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鹧鸪天·林断山明

Partridge in the Sky: The Woods Cut Off, the Mountains Bright

苏轼

Su Shi

田园Pastoral life 闲适Leisure

林断山明竹隐墙。
乱蝉衰草小池塘。
翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香。
村舍外,古城旁。
杖藜徐步转斜阳。
殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉。

The woods, cut off, the mountains, bright, the bamboos, hiding, the walls.
The noisy cicadas, the withered grass, the small pond.
The white birds, turning, in the sky, from time to time, seen,
Reflecting the water, the red lotuses, the fine and the fine, the fragrance.
Outside the village houses, by the side of the ancient city.
The staff, the cane, the slow steps, turning, the slanting sun.
The attentive, last night, the midnight rain,
Again, obtaining, the floating life, one day, the cool.
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Meaning

A lyric of the summer and the cool, written by Su Shi. The woods cut off with the mountains bright, the bamboos hiding the walls, the noisy cicadas with the withered grass and the small pond — the scene of the village. The white birds turning in the sky with the red lotuses reflecting the water — the scene of the pond. Outside the village houses by the ancient city, the staff and the cane with the slow steps turning the slanting sun — the walking of the poet. And the close's attentive midnight rain, again obtaining the floating life one day the cool — the cool of the close. The lyric is the summer and the cool: the village, the walking, and the close's one day cool.

树林断处,山色分明,竹篱掩映着院墙。乱蝉鸣于衰草的小池塘。翻空的白鸟时时可见,映水的红蕖细细飘香。村舍之外,古城之旁。拄着藜杖,缓步徐行,转眼夕阳。殷勤的是昨夜三更的雨,又得浮生一日的清凉。

Appreciation

[Plain Paraphrase] The woods, cut off, the mountains, bright, the bamboos, hiding, the walls. The noisy cicadas, the withered grass, the small pond. The white birds, turning, in the sky, from time to time, seen, reflecting the water, the red lotuses, the fine and the fine, the fragrance. Outside the village houses, by the side of the ancient city. The staff, the cane, the slow steps, turning, the slanting sun. The attentive, last night, the midnight rain, again, obtaining, the floating life, one day, the cool. [Structure and Thought] The lyric moves from the scene of the woods and the pond, through the walking of the village with the staff and the cane, to the close's midnight rain, the one day cool of the floating life. [Key Technique] The lyric's art is the cool of the close: the attentive midnight rain of the close, and the one day cool obtained — the cool gathered in the rain and the close's one day. [Emotional Tone] Light, leisurely, and cool: the lyric is the village, the walking and the close's one day cool.

【白话串讲】 苏轼写《鹧鸪天·林断山明》:“林断山明竹隐墙”——“乱蝉衰草小池塘”——“翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香”——“杖藜徐步转斜阳”——“殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉”——他在黄州夏日闲游。 【意象与手法】 此词是苏轼写夏日乡村景色的名篇,写黄州贬所附近的山村景色与闲适心境,是苏轼词中「以景写闲」的名篇。上片写景:「林断山明竹隐墙,乱蝉衰草小池塘」写山林、竹墙、蝉草、池塘的夏景;「翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香」写白鸟翻空、红蕖照水的生趣,是千古名句。下片写人与事:「村舍外,古城旁,杖藜徐步转斜阳」写村舍古城间的徐步闲行;「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」写昨夜之雨的殷勤与浮生一日的清凉,是千古名句。全词以夏景写闲适、以雨凉写旷达,是苏轼贬居黄州时「苦中作乐」的名篇。 【情感与主旨】 此词约作于宋神宗元丰五年(1082)前后,时苏轼贬居黄州。苏轼因「乌台诗案」被贬黄州(今湖北黄冈),任团练副使,生活困顿,却在黄州过着「躬耕东坡、放浪山水」的生活,心境由初贬的苦闷渐趋旷达。此词即写其夏日山村漫步的所见与所感。词中「林断山明竹隐墙,乱蝉衰草小池塘」写山村夏景——树林断处山色分明、竹篱掩映院墙,乱蝉鸣于衰草中的小池塘,写尽夏日的生机;「翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香」写白鸟与红蕖——白鸟翻空、时时可见,红蕖照水、细细飘香,写尽夏日的明丽;「村舍外,古城旁,杖藜徐步转斜阳」写其徐步闲行——村舍外、古城旁,拄着藜杖缓缓而行,转眼已是夕阳,写尽闲适的漫步;「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」写昨夜之雨——那殷勤的夜雨,又令这浮生(人生)得了一日的清凉,「殷勤」写夜雨的及时(如友人般殷勤),「浮生一日凉」写雨后的清凉——那清凉既是身体上的,也是心境上的,暗含贬谪中的「苦中作乐」。全词以夏景写闲适、以雨凉写旷达,是苏轼贬居黄州时「随遇而安」心境的名篇。 【名句点睛】 常考“翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香”写夏日山村的生趣;“殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉”写浮生一日的清凉与旷达。

