Author: Su Shi
Genpox, on the night of October 12, 2006, took off his clothes and went to bed. He just saw the moonlight on the door and got up happily for a walk. Those who have nothing to do go to Chengtian Temple, look for Zhang Huaimin, stay awake with people and stroll in the atrium.
In the moonlight, the courtyard is full of clear water, as clear as clear water. The algae and shepherd's purse in the water are the shadows of bamboo and cypress.
Where there is no moon at night, there are no pines and cypresses, but there are few idle people like me.
On the evening of1October 12, 2006, Yuanfeng. When I undressed and wanted to sleep, the moonlight shone through the window, and I got up and walked happily. Thinking that no one was playing, I went to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin. Zhang Huaimin didn't sleep either. We walked in the yard.
The moonlight in the yard is as clear and transparent as a pool of clear water, and the algae and weeds in the water are criss-crossed, all of which are the shadows of bamboo and cypress.
Where there is no moonlight, where there are no bamboos and cypresses, there are no idle people like me.
The feelings expressed in Night Tour in Chengtian Temple are subtle and complicated, including the sadness of relegation, the feeling of life, the joy of enjoying the moon and the leisure of walking. When the author "undressed and wanted to sleep", he "entered the house by moonlight", so he "set off happily". Moonlight is rare and can't help but make people happy. However, no one enjoyed the moon with him, so he had to go to Zhang Huaimin and he was demoted. How many sorrows and feelings about life have been relegated! Two people strolled in the atrium, which was very leisurely. Compared with "idle people", it contains all the meanings.
On Su Shi's Night Tour to Chengtian Temple (Huo)
Su Shi's own evaluation of his literary creation, there is a very incisive passage:
My writing is like a fountain, it can be published anywhere. On the flat land, it gurgles, although it is difficult to travel thousands of miles a day. It twists and turns with rocks, shapes with things, and is unknown. The knower always does what he should do and often stops at what he can't do. That's all! Others, although I can't know. ("Wen Shuo")
This passage can be supplemented by another sentence: "A person who used to be a writer can't work for it, but he can't help working for it." There are clouds in the mountains and rivers, luxuries in vegetation, and depression. Although my husband doesn't want anything, can he get it? "("Jiang Xing Chorus Preface ")
The most important point here is that literature is a kind of "depressed" thing and has to be displayed to the public. If you have a "source of springs" on your chest, you can "get away with it at all costs"; Without ambition, you can't write a good article on your own. Su Shi is indeed a great writer with "the source of welcoming the Spring". As far as his prose creation is concerned, "ten thousand yuan" overflows into political theory and historical theory, and Wang Yang is vast; Travel notes, letters, prefaces and postscripts and other essays are all over the mountains, swaying and smoky.
There are only 84 words in the article "Night Tour in Chengtian Temple", which naturally flows from the chest. "What should be done" and "what should be stopped" are not divided into paragraphs. But it is not the "flat ground" of DC. Only a few dozen words. If "On the Flat Ground" is DC, what is its charm without rest? Read this article carefully, although it is natural and popular, but it is "tortuous and rocky" with distinct layers. "On the evening of October 12, Yuanfeng six years." It's like keeping a diary, honestly writing the year, month and day, and then writing the word "night". What should we do next? What the hell are you doing? There is nothing wrong with "undressing and sleeping". But just as I was undressing, I saw "Moonlight Entering the House" and felt that there was nothing to do, so I "set off happily". What are you doing? I have been "walking" alone for a while, but I am not very "happy". It would be nice to have another person; Suddenly thought of a person who can * * * "have fun", so I went to see him. These thoughts and actions are expressed in the following words: "Those who have no enjoyment, go to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin". Have you met Zhang Huaimin? What did you say when you saw him? What kind of "fun" did you ask him for? Does he agree? In the pen of ordinary people, this is all to be written. The author only wrote two sentences: "Huai Min is still awake and walking in the atrium." Then write the scene:
The courtyard is as empty as water, and the algae and grass in the water are intertwined and covered with bamboo and cypress.
When you walk in the atrium, your eyes are attracted by the moonlight in the courtyard, creating an illusion of "water is empty and bright", so that you can see all kinds of aquatic plants criss-crossing. Why are there algae and water plants in the yard? Looking up, I saw bamboo and cypress, and at the same time I saw the bright moon in the blue sky. Only then did I realize that it was not "algae cypress", but the shadow of "bamboo cypress" under the moonlight! The metaphor of "moonlight is like water" is often used, but its clever use varies from person to person. It can't be said that the author didn't use this metaphor, but his usage is very different from that of ordinary people and his artistic effect is also very different.
Literary thinking is like a surging river, "twists and turns with rocks". Where is it now "unstoppable" and "stopped"? Because of seeing "moonlight entering the house" and "happily starting", it should stop at the month; Seeing "the intersection of algae and grass" turned out to be "the shadow of bamboo and cypress" and should stop at "bamboo and cypress"; Who appreciates the moon? Who watches bamboo and cypress? It's him and Zhang Huaimin. We should stop him and Zhang Huaimin. So to sum up all this, I wrote the following words and stopped at leisure:
What night is there no moonlight? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? It's just the lack of free people like us.
A few strokes, a piece of life. Narration is simple and clean, picturesque, and lyricism lies in narrative and scenery. Narration, scenery description and lyricism all focus on writing people; When writing about people, it should be emphasized that "leisure" entering "night" means "undressing to sleep" and "leisure"; See "Moonlight Entering the House", then "Set out happily" and "Nothing to do"; With Zhang Huaimin "walking in the atrium", even the "shadow of bamboo and cypress" was seen so carefully and clearly that both of them were "idle". "What night without a month? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? " However, only "the two of us" go out to enjoy the moon and see the bamboos and cypresses on winter nights, because others are busy people and "the two of us" are "idle people". The "idle people" at the end is the finishing touch, comparing the "leisure" of "the two of us" with that of others. Only when he is "idle" can he "swim at night" and enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moonlit night. After reading the whole article, the figures, moods and scenery of the two "idle people" are vivid.