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Xu Gongdian in Suxin is a series of poems written by Song dynasty poet Yang Wanli. This poem mainly describes the rural scenery. The images of hedgerow, cauliflower, children and yellow butterfly are selected and described in detail to show the poet’s sensitivity to pastoral feelings. The language of the whole poem is fresh, vivid and full of interest.

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Yang Wanli (1127-1206), courtesy name Tingxiu, was a native of Jishui, Jizhou (present-day Jiangxi), and a scholar in the twenty-fourth year of Shaoxing (1154). Xiaozongchu, Zhifeng Xin County, Li Da Chang doctor, university attendant, etc. Guangzong ascended the throne and was summoned to be the secretary-supervisor. He advocated anti-gold. Gong Shi, as famous as You Kuang, Fan Chengda, and Lu You, was called the Four Great Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty.

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Suxin City Xu Gongdian 2 Songs

One of them

Spring are in the Willow Top Head, pick folding strip inserted restaurant. Then make at home food to see, the village song dance more romantic.

The scenery in spring is concentrated on willow shoots, and some willow strips are selected to be folded and inserted into the tavern. Although I am in a foreign country now, I have the right to spend

The second

The fence is thinned and deep, and the flowers of the trees are not yet shaded.Children rush to chase yellow butterflies, fly into cauliflower and nowhere to be found.

There is a path to the distance by the thin fence. The flowers on the trees next to the path had fallen, but the new leaves had just grown, and no shade had yet formed. The children ran to catch the dancing yellow butterfly. But when the butterfly flew into the yellow cauliflower, the children could no longer distinguish and find them.

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The first poem writes about the spring light on the restaurant, the wicker, and the village song and club dance on the Qingming Festival. First, we observe the local customs, which implies that the author lives in a foreign country. The position of this first poem in the group poem is far less than that of the second poem. However, the author’s leisurely state of mind reflected in this poem lays the emotional tone for the group poem. The scene provided by the second poem is only an external reflection of the author’s state of mind. The second one is about hedgerows, cauliflower, children and yellow butterflies, which uses detailed description to show the poet’s sensitivity to pastoral feelings.