五代 Five Dynasties · 词 Ci lyric
江城子·浣花溪上见卿卿
Jiangchengzi: Meeting You by the Huanhua Stream
浣花溪上见卿卿，眼波明，黛眉轻。
绿云高绾，金簇小蜻蜓。
好是问他来得么？
和笑道：莫多情。
Your green-cloud hair pinned high, a little golden dragonfly cluster.
Just then I asked if he had come? He smiled and said: do not be too passionate.
Meaning
The lyric captures a light, flirtatious moment—a young man's chance encounter with a beautiful girl by a stream, closing on her coquettish 'do not be too passionate.'
在浣花溪上遇见了你，眼波明澈，黛眉淡淡。 绿云般的发髻高绾，金簇的小蜻蜓钗子轻颤。 恰好问他可曾来过么？他含笑应道：莫要太多情。
Appreciation
The first part paints the figure with fine brushwork—bright eyes, light brows, green-cloud hair, the golden dragonfly hairpin—while the second part renders feeling through dialogue. The closing 'do not be too passionate' actually implies the opposite, using refusal to convey attraction, the typical seductive manner of Huajian lyric. Zhang Bi's style is bright yet not frivolous, catching the childlike charm within the flirtation.
【白话串讲】 “浣花溪上见卿卿，眼波明，黛眉轻”——张泌写：在浣花溪边遇见她，眼波明，黛眉轻。“绿云高绾，金簇小蜻蜓”——“好是问他来得么？和笑道：莫多情”——他问：我还能来吗？她笑答：别多情。一首轻快的恋爱小调。 【意象与手法】 上片工笔写人（眼波、黛眉、绿云、金蜻蜓），下片以对话写情。结句莫多情三字反衬多情，以娇拒写相悦，是花间词典型的旖旎笔法。 【情感与主旨】 写少年溪畔遇艳、两情暗通的轻盈片段。张泌词属花间，秾丽而不浮，于娇嗔中见儿女情态。 【名句点睛】 和笑道：莫多情——以拒为迎，三字写尽娇憨，全篇魂魄所在。
Background
Zhang Bi was a Five Dynasties Huajian lyricist whose songs mostly write of boudoir love, gentle in tone and tender in meaning. This piece captures a fragment of a chance meeting with a beauty by the Huanhua Stream, with a smiling tease—a fresh work in the 'carved jade' line of the Huajian school.
《江城子·浣花溪上见卿卿》为五代张泌所作，是写浣花溪上相遇、调笑之情的词。张泌（生卒年不详），字子澄，淮南人，五代词人。此词：浣花溪上见卿卿，眼波明，黛眉轻。绿云高绾，金簇小蜻蜓。好是问他来得么？和笑道：莫多情。全词写浣花溪上相遇、调笑之情，是张泌词的名篇。
Art
The upper part describes the form, the lower part the voice; it sets color through bright eyes, green cloud, and golden dragonfly, and closes by leaving space through dialogue—seductive yet not wanton, achieving the Huajian restraint.
《江城子·浣花溪上见卿卿》艺术上以女子的描摹与调笑之情的轻倩见长。全词分两片：上片写女子之貌——“浣花溪上见卿卿，眼波明，黛眉轻”写浣花溪上、眼波明黛眉轻，“绿云高绾，金簇小蜻蜓”写绿云高绾、金簇蜻蜓；下片写调笑之情——“好是问他来得么？和笑道：莫多情”写问他来得么、和笑莫多情。全词以女子的描摹写调笑之情，正是张泌词轻倩的笔法。
Allusions
'Qingqing': an intimate term of address; 'green cloud' (lü yun): a metaphor for black hair; 'golden little dragonfly' (jin cu xiao qingting): a golden dragonfly-shaped hairpin; 'he xiao': with a smile.
《江城子·浣花溪上见卿卿》用典在“浣花溪”“绿云”“金簇小蜻蜓”。“浣花溪”写成都浣花溪（薛涛旧居之地）；“绿云”写绿云（乌黑发髻）；“金簇小蜻蜓”写金簇蜻蜓（钗饰）。全词以这些意象写浣花溪上相遇、调笑之情，用典自然而轻倩自见，正是张泌词的笔法。
Commentary
Among the Huajian poets Zhang Bi forms his own clear, brisk voice; this lyric differs in interest from Wen Tingyun's heavy makeup, approaching the plainness of Wei Zhuang.
