Night-returning poetry

The owner of Furong Mountain is in every snow.

Liu Changqing

At sunset, the mountains look out,

The weather is cold and the house is poor.

Chai Men heard dogs barking,

Snowstorm returns at night.

[Notes]

1. furong mountain: place name.

2. Cangshan: Castle Peak.

3. White House: the residence of the poor. The roof is covered with white thatch, or the wood is called a white house, so it doesn't need painting.

4. Dog barks: Dogs bark.

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[Brief analysis]

This poem depicts a picture of a snowy night.

The first two sentences, what the poet saw and felt in the mountain village. The first sentence "Sunset is far away", "Sunset" indicates the time, which is evening. "Cangshan is in the distance" is what the poet saw on his way through the snow. Overlooking the green hills, the clouds are lingering, suggesting the hardships of trekking and the desire to stay for a long time. The second sentence "cold weather, poor house" points out the place to stay. The "white house", the humble hut of the host family, is even more shabby in the cold winter. The words "cold", "white" and "poor" set each other off in interest, rendering the atmosphere of poverty and innocence and embodying the poet's unique feelings.

The last two sentences describe the poet after living in his master's house. "Chai Men smells dogs barking." The poet went into the hut and went to bed. Suddenly, he heard a dog barking on the sofa. The poet guessed that Albert Venn Dicey, the cloak master of Furong Mountain, had returned. From the perspective of listening and listening, these two sentences show a scene in which a dog calls people back.

There have always been different interpretations of this poem, and the main difference lies in the understanding of "Gui". One view holds that "returning" is the arrival of a poet, who suddenly found a place to stay in the misty snow, such as "the feeling of home". Another opinion is that the owner of Furong Mountain will return home at night in the snow. The key is where the poet stands. In the former, the poet is outside the "White House" and on his way to the snow; In the latter, the poet is in the "white room", or the first two sentences are outside the house and the last two sentences are inside the house.