Appreciation of Ancient Poetry in the Middle School Entrance Examination: Qian Qi's "Tea Banquet with Zhao Ju"

【This question is selected from the 2021 Chinese Language Examination Questions of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province】

Huixue Wang's "Special Topics in Ancient Poetry Appreciation"

Read the poem below and complete 7-8 questions. (6 minutes)

Tea feast with Zhao Ju (1).

[Tang] Money up

Takeshita forgot to say to purple tea,

Quansheng Yuke (2) Drunken Liuxia (3).

Dust washed away the joy,

A tree of cicadas sounded obliquely oblique.

[Note] (1) Zhao Ju: Qian Qi's friend. (2) Yu Ke: Taoist. (3) Liu Xia: The drink of the legendary heavenly gods.

【Analysis】 The whole poem adopts the technique of white painting, and the writer and Zhao Ju hold a tea feast under the green bamboo, drink purple shoot tea together, and agree that the taste of tea is better than liuxia immortal wine. In addition to the fascinating bamboo forest, the poet also uses cicadas as an image, which makes the leisurely and elegant interest set off by the whole poem more intense.

7． Combined with the verses, tell us what the characteristics of the environment during the poet's tea feast are. (3 minutes)

【Analysis】This question tests the understanding and grasp of the content of poetry. When answering, on the basis of understanding the content of the poem, we must grasp the key words in the poem" "bamboo under", "cicada sound" and "shadow oblique", that is, bamboo under the bamboo: under the green forest, the sound of cicadas: the sound of cicadas, the shadow oblique: indicating that the sun is about to set and the sunset is setting in the west; through the "cicada sound" to move and contrast, highlighting the quiet and elegant characteristics.

8. The poem embodies the poet's attitude towards life. (3 minutes)

【Analysis】This question examines the analysis of the poet's creative background and creative emotions. In addition to the bamboo forest and sunset, the poet also uses cicadas as images, and cicadas and bamboo are one of the images used by the ancients to symbolize Junqing Gaozhi. In this way, the leisurely interest set off by the whole poem becomes stronger. The "dust heart" in "Dust Heart Washed Away" refers to the mind being involved in worldly affairs, which shows that the poet wants to get rid of all the troubles of the world and seek the purification of the soul.

【Reference Translation】

Under the green bamboo, they drank purple tea together, and the taste was mellow than that of the Liuxia Immortal Wine.

Wash away the red dust and the tea is more intense, and it is fun to talk about the sunset in the sound of cicadas.