What does the ancient poem "Sleeping at night in Jiande" mean?

When the ship docked in a foggy continent, new worries surfaced in the guests' minds at dusk. The boundless wilderness is darker than trees, and the river is clear and the moon is close to people.

Spend the night on Jiande River.

Author Meng Haoran? the Tang Dynasty

Stop the boat in a foggy small state, when new worries come to the guest's heart.

The vastness of the wilderness is deeper than trees, and the moon is very close to the moon.

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This is a poem that expresses the idea of travel. Jiande River refers to the section of Xin 'an River that flows through Jiande (now Zhejiang). This poem is not set in the background of pedestrians or ships, but in the background of boating at dusk. Although there was a word "sorrow", he immediately turned his brush strokes to the description of the scenery. It can be seen that it is quite distinctive in material selection and performance.

The first sentence of this poem, "when my boat is moving in the fog" and "moving the boat", means moving the boat to the shore; "Berth" means to stop the ship for the night. The ship docked at the edge of a misty continent in the middle of the river. On the one hand, it is a point, on the other hand, it also prepares for the scenery and lyrics behind.

The second sentence "and the sun is getting dark, the old memories begin" and "sunset" are obviously related to "berth" and "smoke" in the previous sentence, because ships need to dock at sunset; It is also because of sunset and dusk that the water on the river appears foggy. At the same time, "sunset" is the cause of "new troubles", and "guest" refers to the poet himself.

If we follow the format of the so-called inheritance and transformation in the old poem, it is rare for this second sentence to combine the two meanings in one sentence. Why does "Sunset" propose "New Worried Guests"? We can read a passage in the Book of Songs: "A gentleman is in service, I don't know when." Chickens live in the hustle and bustle, and at dusk, cattle and sheep come down and gentlemen serve. Why not think about it? "

It says here that whenever the sun goes down, chickens go into cages and cattle and sheep come back, a woman misses her husband serving abroad more.

In this way, can't you understand the traveler's mood at this time? Originally, when the ship stopped, it should have a quiet rest for one night to eliminate the fatigue of the journey. Who knows that in the evening when birds return to the forest and cattle and sheep go down the mountain, the troubles of traveling suddenly arise.