Background

Su Shi (1037–1101), the great poet of the Song, wrote this 'Partridge in the Sky: The Woods Cut Off, the Mountains Bright' of the summer and the cool — the leisure of the exile. The scene of the woods and the pond, the walking of the village with the staff and the cane, and the close's midnight rain with the one day cool — the lyric gathers the leisure of the poet, the cool of the summer. The lyric is one of the famous works of the poet's lyrics of the leisure.

此词约作于宋神宗元丰五年(1082),是苏轼写夏日山村景色的词。元丰二年(1079),苏轼因「乌台诗案」被贬黄州(今湖北黄冈),任黄州团练副使(本州安置,不得签书公事)。在黄州,苏轼筑室东坡(故自号「东坡居士」),躬耕自给,放浪山水,心境由初贬的苦闷渐趋旷达。此词写其夏日山村漫步的所见所感:黄州城外有山、有村、有池,夏日雨后,苏轼杖藜徐步,见「林断山明竹隐墙,乱蝉衰草小池塘」的山村夏景,闻「翻空白鸟」「照水红蕖」的生趣,得「又得浮生一日凉」的清凉。词中「林断山明竹隐墙」写山村之景——树林断处,山色分明;竹篱掩映着院墙,写尽山村的环境;「乱蝉衰草小池塘」写池边的蝉与草——乱蝉鸣于衰草之间的小池塘,那「乱蝉」写夏蝉的聒噪、「衰草」写夏草的繁盛,写尽夏日的生机;「翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香」写白鸟与红蕖——白鸟翻空(白鸟在空中翻飞)、时时可见,红蕖照水(红荷映水)、细细飘香,那「时时见」写白鸟的常见、「细细香」写红蕖的幽香,写尽夏日的明丽与生趣;「村舍外,古城旁,杖藜徐步转斜阳」写其徐步闲行——村舍之外、古城之旁(黄州有古城),拄着藜杖(藜杖是隐士之杖)缓缓而行,从午后走到夕阳,那「徐步」「转斜阳」写尽闲适的漫步;「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」写昨夜之雨——那「殷勤」的夜雨(如友人般及时、殷勤),又令这浮生得了一日的清凉,「浮生」写人生如浮(《庄子》「其生若浮,其死若休」),「一日凉」写雨后的清凉。此词是苏轼贬居黄州时「以景写闲、以凉写达」的名篇,也是理解其在贬谪中「随遇而安」心境的关键作品。

Art

The lyric's art is the art of the summer scene. The scene opens: the woods, cut off, the mountains, bright, the bamboos, hiding, the walls — the mountains bright of the woods; the noisy cicadas, the withered grass, the small pond — the pond of the cicadas; the white birds, turning, in the sky, from time to time, seen — the white birds of the sky; reflecting the water, the red lotuses, the fine and the fine, the fragrance — the fragrance of the red lotuses. The walking follows: outside the village houses, by the side of the ancient city — the village of the ancient city; the staff, the cane, the slow steps, turning, the slanting sun — the walking of the slanting sun. And the close gathers the cool: the attentive, last night, the midnight rain — the midnight rain of the last night; again, obtaining, the floating life, one day, the cool — the one day cool — the scene, the walking and the close's cool, gathered in the lyric.

