Meng Haoran's famous sayings
1. Returning to Nanshan at the end of the year
Bei Que Xiu wrote a letter, and Nanshan returned to my hut.
If you don’t know your talent, you will abandon it, and if you are sick, you will lose your friends.
White hair prompts old age, and green hair prompts the end of the year.
I will never sleep with my sorrow, the pine moon night window ruins.
2. Passing by my old friend’s village
My old friend brought chicken and millet and invited me to Tian’s house.
Green trees border the village, and Qingshanguo slopes outside.
Open a dining room and chat over wine.
On the Double Ninth Festival, I will still come to see chrysanthemums.
3. Qin Zhong feels the autumn and sends a message to the Master far away
One hill tastes like lying down, but the three paths are miserable and have no resources.
The northern land is not my wish, but the eastern forest cherishes my teacher.
The gold is burned out, and the ambition is declining year by year.
As the cool breeze comes in the evening, I feel sad when I hear the cicadas.
4. Stay in Tonglu River and send me an old trip to Guangling
The mountains are dark and the ape is sad, and the Cangjiang River flows rapidly at night. The wind rumbles the leaves on both sides of the bank, and the moon shines on a lonely boat.
Jiande is not my homeland, but we should reminisce about old travels. I will also send two lines of tears to the west of the sea.
5. Visiting Yuan and finding lost things
Visiting talented people in Luoyang and becoming exiles in Jiangling.
I heard that the plum blossoms are early, why is it so spring.
6. Farewell to Wang Wei
How can we treat Jiji? Return to the sky. I want to find fragrant grass, but I regret not meeting my old friend.
Who is on the wrong side of the road? Good friends are rare in the world. You should only stay lonely and cover the door of your hometown.
7. Qingming Festival Banquet in the Plum Taoist Room
The forest is full of sorrow and spring is over, and the pavilion is open to enjoy the beauty of things. Suddenly I met the envoy of Blue Bird and invited him to Chisong's house.
Dan Zao is on fire, and the peaches are blooming. If the childish face can stay, why not be drunk and drifting into the clouds!
8. Title of Yigong’s Zen Room
Yigong practiced meditation and silence, and the sky was tied to the empty forest. There is a beautiful peak outdoors and deep ravines in front of the steps.
The sun sets and the rain falls, and the green sky falls in the shade of the courtyard. Only by looking at the lotus flower can one know that the mind is not contaminated.
9. Lin Dongting
The August Lake is horizontal, with empty culverts and too clear water. The steam is rising over the Yunmengze, and the waves are shaking Yueyang City.
If you want to help without a boat, you will live in shameful sage. Sitting and watching the fishermen only envy the fish.
10. Stay on the Jiande River
Moving the boat to Yanzhu, the guests are worried about the new arrival at dusk. The trees are low in the open sky, and the clear moon on the river is close to the people.
11. Spring Dawn
Spring sleeps without dawn, and birds singing can be heard everywhere.
The sound of wind and rain at night makes you know how many flowers have fallen.
12. The South Pavilion is Huai Xin Da in summer
The mountain light suddenly sets in the west, and the moon in the pond gradually rises in the east. Enjoy the cool evening breeze, open the pavilion and lie down in an open space.
The lotus breeze brings fragrance, and the bamboo dew drops make a clear sound. I want to play the harp, but I hate the ignorance of the music.
Feeling nostalgic for my old friend, I am tired of my dreams.
Thirteen. Climbing Lanshan Mountain in Autumn to Send Zhang Wu
In the white clouds of the North Mountain, the hermit feels happy. When we look at each other, we climb high, and our hearts follow the wild geese.
Worry arises in the dusk, and happiness comes in the autumn. Sometimes I see people returning to the village, crossing the sand to rest.
The trees on the horizon are like shepherd's purses, and the islands on the riverside are like the moon. Why should I bring you wine to get drunk on the Double Ninth Festival?
14. Su Yeshi’s mountain house is waiting for Ding Da to arrive
The sun sets over the west ridge, and the ravines are dimmed. The pine moon is cool at night, and the wind and spring are full of clear sounds.
The woodcutter is dying to return, and the smoke and bird habitats are beginning to settle. When the son comes, Gu Qin waits for Luo Jing.
