It shows the author's sudden enlightenment during the deep meditation process. It expresses the inner love for nature and the joy of being immersed in it.

Wang Wei is a poet, painter and musician. This poem reflects the combination of poetry, painting and music. He uses a musician's perception of sound, a painter's grasp of light, and a poet's refinement of language to depict the unique silence and tranquility of the moment when people are talking in the empty valley and the slanting light shines back, which is thought-provoking.

Original poem:

"Deer and Chai" Tang Dynasty: Wang Wei

No one can be seen in the empty mountain, but the sound of people's voices can be heard.

Returning to the deep forest, the light shines on the moss again.

Interpretation:

No one can be seen in the quiet valley, only the voice of the voice can be heard.

The shadow of the setting sun is reflected in the deep forest and shines on the moss, making the scenery pleasant.

Notes:

1. Luchai (zhài): "Chai" is the same as "zhai", fence. This is a place name.

2. But: only. Smell: hear.

3. Return scene: the light of the setting sun. "Scene" was the same as "shadow" in ancient times.

4. Zhao: shine (with).

About the author:

Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The word Mojie. Originally from Qi (now part of Shanxi), his father moved to Puzhou (now west of Yongji, Shanxi), so he was a native of Hedong. Kaiyuan (reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, 713-741) Jinshi.

Extended information:

Wang Wei is a poet, painter and musician. This poem reflects the combination of poetry, painting and music. Silence without sound and darkness without light are easy for most people to detect; but silence with sound and darkness with light are less noticed by people.

It is precisely with his unique painter's and musician's sensitivity to color and sound that the poet grasps the unique quiet realm displayed by the sound of people's voices in the empty mountain and the reflection in the deep forest. But this sensitivity is inseparable from his careful observation and tacit understanding of nature.

Quiet beauty and sublime beauty are two types of beauty in nature, and there is no difference between them. However, it is quiet and almost empty, quiet and slightly cold, which somewhat expresses the unique aspect of the author's aesthetic taste.

It also writes about "empty mountains" and also focuses on expressing tranquility and beauty. "Mountain Dwelling in Autumn Twilight" has a bright tone, with an aura of tranquility floating on the quiet tone, and contains lively vitality; "Birdsong Stream" "Although it describes the tranquility of spring mountains, the whole artistic conception is not cold and empty. The clear moonlight, the fragrance of osmanthus, and the cries of mountain birds all have the breath of spring and the tranquility of the night; and "Deer and Chai" It has the color of coldness and emptiness, although it is not quite secluded and deserted.

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