One of Wang Wei's most Zen poems

One of Wang Wei's most Zen poems is Autumn Night in the Deep Mountains.

An autumn night in the mountains.

The empty mountains are bathed in a new rain, and feel the early autumn at night.

The bright moon shed clear light from the cracks and cleared the fountain on the rocks.

The bamboo forest is sonorous, the washerwoman returns, and the lotus leaves are swaying to get on the canoe.

Spring spring might as well give it a rest, and the autumn sun can stay on the hills for a long time.

Vernacular translation:

The empty mountain is bathed in a new rain, and the arrival of night makes people feel that it is early autumn.

The moon is clear and clear, and the clear spring is flowing.

The bamboo forest was noisy until the washerwoman came back, and the lotus leaves swayed like canoes.

The wheat straw in spring might as well let it rest, and the prince and grandson in the mountains can stay in autumn.

Autumn Night in the Mountain is a poem by Wang Wei, a poet in Tang Dynasty. This poem depicts the charming scenery of the mountain village and the simple fashion of the villagers in the evening after the rain in the autumn of Chu Dynasty, and shows the poet's satisfaction with his seclusion and natural beauty, so as to express his personal beauty and social beauty.

Creative background:

This poem depicts a picture of Chuqingshan Village after the rain in late autumn. When Wang Wei lived in seclusion in Zhong Nanshan and went down to Wang Chuan, it was the late stage of "middle-aged people looking for a way to live at the foot of this mountain".

In the 24th year of Kaiyuan (736), Zhang Jiuling, the last enlightened prime minister of Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, was dismissed by Li and others, and his political enthusiasm cooled down, taking a negative attitude towards politics. After the 28th year of Kaiyuan (740), I built a villa in Zhong Nanshan and lived a semi-official and semi-secluded life. This poem was written in this period.

The whole poem perfectly combines the cool autumn after the rain, the light of the bright moon among the pine forests, the sound of clear springs on the rocks, the laughter of happy women returning to the bamboo forest and the dynamic harmony of fishing boats crossing the lotus, giving people a rich and fresh feeling. It is not only like a fresh and beautiful landscape painting, but also like a quiet and beautiful lyric music, which embodies the creative characteristics of painting in Wang Wei's poems.