Full-text translation of the poem "May Shen and June Hui Huo" (Tao Yuanming)
Tao Yuanming Series: Ancient Poem About Autumn: Wu met a fire in June and sent him to a poor alley, wishing to say goodbye to Huaxuan forever. While Xia Feng was in a hurry, the forest room burned to death. There is an empty house in front of the boat. In the new autumn and night, the elegant moon will be round. Fruits and vegetables have come back to life, but the birds haven't come back yet. Midnight in the distance, expecting nine days a week. I have been lonely, and I was elected for forty years. The head of Fu Ling is lonely. Zhengang has its own quality, but jade is not strong. When I missed Todo, the rest of the grain stayed in Nakata. I didn't think about it. I slept from morning till night. Because I didn't meet here, I watered my garden. Note 1 forest room: the appearance of forest and cluster. Forest rooms, rows of houses. 2 burns (troubles): burns. 3 Total hair: also known as total angle, refers to childhood. Five Shen Nian Appreciation AD 408 (the fourth year of Emperor Xi of Jin 'an) was the fourth year that Tao Yuanming returned to the field. In June this year, a fire destroyed his house, which put him in an awkward position. This poem was written against this background. "Caotang lane, willing to resign HuaXuan. The first two sentences are about his quiet life in recent years. The' Caotang' is the' 89 Caotang' built after he returned to the field. " Poor alley ",a remote village lane" Huaxuan "refers to the official life here. The idea of living in a mean alley and losing one's reputation frequently appears in many poems after returning to the fields. The word "Gan" here shows that his attitude is voluntary and his mood is calm and natural. However, "it was just the summer when Changfeng was in a hurry, and the forest room was on fire." "It was windy that day, and the densely packed houses were suddenly burned down. Writing the word "dun" shows the heavy blow. "In front of a house is empty, with the shadow of the ship. There is no place in his house, so he has to capsize in front of the door to shelter from the wind and rain. " "In front of the ship's shadow" is generally interpreted as living on a ship, which seems to be incorrect. The structure of "Gui Yuan" and "Yu Liu Yin's back eaves" is the same as this sentence, and "shade" also means covering. It is still common to use boats as sheds on land. The above is the first paragraph, which is about "fire". "Until the new autumn night, graceful and restrained the moon will be round. They all say "new autumn" and "full moon". It seems to be the season of July, and it has been nearly a month since the fire. "Far" means far away, showing the feeling of a long autumn night. "Pavilion", majestic appearance, this is the author's impression of gazing at the autumn moon. These two sentences not only describe the changes of the festival, but also convey the author's restless mood. This is the psychological impact of the fire on him. "Fruits and vegetables, birds did not return. The fruits and vegetables smoked by fire in the surrounding gardens have revived, but the frightened birds have not yet returned. From "Fruits and Vegetables Bring Back to Life", we can see that his livelihood is still promising, and the situation behind it also shows the great pain of creation. On such an autumn night, he felt very uneasy: "I am in the distance of midnight, looking forward to nine days a week." In the middle of the night, he stood there thinking and looked around. It was really "relaxing and spacious". "The above is the second paragraph. I feel uneasy after writing Fire. The third paragraph below is the content of "staying in the distance at midnight" At the beginning, the author described his life's character like this: "For forty years, I have been lonely and elected." He said, "I have been honest since I was a child in Geng Jie, and it has been forty years in a blink of an eye (the author is forty-four years old at this time). "Trace by turn, FuLing long alone idle. The body and behavior are aging and changing with the passage of time, but the mind has always been very comfortable and has not been infected by secular distractions. " Loneliness and solitude show that he is different from the secular. "Jane just has her own quality, and jade is not strong. These two sentences mean that jade is not as strong as my integrity. These six sentences are self-discipline, and there is confidence in the tone of * *. He made such memories in the face of disasters, which also shows that he will do it again and will not be shaken by the current difficulties. Then he remembered an ideal life: "When I missed Todo, the surplus food stayed in Nakata." Dong Bang "refers to the legendary ancient Dong Bang emperor ji zi. It is said that at that time, the folk customs were simple, the roads were not picked up, and no one stole the surplus grain stored in the fields. "Nakata" is Tanaka. " My stomach is full of thoughts and I sleep from dawn to dusk. In other words, at that time, people lived carefree and everyone lived and worked in peace. These "thoughts" show the author's yearning, and it is natural for him to make such associations under the difficult circumstances at that time. However, this is a daydream after all. "Now I'm not here, I'm watering my garden. It means: since we can't meet such an era, we might as well irrigate my garden and plow my fields. This shows the author's attitude towards reality. At the thought of "going to Japan", his mood fluctuated again, but he immediately returned to the present reality and calmed down again. The last two sentences seem to have such a meaning: you can't think out of thin air when you are full and warm, you have to rely on your own labor. This is consistent with the idea expressed in "Harvest Early Rice in Xitian at the Age of Gengxu in September" written two years later. The life scene and mood of the author of this poem before and after the "fire" are very real and natural. For example, before and after the fire, the author's mood changed from calm to restlessness, twists and turns, and all kinds of changes, but they all seemed reasonable and did not give people a sense of posturing. The fire is a heavy blow, and it can't help but bring an emotional reaction. If this poem is broad-minded, it may not be realistic. The value of a poet is to use his consistent belief in life to resolve the influence of catastrophe and face the reality with firm determination. He finally stood the test.