yuanming
Mengxia grass and trees are long, and the trees around the house are sparse.
The birds are happy to be trusted, and I also love my house.
He has cultivated and planted, and he still reads my books.
The poor alleys are deep ruts, quite back to the old people's cars.
Drink spring wine happily and pick vegetables from my garden.
A light rain came from the east, and a good wind accompanied it.
Look at the biography of King Zhou and watch the mountains and seas.
Pitching up the universe to the end, how can I not be happy.
Tao Yuanming returned to the garden and lived in the countryside not long ago, and his life was still peaceful, and he entertained himself with piano books in addition to farming. After abandoning the official, he liked to read strange books, such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "The Biography of Mu Tianzi", various mythological stories, and so on. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a collection of Zhiwei novels "Sou Shen Postscript", which was a sequel to Gan Bao's "Sou Shen Ji", and the author was entitled Tao Qian, that is, Tao Yuanming, which recorded the events after Tao Yuanming's death, according to which it can be speculated that it was a false pretext, or it was gained by later generations. In any case, at least it shows that Tao Yuan loves to read books of mythology and monsters.
Tao Yuanming reads this kind of book, not for curiosity, let alone superstition, people in the Wei and Jin dynasties read myths and strange stories, believing in the truth, almost to the extent of obsession. Gan Bao, the author of "Sou Shen Ji", was born in a family, well-read, and wrote 20 volumes of "Book of Jin", and wrote "Sou Shen Ji" for decades. "We regard it today as a strange force and chaos, but the ancients are convinced, "The Book of Mountains and Seas" is also a documentary geography book for a long time, according to legend, Yu controls the water through the famous mountains and Daze, and summons its gods to ask the mountains and rivers of the veins of gold and jade, birds and beasts, etc., the mileage of exotic land, etc., so that Boyi is briefly recorded. What we think is absurd, what we think is fictional exaggeration, is probably just because our own knowledge is too limited, our imagination is too poor, and more importantly, we have long lost the ability to believe in myths.
In that year, in Mengxia, Tao Yuanming read "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "The Biography of Mu Tianzi", and when he read the whimsical place of Xinghui, he wrote poems, and the myths and legends in the book, the fables and history, or turned into contemplation, or lamentation, or if he had an understanding, he became thirteen poems, all of which were just ups and downs.
One of them is the preface poem, such as adjusting the breath, calming the mind, and then opening the book to read the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". "Mengxia grass and trees are long, and the trees around the house are sparse. The birds are happy to be trusted, and I also love my house. "The tone and tone of speech can convey the speaker's state of mind. When we read these few sentences, we will feel Tao Yuanming's self-satisfaction. Tao Tao Mengxia, the grass and trees grow, the trees around the house, the branches and leaves are sparse, and it seems to be an objective description, overflowing with happiness. The birds are singing, happy to have a trust, "I also love my house", a satisfied and grateful attitude, both charming and frank, can be said to be deserved.
"I have cultivated and planted, and I still read my books. These two sentences are self-sufficient, and they have seen the joy of farming and reading, and there is also "happily drink spring wine and pick vegetables in my garden." A light rain came from the east, and a good wind accompanied it. It makes people envious, envy his state, and admire him for writing so lightly and luxuriously. Picking vegetables in the garden, a drizzle falling, and the little things of daily life, turned into his poems, all became miracles.
The advantage of returning to the garden is that it is not disturbed, the alley is too narrow, so people's cars can't come in, and they can only walk if they want to come. Only by cutting off all unnecessary social interactions can we calm down and read strange books: "Look at the biography of King Zhou, and look at the mountains and seas." Pitching up the universe to the end, how can I not be happy. Yuanming's attitude towards reading is still not to seek much understanding, the so-called "general view" and "flow view". Not for the purpose of acquiring knowledge, not for research, not for utilitarian purposes, just for interest, just to read at will.
Only in this way can you study in this way, your body and mind are quiet, and you want nothing, so that you can travel the universe between the pitches, and what a pleasure it is!
Author/Three Books
Editor/Zhang Jin
Proofreading / Liu Jun