Producer: Teacher Taozi of Micro Classroom
[Tang Dynasty] Cen Shen
The long road to the east of the hometown
Double sleeves, dragon bells, tears never dry
Meet you soon, no paper and pen
Pingjun message to report peace
Meet the envoy to the capital
Meet the envoy to the capital ① Hometown ②Looking eastward, the road is long, my sleeves are filled with dragon bells ③The tears are still wet. We will meet soon without pen and paper, so I can rely on your message to report peace.
Translation: Looking back to my hometown in the east, the road is long and confusing; my face is covered with tears that wet my sleeves, but I still can’t wipe them away. I met you on the horse on the way. I wanted to write a letter but I didn't have a pen or paper. I could only ask you to send a message to me to say that I was safe.
Notes: ①Envoy to Beijing: An envoy returning to Beijing. ②Hometown: refers to Chang'an and his home in Chang'an. Manman: describes a long journey. ③Longzhong: looking like he was dripping with tears. ④With: Trust.
We will meet soon without paper and pen. The two sentences "Ping Jun's message to report peace" are about the situation when you meet a messenger coming to Beijing and want to send a letter home to report peace but suffer from the lack of paper and pen. It is completely in the hurried tone of the traveler who is about to meet, and it is very expressive. . The word "meet" points out the title. On the way to Anxi, I met an old friend who was an envoy to Beijing. They both crossed arms and passed each other. One continued westward and the other returned eastward to Chang'an, while his wife was also in Chang'an. , I happened to ask my old friend to bring a safe letter home, but I didn’t have paper and pen, and I didn’t bother to write a letter, so I had to ask my old friend to bring a message, "I will send you a message to say safe." This last line of the poem is very simple and neatly wrapped up, but the simplicity embodies the poet's deep feelings, which makes it taste light and has quite a charm. Cen Shen went on this trip with the ambition of "taking fame only from the horse". At this time, his mood was complicated. On the one hand, he has the tenderness of longing for his hometown, and on the other hand, he also expresses the poet's broad and heroic mind.
The road to the east of my hometown is long, and my sleeves are full of tears.
"The road to the east of my hometown is long" is written about the actual feelings in front of me. The poet has been away from home for many days and is on his way to the Western Regions. Looking back at his hometown in the east Chang'an City is of course a long journey, and the feeling of longing cannot help but come to his heart. Nostalgia is hard to overcome. "Hometown" refers to my home in Chang'an. "Looking east" points out the location of Chang'an.
"The tears on both sleeves are not dry", which means that the tears of homesickness cannot be wiped away, so that both sleeves are wet, but the tears cannot be stopped. This sentence uses an exaggerated rhetorical technique to express the feeling of missing relatives, and also lays a good foundation for the following writing of a letter home to "report safety".
3. Why did the author ask the envoy to report that he was safe when he came to Beijing?
Because this was Cen Shen’s first trip to the Western Regions, he said goodbye to his wife in Chang’an and embarked on a long journey. He didn't know how many days he had walked, but on the road leading to the Western Region, he suddenly ran into an old acquaintance. They talked immediately and exchanged warm greetings. Knowing that the other party was going to return to Beijing, he immediately thought of asking him to send a letter from home to Chang'an.
What kind of thoughts and feelings does the whole poem express?
On the one hand, he has the tenderness and nostalgia for his hometown and missing his relatives. On the other hand, he also expresses the poet's broad and heroic mind.
