Lie down and watch the morning glory and the weaver star. full text

"Look at the Petunia and the Weaver Girl" comes from Autumn Evening written by Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty, and the original text is as follows:

Silver candle Qiu Guang painted a cold screen, and a small fan fluttered against fireflies.

In day order, the night is as cool as water, lying and watching Petunia and Vega.

Translation:

The candlelight of the silver candle reflects the deserted painting screen, holding a small silk fan to beat fireflies. The stone steps in the night are as cool as cold water, and you sit still and stare at the cowherd and weaver star on both sides of the Tianhe River.

Note:

Autumn evening: autumn night.

silver candle: a silver and exquisite candle. Silver, a "red". Screen painting: A screen painted with patterns.

light Luo small fan: a lightweight silk round fan. Firefly: a flying firefly.

day order: stone steps in the open air. God, make a "Yao".

sit and watch: sit and watch the sky. Sit: do a "lie".

Altair and Vega: the names of two constellations, which refer to Altair and Vega. It also refers to the characters Petunia and Weaver Girl in ancient mythology.

Extended information:

Appreciation of the whole poem "Lying and Watching the Morning Cow and the Weaving Girl Star"

This poem is about the loneliness and bitterness of the life of frustrated maids. The first two sentences have painted a picture of life in the palace. On an autumn night, the silvery white candle gave off a faint light, adding a dim and cold tone to the picture on the screen. At this time, a lonely maid-in-waiting was beating the flying fireflies with a small fan.

This sentence is very implicit, which contains three meanings: First, the ancients said that decaying grass turned fireflies, although unscientific, fireflies were always born in those desolate places among grass graves. Nowadays, there are fireflies flying in the courtyard where ladies-in-waiting live, and the desolation of ladies-in-waiting life can be imagined.

Secondly, we can imagine the loneliness and boredom of the maid-in-waiting from her action of flapping fireflies. With nothing to do, she had to fly fireflies to amuse her lonely years. She beat the firefly with a small fan, and suddenly seemed to want to drive away the loneliness and loneliness that surrounded her, but it was useless.

Third, the small fan in the hand of the maid-in-waiting is symbolic. The fan was originally used to cool off the wind in summer, but it is useless in autumn. Therefore, autumn fan is often used as a metaphor for abandoning a wife in ancient poems. In this poem, the "small fan" symbolizes the fate of the maid-in-waiting who holds the fan being abandoned.

"day order" in "The night in day order is as cool as water" refers to the stone steps in the palace. "The night is as cold as water" implies that the night is deep and chilly, so it's time to go into the house and sleep. But the maid-in-waiting is still sitting on the stone steps, looking up at the Altair and Vega on both sides of the Tianhe River.

According to folklore, the Weaver Girl is the granddaughter of the Emperor of Heaven. She marries the Petunia and meets him once a year when crossing the river on Qixi, with a magpie as the bridge. The "faraway Altair" in Nineteen Ancient Poems of the Han Dynasty is to write their stories.

The maid-in-waiting looked at Petunia Weaver for a long time and didn't want to sleep at night, because the story of Petunia Weaver touched her heart, reminded her of her unfortunate life experience and made her yearn for sincere love. It can be said that I am full of worries and I am looking forward to it.

one or three sentences describe the scenery, presenting the scenery of the autumn night in the deep palace very realistically to the readers. The word "cold", an adjective used as a verb, is full of atmosphere. The metaphor of "cool as water" is not only colored, but also temperature.

two or four sentences about ladies-in-waiting are implicit and intriguing. Although there is not a lyric in the poem, the complex feelings of ladies-in-waiting interwoven with sorrow and expectation are beyond words, which reflects the tragic fate of women in feudal times from one side.

This poem is ingenious in conception, simple and fluent in language, graceful in emotion and strong in artistic appeal, which quite represents Du Mu's artistic achievements. From the point of view of form and structure, the whole poem combines the description of objects and scenery with narrative lyricism, showing a smart posture and quite touching.

the former aims to create an atmosphere for the latter, while the latter aims to standardize the meaning for the former, and the two are integrated with each other.