On the ground of the courtyard, the moonlight is as clear and transparent as stagnant water, and there are aquatic plants criss-crossing like algae in the "water". It turned out to be the shadow of bamboo and cypress branches and leaves.
Which night is there no moon? Where are there no bamboo and pine and cypress? It's just that there are few idle people like us!
To annotate ...
(2) [Yuanfeng Six Years] A.D. 1083. Yuanfeng. Song Shenzong year.
(3) People who have no fun in thinking think that no one can talk about it for fun.
(4) The author's friend Zhang Huaimin was also demoted to Huangzhou.
(5)[ phase] * * * together.
(6) 【 atrium 】 courtyard.
(7) 【 empty Ming 】 describes clear water.
(8) Algae and water chestnut are aquatic organisms.
(9)[ but there are few idle people] just people who lack leisure. But, just. Idle people, idle people.
Brief introduction of the author
Su Shi (1037—111), a native of Meishan (now meishan county, Sichuan), is famous for his son Zhan. He is a literary leader after Ouyang Xiu, and he is versatile. He composed poems, words, essays, books and paintings, and wrote a lot.
Distinguish and appreciate
There is an ancient prose in the third volume of junior middle school Chinese textbook published by People's Education Press, which is Su Shi's Night Tour in Chengtian Temple. The full text is only more than 80 words:
20061October 12, Yuanfeng undressed and went to bed at night. When he entered the room in the moonlight, he set off happily. Those carefree people go to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin. He is still awake, walking in the atrium. Under the court, the water is clear and full of algae.
Horizontal, covered with bamboo and cypress shadow.
What night is there no moonlight? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? But there are few idle people like my ears!
After reading it, savor it carefully, as if there is a gurgling water flowing through the pebbles, and a fresh tune pops up, giving people unlimited beauty enjoyment.
After a long period of meditation, I gradually realized.
This "beauty" first comes from the "truth" of the content. The bright photos of the oriental moon aroused the author's interest, thinking that it would be a fly in the ointment if there were no "musicians", so he sought a companion. At this time, the illusion was interesting and the emotion was touched, so it was logical to write this scene. Everything was so harmonious and natural that there was no feeling of carving.
This beauty comes from the purity of language. Notes, like taking them home, are narrative. Although there are no surprises, you can't add, delete or change any words. Need to point out the date and note the travel notes. "Moonlight into the house" and "Happy to start" are mutually causal, and few figures are practiced! When writing the scenery under the courtyard, use the word "ethereal and bright" to reflect the ethereal and frank artistic conception. It is very appropriate to compare the shadow of bamboo and cypress to algae in water, and the word "horizontal" more accurately shows the posture of algae, as if it were within reach. Then the author took a sharp turn and asked two questions in succession, which were both natural and rhythmic, expanding time and space and thought-provoking.
This "beauty" comes from the "essence" at the end. Judging from the structure of the article, the sentence is a "combination", so stop here. Semantically, it has rich connotations. The word "idle people" is in line with the situation at that time. Su Shi was excluded at that time and was demoted to be the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Yingyong. This is an idle position, and Zhang Huaimin lives in Huangzhou. Aren't they two idle people? However, the author is a very talented person. In this case, it is not difficult to imagine the meaning of self-mockery and resentment. In addition, in a beautiful still life painting, it is so artistic to add the silhouette of two figures, and such an ending can be called "like a golden bell cover".
In a word, travel notes are based on true feelings, written in a letter, starting at the right time and ending at the right time, just like running water, seeing skills without skills, and reaching the realm of "hitting the nail on the head of nature and eternity, luxury and purity".
(1) is selected from the first volume of> (Zhonghua Book Company 198 1 Edition). This article was written by the author during his relegation to Huangzhou. Chengtian Temple is in the south of Huanggang, Hubei Province. The feelings expressed in Night Tour in Chengtian Temple are subtle and complicated, including feelings of relegation, feelings of life, joy of enjoying the moon and leisure for 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 it is "tortuous and rocky" with distinct layers. "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.
The water is clear, the moonlight is clear, and the reflection of bamboo and cypress is beautiful and elegant. The author uses highly concise pen and ink to touch and dye a beautiful realm of emptiness, swaying and swaying.
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.