15. Returning to Lumen Folk Song at Night
The bells of the mountain temple are ringing. It is already dark, and the Yuliang Ferry is noisy.
People followed the sand road to Jiangcun, and I also took a boat back to Lumen.
The moonlight in Lumen opened the smoke trees, and suddenly I came to Pang Gong's hiding place.
The pine path in Yanfei is long and lonely, with only lonely people coming and going.
16. Climbing Mount Xian with the Masters
People and affairs change over time, and exchanges become ancient and modern. The mountains and rivers have left traces of their beauty, and we will come here again.
The fish beam is shallow when the water falls, but the dream is deep when the weather is cold. The inscriptions on the Yanggong stele are there, and I shed tears after reading them.
17. Early cold on the river.
The wood falls and the wild geese cross south. The north wind blows cold on the river. My home is in Xiangshuiqu, far away from Chuyun.
The tears in the countryside are all gone, and the lonely sail can be seen in the sky. I want to ask questions, but the evening is long and peaceful.
18. The Central Hunan Brigade sent Yanjiu Sihufang to the berth
The Guishui River leads to Baiyue, and the boat sails at dawn. Jingyun covers Sanba, and I can't see my home at night.
King Xiang dreamed of rain, and the talented man was banished to Changsha. Changsha is full of miasma, and Hu is suffering from stagnation.
I miss you so much after seeing you for a long time, but I am happy to see you again. There is no reason to meet each other, which only increases the sorrow of traveling.
The Qingyuan cannot listen, and it flows along the Xiang River under the moon.
19. Boating from Xunyang through Minghai
The river is divided into nine factions, and Miaoman becomes a water town. The boatman took advantage of the boat and traveled to Xunyang.
Because of this, it spread across the five lakes and wandered through three Hunan provinces. Watching the waves is strong and hairy, and the pain of hanging and bending is deep in Xiang.
Wei Que’s heart will always be there, and the Golden Gate edict will not be forgotten. I pity the geese in the forest from afar, and the ice pan has returned to the sky.
Twenty. Writing on the sea at the end of the year
Now that Zhongni has disappeared, I am still floating in the sea.
Only when you see the handle of the bucket coming back in the dark will you know that the stars of the year have changed.
The boat can be used as it suits you, but fishing is not something you have to wait for. I wanted to ask the people who took the chariot where Cangzhou was.
Gift to Meng Haoran
Li Bai Gift to Meng Haoran
I love Master Meng, and he is known all over the world.
The beauty abandons her crown, and her white head lies in the pine clouds.
The drunken moon frequently attracts saints, and the lost flowers are of no concern to you.
You can look up to the high mountains, just to bow to the clear fragrance.
Translation and annotations
I respect Mr. Meng Haoran for his solemn and unrestrained personality.
He is famous all over the world for his noble, elegant and suave person.
When he was young, he despised fame and did not care about official titles, carriages and horses.
When he is old and white-headed, he retreats to the mountains and forests to abandon the dust.
He often gets drunk on moonlit nights and is extremely elegant.
He is not a king who is infatuated with flowers and plants, but is open-minded.
How can one look up to him with a character as high as a mountain?
I only admire his fragrant moral brilliance here!
1. Beauty: refers to when you are young.
2. Xuanmian: refers to official position, Xuan: car; Mian: the hat worn by high-ranking officials.
3. Wo Songyun: living in seclusion.
4. Zhongsheng: Zhongjiu means drunk.
5. Qingfen: refers to virtue.
Appreciation
The whole poem praises Meng Haoran's elegant and unrestrained character. The title of the first couplet expresses admiration for Meng Haoran; the second and third couplets depict Meng Haoran's elegant image of abandoning his official position, turning his head into seclusion, drunken with wine in the moonlight, and being obsessed with flowers; the last couplet is directly lyrical, expressing Meng's Gao Ya is like a towering mountain, which is depressing. The poem adopts a lyrical-descriptive-lyric way, and expresses the poet's admiration in a relaxed and sighing tone.
