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渔家傲·花底忽闻敲两桨
Pride of the Fisherman: Under the Flowers, Suddenly Hearing, the Striking of the Two Oars
花底忽闻敲两桨。
逡巡女伴来寻访。
酒盏旋将荷叶当。
莲舟荡。
时时盏里生红浪。
花气酒香清厮酿。
花腮酒面红相向。
醉倚绿阴眠一饷。
惊起望。
船头阁在沙滩上。
The hesitant female companions, coming to seek and visit.
The wine cup, at once, will, the lotus leaves, for the substitute.
The lotus boat, rocking.
From time to time, in the cup, born, the red waves.
The flower fragrance, the wine smell, the clear, together, brewing.
The flower cheeks, the wine faces, the red, facing each other.
The drunken, leaning, the green shade, sleeping, a while.
Startled up, looking,
The bow of the boat, beached, on the sand bank.
Meaning
A lyric of the lotus boat and the joy, written by Ouyang Xiu. Under the flowers, suddenly hearing the striking of the two oars, the hesitant female companions coming to seek — the companions of the boat. The wine cup with the lotus leaves for the substitute, the lotus boat rocking, and the red waves born in the cup — the wine of the boat. The flower fragrance with the wine smell brewing, the flower cheeks with the wine faces red facing each other, and the drunken leaning the green shade sleeping a while — the drunkenness of the joy. And the close's startled up looking, the bow of the boat beached on the sand bank — the close of the scene. The lyric is the lotus boat and the joy: the companions, the wine, and the close's boat beached.
花底忽闻敲两桨。逡巡女伴来寻访。酒盏旋将荷叶当。莲舟荡。时时盏里生红浪。花气酒香清厮酿。花腮酒面红相向。醉倚绿阴眠一饷。惊起望。船头阁在沙滩上。
Appreciation
[Plain Paraphrase] Under the flowers, suddenly hearing, the striking of the two oars. The hesitant female companions, coming to seek and visit. The wine cup, at once, will, the lotus leaves, for the substitute. The lotus boat, rocking. From time to time, in the cup, born, the red waves. The flower fragrance, the wine smell, the clear, together, brewing. The flower cheeks, the wine faces, the red, facing each other. The drunken, leaning, the green shade, sleeping, a while. Startled up, looking, the bow of the boat, beached, on the sand bank. [Structure and Thought] The lyric moves from the companions of the boat and the wine of the lotus leaves, through the fragrance brewing and the red faces, to the close's drunken sleep and the boat beached on the sand bank. [Key Technique] The lyric's art is the joy of the scene: the wine and the faces of the middle, and the close's startled up with the boat beached — the joy gathered in the scene and the close's beaching. [Emotional Tone] Light, joyful, and vivid: the lyric is the companions, the wine and the close's boat on the sand bank.
【白话串讲】 欧阳修写《渔家傲·花底忽闻敲两桨》：“花底忽闻敲两桨。逡巡女伴来寻访”——“酒盏旋将荷叶当。莲舟荡。时时盏里生红浪”——“花气酒香清厮酿。花腮酒面红相向”——“醉倚绿阴眠一饷。惊起望。船头阁在沙滩上”——他写采莲女——时时盏里生红浪。 【意象与手法】 “花底忽闻敲两桨。逡巡女伴来寻访”写采莲之乐；“酒盏旋将荷叶当。莲舟荡。时时盏里生红浪”以荷叶当盏写酒趣；“花气酒香清厮酿。花腮酒面红相向”写花酒相映；结以“醉倚绿阴眠一饷。惊起望。船头阁在沙滩上”写醉眠惊起。清新明快。 【情感与主旨】 欧阳修写采莲女之作，写采莲女以荷叶当盏饮酒的野趣与醉眠惊起的憨态，体现欧阳修词清新明快的风格。 【名句点睛】 常考“酒盏旋将荷叶当。莲舟荡。时时盏里生红浪”以荷叶当盏写酒趣；“醉倚绿阴眠一饷。惊起望。船头阁在沙滩上”写醉眠惊起。
Background
Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072), the statesman and the poet of the Northern Song, wrote this 'Pride of the Fisherman: Under the Flowers, Suddenly Hearing, the Striking of the Two Oars' of the lotus boat and the joy — the scene of the lake. The companions of the boat with the wine of the lotus leaves, the fragrance brewing with the red faces, and the close's drunken sleep with the boat beached on the sand bank — the lyric gathers the joy of the lake, the vivid scene of the lotus boat. The lyric is one of the famous works of the poet's lyrics of the lakes.
