Original Sentence--The mountains are hard to cross, who is sad about the people who lost their way? The people who meet in Ping Shui are all guests from other places.
Interpretation - The majestic passes and mountains are hard to cross, who sympathizes with the people who are out of their way? All of you here are like duckweed meeting on water, all of you are guests in a foreign land.
Source--Wang Bo's "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion"
Appreciation--These two sentences use couplets, combining long and loose sentences, which are catchy to read. The imagery of the mountains and the water is a poignant atmosphere that expresses the author's loneliness and deep longing for his hometown.
The original "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion"--
The former county of Yuzhang, the new capital of Hongdu. The stars are divided into wings and square, and the land is connected to Henglu. Lapel three rivers and five lakes, control barbarians and Jing and Ou Yue. The material splendor of heavenly treasure, dragon light shooting the ruins of Niudou; people and the spirit of the land, Xu Ru under Chen Fan's couch. Male state fog column, handsome stars. Tai Huang pillow Yi Xia's turn, the guests and hosts all the beauty of the southeast. Governor Yan Gong's elegant hope, Kai halberd distant; Yuwen Xinzhou's Yi Fan, spend time at home at home.
Ten years of vacation, winning friends like clouds; thousands of miles to meet, full of friends. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night. The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, and the second time I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, and the third time I was a student there.
The time dimension is September, the sequence is three autumn. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world, and you'll be able to do that. Just like a horse in the horse on the road, visit the scenery in the Chong A; in the emperor of Cheung Chau, get the old hall of the celestial beings. Layers of mountains towering Cui, on the sky; flying pavilion flow Dan, down to no place. Crane Ting Teal Islet, poor island of the haunting; Gui Palace, that is, the body of the situation of the Gunduan Mountains.
Pi embroidered door, overlooking the carved roofs, the mountain plains open its full view, Chuanze twisting its horrifying vision. Luk Yan fluttering ground, bell ringing tripod home; barge ship Mizun, green sparrow yellow dragon poopdeck. The clouds cleared up and the rain cleared up, and the colors were bright in the area. The sunset sun and the lonely ducks fly together, the autumn water *** long sky a color. The fishing boat sang the evening, the sound of poor Peng Li's shore; geese formation shock cold, sound broken Hengyang Pu.
They are the first to be able to get to the top of the list of the most popular places in the world, and they are the first to be able to do so. The winds of the sea are blowing, and the white clouds of the sky are curbed by the songs of the people. The green bamboo in the Sui-Yuan is the bottle of Pengze; the Zhu Hua in Yeshui is the pen of Linchuan. The four beauties are all there, and the two are difficult to combine. I have been looking around in the middle of the sky and enjoying myself in my free time. The sky and the earth are very high, and I feel the infinity of the universe; I am sad to see the end of my life, and I know that there is a number of the surplus and the void. Looking at Chang'an in the sun, the eye Wu will be in the clouds. The terrain is extreme and deep in the southern sea, the heavenly pillar is high and the northern star is far away. The mountains are hard to cross, who is sad about the people who have lost their way? The people who meet in Ping Shui are all guests from other countries. The doorkeepers of the Emperor are not to be seen, so what is the year of the declaration of the room?
Contempt! The time is not the same, the fate of the life is full of misfortunes. Feng Tang is easy to age, Li Guang is difficult to seal. Qu Jia Yi in Changsha, not without the Lord; scuttled Liang Hong in Haiqu, not lack of bright time? I rely on the gentleman to see the opportunity and the man of honor to know his destiny. If you are old and strong, why would you want to be gray-headed? If you are poor, you will not lose your ambition. I feel refreshed by the greed of the spring, and I am still happy to be in a dry place. Although the North Sea is on credit, it can be picked up; the East has passed away, and it is not too late for the Sanyu. Meng Chang is a noble man, but he has no feelings of serving his country; Ruan Ji is a wild man, but he is not a poor man's cry!
Bo, three feet of life, a scholar. I have no way to ask for help, such as the end of the army of the weak crown; have a wistful pen, the long wind of the Mou Zongcourt. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the job done, but I'm sure I'll be able to get the job done. I am not a member of Xie's family, but a neighbor of Meng's family. In other days, I was accompanied by a carp pair; now I am holding my arms, happy to be entrusted with the Dragon Gate. The first thing I want to do is to get a good deal of money from the government, but I don't think I'm going to be able to get it from the government.