Li Bai's verses disdain to be constrained by meter, but pursue the natural flow of the ancient style, express his feelings directly, and exude an elegant atmosphere. The predecessors called Taibai Yulu, which is still a legacy of ancient poetry. It is deep in emotion and explicit in words, and it is also out of nature. ("Li Shiwei") This poem has such characteristics.
First, let’s look at its organizational structure. The first couplet points to the title and goes straight to the point, expressing his admiration and admiration for Meng Haoran. The word "love" is the lyrical clue that runs through the entire poem. Fengliu refers to the noble and unrestrained demeanor and extraordinary literary talent. This couplet outlines the outline and captures the entire poem. How romantic it is depends on the words in the middle couplet.
The second couplet in the middle is like a picture of a master's retreat, outlining the image of a poet lying in a forest and enjoying himself in a romantic way. The dialogue between a beauty and a white girl summarizes life from youth to old age. On one side are the carriages, horses, and robes of dignitaries, and on the other side are the pine wind and white clouds of an eminent hermit. Haoran would rather give up his official career and pursue seclusion. Through this contrast, he highlights his noble character and integrity. The first sentence in Bai has the word "Yi Le", which vividly depicts the character's calm demeanor and high feelings for the landscape. If the chin couplet describes Haoran's life vertically, then the neck couplet writes his secluded life horizontally. On a clear night with a bright moon in the sky, he would drink wine in the wind, often getting drunk, and sometimes lingering among the flowers. The chin couplet is written from the reverse to the positive, that is, from discarding to taking, while the neck couplet is written from the positive to the reverse, from seclusion to not serving the king. Vertical and horizontal front and back, flexible strokes.
The second couplet in the middle contains feelings of respect and love in the image description, while the last couplet returns to direct lyricism, further sublimating the emotion. Haoran's character of being indifferent to glory and profit has been fully written. On this basis, it is very natural to deepen and intensify the lyricism and push it to a climax. The image of looking up at the mountain makes the admiration concrete. However, this mountain is too majestic, so I can't help but sigh, and I can only bow to his pure and fragrant character here. Writing like this is a step further than the usual way of writing about looking up. It is admiration in a higher sense. The poem ends with such praise.
Secondly, the language of poetry also has natural and simple characteristics. The first couplet seems ordinary, but its style is ancient, simple and simple. It expresses the poet's admiration with a relaxed sighing tone, and has a windy and elegant style, a sparse and simple style. The tail couplet also has the same style. The second couplet in the Chinese couplet does not focus on the rhythm of the duality, the duality flows naturally, and there is no rigidity at all. For example, writing from a beautiful woman to a white head is like flowing water, and the use of mutuality is thought-provoking: abandoning the crown and lying on the pine cloud are two aspects of the same thing. Written in this way, the beauty of swaying and scattered is added to the natural flow. The allusions used in the poem melt naturally without any trace of chiseling. For example, Zhongsheng uses the story of Xu Miao during the Cao Wei Dynasty. He liked drinking and called clear wine a saint and turbid wine a wise man. Zhongsheng means drunkenness, forming a clever counterpoint to Shijun. The sentence "Gaoshan" uses the allusion of "high mountains looking up and stopping, scenery moving and stopping" in "The Book of Songs", and later used by Sima Qian to praise Confucius in "The Family of Confucius". This is both an allusion and an image description. Even if you don’t know its source, you can still appreciate the beauty of its image and poetry. The structure of the entire poem adopts a lyrical-descriptive-lyric approach. It starts with the meaning of my love, then naturally transitions to description, reveals the loveliness, and finally boils down to respect and love. It is composed according to the natural flow of emotion, so it is as easy as flowing clouds and flowing water, showing the poet's frank and natural feelings.
Meng Haoran's ancient poems
Meng Haoran's ancient poems
1. "Spring Dawn"
When I sleep in spring, I don't realize the dawn, and I hear the singing of birds everywhere.
The sound of wind and rain at night makes you know how many flowers have fallen.
2. "Staying on the Jiande River"
Moving the boat to Yanzhu, the guests are worried about the new arrival at dusk.
The sky is low in the wilderness, and the trees are low, and the clear moon on the river is close to the people.
3. "Five Posts from Climbing Lanshan Mountain in Autumn"
In the white clouds of the North Mountain, the hermit feels happy.
