What do you mean, calm the storm and don't listen to the sound of beating leaves through the forest?

This sentence means: Looking back at the bleak place where the wind and rain came, I walked home, whether it was rain or sunny.

Source: Song Dynasty Su Shi's "Dingfengbo Don't listen to the sound of beating leaves through the forest"

Original text:

On March 7, when it rained in Shahu Road, the rain gear went first, and my peers were all in a mess, so I didn't feel it. It has cleared up, so pretend this (word).

don't listen to the sound of beating leaves through the forest, why not sing and walk slowly? Bamboo poles and straw sandals are more nimble than riding, what is the terrible thing? A raincoat of coir raincoat, let the wind and rain, still live my life.

The chilly spring breeze wakes me up, and it's slightly cold, but the hills are slanting to greet me. Looking back at the place to meet the wind and rain, go back, for me, there is no wind and rain, or fine weather.

Translation:

On March 7th, the fifth year of Yuanfeng in Song Shenzong (182), it was caught in the rain on Shahu Road, and someone left first with rain gear. Everyone in the same trade felt very embarrassed, except me. After a while, it cleared up, so I made this word.

don't pay attention to the sound of rain beating through the forest, why not let go of your throat and chant a long whistle and walk leisurely. Walking with bamboo sticks and sandals is lighter than riding a horse, and I can live my life with hemp fiber regardless of the wind and rain!

The cool spring breeze woke me up, slightly cold, but the setting sun in Chu Qing on the hill greeted me at the right time. Looking back at the bleak place where the wind and rain came, I walked home, whether it was rain or sunny.

Note:

Dingfengbo: epigraph name.

Shahu: It is three miles southeast of Huanggang, Hubei Province, also known as Screw Shop.

awkwardness: a state of distress and embarrassment in which it is difficult to advance and retreat.

Yes: After a while.

the sound of beating leaves through the forest refers to the sound of heavy rain hitting leaves through the forest.

chant: chant a long whistle.

sandals: straw sandals.

a bitter mist and rain will make you live your whole life: you can live in the wind and rain with great equanimity. Suō: hemp fiber, poncho made of brown.

chilly: slightly cold.

oblique illumination: sunlight from the west.

always: just now. Bleak: The wind and rain beat the leaves.

there is no rain or shine: it means that you are neither afraid of rain nor fond of shine.

Creation background:

This poem was written in the spring of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Song Shenzong (AD 182), which was the third spring when Su Shi was demoted as the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Youth League Training because of the Wutai Poetry Case. When the poet and his friends went out in the spring, they suddenly met with wind and rain, but they didn't care, took it calmly, chanted calmly and walked slowly.

Appreciation:

This word is a work to express one's feelings after getting drunk in the rain. The poet's behavior of walking in the rain shows his stubborn character and broad-minded mind despite repeated setbacks in adversity. The whole word is emotional and humorous.

The first sentence, "Don't listen to the sound of beating leaves through the forest", on the one hand, makes the rain and wind crazy, on the other hand, it points out that foreign objects are not enough to worry about. "Why not sing and walk slowly" is an extension of the previous sentence. Walking in the rain as usual, echoing the small sequence "colleagues are all in a mess, and I don't feel alone", and leads to the following "who is afraid" that is, not afraid to come. Xu xing and chanting are double writing; The word "why not" is a little playful and adds to the challenge. The first two sentences are the hub of the whole article, and the following words and feelings are born from this.

Walking in the rain, according to the normal life, of course, riding a horse is better than bamboo poles and sandals, but Su Shi said, "Bamboo poles and sandals are lighter than horses, who is afraid?" Here, of course, it's not realism, but continuing to write about my mentality at that time. When you have a calm and carefree attitude, even walking in the mud with bamboo sticks and sandals is better than riding a horse and whipping away. There is also a contrast between two kinds of life, one is the civilian life of bamboo sticks and shoes, and the other is the aristocratic life of fat horses and light fur. After experiencing political ups and downs, Su Shi increasingly agrees with this real and plain civilian life. "Bamboo stick" and "mango shoes" are important images used by Su Shi to express civilian life, and they are often used in his poems, such as "When I first entered Lushan Mountain": "Mango shoes and green bamboo sticks, hanging a hundred dollars to swim." "Dongpo": "Don't be suspicious of finding the right slope, and love the sound of dragging your staff." "Living in Dinghuiyuan": "Don't ask people and monasteries, knock on the door with a stick to see bamboo." Although Su Shi is a scholar and an official, he is a civilian artist, who often goes deep into the people and leads a civilian life. "Bamboo-stick shoes" is a typical civilian image of Su Dongpo and a true portrayal of his civilian personality. ?