What? The resort is not always, the feast is not again; Lanting has gone, Zize mound ruins. Farewell speech, fortunate to receive the grace in the great preserves; ascent to make a gift, is hoped for in the group of public. Dare to exhaust my humble feelings, respectfully short quote; a word are endowed, four rhymes are completed.
Teng Wang's high pavilion on the river islet, Peiyu song luan strike song and dance.
Painted buildings flying towards Nanpu clouds, pearl curtains rolled in the evening rain in the Western mountains.
Leisurely clouds and pools of shadow day long, things change a few degrees of autumn.
Where is the emperor's son now? The Yangtze River outside the threshold is empty.
Expanded InformationThe Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion is a parallel essay written by Tang Dynasty writer Wang Bo in the second year of the reign of Shangyuan (675). The article is written from the terrain and talents of Hongzhou to the banquet; it is written about the magnificence of Tengwang Pavilion, the vastness of the view, and the distinctive scenery of autumn; it is then written from the banquet to the life of the encounter, expressing the feeling of the life of the world; and then it expresses the writer's encounters and expresses the need to motivate himself to the festival and finally concludes with the poems and self-effacing remarks.
The whole text reveals the author's ambition and the resentment of not being able to realize his talent. Except for a few false words, the article is coupled throughout. The syntax is mostly four-word sentences and six-word sentences, which are neatly paired; and almost the whole article is using dictionaries, which are more natural and appropriate, making it elegant and skillful.
The full text of "Tengwangge Preface" is well thought out, tightly focused on the title, unconventional, the whole text can be divided into four parts.
The first natural paragraph for the first part, write Hongfu majestic terrain, "things are precious", "people", "master virtuous", "full of friends". The former county of Nanchang, Hongdu Xinfu" point Tengwangge location, and then write Nanchang from the extinction of its orientation in the wing, square star constellation of the field, geographically connected to the Hengshan Mountain in Hunan Province and Mount Lu in Jiangxi Province, from the top and the bottom, and then a swing away, write Nanchang terrain: three rivers for the lapel, five lakes for the belt, the chest of the Chu country and guidelines Wu Yue.
Ben for the Tengwang Pavilion as a preface, the opening paragraph but avoiding the banquet and the attic, not fall into the commonplace, the momentum of the high and mighty. "The material splendor of heavenly treasures" sentence to "General Wang's arsenal" sentence, write Nanchang rich in produce, talent, praised the banquet guests and hosts "all the beauty of the Southeast", "the high guests were full of people". He praised the guests of the banquet for "the beauty of the southeast", "full of friends", and "winning friends like clouds". The last sentence, briefly describe the reason why he came here to participate in the banquet. The banquet is only a few strokes, the next is the most important part of the article.
The second and third natural paragraphs are the second part. The author from near and far, from the magnificent pavilion to the beautiful mountains and rivers, ink and colorful description of the Tengwang Pavilion autumn scenery, unfolding a flow of light, staggered, up and down the natural, virtual and real reflecting the Tengwang Pavilion three autumn map. "The scribbling water ends and the cold pool is clear, the smoke condenses and the twilight mountains are purple." These two lines in the stillness of the performance of light and shadow color changes, the lake and mountains written extremely vitality.
After the accumulation of water is eliminated, the cold pool shows a piece of clear, in the evening, the light cloud smoke condenses the heavy twilight, between the water and the sky shows a piece of full purple light. This sentence in the color changes in the depiction of autumn is thick evening scene, a "cold" word written out of the autumn high and refreshing, "cold pool" and "twilight mountains" a near and far constitute a staggering scene, this This line is known as "writing all the scenery of September".
Next is the imaginary writing, the author takes us on a carriage ride on the high mountain road, in the lofty mountains and peaks to visit the autumn scenery, came to Changzhou, where the emperor lived in the past, and found the palace where the immortals recuperated.
Then the Tengwang Pavilion is highlighted from a number of scenic spots - "The platforms tower over the sky; the pavilions flow into the sky; the pavilions face the ground. Layers of platforms towering over the verdant mountain peaks, as if straight into the sky; over the flying eaves Dan Hui want to flow, as if straight into the earth. The author in a up and down between just sixteen words to the pavilion towering into the clouds of the momentum written spectacular, the unique appearance of the pavilion written vividly, this sentence through the change in perspective, so that the up and down is natural.