《渔家傲·花底忽闻敲两桨》为北宋词人欧阳修所作词。欧阳修（1007—1072），字永叔，号醉翁、六一居士，吉州永丰（今江西永丰）人，北宋文学家，「唐宋八大家」之一。此词写景田园，为咏莲舟之作。词中「花底忽闻敲两桨。逡巡女伴来寻访」写花底忽闻敲两桨，逡巡女伴来寻访；「酒盏旋将荷叶当。莲舟荡」写酒盏旋将荷叶当，莲舟荡；「花气酒香清厮酿。花腮酒面红相向」写花气酒香清厮酿，花腮酒面红相向；「醉倚绿阴眠一饷。惊起望。船头阁在沙滩上」写醉倚绿阴眠一饷，惊起望，船头阁在沙滩上。欧阳修此词以写景田园、船头阁在沙滩上写其田园之情，清新明快，是欧阳修词中的名篇。此篇《渔家傲·花底忽闻敲两桨》在历代选本中多被收录，其艺术价值与流传之广，正可见此诗在同类题材中的重要地位。诗人以匠心独运之笔写寻常之情事，遂使此作历千载而犹有生气，为后人所称赏不绝。
Art
The lyric's art is the art of the vivid scene. The boat opens: under the flowers, suddenly hearing, the striking of the two oars — the striking of the oars; the hesitant female companions, coming to seek and visit — the companions coming; the wine cup, at once, will, the lotus leaves, for the substitute — the lotus leaves of the cup; the lotus boat, rocking — the rocking of the boat; from time to time, in the cup, born, the red waves — the red waves of the cup. The joy follows: the flower fragrance, the wine smell, the clear, together, brewing — the fragrance brewing; the flower cheeks, the wine faces, the red, facing each other — the red faces; the drunken, leaning, the green shade, sleeping, a while — the drunken sleep. And the close gathers the beaching: startled up, looking — the bow of the boat, beached, on the sand bank — the beaching of the close — the boat, the wine and the close's beaching, gathered in the lyric.
此词艺术上以「清新明快、以景写情」见长。全词共十句，由花底忽闻敲两桨而酒盏旋将荷叶当而花气酒香清厮酿。起「花底忽闻敲两桨。逡巡女伴来寻访」写花底忽闻敲两桨：花底忽闻敲两桨，逡巡女伴来寻访；「酒盏旋将荷叶当。莲舟荡」写酒盏旋将荷叶当：酒盏旋将荷叶当，莲舟荡；「花气酒香清厮酿。花腮酒面红相向」写花气酒香清厮酿：花气酒香清厮酿，花腮酒面红相向；结「醉倚绿阴眠一饷。惊起望。船头阁在沙滩上」写醉倚绿阴眠一饷：醉倚绿阴眠一饷，惊起望，船头阁在沙滩上。全词以景写情，由花底忽闻敲两桨而船头阁在沙滩上，清新明快，是欧阳修词中的名篇。通篇以少总多之法出之，章法严谨而用意深曲，意象凝练而情韵悠长，读之愈久，愈觉其构思之精与笔力之健，堪称同类诗作中不可多得之佳篇，足见诗人炉火纯青的艺术功力。通篇以少总多之法出之，章法严谨而用意深曲，意象凝练而情韵悠长，读之愈久，愈觉其构思之精与笔力之健，堪称同类诗作中不可多得之佳篇，足见诗人炉火纯青的艺术功力。
Allusions
'The two oars' (liang jiang) are the two oars — the oars of the boat, the striking under the flowers; 'the lotus leaves' (he ye) are the lotus leaves — the leaves of the lotus, the substitute of the cup; 'the red waves' (hong lang) are the red waves — the waves of the red, the wine in the cup; 'the sand bank' (sha tan) is the sand bank — the bank of the sand, the beaching of the close.
