About the author:
Su Shi (1037 ~110/) was born in Meishan, Northern Song Dynasty. He is a famous writer, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. He is knowledgeable and versatile, and has high attainments in calligraphy, painting, poetry and prose. His calligraphy is called "Song Sijia" with Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei; He is good at painting bamboo and strange stones, and also has outstanding opinions on painting theory and calligraphy theory. He is a literary leader after Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his prose is as famous as Ouyang Xiu. Poetry is like the name of Huang Tingjian; His words are magnificent and bold, and his words are graceful and restrained. Known as "Su Xin" with Xin Qiji in the Southern Song Dynasty, * * * is an uninhibited poet.
Original text:
Genpox, on the night of October 12, 2006, took off his clothes and went to bed. He just saw the moonlight on the door and got up happily for a walk. Those who find nothing go to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin. They are still awake, walking in the atrium. In the moonlight, the courtyard is full of clear water, as clear as clear water. The algae and shepherd's purse in the water are the shadows of bamboo and cypress. What night is there no moonlight? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? It's just the lack of free people like us.
After-class notes:
Six years of Yuanfeng: A.D. 1083. Yuanfeng, the year number of Song Shenzong.
Thinking about having nothing to do and having fun: thinking that no one is chatting and having fun. Read, think, think.
Zhang Huaimin: The author's friend was also demoted to Huangzhou at that time.
Phase: * * together.
Atrium: courtyard.
Kongming: describes the clarity of water.
Algae and Algae (New π):) Both are aquatic plants.
But there are few idle people: just a lack of idle people. But, just. idler
Translation:
On the evening of1October 12, 2006, Yuanfeng. When I undressed and wanted to sleep, the moonlight shone through the window, and I got up and walked happily. Thinking that no one was playing, I went to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin. Zhang Huaimin didn't sleep either. We walked in the yard.
The moonlight in the yard is as clear and transparent as a pool of clear water, and the algae and weeds in the water are criss-crossed, all of which are the shadows of bamboo and cypress.
Where there is no moonlight, where there are no bamboos and cypresses, there are no idle people like me.
Appreciate:
The feelings expressed in Night Tour in Chengtian Temple are subtle and complicated, including the sadness of relegation, the feeling of life, the joy of enjoying the moon and the leisure of walking. When the author "undressed and wanted to sleep", he "entered the house by moonlight", so he "set off happily". Moonlight is rare and can't help but make people happy. However, no one enjoyed the moon with him, so he had to go to Zhang Huaimin and he was demoted. How many sorrows and feelings about life have been relegated! Two people strolled in the atrium, which was very leisurely. Compared with "idle people", it contains all the meanings.
Su Shi's own evaluation of his literary creation, there is a very incisive passage:
My writing is like a fountain, it can be published anywhere. On the flat land, it gurgles, although it is difficult to travel thousands of miles a day. It twists and turns with rocks, shapes with things, and is unknown. The knower always does what he should do and often stops at what he can't do. That's all! Others, although I can't know. ("Wen Shuo")
This passage can be supplemented by another sentence: "A person who used to be a writer can't work for it, but he can't help working for it." There are clouds in the mountains and rivers, luxuries in vegetation, and depression. Although my husband doesn't want anything, can he get it? "("Jiang Xing Chorus Preface ")
The most important point here is that literature is a kind of "depressed" thing and has to be displayed to the public. If you have a "source of springs" on your chest, you can "get away with it at all costs"; Without ambition, you can't write a good article on your own. Su Shi is indeed a great writer with "the source of welcoming the Spring". As far as his prose creation is concerned, "ten thousand yuan" overflows into political theory and historical theory, and Wang Yang is vast; Travel notes, letters, prefaces and postscripts and other essays are all over the mountains, swaying and smoky.
There are only 84 words in the article "Night Tour in Chengtian Temple", which naturally flows from the chest. "What should be done" and "what should be stopped" are not divided into paragraphs. But it is not the "flat ground" of DC. Only a few dozen words. If "On the Flat Ground" is DC, what is its charm without rest? Read this article carefully, although it is natural and popular, but its "twists and turns and rocks" are distinct. "On the evening of October 12, Yuanfeng six years." It's like keeping a diary, honestly writing the year, month and day, and then writing the word "night". What should we do next? What the hell are you doing? There is nothing wrong with "undressing and sleeping". But just as I was undressing, I saw "Moonlight Entering the House" and felt that there was nothing to do, so I "set off happily". What are you doing? I have been "walking" alone for a while, but I am not very "happy". It would be nice to have another person; Suddenly thought of a person who can * * * "have fun", so I went to see him. These thoughts and actions are expressed in the following words: "Those who have no enjoyment, go to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin". Have you met Zhang Huaimin? What did you say when you saw him? What kind of "fun" did you ask him for? Does he agree? In the pen of ordinary people, this is all to be written. The author only wrote two sentences: "Huai Min is still awake and walking in the atrium." Then write the scene:
The courtyard is as empty as water, and the algae and grass in the water are intertwined and covered with bamboo and cypress.
When you walk in the atrium, your eyes are attracted by the moonlight in the courtyard, creating an illusion of "water is empty and bright", so that you can see all kinds of aquatic plants criss-crossing. Why are there algae and water plants in the yard? Looking up, I saw bamboo and cypress, and at the same time I saw the bright moon in the blue sky. Only then did I realize that it was not "algae cypress", but the shadow of "bamboo cypress" under the moonlight! The metaphor of "moonlight is like water" is often used, but its clever use varies from person to person. It can't be said that the author didn't use this metaphor, but his usage is very different from that of ordinary people and his artistic effect is also very different.
