The source is Yang Wanli's Two Stories about Xugong Store in New City in Southern Song Dynasty, which is included in Jiangdong Collection.
original text
Hedges are sparse and deep, and the trees are green and not shady.
The child ran quickly to catch the yellow butterfly, but the butterfly suddenly flew into the vegetable garden and could not be found again.
Vernacular translation
Next to the sparse fence, there is a path that extends into the distance. The flowers on the roadside trees have withered, but the new leaves have just grown and have not formed a shade.
A child ran after a yellow butterfly, but it couldn't be found after it flew into the cauliflower.
To annotate ...
1. Hedging down: fence. Sparse: Sparse, sparse appearance. A deep path: a path is in the distance. Deep and profound.
2. Head: the head of a branch. Flowers fall: a "new green". No shading: the new leaves did not grow luxuriantly and densely, and no shading was formed. Cool, lush and dense leaves.
3. Hurry up: run and catch up. Walking means running.
4. Nowhere: Nowhere. Search: looking for.
works appreciation
"The hedge falls all the way and the trees are green and shady" points out the happy and naive background of children catching butterflies. There are sparse fences and deep paths on the map, and there are several trees beside the fence. Petals are falling from the branches, the tender leaves have not yet grown, and the spring is full. Fences and paths point out that this is the countryside; "New green is not cloudy" and "cauliflower" in the sentence indicate that it is late spring.
"The children ran after Huang Die and flew into the cauliflower, nowhere to be found" turned crayons into the center of the picture, depicting the happy scene of children catching butterflies. "Catch up" and "catch up" mean to run fast and catch up quickly. These two verbs are very vivid, vividly depicting children's innocent and lively, curious and competitive manner and psychology.
"Flying into cauliflower is nowhere to be found" will suddenly turn the moving lens into stillness. The word "nowhere to be found" leaves readers room for imagination and aftertaste, as if a child who is at a loss in the face of golden cauliflower emerges in front of him.
The first two sentences about rural scenery are static descriptions; The last two sentences about children and butterflies are dynamic descriptions. In addition to the combination of dynamic and static writing, this poem also uses the technique of line drawing to describe nature, which is simple, vivid and interesting.
The scenery absorbed by the whole poem is extremely dull, and the activities of the characters depicted are also extremely ordinary. However, due to the combination of scenery and characters and the alternate brushwork, it successfully depicts the quiet and natural, quiet and fresh early spring scenery in the countryside.
Brief introduction of the author
Yang Wanli (112710/October 29th-1June 2006 15), whose real name is Ting Xiu, is called Cheng Zhai, and his real name can also be Cheng Zhai. Jishui, Jizhou (now Tang Qiu Village, huangqiao town, Jishui County, Jiangxi Province). Writers and officials in the Southern Song Dynasty, together with Lu You, You Mao and Fan Chengda, were also called "Four Poets of Zhongxing" in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Yang Wanli's poetry has a unique style, forming a sincere style, which has a great influence on later generations. Learn Jiangxi Poetry School, then Chen Shidao's Five Laws, Wang Anshi's Seven Musts, and then Tang Poetry.
Personal realization
Representative works include Song of Transplanting Rice Seedlings, Zhi Zhu Ci, Xiaochi, Four quatrains when I first entered the Huaihe River, etc. His words are fresh and natural, just like his poems. There are Wu Fu and Yu Hai Fu. There are more than 4200 poems today.