Climb high only when we look at each other, and our hearts will fly away with the geese.
Worry arises in the dusk, and happiness comes in the autumn.
Sometimes I see people returning to the village, crossing the sand to rest.
The trees on the horizon are like shepherd's purses, and the islands on the riverside are like the moon.
Why should you bring wine to get drunk on the Double Ninth Festival?
4. "Lin Dongting"
The lake in August is horizontal, and the water is too clear.
The clouds are steaming over Mengze, and the waves are shaking Yueyang City.
If you want to help without a boat, you will live in shameful sage.
Sitting back and watching the fishermen only envy the fish.
5. "The master's mountain house is waiting for Ding Da to arrive"
The sun sets over the west ridge, and the ravines are suddenly dim.
The pine moon is growing in the cool night, and the wind and spring are full of clear sounds.
The woodcutter is dying to return, and the smoke and bird habitats are beginning to settle.
The son comes in time, and Guqin waits for Luo Jing.
6. "Returning to Lumen Folk Song at Night"
The bells of the mountain temple are ringing. It is already dark, and the Yuliang ferry is noisy.
People followed the sand road to Jiangcun, and I also took a boat back to Lumen.
The moonlight in Lumen opened the smoke trees, and suddenly I came to Pang Gong's hiding place.
The pine path in Yanfei is long and lonely, with only lonely people coming and going.
7. "Ascending Xian Mountain with the Scholars"
Human affairs are metabolized, and the exchanges become the past and the present.
The mountains and rivers have left traces of their beauty, and we will come here again.
The fish beam is shallow when the water falls, but the dream is deep when the weather is cold.
The inscription on the Yanggong stele is there, and I shed tears after reading it.
8. "Early Cold River with Feelings"
The wild geese are crossing south as the wood falls, and the north wind blows coldly on the river.
My home is in Xiangshuiqu, far away from Chuyun.
The tears in the countryside are all gone, and the lonely sail can be seen in the sky.
I want to ask questions, but the evening is long on the sea.
9. "Return to Nanshan at the end of the year"
Beique Xiu wrote a letter, and Nanshan returned to my hut.
If you don’t know your talent, you will abandon it, and if you are sick, you will lose your friends.
White hair prompts old age, and green hair prompts the end of the year.
I will never sleep with my sorrow, the pine moon night window ruins.
10. "Passing to an Old Friend's Village"
An old friend brought chicken and millet and invited me to Tian's house.
Green trees border the village, and Qingshanguo slopes outside.
Open a dining room and chat over wine.
On the Double Ninth Festival, I will still come to see chrysanthemums.
11. "Qin Zhonggan Autumn Sent to the Master Far Away"
One hill tastes like lying down, but the three paths are miserable and have no resources.
The northern land is not my wish, but the eastern forest cherishes my teacher.
The gold is burned out, and the ambition is declining year by year.
As the cool breeze comes in the evening, I feel sad when I hear the cicadas.
12. "An old trip to Guangling on the Tonglu River"
The mountains are dark and the ape is sad, and the Cangjiang River flows rapidly at night.
The wind rustled the leaves on both sides of the bank, and the moon shone on a lonely boat.
Jiande is not my homeland, but we should reminisce about old travels.
I will also send two lines of tears to the west of the sea.
13. "Visiting Yuan to Collect Relics, but Not Encountered"
Visiting talented people in Luoyang, they became exiles in Jiangling.
I heard that the plum blossoms are early, why is it so spring.
14. "Farewell to Wang Wei"
How can we treat Jiji? Return to the sky.
I want to find fragrant grass, but I regret not meeting my old friend.
Who is on the wrong side of the road? Good friends are rare in the world.
You should only keep your loneliness, but also cover up the gate of your hometown.
15. "A Banquet with Plum Blossoms in the Taoist Priest's Room on Qingming Day"
The forest is full of sorrow when spring is over, and the pavilion is open to view the beauty of the things.
Suddenly I met the Blue Bird Messenger and invited him to Chisong's house.
Dan Zao is on fire, and the peaches are blooming.
If you can keep your childish face, why would you regret being drunk and drifting into the clouds!