此词的艺术特色可从四个层面解析。其一,以景写闲的构思。全词以山村夏景写闲适的心境——那「林断山明」「乱蝉衰草」的夏景、「白鸟翻空」「红蕖照水」的生趣、「杖藜徐步转斜阳」的漫步,都写尽贬居黄州的闲适生活,以景写闲、情景交融。其二,工对与生趣的运用。上片「林断山明竹隐墙,乱蝉衰草小池塘」「翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香」以工对写景——「林断」对「山明」、「白鸟」对「红蕖」、「时时见」对「细细香」,对仗精工,写尽夏景的明丽与生趣。其三,色彩的映衬。「白鸟翻空」「红蕖照水」以「白」对「红」写色彩的映衬——白鸟翻飞于空、红蕖映照于水,那红白相映的夏日,写尽景物的明丽,也暗含贬谪中难得的生趣。其四,以雨凉写旷达。「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」以「殷勤」写夜雨的及时,以「浮生一日凉」写雨后的清凉——那「殷勤」的夜雨、「一日凉」的清凉,既写身体的凉爽,也暗含心境的旷达(贬谪中的「苦中作乐」),以雨凉写旷达、以苦中作乐写随遇而安。四重手法层层推进,使此词成为苏轼词中「以景写闲、以凉写达」的名篇。

Allusions

'The bamboos, hiding, the walls' (zhu yin qiang) are the bamboos hiding the walls — the bamboos of the village; 'the white birds, turning, in the sky' (fan kong bai niao) are the white birds turning in the sky — the birds of the turning; 'the staff, the cane' (zhang li) is the staff and the cane — the cane of the walking; 'the floating life' (fu sheng) is the floating life — the life of the floating, the one day cool.

此词的意象与用语深植于隐逸与旷达传统。「林断山明竹隐墙」写山村之景——「林断山明」写树林断处山色分明(令人想到「山穷水尽疑无路,柳暗花明又一村」(陆游)的豁然之境),「竹隐墙」写竹篱掩映院墙(令人想到「竹喧归浣女」(王维)与陶渊明「榆柳荫后檐,桃李罗堂前」的田园意象),那竹隐墙的村居,正是隐士的居所;「乱蝉衰草小池塘」写池边的蝉与草——「乱蝉」写夏蝉的聒噪(令人想到「蝉噪林逾静」(王籍)的蝉意象),「衰草」写夏草的繁盛,那小池塘写村野的池塘,令人想到「小荷才露尖尖角」(杨万里)的池塘意象。「翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香」写白鸟与红蕖——「白鸟」写白色的水鸟(令人想到「白鸟一双临水立」(戴复古)的白鸟意象),「翻空」写其翻飞于空,「红蕖」写红荷(《楚辞》「芙蓉」即荷),「细细香」写其幽香(令人想到「接天莲叶无穷碧,映日荷花别样红」(杨万里)的荷花意象),那「白鸟红蕖」写尽夏日的明丽。「村舍外,古城旁,杖藜徐步转斜阳」写其徐步闲行——「杖藜」写拄着藜杖(藜杖是隐士之杖,令人想到「扶藜」的隐逸传统与杜甫「杖藜叹世者谁子」的杖藜意象),「徐步」写缓缓而行,「转斜阳」写从午后走到夕阳(令人想到「夕阳无限好」(李商隐)的斜阳意象),那杖藜徐步的闲行,正是隐士的生活;「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」写昨夜之雨——「殷勤」写夜雨的及时(令人想到「好雨知时节,当春乃发生」(杜甫《春夜喜雨》)的「好雨」意象,苏轼以「殷勤」写雨之有意),「三更雨」写夜半的雨,「浮生」写人生如浮(《庄子》「其生若浮,其死若休」),「一日凉」写雨后的清凉,令人想到「一蓑烟雨任平生」(苏轼《定风波》)的雨意象与「也无风雨也无晴」的旷达。全词化用《庄子》、陶渊明、杜甫的意象与传统,以景写闲、以雨写达,正是苏轼「以旷达写贬谪」的本领。

Commentary

This lyric is one of the famous works of Su Shi's lyrics of the leisure, quoted for the vividness of its scene and the cool of its close. The white birds with the red lotuses, and the one day cool of the midnight rain, are among the admired passages of the poet's lyrics. Critics praise the lyric's leisure: the summer gathered in the scene, to the close's cool.

