1. The meaning of the poem

"Thousands of mountains and mountains have lost all birds, and thousands of people have disappeared. A lone boat and a man with a coir raincoat fishing alone in the cold river snow." It means: Thousands of mountains and ridges. There are no traces of flying birds; no traces of pedestrians can be seen along the thousands of roads. On a lonely boat, a fisherman wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat was fishing alone in the wind and snow.

2. The source of the poem

These four poems come from "Jiang Xue" by Liu Zongyuan, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The original text is as follows:

"Snow on the River"

(Tang Dynasty) Liu Zongyuan

Thousands of birds have disappeared, and thousands of people have disappeared.

A man in a lone boat with a coir raincoat fishing fishing alone in the snow in the cold river.

3. Comments

Jue: None, no.

Ten thousand paths: a virtual finger, referring to thousands of roads.

Human traces: human footprints.

Gu: Solitary.

Coir raincoat (suō lì): coir raincoat and bamboo hat. Li: A hat made of bamboo strips. ("Coi" refers to the clothes used to prevent rain in ancient times; "笠" refers to the hat used to prevent rain in ancient times.)

Du: alone.

4. Commentary

The poem is a picture of the snowy scenery of Jiangxiang. The mountains are covered with snow and the roads are all white. The birds disappeared and the traces of people disappeared. The distant scenery is vast and the surrounding scenery is lonely and cold. The artistic conception is secluded and the mood is desolate. The image of the fisherman is carefully crafted, clear and complete. The poem adopts rhyme, which is vigorous and powerful. Poets from past dynasties all praised it. Masters of painting through the ages also competed with each other to draw many touching pictures of rivers, sky and snow scenes with this theme.

5. Author

Liu Zongyuan (773-819), courtesy name Zihou, Han nationality, a native of Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) in the Tang Dynasty, an outstanding poet, philosopher, and Confucianist He was even an accomplished politician and one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Famous works include "Eight Notes of Yongzhou" and more than 600 articles, which were compiled into 30 volumes by later generations, called "Liuhe East Collection". Because he was from Hedong, he was called Liu Hedong, and because he finally became the governor of Liuzhou, he was also called Liuliuzhou. Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu were both leaders of the ancient prose movement in the Mid-Tang Dynasty, and were also called "Han Liu". In the history of Chinese culture, his achievements in poetry and literature are extremely outstanding, and it can be said that it is difficult to distinguish him for a while.