A letter from home is worth ten thousand dollars(jiā shū dǐ wàn jīn)

A letter from home is worth ten thousand dollars

A letter from home is worth ten thousand gold. Pronunciation: Ji ā sh ū D ǐ w à NJ ī n, interpretation: it refers to the value of a letter from home. Source: Tang Dufu's poem "Chunwang": "beacon fire lasts for three months, letters from home are worth ten thousand gold." Example: ~, not to mention the long-term expectation! The usage of Jie Guang Guo Moruo and Anna in Shanghai by sang Fengkang is: as object and clause; it refers to the value of family letters.

From poetry

The country is breaking through mountains and rivers, and the city has deep vegetation in spring. When I feel sad, I shed tears and hate birds. A letter from home is worth ten thousand gold. The white head is shorter than the hairpin.

author

Tang Dufu

annotation

1. Guopo: refers to the rebel occupation of Chang'an, the capital of the country. 2. Feeling time: because of sighing about current events, I will shed tears when I see flowers. Hun: absolutely. 4, too much hairpin: because of short hair, even hairpin can not be inserted.

Rhyme translation

When Chang'an was occupied by the Japanese, the country was broken, and only the mountains and rivers remained the same. When spring came, the city was empty, the people were sparse, and the vegetation was dense and deep. sad about the state affairs, it's hard to stop tears in the face of flowers, sad about the parting of relatives, the singing of birds, and the increase of parting hate. Since the beginning of spring, the war has spread in March. It's hard to hear from your family in Jibei. One letter is worth ten thousand gold. The more you scratch your head, the shorter your white hair becomes. The shorter your hair falls off, so you can't put a hairpin in it.

analyse and comment on

After the fall of Chang'an, the poet witnessed the scattered flute, experienced adversity, and felt homesick. The first and second couplets of the poem are full of sighs about the failure of the spring city, and the third and fourth couplets are full of feelings of separation. The whole poem is composed, sincere and natural, reflecting the poet's love for his motherland and his family. Today, Xu yingpei and Zhou Rongquan commented on the poem, saying: "the meaning is straight and straight, the scene is both but not free, the emotion is strong but not shallow, the content is rich but not miscellaneous, and the rhythm is rigorous but not rigid." This theory is quite appropriate. "Letters from home are worth thousands of gold" is also a famous saying that has been handed down for thousands of years. The first four sentences of the poem are full of sighs about the failure of the spring city, while the last four sentences are full of feelings of separation. The whole poem is composed, sincere and natural. "when I feel it, I shed tears. I hate to see other birds." The general explanation of these two sentences is that flowers and birds are meant to entertain people, but because of the feeling of parting, they make the poet cry and be shocked. Another explanation is that flowers and birds are personified. When feeling sad, the flowers shed tears and the birds are frightened. Although the two theories are different, their spirits can be interlinked. One is touching the scene and the other is empathizing with things, which shows the rich connotation of good poetry. The first four sentences of the poem are unified in the word "Wang". The poet looked down, his vision from near to far, and from far to near, from the city to the mountains and rivers, and then from the city to the flowers and birds. Emotion is from hidden to obvious, from weak to strong, step by step. In the change of scenery and emotion, it seems that the poet gradually turns from looking up at the scenery to thinking down, and naturally transits to the second part, that is, to see his relatives. "The beacon fire lasts for three months, and letters from home are worth ten thousand gold." Since the rebellion of an Shi, "the beacon fire has been bitter, and the faith of the village has been broken". Until now, in the spring and March, the war is still continuous. How I look forward to the news from my family. A letter from home at this time is really better than "ten thousand gold"! "A letter from home is worth ten thousand gold", which describes the urgency of waiting for news for a long time. This is all the thoughts in everyone's heart. It naturally resonates with people, so it has become a famous sentence passed down through the ages. "White head scratch is shorter, Hun desire is more than hairpin." The beacon fire is everywhere, the family letter is impassable, I miss the miserable image in the distance, I look at the decadent scene in front of me, I don't feel that when I'm very bored, I scratch my head and hesitate, I suddenly feel that my hair is sparse and short, and I can hardly hold a hairpin. "White hair" is caused by worry, "scratch" is the action to relieve worry, "shorter" shows the degree of worry. In this way, in addition to the pain of the country's destruction and the family's disintegration, and the sigh of aging, it adds a layer of sorrow. This poem reflects the poet's love for his country and his family. It is full of meaning but not straight. It is full of scenes but not free. It has strong feelings but not shallow. It is rich in content but not miscellaneous. It is rigorous but not inflexible. It is written in the five regular patterns of tonal rising and falling. It is sonorous and powerful. Therefore, it has been popular for more than 1200 years.

usage

It refers to the value of family letters.

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