《江城子·浣花溪上见卿卿》是张泌词的名篇，也是五代词中写相遇调笑的代表作。此词写浣花溪上相遇、调笑之情，向为论者称道。论者多赏其女子的描摹与调笑之情的轻倩——“浣花溪上见卿卿，眼波明，黛眉轻”写浣花溪上、眼波明黛眉轻，轻倩之极；“绿云高绾，金簇小蜻蜓”写绿云高绾、金簇蜻蜓，更见其丽；“好是问他来得么？和笑道：莫多情”写问他来得么、和笑莫多情，尤见其俏。张泌为五代花间派词人，其词以轻倩著称，此词正是其代表——以女子的描摹写调笑之情，正是其词风。
Prosody
Line by line
浣花溪上见卿卿，眼波明，黛眉轻。
By the Huanhua Stream I met you, your eyes bright, your dark brows light.
浣花溪上见卿卿，眼波明，黛眉轻。
By the Huanhua Stream I met my love; her eyes were bright ripples, her painted brows lightly drawn.
首写浣花溪上见卿卿、眼波明黛眉轻，是全词写相遇之情的起点。“浣花溪上见卿卿”写浣花溪上相遇——“浣花溪上见卿卿”用浣花溪之地写浣花溪上见到你——浣花溪上见卿卿；“眼波明，黛眉轻”写眼波明黛眉轻——“眼波明，黛眉轻”写眼波明澈、黛眉淡淡——眼波明，黛眉轻。三句写浣花溪上相遇：浣花溪上见卿卿，眼波明，黛眉轻。以“浣花溪上见卿卿”写浣花溪上初见、一声卿卿，以“眼波明，黛眉轻”写眼波明澈、黛眉淡淡，正是张泌词写相遇之情的起点——溪上相遇，眉眼生姿。
The opening writes meeting by the Huanhua Stream, the bright eyes and light brows, the starting point of the lyric's feeling of encounter. 'By the Huanhua Stream I met my love' uses the place of the Huanhua Stream to write seeing her there. 'Her eyes were bright ripples, her painted brows lightly drawn' writes the clear eyes and faint brows. The three lines write the meeting by the stream: 'by the Huanhua Stream I met my love,' the word of endearment at first sight; 'bright eyes, light brows,' the clear glance and faint brow. It is Zhang Bi's starting point for the feeling of encounter—meeting by the stream, the eyes and brows alive with grace.
绿云高绾，金簇小蜻蜓。
Your green-cloud hair pinned high, a little golden dragonfly cluster.
绿云高绾，金簇小蜻蜓。
Her green cloud of hair is wound high; a gold ornament clusters like a small dragonfly.
此二句写绿云高绾、金簇小蜻蜓，是全词写女子之貌的深化。“绿云高绾”写绿云高绾——“绿云高绾”用绿云之喻写乌黑发髻高高绾起——绿云高绾；“金簇小蜻蜓”写金簇小蜻蜓——“金簇小蜻蜓”写金簇成的小蜻蜓钗子——金簇小蜻蜓。二句写绿云高绾、金簇小蜻蜓：绿云高绾，金簇小蜻蜓。以“绿云高绾”用绿云之喻写发髻高绾、乌黑如云，以“金簇小蜻蜓”写金簇蜻蜓钗饰、点缀发间，正是张泌词写女子之貌的深化——云髻高绾，金钗蜻蜓。
The two lines write the high-wound green cloud of hair and the gold dragonfly pin, deepening the portrait of the woman. 'Her green cloud of hair is wound high' uses the metaphor of green cloud to write the black tresses wound high. 'A gold ornament clusters like a small dragonfly' writes the gold dragonfly hairpin. The two lines write the high-wound tresses and the gold dragonfly pin—the cloud bun high, black as cloud, and the gold dragonfly ornament set in the hair. It is Zhang Bi's deepening of the woman's beauty.
好是问他来得么？和笑道：莫多情。
Just then I asked if he had come? He smiled and said: do not be too passionate.
好是问他来得么？和笑道：莫多情。
Best of all, I asked if she had been here before; with a smile she answered: 'Don't be so fond.'
末写问他来得么、和笑莫多情，是全词写调笑之情的归结。“好是问他来得么”写问他来得么——“好是问他来得么”写最好问他可曾来过——好是问他来得么；“和笑道：莫多情”写和笑莫多情——“和笑道：莫多情”写含笑应道莫多情——和笑道莫多情。二句写问他来得么、和笑莫多情：好是问他来得么？和笑道：莫多情。以“好是问他来得么”写相问可曾来过、含羞带俏，以“和笑道：莫多情”写含笑应答莫多情、欲拒还迎，正是张泌词写调笑之情的归结——问来何来，笑说莫多情。
The closing writes the asking if she has come, and the smiling answer of 'don't be so fond,' the resolution of the lyric's bantering feeling. 'Best of all, I asked if she had been here before' writes the question of whether she has come. 'With a smile she answered: Don't be so fond' writes the smiling reply. The two lines write the question and the smiling answer—asking if she has been, bashful and playful; answering with a smile, 'don't be so fond,' refusing yet inviting. It is Zhang Bi's resolution of the bantering feeling—asking whether she has come, and the smile saying 'don't be so fond.'
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