Han Yu's emotion
"The most beautiful thing about spring is the smoke and willows all over the imperial capital." These two sentences mean: the light rain and the color of grass in early spring are the most beautiful things in spring. Things far exceed the declining late spring scenery of the city full of smoke and willows. When writing about spring scenery, most Tang poems refer to the bright late spring, but this poem uses an early spring chant, believing that the scenery in early spring is superior to that in late spring and is unique.
Early Spring
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Author: Han Yu
Original text:
The light rain in Tianjie is like a rain Crisp, the color of grass looks far away, but there is no grass up close.
The best thing about spring is that it is better than the smoke and willows all over the imperial capital.
Translation
The sky above Beijing Avenue is filled with silk rain, which is as fine and moist as butter. From a distance, the grass color is vaguely connected, but when viewed up close, it appears sparse and sporadic.
This is the most beautiful season of the year, far better than late spring when the city is full of green willows.
Appreciation
Author: Anonymous
This is a seven-character quatrain that describes and praises the beauty of early spring. The first sentence describes the light rain in early spring, describing its smoothness and moistness as "as moist as crisp". It describes its characteristics very accurately, and the words and sentences are very beautiful. It is similar to Du Fu's "Good rain knows the season, and spring will happen. Sneak into the night with the wind, moistening things silently".
The second sentence follows the first sentence and describes the scene after the grass is wet with rain. From a distance it looks green, but up close there is no green color. It depicts the hazy scene of the early spring grass after it has been wet with rain. It can be compared with Wang Wei's "Seeing nothingness in the green mist" and "Seeing nothingness in the color of mountains".
The third and fourth sentences greatly praise the scenery of early spring: "The most beautiful thing about spring is that it is better than the smoke and willows all over the imperial capital." The meaning of these two sentences is: the light rain and the color of grass in early spring are the most beautiful scenery in spring. The most beautiful thing is far more than the decaying late spring scenery of the city filled with smoke and willows. When writing about spring scenery, most Tang poems refer to the bright late spring, but this poem uses an early spring chant, believing that the scenery in early spring is superior to that in late spring and is unique and innovative.
This poem praises early spring, captures the soul of early spring, and gives readers endless aesthetic interest, which is even beyond the reach of painting. The poet did not have a colored pen, but he used the language of poetry to depict colors that are extremely difficult to describe - a color that is plain and seems to be there but not there. Without sharp and detailed observation and superb poetry, it would be impossible to refine the natural beauty of early spring into artistic beauty.