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Guo Fengqin and Feng Jiajian is a famous article in The Book of Songs, which consists of three chapters and eight sentences in each chapter.
If the "Iraqi" in the poem is regarded as a lover, then this poem shows the melancholy mood of the lyric hero's persistent pursuit of good love. The spirit is precious and the feelings are sincere, but the result is slim and the situation is sad. This poem combines the unique scenery of late autumn with the euphemistic and melancholy lovesickness of the characters, thus rendering the atmosphere of the whole poem and creating an intoxicating artistic conception, which is the embodiment of "all scenery and words are affectionate".
original text
Jianjia
Anonymous? pre-Qin period
The Millennium is frost. The so-called Iraqis are on the water side. Tracing back and forth, the road is blocked and long. Swim back from it, in the middle of the water
It's been a long time, and it hasn't changed for thousands of years. The so-called Iraqis are in the water. Tracing back and forth from it, the road is blocked and broken. Swim back from the inside and swim in the water.
Jia Cai, peace and prosperity have not passed. The so-called Iraqis are in the water. Go back and follow, the road is blocked and turn right. Swim back from the inside and swim in the water.
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The reeds by the river are dense, and the deep dew in autumn forms frost. Where is the right person? Just across the river.
It's too long to go upstream to find her. Follow the running water to find her, as if in the middle of the water.
The reeds by the river are dense, and the morning dew is not dry. Where is the right person? Just beyond the river bank.
Sail against the current, it is hard to go climbs. Follow the running water to find her, as if on a beach.
The reeds by the river are thick and thick, and the dew has not been completely collected in the morning. Where is the right person? It's just beyond the water.
It's hard to find a way to find her against the current. Follow the running water to find her as if she were in the water.
To annotate ...
Jiān: Reed without long spikes. Jiā: a new reed.
Pale: bright and lush. In the following, "planting" and "mining" have the same meaning.
Cangshan: lush appearance.
Condense into: condense into.
So-called: what I said refers to what I missed.
Iraqi: That person refers to the object of admiration.
One side: that side.
Backwater: upstream. Hereinafter, "upstream" refers to downstream. One said that "rotation" refers to a curved waterway, and "swimming" refers to a DC waterway.
From: Pursuit.
Obstacles: difficulty walking.
Wan: Now it seems.
Me (xρ): Fuck.
May: Where the water meets the grass is the coast.
J: Stand up. Here, the road is steep and high.
Chí: The beach in the water.
By the water.
Right: twists and turns.
Zhǐ: The beach in the water.
Make an appreciative comment
If the "Iraqi" in the poem is regarded as a lover, then this poem shows the melancholy mood of the lyric hero's persistent pursuit of good love. The spirit is precious and the feelings are sincere, but the result is slim and the situation is sad.
But the most valuable thing in this poem is not the pursuit and loss of the lyric hero, but the artistic conception of "being on the water side" created by him, which has universal significance. Good poetry can create artistic conception. Artistic conception is a pattern and a structure, which has the performance of containing all heterogeneous things with similar patterns and structures. The structure of On the Water is: chasing troops-rivers-Iraqis. Because the "Iraqi people" in the poem has no specific reference, and the meaning of the river lies in the barrier, all the pursuits that are difficult to achieve because of being blocked in the world can be isomorphic and resonate here.
From this point of view, we might as well understand Jane's poems as a symbol and take On the Water as an artistic paradigm to express all the difficulties in social life. The "Iraqis" here can be talents, friends, lovers, achievements, ideals, prospects, and even blessed land, holy land and fairyland; The "river" here can be high mountains and deep valleys, patriarchal clan system and ethics, or any other obstacles that may be encountered in real life. As long as there are pursuits, obstacles and disappointments, it is the world that it reproduces and expresses. In this way, the ancients interpreted it as persuading people to follow the etiquette, accepting talents and caring for others. Today, people regard it as a love poem, and some even regard it as a ritual of ancestor worship by the ancient water god. I'm afraid there is some truth. It seems inappropriate to stick to one family and exclude others, because they are all included in the symbolic meaning of "on the water side"
Creation background
There has been a great disagreement about the content of this poem. Here, let's interpret it as a love poem: dedicated to those who pursue their inner admiration. Jia Jian belongs to Qin Feng. Qin Feng * * * ten articles, mostly folk songs in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.