此词历来被推为苏轼贬居黄州时「以景写闲」的名篇,也是「翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香」「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」等名句的出处。历代论者对此词评价较高:论者多指出此词以山村夏景写贬居黄州的闲适,以「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」写「苦中作乐」的旷达,是苏轼贬谪词中的佳作。在文学史上,此词的特殊价值在于:它以山村夏景写出了贬谪中的旷达——那「林断山明」「乱蝉衰草」的夏景、「白鸟翻空」「红蕖照水」的生趣、「杖藜徐步转斜阳」的漫步,都写尽了一个被贬官员在乡间的闲适生活;而那「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」更是「苦中作乐」的绝唱——那及时的夜雨、清凉的一日,让贬谪中的苏轼在平凡的日子里找到了慰藉,正是「随遇而安」的旷达。词中「翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香」以「时时见」「细细香」写夏日的生趣,是千古名句;「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」以「殷勤」写雨、「浮生」写人生,更是千古名句。此词与苏轼在黄州的其他词(如《定风波·莫听穿林打叶声》《临江仙·夜饮东坡醒复醉》)一样,都是其在贬谪中「以旷达自处」的写照。对于今日读者,此词是理解苏轼贬谪黄州心境的窗口,也是感受中国词「以景写闲、以凉写达」传统的典范——那翻空的白鸟、照水的红蕖、殷勤的夜雨,穿越千年,仍在告诉人们「即使身处逆境,也要在平凡的日子里找到清凉与慰藉」。

Prosody

Form A short ci lyric of the leisure (ci diao)词(鹧鸪天,双调五十五字)
Rhyme The lyric rhymes on the level and the oblique of the group — the cadence of the short ci that carries the light leisure.上片押平声阳韵(墙、塘、香),下片押平声阳韵(旁、阳、凉),首句「明」字仄起,韵脚皆属阳部,韵音悠长明快,正合其写景闲适的风格。
Tone pattern The cadence is that of the leisure: the level opening with the scene, the turning with the walking, and the close's fall with the one day cool.此词为「鹧鸪天」词牌,双调五十五字,上下片各三平韵,以七言与三言句的错落为抒情服务。全词按内容可分为两片:上片写山村夏景(林断山明、乱蝉衰草、白鸟翻空、红蕖照水);下片写徐步闲行与夜雨清凉(村舍外古城旁、杖藜徐步转斜阳、殷勤昨夜三更雨、又得浮生一日凉)。声调上,全词以七言句的舒展与三言句(村舍外,古城旁)的短促错落,韵音悠长明快,正合其写景闲适的风格。
Reading note The lyric's sound matches its leisure: the cadences of the short ci, and the close — 'you de fu sheng yi ri liang' — falls with the cool, the sound of the one day of the floating life.此词是「鹧鸪天」双调小令,以七言与三言句的错落写山村夏景与闲适心境,正是苏轼「以词写景」的本领。全词两片:上片写景(林断山明、乱蝉衰草、白鸟红蕖),下片写人与事(杖藜徐步、夜雨清凉)。声调上,全词以平声阳韵为韵脚,韵音悠长明快,配合「杖藜徐步」的闲适与「浮生一日凉」的旷达,全篇音节明快而不失从容。诵读此词,宜以明快的语调读上片的夏景,以从容的语调读下片的漫步与夜雨,尤其「殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉」两句,要读得珍惜而旷达,方能传达出苏轼「苦中作乐」的深意。苏轼词以「旷达」著称,此词正是其贬居黄州时「以景写闲、以凉写达」的经典。

Line by line

翻空白鸟时时见,照水红蕖细细香。

The white birds, turning, in the sky, from time to time, seen, reflecting the water, the red lotuses, the fine and the fine, the fragrance.

翻空的白鸟时时可见,映水的红蕖细细飘香。

White birds wheeling in the sky appear now and then; red lotuses mirrored in the water breathe a faint, delicate fragrance.

