In Early Spring, Eighteen Men in the Ministry of Water is a seven-character quatrain written by Han Yu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, with two poems. Through meticulous observation, the last song describes the beautiful scenery of light rain in Chang 'an, the capital of early spring, and expresses the sensitivity to the vibrant scene when spring comes and the joy it brings, so as to lure friends out to feel the information of early spring; The latter focuses on lyricism, teasing friends to go out of the house and feel the information of early spring.

Second, the original text

In early spring, there were two songs written by the Ministry of Water Resources:

one

There is a lot of silk in the sky above the avenue, which is as delicate and moist as butter. The grass is vaguely connected in the distance, but it looks sparse in the near future.

This is the most beautiful season of the year, far better than the late spring of the green willow.

Secondly,

Mo Daoguan is busy being the boss, but no one is young.

As you first came to Jiangtou, the willow color is not deep.

Third, translation.

First, there is much silk rain over the Capital Avenue. As delicate and moist as ghee, the grass colors in the distance are faintly connected, but it looks sparse and sporadic when you look closely. This is the most beautiful season of the year, far better than the late spring in the city of green willows.

Second, don't say that you are too busy with official business, and you are old, and you have lost the mood of catching up with spring when you were a teenager. Please take time to go to the riverside for a spring outing to see if the willow color is already dark.

Fourth, the creative background.

This poem was written in the early spring of the third year of Tang Muzong Changqing (823). At that time, Han Yu was 56 years old and served as assistant minister of the official department. Although the time is not long, I am in a good mood at this time. Not long ago, there was a rebellion in Zhou Zhen (now Zhengding, Hebei Province), and Han Yu was ordered to go to Fu Xuan to surrender the rebellion. Mu Zong was so happy that he was promoted from assistant minister of Ministry of War to assistant minister of official department. In literature, he has long been famous. At the same time, he also made achievements in reviving Confucianism. Therefore, although the year is approaching, we are not sad because of the years, but welcome spring with great interest.

This poem was written to Zhang Ji, a poet who worked in the Ministry of Water Resources at that time. Ranked eighteenth among brothers, so it is called "Zhang Eighteen". Han Yu invited Zhang Jichun to travel, but Zhang Ji refused because he was busy with his old age. Han Yu then wrote this poem as a gift, expressing the beauty of the early spring scenery, hoping to arouse Zhang Ji's interest in travel.

A brief introduction to the author of verb (abbreviation of verb)

Han Yu (768 ~ 824), a writer, philosopher and thinker in Tang Dynasty, was born in Heyang, Henan (now mengzhou city, Jiaozuo, Henan). He claimed to be a Han family in Changli, one of the three counties with Han surname. Changli county is in Yixian county, Liaoning province today. In his later years, he served as assistant minister of the official department, also known as the Korean official department, and posthumous title was also known as the Han Wengong, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. After 792, he was promoted for our time and supervised the imperial history. De Zongmo was demoted for writing about the disadvantages of current politics. In Tang Xianzong, he was a doctor in Guo Zi, a historian and a calligrapher in China. In August19 (in the 14th year of Yuanhe), he was demoted as the secretariat of Chaozhou for discouraging Xianzong from welcoming Buddha bones. Mu Zong was then the son of the nation offering wine, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, assistant minister of the official department, and Jing was the suggestion. Politically, he opposed the separatist regime in the buffer region. Xian Zongyuan and He took an active part in the war against Huai and Wu Yuanji, and served as the marching Sima of Pei Du. Ideological worship of Confucianism, rejection of Buddhism. At the same time advocate the theory of destiny. It is believed that "heaven" can reward good and punish evil, and people can only conform to and obey the destiny. His theistic thought adapted to the need of consolidating feudal rule; In literature, he opposed parallel prose since Wei and Jin Dynasties, advocated learning the prose language of pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, turning parallel prose into prose, expanding the expressive function of classical Chinese, and advocating that literature should carry Tao. Together with Liu Zongyuan, he was an advocate of the ancient prose movement in the Tang Dynasty, which opened up the development path of ancient prose since the Tang and Song Dynasties. Han Yu is good at borrowing predecessors' words and paying attention to the refinement of contemporary spoken language. He can create many new sentences, many of which have become idioms so far, such as "adding insult to injury", "complaining easily" and "chaos". He is a master of languages. Han Yu is the founder of China's "orthodoxy" concept and a symbolic figure who respects Confucianism and opposes Buddhism. Later generations spoke highly of Han Yu, who was regarded as the first of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" by the Ming Dynasty, and was also called "Liu Han" with Liu Zongyuan, and was named "a great writer of articles" and "a hundred generations of literators". All his works were included in Mr. Changli's anthology. His poetic style strives for strangeness and strangeness, and he is called "Han Meng" with Meng Jiao. Han Meng's poetry school, represented by him, is an important poetry school in the middle Tang Dynasty.