Walking in the wind and rain with bamboo poles and shoes is a hard life, but Su Shi walks so smartly and leisurely. For this kind of life, he further encouraged himself: "Who is afraid?" It means that I am not afraid of such hardships and tribulations. This is a rhetorical question intended to emphasize this attitude towards life. Why should we emphasize this attitude towards life? Because for Su Shi, this is his attitude towards life all his life, so he said, "A misty rain will last a lifetime." "A misty rain" means that the whole hemp fiber is in the misty rain, in fact, it means that his whole body is in the wind and rain. This "misty rain" also symbolizes the storms of life and politics. And "Ren Pingsheng" means that he has always been so calm, calm and philosophical despite the wind and rain all his life. This sentence is simply a portrayal of Su Shi's life. He was constantly hit politically, once demoted and then demoted, and finally exiled to the wild Hainan Island in his later years. But mentally, he has never been defeated, and he has always maintained a fresh and agile heart. When he was demoted to Hainan Island, he was still able to write such a pure-hearted sentence as "Who adorns the clouds and the moon, and the sky and the sea are clear". Su Shi is very fond of the image of "a misty rain". He greatly appreciated the sentence "green bamboo hat, green bamboo hat, slanting wind and drizzle don't need to return" in the poem "Fisherman" by Zhang Zhihe, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, and hated the fact that his tune didn't spread, so he changed it to the sentence in "Huanxisha" ("I shelter myself from a light bamboo hat and follow the green bamboo hat everywhere") and entered the song.

Let's look at the words again, and then turn to writing about the scene and feelings after the rain. "The chilly spring breeze wakes me up, it's slightly cold, but the hills are slanting." Here is an interesting and philosophical picture: on the one hand, there is a chilly spring breeze, and the author feels a little cold; On one side, the hill is slanting, and the author feels some warmth. This is not only to write scenery, but also to express the philosophy of life. Isn't life full of dialectics like this? There is warmth in cold, hope in adversity and joy in hardship. When you have an understanding of this dialectics of life, you won't sink into misery and frustration forever, but you will rise a warmth and a glimmer of hope in a cold awakening. "The hills are slanting but meet each other" is a positive observation of life, a general view, and a spiritual sublimation of Su Shi after suffering and blows. In his other two poems, Su Shi also expressed this idea: "If you want to go to the third night, the bitter rain will eventually clear up." It means that it will clear up after the bitter wind and rain. ?

In fact, the above three sentences only express a Confucian realm, which is an attitude towards life after China's entry into WTO. On this basis, Su Shi further understood life: "Looking back at the bleak place, there was no rain or shine." After returning home, look at the windy and rainy places, where there is rain and where there is sunny. The so-called wind and rain, the so-called sunny, is just an illusion in people's hearts. Here Su Shi entered the "undifferentiated realm" that Buddhism said. In Buddhism's view, "all laws are only what the heart shows", and all the images in the world are conjured up by the heart. If you are calm, the world will naturally be quiet. In fact, there is no difference between everything in the world, but only when we have different hearts can we have all the world. If our hearts enter the realm of indifference, what is the difference between everything in the world? Therefore, Buddhism advises people to "have no attachment", and everything should not be persistent and tied by foreign objects. Whether you succeed or fail, don't care too much. The so-called "don't be humiliated". It is such a philosophy that Su Shi expresses here. After returning (the conversion of the soul is understandable), the soul has entered a state of peace. Look at the wind and rain or sunshine in life. What's the difference? Are insignificant. He is here to advise people not to be scared by the wind and rain, nor to be ecstatic by the sunshine, and to take everything in stride. This seems to be a bit idealistic. In fact, this is a great realm of life and a great transcendence after understanding the universe and life. This also reflects Su Shi's personality realm, and it should be said that Su Shi's life has basically reached this realm. In his later years, after he was exiled to Hainan Island, he changed these three sentences slightly and wrote them into another poem "Lonely Sleep": "I feel lonely at noon, but I want to feel drunk and snore. Looking back at the bleak place, there is no rain or shine. " It can be seen that Su Shi honed his personality realm by this way, and it runs through his life course. The whole word ends with such a philosophical sentence, which has endless charm and is thought-provoking.

Central idea:

This first word was written by the author in the third year when he was demoted to Huangzhou. After reading the whole word, we will have a new understanding of the ups and downs of life and the sorrows and joys of emotions. As long as you stick to your spiritual world, be not arrogant in prosperity and not afraid of adversity, you will have less troubles and more peace and happiness. The author writes what he thinks when he encounters rain on the way with humorous style, and expresses an optimistic and broad-minded attitude towards life.

About the author:

Su Shi, (January 8, 137-August 24, 111), was born in Meishan, Meizhou, and was a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, ci, prose, calligraphy and painting. The text is vertical and horizontal; Poetry has a broad theme, fresh and healthy, uses exaggerated metaphors and has a unique style. It is also called "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. Ci is an uninhibited school, and Xin Qiji is the representative of the uninhibited school, and he is also called "Su Xin"; Prose writing is rich and unrestrained, and it is also called "Ousu" with Ouyang Xiu, and it is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". Su Shi's good books, one of the "Song Sijia"; He is good at literati painting, especially at ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Ouyang Xiu, they are called "four great writers of the ages". His works include Dongpo Seven Episodes, Dongpo Yi Zhuan, Dongpo Yuefu, Xiaoxiang Bamboo Stone Atlas, Ancient Wood and Strange Stone Atlas and so on.