这两句是写夏日生趣的名句,也是千古名句,以「白鸟翻空」「红蕖照水」写夏日的明丽,以「时时见」「细细香」写生趣的常在。「翻空白鸟时时见」写白鸟——白鸟在空中翻飞,时时可见,「翻空」写白鸟翻飞于空(那白鸟在空中盘旋翻飞,写尽飞行的姿态),「时时见」写其常见——那白鸟时时出现在眼前,写尽夏日的生趣与闲适(正因为闲,才时时看到白鸟);「照水红蕖细细香」写红蕖——红荷映照着水面,细细地飘着香,「照水」写红蕖映水(那红荷倒映在水中,写尽映照之美),「细细香」写其幽香——那红蕖的香气细细地飘来,若有若无,「细细」写尽幽香的绵长。这两句的深意在于:它以「白鸟红蕖」的工对写夏日的明丽——白鸟翻空、红蕖照水,红白相映、动静相生,写尽夏日山村的美好;而那「时时见」「细细香」更写尽生趣的常在——白鸟时时可见、红蕖细细飘香,正是贬谪中的苏轼在乡间找到的慰藉——那美好的景物,时时、细细地陪伴着他。以「白」对「红」写色彩、以「时时见」对「细细香」写生趣,正是苏轼「以景写闲」的本领,也让这两句成为写夏日景色的千古名句。

These two are a famous line on summer delight, cherished for ages, using 'white birds wheeling' and 'red lotuses mirrored' for summer's brightness, 'appear now and then' and 'faint fragrance' for the constancy of delight. 'White birds wheeling in the sky appear now and then' writes the white birds — birds wheeling aloft, seen from time to time; 'wheeling in the sky' their flight through the air, exhausting the posture of on-the-wing motion; 'appear now and then' their frequent presence, the birds showing before the eyes from time to time, exhausting summer's delight and ease (precisely because at leisure, he sees white birds again and again). 'Red lotuses mirrored in the water breathe a faint, delicate fragrance' writes the red lotuses — red blooms reflected on the water, breathing a fine scent; 'mirrored in the water' their reflection, exhausting the beauty of the image; 'faint fragrance' their subtle perfume drifting, now here now gone, the word 'faint' exhausting the lingering subtlety. The depth is that the tight parallel of 'white birds, red lotuses' writes summer's brightness — white birds wheeling, red lotuses mirrored, white and red answering, motion and stillness rising together, exhausting the beauty of the summer hill village; and 'appear now and then' and 'faint fragrance' exhaust the constancy of delight — white birds seen again and again, lotuses breathing fine scent, precisely the solace Su Shi in exile found in the countryside — the fair scenery, present now and then, faintly, keeping him company. Writing color through 'white' against 'red,' and delight through 'appear now and then' against 'faint fragrance,' is Su Shi's art of 'writing ease through scenery,' and makes these two a famous line on summer scenery.

殷勤昨夜三更雨,又得浮生一日凉。

The attentive, last night, the midnight rain, again, obtaining, the floating life, one day, the cool.

殷勤的是昨夜三更的雨,又得浮生一日的清凉。

Thoughtful was the midnight rain last night; once more floating life has gained a day of cool.

这两句是全词的点睛之笔,也是千古名句,以「殷勤」写夜雨的及时,以「浮生一日凉」写雨后的清凉,苦中作乐而旷达。「殷勤昨夜三更雨」写夜雨——那昨夜三更的雨,下得如此「殷勤」,「殷勤」本指情意恳切,苏轼以「殷勤」写雨,如写一位善解人意的友人——那夜雨在炎热的夏夜及时而至,仿佛特意为诗人送来清凉,一「殷勤」写尽夜雨的及时与善意;「又得浮生一日凉」写清凉——又令这浮生(人生)得了一日的清凉,「浮生」写人生如浮(化用《庄子》「其生若浮」),「一日凉」写雨后的清凉——那清凉既是身体上的(酷暑中的凉爽),也是心境上的(贬谪中的慰藉),「又得」写其珍惜——那清凉来之不易,故「又得」格外珍惜。这两句的深意在于:它以「殷勤」写夜雨、以「浮生一日凉」写清凉,写出了贬谪中的「苦中作乐」——那「浮生」二字,暗含人生如浮的感慨(苏轼此时贬居黄州);而那「一日凉」的清凉,正是他在浮沉人生中寻得的片刻慰藉——夜雨殷勤、浮生一凉,正是「随遇而安」的旷达:既然人生如浮,便珍惜每一个清凉的日子。以「殷勤」写雨、以「浮生一日凉」写旷达,正是苏轼「苦中作乐」的本领,也让这两句成为千古名句。