"Crane Ting Teal Islet, poor island of the haunting; Gui Palace Orchid Palace, columns of the body of the situation of the mountains." These two lines are written around the Tengwang Pavilion of animals and plants, cranes and ducks in the haunting island swimming, sprinkled with orchids and osmanthus scented palace is reflected in the rolling hills, so that the Tengwang Pavilion as if the stars of the moon in general, revealing the magnificent momentum.
The author writes in Tengwang Pavilion to look up at the view of the eye: open the embroidered door to look down on the ridge of the carved sorghum painting, the vast expanse of the mountains and plains as far as the eye can see, close to the meandering waters of the river is amazing. The buildings and lanes are full of rich and noble families; the barges and ships are full of ferries, all of which are beautifully decorated sparrow boats and dragon boats.
Beautiful mountains and rivers, bustling towns, many boats and oars to the first paragraph of the "treasure, outstanding people", and with the following "fishing boat singing in the evening", "wild geese" ** with the composition of a melting pot of scenic beauty. ** with the composition of a picture of the scene, the combination of static and dynamic. In this paragraph, the "sunset and the unattended fly together, the autumn water *** long sky a color" sentence is the most praised.
This sentence is a visual feast, the main body of the whole picture is the red sunset and blue-green water light catching the sky model, white wild heron interspersed. The beauty of color, dynamics, reality, and spatial dimension brings the reader flawless imagination.
The fourth and fifth natural paragraphs of the third part of the party to write the crowd on the landing of the pleasure, and then the sadness, nostalgia and discussion, leading to the life of the feelings of the encounter. The author of the ups and downs of the pen, from "Trent fly" to "sadness". In the first two sentences of the fourth paragraph, the author says, "The remote lapel of the heart is smooth, and the pleasure of going to and fro.
The first two lines of the fourth paragraph, which reads, "The bamboo and the strings, the songs and the dances during the banquet", is about the joyful scene of the banquet. Then the guests will be present in the cup of passion and pen talent comparable to Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun. Good times and ***, enjoyable things have, the guests and masters of the rare gathering, the eyes look far away, and enjoy the fun. To here are written to climb the joy of pleasure. The next sentence, "the sky and the earth, the universe of the infinite; the sadness of the end of the Xing, the knowledge of the number of the surplus and the void".
From the infinity of the universe to the end of the rise and fall: looking back at Chang'an is still under the setting sun, Wu will be like in the sea of clouds. The earth has an end, and the South China Sea is unfathomable, the pillar of the Prime Minister is unclimbable, the Big Dipper is distant: the mountains are difficult to cross, who will grieve for the lost? Ping Shui meets, all of them are wandering in a foreign land. Full of ambition, when will the king's palace see? The emperor's summons, and how long to wait? The author refers to himself as "the man who has lost his way" and sighs at his fate.
The author was full of passion and talent, but he was not tolerated by the society at that time because of his arrogance and licentiousness. The author's ambition is hard to fulfill, so here the author by the infinite universe and think of life is limited, short, showing the time passes but difficult to accomplish the feelings; he lamented the number of the surplus and emptiness, revealing the helplessness of the destiny can not be reversed, for their own can only be stranded on the shore of the South China Sea, the inability to be among the imperial capital of Chang'an to serve the country and feel sad.
In the fifth paragraph, the author uses allusions to compare himself to Jia Yi, Liang Hong, Feng Tang, and Li Guang to describe the predicament he is now experiencing, but the author does not linger too long in his sadness, and turns to his own optimism to give a better note to this aria. The author says he is still a man of attainment and knows his destiny, "When I am old and strong, I would rather move my white head; when I am poor and strong, I would not lose my ambition to be in the green clouds."
In adversity, he is still open-minded and determined to serve his country. This paragraph uses more allusions, but is reasonable and appropriate without a sense of piling up, Wang Bo wrote his own unrecognized talent, in deep trouble of the ambivalence, but with an optimistic spirit of the world to resolve, this noble sentiment, over the centuries has caused many literati **** Ming.
Sixth and seventh paragraphs for the fourth part, a brief description of their own journey and aspirations, the guests and hosts to express gratitude for the knowledge, to participate in the banquet and farewell preface to express the honor of this paragraph with the beginning of the echoes, and once again tighten the theme.
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