16. "Feasting with Plum Blossoms in the Taoist's Mountain House"
The forest is full of sorrow and spring is over, and the pavilion is open to enjoy the beauty of the things.
Suddenly I met the Blue Bird Messenger and invited him to Chisong's house.
The golden stove is on fire, and the peaches are blooming.
If you can keep your childish face, why would you regret being drunk and drifting into the clouds!
17. "Qin Zhong sends a message to the master from afar"
One hill often wants to lie down, but the three paths are miserable and have no resources.
The northern land is not my wish, but the eastern forest cherishes my teacher.
The gold is burned out, and the ambition is declining year by year.
As the cool breeze comes in the day and evening, it makes me sad to hear cicadas!
18. "Stay at Tongbai Temple on Tiantai"
Sailing on the sea, staying at Doyun Island at night.
Looking for the interesting things in Cangzhou, it is good to stay close to Chicheng.
The mulberry trees are also practicing the moss, and they stop to discuss freely.
Rest in the shade under the tung cypresses, and pick the beautiful sesame seeds.
The cranes chirp and clear dew falls, and the rooster crows early in the morning.
I would like to untie the knot and let go of worries.
Gao Buling is in Siming, and Xuan Zong has two elders.
I have the desire to travel far away and enjoy the path of immortality.
Looking at the three mountains at sunset, the clouds and waves are vast in the sky.
19. "Send Zhu Da to Qin"
Avoid people in Wuling, the sword is worth a thousand gold.
When we break up, we will give each other gifts, but our hearts will remain the same throughout our lives.
Meng Haoran returns to Nanshan at the end of the year
"Returns to Nanshan at the end of the year"
Author: Meng Haoran
Beique Xiu wrote a letter, and Nanshan returned to my hut.
If you don’t know your talent, you will abandon it, and if you are sick, you will lose your friends.
White hair prompts old age, and green hair prompts the end of the year.
I will never sleep with sorrow, and the window will be empty at night under the pine moon.
Notes:
1. Bei Que: "Han Shu Gao Di Ji" Note: When the minister reports something, all the people who are eager to see it go to Bei Que.
2. Qingyang sentence: It means that the new year is coming, forcing the old year to get rid of. Qingyang: refers to spring.
3. Void: emptiness and silence.
Translation:
I have stopped asking for an audience at the north gate of the palace,
and retired to my dilapidated thatched cottage in the southern mountains.
Because I lacked talents, I was abandoned by the Ming Dynasty.
Because I was poor and ill, my friends gradually became distant.
As time goes by, the white hair on the head makes people age,
The years are ruthless and the new year forces the old years to disappear.
My heart often lingers with melancholy, which keeps me awake all night.
The moonlight from the Panasonic in front of the window adds to the emptiness.
Appreciation:
In the 16th year of Kaiyuan of Xuanzong (728), the poet went to Chang'an to take the examination and failed, and he felt very depressed. He relied on his good writing, and was praised by Wang Wei and Zhang Jiuling. He was quite famous and thought that he could have a smooth road to benevolence. Unexpectedly, he failed, which made him very distressed, so he had to go into seclusion. "The New Biography of Meng Haoran in the New Book of Tang Dynasty" records: Wang Wei once invited Meng Haoran to join the internal affairs department. Suddenly, Xuanzong arrived, and Haoran hid under the bed to maintain his integrity. The emperor ordered him to come out and asked about his poems. Haoran recited his own poems, but it was not until he realized that he had abandoned the sentence. Because of release.
This poem was written by the poet when he went into seclusion. The poem vents a kind of resentment. The first two sentences describe an event, narrating that he stopped pursuing official career and retired to Nanshan; the third and fourth sentences express reasoning, expressing the emotion of not being able to realize his talents; the fifth and sixth sentences describe the scenery, lamenting that he wasted his years and could not realize his ambition; the last two sentences express the feeling of loneliness and emptiness. The whole poem is rich in language, repeated layer by layer, has a long and profound style, and has endless charm when reading.
The quatrains of ancient poems are so classic and concise, and they evoke infinite feelings in the heart. If you want to see more quatrains and ancient poems, please enjoy Guangling Ancient Poems by Meng Haoran.