"Early Spring in the East of the City" is a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Yang Juyuan, lyrical writers of the love for early spring. Although only the second sentence of this poem actually describes the spring color, and the description of spring color is only in one place, it summarizes the panorama of early spring. Although the second half of the paragraph writes about the usual pomp and circumstance of viewing flowers in mid-spring, it actually reflects the uniqueness of early spring and the poet's insight. The language of the whole poem is concise, cleverly conceived, contrasting, and profound, which is a good story.
Early spring in the east of the city
Tang Dynasty: Yang Juyuan
Poet Qingjing in the new spring,
The green willow is only half yellow and half uneven.
If you stay in the forest like a brocade,
Going out is to see the flowers.
Translation:
The fresh scenery of early spring is the poet's favorite. The young leaves of the green willow branches are just beginning to germinate, and the yellow color of the goose has not yet been uniform. If it is the time when the flowers bloom in the capital, it will be full of people who appreciate the flowers.
exegesis:
(1) City: refers to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
(2) Poet: The collective name of the poet does not refer only to the author himself. Qingjing: Beautiful scenery. Qing: A work of "new". New Year: i.e. early spring.
(3) Only yellow: just exposed tender yellow willow eyes. Uniform: Uniform, symmetrical.
(4) Shanglin: Shanglin Garden, formerly located in the west of present-day Xi'an City, Shaanxi, was built in the Qin Dynasty and expanded during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as the Han Palace Garden. The poem is used to refer to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Nishiki: Silk woven in five colors.
(5) Club: All, all. Look at the flower people: here are the puns and the first. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a custom of watching flowers in Chang'an City.
Yang Juyuan, (c. 755~?) Tang Dynasty poet, character Jingshan, later changed his name to Geoje. A native of Hezhong Zhishou (present-day Yongji, Shanxi). In the fifth year of Zhenyuan (789), he entered the army. Initially engaged in Zhang Hongjing, he was promoted by the secretary Lang Taichang to Dr. Taichang, and the member of the Yu Department was Wailang. He was created as Fengxiang Shaoyin and re-summoned to grant the title of Guozi Siye. In the fourth year of Changqing (824), he resigned and retired, and the ruling please think that he was a young man in the river and ate Qilu for life. Regarding Yang Juyuan's birth year, according to Fang Songqing's "Han Ji Juzheng". Han Yu's "Preface to Sending Yang Shaoyin" was written in the fourth year of Changqing (824), and the preface states that Yang had the words "seventy years old" and "to return to his hometown". From this, it is inferred that Yang Dang was born in 755 and died in an unknown year. In addition, there are also famous anti-Jin generals of the Song Dynasty with the same name.