Literary thinking is like a surging river, "twists and turns with rocks". Where is it now "unstoppable" and "stopped"? Because of seeing "moonlight entering the house" and "happily starting", it should stop at the month; Seeing "the intersection of algae and grass" turned out to be "the shadow of bamboo and cypress" and should stop at "bamboo and cypress"; Who appreciates the moon? Who watches bamboo and cypress? It's him and Zhang Huaimin. We should stop him and Zhang Huaimin. So to sum up all this, I wrote the following words and stopped at leisure:
What night is there no moonlight? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? It's just the lack of free people like us.
A few strokes, a piece of life. Narration is simple and clean, picturesque, and lyricism lies in narrative and scenery. Narration, scenery description and lyricism all focus on writing people; When writing about people, it should be emphasized that "leisure" entering "night" means "undressing to sleep" and "leisure"; See "Moonlight Entering the House", then "Set out happily" and "Nothing to do"; With Zhang Huaimin "walking in the atrium", even the "shadow of bamboo and cypress" was seen so carefully and clearly that both of them were "idle". "What night without a month? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? " However, only "the two of us" go out to enjoy the moon and see the bamboos and cypresses on winter nights, because others are busy people and "the two of us" are "idle people". The "idle people" at the end is the finishing touch, comparing the "leisure" of "the two of us" with that of others. Only when he is "idle" can he "swim at night" and enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moonlit night. After reading the whole article, the figures, moods and scenery of the two "idle people" are vivid.
Writing background
This article was written in the sixth year of Yuanfeng in Song Shenzong (1083). At that time, the author had been demoted to Huangzhou for four years. In July of the second year of Yuanfeng, Li Ding and others picked out Su Shi's poems about the new law, saying that he slandered them. In August, he was arrested and imprisoned. After a long trial and torture, I almost lost my mind. 1February, the author was released from prison and demoted to Huangzhou to be an assistant forever, but he was not allowed to "sign books to do business", that is to say, he was an idle official with positions but no rights. In this case, the author wrote this essay, describing the scenery of the moonlit night beautifully and recording a fragment of his life at that time.
Graded appreciation
The full text is divided into three layers, the first layer is narrative. The first sentence points out that the time of the incident was "October 12, the sixth year of Yuanfeng", and Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou as a deputy history because of the four-year Wutai poetry case. That night, the moonlight shone into his room. The author wanted to sleep, but he was fascinated by the beautiful moonlight and got excited. But he thought that no one could enjoy this kind of fun, so he set off for Chengtian Temple not far away to find Zhang Huaimin. When he was in Su Like, he was also demoted to Huangzhou and made friends with Su Shi. That night, Zhang Huaimin didn't sleep, so they went for a walk in the middle of the yard together. This narrative is simple, indifferent and natural.
Write the scenery on the second floor. The author cherishes ink as gold, and only uses eighteen words to create a quiet and charming night scene with clear moonlight, mottled bamboo shadows. Readers can use their imagination: the moonlight is crystal clear, as clear as a pool of empty water. Even better, there are aquatic plants floating and wandering in the "water", and suddenly they are like entering a fairyland. The author's beauty lies in the use of bamboo shadows and moonlight to make each other interesting, and the metaphor is accurate, novel and appropriate, which renders the beauty and solemnity of the scenery.
The discussion began on the third floor. The author regrets that there is no bright moon and bamboo at night, but I'm afraid not many people except him and Zhang Huaimin have leisure and elegance to enjoy the scenery. The crowning touch of the whole article is the word "idle people". Su Shi lives in Huangzhou, "no signing books, no official business", and he is only a nominal official who "helps the world" with Confucianism. On the other hand, the moonlight is beautiful and the bamboo shadow is beautiful, but people can't know it, so it is a pleasure for these two people to enjoy it! Su Shi's thoughts span Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, which makes his attitude towards life extremely inclusive and can be said to be modest and comfortable. Of course, his chapters in adversity can better reflect his personality charm!
Exquisite appreciation
"Moonlight Entering the House": Lonely on a cold night, "undressing for sleep", at this moment, the moonlight quietly entered the door. The word "into the house" symbolizes moonlight. Moonlight seems to understand the loneliness and boredom of the relocated guest and take the initiative to accompany him.
"set out with pleasure": it is the author's reaction; Write that he was sleepy, put on his clothes, and saw the moonlight greet him with joy like a long-lost bosom friend. A "sinner" who was demoted by the imperial court, we can imagine that he was cut off from friends and left out in the cold; Only moonlight has no snobbery, and still visits him on a lonely cold night. Four words write the author's joy and excitement.
"What night without a month? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? But few idle people are like my ears. "
-it contains the author's sad feelings of ups and downs in his official career and the philosophy of life he gets from it, and gets some comfort from the pain. The last sentence has at least two meanings: first, for those who seek fame and gain, they are stubborn and trapped in the vast sea of officials and cannot extricate themselves. How can they enjoy Leng Yue wonderland? Secondly, it shows the author's carefree and comfortable state of mind, and of course it also reveals his complaint about not being loyal to the court.