These two are the illuminating stroke of the ci, a famous line through the ages, using 'thoughtful' for the timeliness of the night rain and 'a day of cool in floating life' for the post-rain cool, finding joy in hardship and open-hearted. 'Thoughtful was the midnight rain last night' writes the night rain — the midnight rain falling so 'thoughtfully'; 'thoughtful' originally means earnest affection, and Su uses 'thoughtful' for the rain as if for an understanding friend — the night rain arriving just in time in the hot summer night, as if deliberately sending the poet cool, one 'thoughtful' exhausting the rain's timeliness and kindness. 'Once more floating life has gained a day of cool' writes the cool — again this floating life (existence) gained a day of cool; 'floating life' writes life adrift (adapting Zhuangzi's 'its life as if floating'), 'a day of cool' the post-rain chill — cool both bodily (relief in the heat) and in mood (solace in exile); 'once more gained' writes the cherishing — the cool hard won, hence 'once more gained' all the more prized. The depth is that 'thoughtful' for the night rain and 'a day of cool in floating life' write 'finding joy in hardship' in exile: the words 'floating life' carry the sigh that life drifts (Su was then exiled in Huangzhou); and the cool of 'a day' is precisely the moment's solace he found in drifting life — thoughtful night rain, floating life's one cool, precisely the openness of 'making the best of where you are': since life drifts, cherish each cool day. Writing the rain through 'thoughtful' and openness through 'a day of cool in floating life' is Su Shi's art of 'joy in hardship,' and makes these two a famous line.

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殷勤 A key expression in the poem. Read it as an image, mood, or grammar point in context. 「殷勤」二字是写夜雨的关键字,以「殷勤」写雨的及时与善意,拟人而亲切。殷勤,情意恳切、周到也。苏轼以「殷勤昨夜三更雨」写夜雨,一个「殷勤」,至少有双重意味:其一,写夜雨之及时——那昨夜三更的雨,在炎热的夏夜及时而至,「殷勤」写其如善解人意的友人般及时——正是酷暑难耐之时,夜雨降临,仿佛特意为诗人送来清凉,那「殷勤」写尽夜雨的及时与贴心;其二,写心境之宽慰——「殷勤」以拟人写雨,暗含诗人对雨的感激与亲近——在贬谪的孤寂中,那「殷勤」的夜雨如一位知心友人,为诗人送来清凉与慰藉,那「殷勤」写尽苏轼在逆境中感受到的温情。以「殷勤」写雨,正是苏轼「以物拟人」的本领:他不写「夜半有雨」,而写「殷勤昨夜三更雨」——那「殷勤」二字,把无情的夜雨写得情意恳切,也写尽诗人在贬谪中对温情与清凉的珍惜。若换作「及时」「连夜」等词,则或失其拟人的情意,或失其「殷勤」的温情;唯「殷勤」二字,以拟人写尽夜雨的及时与诗人心中的温情,也让「殷勤昨夜三更雨」成为写雨的千古名句。
凉 A key expression in the poem. Read it as an image, mood, or grammar point in context. 「凉」字是写心境旷达的关键字,一个「凉」字写尽雨后的清凉与贬谪中的慰藉,是全词的落点。凉者,清凉、凉爽也。苏轼以「又得浮生一日凉」写雨后,一个「凉」字,至少有双重意味:其一,写身体之清凉——那夜雨之后,酷暑消解,浮生得了一日的清凉,「凉」字写尽身体上的凉爽——在炎热的夏日,那「一日凉」正是难得的享受;其二,写心境之旷达——「凉」不仅是写身体,也是写心境——那「浮生一日凉」的「凉」,暗含贬谪中的慰藉与旷达——人生如浮(「浮生」),正需这样的清凉来安顿身心;那「一日凉」的珍惜,正是苏轼在逆境中「苦中作乐」的旷达。以「凉」写雨后,正是苏轼「以景写心」的本领:他不直写「我旷达」,而以「浮生一日凉」写之——那「凉」字,既是夏雨的清凉,也是心境的安顿;既是身体的享受,也是精神的慰藉。若换作「爽」「清」等字,则或失其「凉」的贴切,或失其与「浮生」的对照;唯「凉」字,以一字写尽雨后的清凉与贬谪中的慰藉,也让「又得浮生一日凉」成为千古名句——那「一日凉」,正是苏轼在浮沉人生中寻得的片刻安顿。

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