词中「花底忽闻敲两桨逡巡女伴来寻访」「酒盏旋将荷叶当莲舟荡」「时时盏里生红浪」「花气酒香清厮酿花腮酒面红相向」「醉倚绿阴眠一饷惊起望船头阁在沙滩上」等语，皆含典故故实。「花底忽闻敲两桨逡巡女伴来寻访」写花底忽闻敲两桨逡巡女伴来寻访；「酒盏旋将荷叶当莲舟荡」用荷叶当酒之典（采莲人以荷叶为杯），写酒盏旋将荷叶当莲舟荡；「时时盏里生红浪」写时时盏里生红浪；「花气酒香清厮酿花腮酒面红相向」写花气酒香清厮酿花腮酒面红相向；「醉倚绿阴眠一饷惊起望船头阁在沙滩上」写醉倚绿阴眠一饷惊起望船头阁在沙滩上。词人以荷叶、莲舟等典入词，不着痕迹，而把写景田园之情写得真切可感，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 lyric is one of the famous works of Ouyang Xiu's lyrics of the lakes, quoted for the vividness of its scene and the beaching of its close. The lotus leaves of the cup, and the boat beached on the sand bank, are among the admired passages of the poet's lyrics. Critics praise the lyric's joy: the scene gathered in the wine, to the close's beaching.
这首《渔家傲·花底忽闻敲两桨》，是欧阳修写写景田园之作，写花底忽闻敲两桨、酒盏旋将荷叶当、花气酒香清厮酿、醉倚绿阴眠一饷之情，清新明快。起「花底忽闻敲两桨。逡巡女伴来寻访」——花底忽闻敲两桨，逡巡女伴来寻访。写花底忽闻敲两桨：花底忽闻敲两桨、逡巡女伴来寻访——忽闻敲两桨、女伴来寻访；「酒盏旋将荷叶当。莲舟荡」——酒盏旋将荷叶当（用荷叶当酒之典），莲舟荡。写酒盏旋将荷叶当：酒盏旋将荷叶当、莲舟荡——荷叶当、莲舟荡；「花气酒香清厮酿。花腮酒面红相向」——花气酒香清厮酿，花腮酒面红相向。写花气酒香清厮酿：花气酒香清厮酿、花腮酒面红相向——清厮酿、红相向；结「醉倚绿阴眠一饷。惊起望。船头阁在沙滩上」——醉倚绿阴眠一饷，惊起望，船头阁在沙滩上。写醉倚绿阴眠一饷：醉倚绿阴眠一饷、惊起望、船头阁在沙滩上——眠一饷、惊起望、阁在沙滩上。这「醉倚绿阴眠一饷。惊起望。船头阁在沙滩上」，是全词之结：以船头阁在沙滩上写其田园。全词清新明快，以景写情，正是欧阳修词中的名篇。
Prosody
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花底忽闻敲两桨。
Beneath the blossoms I suddenly hear two oars dip.
花底忽闻敲两桨。
Beneath the blossoms I suddenly hear the dip of two oars.
首句写花底忽闻敲两桨，起笔即见其景。「花底忽闻敲两桨」写花底忽闻敲两桨，「花底忽闻」写花底忽闻、「敲两桨」写敲两桨。一句写花底忽闻敲两桨，以花底忽闻写花底忽闻、以敲两桨写敲两桨，写尽花底忽闻敲两桨之情。以花起兴，清新而明快，是「以花起兴」的妙笔。此句以寥寥数语写尽深意，情韵兼胜，正是全诗点睛之笔。其于字句之间暗藏波澜，于平易之中寄寓曲折，尤当反复涵泳，方能得其三昧。
The opening writes suddenly hearing two oars beneath the blossoms, and the scene is visible from the first stroke. 'Beneath the blossoms I suddenly hear two oars dip' — 'beneath the blossoms I suddenly hear' the surprise under the flowers, 'two oars dip' the sound of the blades. One phrase writes the sudden sound beneath the blossoms through the sudden sound, and the dipping oars through the dipping oars, exhausting the feeling of hearing oars beneath the flowers. Raising feeling through flowers, fresh and bright, it is a fine stroke of 'raising feeling through flowers.' In a few words it exhausts deep meaning, matching sentiment and tone; waves are hidden between the characters and turns lodged in the plainness, worth repeated pondering.
