早发渔浦潭

Meaning

A poem of the early setting out and the wide scene, written by Meng Haoran. The east sun, early, the light and the glow — the islet birds, already, startled, chattering — the early light and the startled birds. Lying, hearing the mouth of the Yupu — the sound of the oars, secretly, pulling — the hearing of the oars and the secret pulling. The sun rising, the appearance of the scene, divided — only then, knowing the river and the lake, wide — the divided scene and the wide river and the lake. The beautiful, always, rising late — in the mirror of the light, playing with the flowing foam — the beautiful rising late and the playing with the foam. Drinking the water, fearing the startled ape — offering the fish, at the time, seeing the otter — the fears and the sights of the way. The boat going, from itself, without the boredom — moreover, meeting the clear scene, open and wide — the close's boat without the boredom and the clear scene. The poem is the early setting out and the wide scene: the early light, the wide river and the lake, and the close's clear scene.

东旭早光芒，渚禽已惊聒。卧闻渔浦口，桡声暗相拨。日出气象分，始知江湖阔。美人常晏起，照影弄流沫。饮水畏惊猿，祭鱼时见獭。舟行自无闷，况值晴景豁。

Appreciation

[Plain Paraphrase] The east sun, early, the light and the glow, the islet birds, already, startled, chattering. Lying, hearing the mouth of the Yupu, the sound of the oars, secretly, pulling. The sun rising, the appearance of the scene, divided, only then, knowing the river and the lake, wide. The beautiful, always, rising late, in the mirror of the light, playing with the flowing foam. Drinking the water, fearing the startled ape, offering the fish, at the time, seeing the otter. The boat going, from itself, without the boredom, moreover, meeting the clear scene, open and wide. [Structure and Thought] The poem moves from the early light and the startled birds, through the oars and the wide river and the lake, and the beautiful with the fears of the way, to the close's boat without the boredom and the clear scene. [Key Technique] The poem's art is the wide of the scene: the divided appearance of the rising sun, and the close's clear scene open and wide — the setting out gathered in the wide scene and the close's ease. [Emotional Tone] Clear, wide, and easy: the poem is the early setting out, the wide river and the lake, and the close's clear scene.

【白话串讲】 孟浩然写《早发渔浦潭》：“东旭早光芒，渚禽已惊聒”——“卧闻渔浦口，桡声暗相拨”——“日出气象分，始知江湖阔”——“舟行自无闷，况值晴景豁”——他早发渔浦潭——始知江湖阔。 【意象与手法】 “东旭早光芒、渚禽已惊聒”写东旭光芒；“卧闻渔浦口、桡声暗相拨”写卧闻渔浦口；“日出气象分、始知江湖阔”写出日气象分；结以“舟行自无闷，况值晴景豁”写况值晴景豁。清旷自然。 【情感与主旨】 孟浩然写早发渔浦潭之作，写东旭光芒、日出气象分始知江湖阔的晨景，是孟浩然山水诗中的名篇。 【名句点睛】 常考“卧闻渔浦口，桡声暗相拨”写早发之景；“日出气象分，始知江湖阔”写晨景阔大。

Allusions

'The Yupu' (Yupu) is the Yupu — the pool of the Yupu, the mouth of the setting out; 'the river and the lake' (jiang hu) are the river and the lake — the wide of the water, the rivers and the lakes; 'the mirror of the light' (zhao ying) is the mirror of the light — the light as the mirror, the reflection of the beautiful; 'the offering of the fish' (ji yu) is the offering of the fish — the offering of the otter, the sight of the way; 'the clear scene' (qing jing) is the clear scene — the clear and the open scene of the close.

诗中「东旭早光芒渚禽已惊聒」「卧闻渔浦口桡声暗相拨」「日出气象分始知江湖阔」「美人常晏起照影弄流沫」「饮水畏惊猿祭鱼时见獭」「舟行自无闷况值晴景豁」等语，皆含典故故实。「东旭早光芒渚禽已惊聒」写东旭早光芒渚禽已惊聒；「卧闻渔浦口桡声暗相拨」写卧闻渔浦口桡声暗相拨；「日出气象分始知江湖阔」写日出气象分始知江湖阔；「美人常晏起照影弄流沫」写美人常晏起照影弄流沫；「饮水畏惊猿祭鱼时见獭」写饮水畏惊猿祭鱼时见獭；「舟行自无闷况值晴景豁」写舟行自无闷况值晴景豁。诗人以渔浦、江湖等语入诗，不着痕迹，而把写景行旅之情写得真切可感，是善于熔铸典故的体现。此等用典之法，熔铸古今而不着痕迹，既不炫博以示学，亦不拘泥于旧解，正见诗人学养之深与运思之巧。读者于此等处尤当细心玩味，方能领会其言外之旨与味外之味。

Commentary

This poem is one of the famous works of Meng Haoran's poems of the journey, quoted for the wide of its scene and the ease of its close. The wide river and the lake, and the boat without the boredom, are among the admired images of the poet's poems of the water. Critics praise the poem's clearness: the setting out gathered in the wide scene, to the close's ease.

这首《早发渔浦潭》，是孟浩然写写景行旅之作，写东旭早光芒、卧闻渔浦口、日出气象分、况值晴景豁之情，清旷自然。起「东旭早光芒，渚禽已惊聒」——东旭早光芒，渚禽已惊聒。写东旭早光芒：东旭早光芒、渚禽已惊聒——早光芒、已惊聒；「卧闻渔浦口，桡声暗相拨」——卧闻渔浦口，桡声暗相拨。写卧闻渔浦口：卧闻渔浦口、桡声暗相拨——渔浦口、暗相拨；「日出气象分，始知江湖阔」——日出气象分，始知江湖阔。写日出气象分：日出气象分、始知江湖阔——气象分、江湖阔；结「舟行自无闷，况值晴景豁」——舟行自无闷，况值晴景豁。写况值晴景豁：舟行自无闷、况值晴景豁——自无闷、晴景豁。这「舟行自无闷，况值晴景豁」，是全诗之结：以况值晴景豁写其行旅。全诗清旷自然，以景写情，正是孟浩然诗中的名篇。综观全诗，情真、景切、理深，三者浑融无迹，故能于短短数语之中寄无限深意，令人百读不厌。其含蓄蕴藉之处，正是中国古典诗歌以少总多、言有尽而意无穷的美学精神的生动体现。

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