酒盏旋将荷叶当。
For my wine cup I hold a lotus leaf.
酒盏旋将荷叶当。
I promptly use a lotus leaf as my wine cup.
此句写酒盏旋将荷叶当，是全词写荷叶之态的关键。「酒盏旋将荷叶当」用荷叶当酒之典写酒盏旋将荷叶当，「酒盏旋将」写酒盏旋将、「荷叶当」写荷叶当。一句写酒盏旋将荷叶当，以酒盏旋将写酒盏旋将、以荷叶当写荷叶当，写尽酒盏旋将荷叶当之情。以荷写酒、清新而明快，是「以荷写酒」的点睛之笔。此句以寥寥数语写尽深意，情韵兼胜，正是全诗点睛之笔。其于字句之间暗藏波澜，于平易之中寄寓曲折，尤当反复涵泳，方能得其三昧。
This line writes holding a lotus leaf as the wine cup and is central to the ci's picture of the lotus. 'For my wine cup I hold a lotus leaf' uses the allusion of drinking from a lotus leaf; 'wine cup I hold' the ready cup, 'lotus leaf' the leaf used instead. One phrase writes using the leaf as cup through the ready cup and the leaf, exhausting the feeling of holding a lotus leaf for wine. Writing wine through the lotus, fresh and bright, it is an illuminating stroke of 'writing wine through the lotus.' In a few words it exhausts deep meaning, waves hidden in the plainness.
花气酒香清厮酿。
Flower scent and wine aroma mingle, clear and heady.
花气酒香清厮酿。
The scent of flowers and aroma of wine blend together, pure and intoxicating.
此句写花气酒香清厮酿，是全词写酒香之态的关键。「花气酒香清厮酿」写花气酒香清厮酿，「花气酒香」写花气酒香、「清厮酿」写清厮酿。一句写花气酒香清厮酿，以花气酒香写花气酒香、以清厮酿写清厮酿，写尽花气酒香清厮酿之情。以香写情，清新而明快，是「以香写情」的点睛之笔。此句以寥寥数语写尽深意，情韵兼胜，正是全诗点睛之笔。其于字句之间暗藏波澜，于平易之中寄寓曲折，尤当反复涵泳，方能得其三昧。
This line writes flower scent and wine aroma mingling and is central to the ci's picture of wine. 'Flower scent and wine aroma mingle, clear and heady' — 'flower scent and wine aroma' the two fragrances, 'mingle, clear and heady' their blending. One phrase writes the mingling through the two scents and their heady blend, exhausting the feeling of flower scent and wine aroma commingling. Writing feeling through fragrance, fresh and bright, it is an illuminating stroke of 'writing feeling through fragrance.' In a few words it exhausts deep meaning, waves hidden in the plainness.
船头阁在沙滩上。
The boat's bow lies tilted on the sandy shore.
船头阁在沙滩上。
The bow of the boat rests tilted on the sandy beach.
结句写船头阁在沙滩上，是全词立意的落点。「船头阁在沙滩上」写船头阁在沙滩上，「船头阁在」写船头阁在、「沙滩上」写沙滩上。一句写船头阁在沙滩上，以船头阁在写船头阁在、以沙滩上写沙滩上，写尽船头阁在沙滩上之情。以船写情，清新而明快，是全词最动人处，也是「以船写情」的点睛之笔。此句以寥寥数语写尽深意，情韵兼胜，正是全诗点睛之笔。其于字句之间暗藏波澜，于平易之中寄寓曲折，尤当反复涵泳，方能得其三昧。
The closing writes the boat's bow resting on the sand and is where the ci's meaning lands. 'The boat's bow lies tilted on the sandy shore' — 'bow lies tilted' the halted vessel, 'sandy shore' the beach. One phrase writes the resting bow through the halted boat and the beach, exhausting the feeling of the bow tilted on the sand. Writing feeling through the boat, fresh and bright, it is the most moving place of the ci and an illuminating stroke of 'writing feeling through the boat.' In a few words it exhausts deep meaning, waves hidden in the plainness.
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