One of the Twelve DSE Sample Essays in Chinese - Li Qingzhao's The Sound of Sound. Autumn Love

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Li Qingzhao

Li Qingzhao, "The Sound of Sound. Autumn LoveFull Translation

The original text of the previous piece:
I have been searching and searching, and I am cold and lonely, and I am miserable. It's hard to rest in the cold. How can three glasses of wine and two cups of wine beat the rush of the evening wind? The wild geese have passed by, and it hurts my heart, but I know them from the old days.

Translation:
I searched everywhere but found nothing but a cold place. The weather in late autumn is so unpredictable, so warm and so cold, that it is hard to rest. It was hard to rest, and a couple of glasses of light wine to warm me up could not beat the chill of the wind blowing in the evening. I was saddened by the geese flying through the sky in front of me, because they were old acquaintances.

The original text of the next piece:
The yellow flowers are piling up all over the ground, emaciated and damaged, who can pick them now? I've been watching the window, and I've been alone in the dark! The sycamore trees and the rain are drizzling at dusk. How can I say that I am sad this time?

Translation:
The chrysanthemums piled up all over the ground have already withered and withered, who wants to pick them now? I'm in front of the window, how can I stay up alone until the night is over? A continuous drizzle falls on the leaves of the large sycamore tree, and the sound of the rain is still dripping until dusk. How can this situation be summed up by the word "sadness"?

Translation

1. Nun at the beginning, but still cold at the end: It was warm at the beginning, but soon became cold again, referring to the unpredictable changes of weather in late autumn.

2. to rest: to regulate, to rest.

3. Late coming: one is written as "dawn coming".

4. Emaciated: refers to chrysanthemums withering and wilting.

5. Who can pick them? It refers to chrysanthemums. One says it refers to people, i.e., no one can pick the flowers together. KAN: A "忺" is interpreted as "desire" or "want".

6. Subsequent: a series of scenes and circumstances.

7. Got it: means got it right.

Author's background

Li Qingzhao (A.D. 1084 - 1151, or A.D. 1084 - 1155), known as Yi'an Jushi. She was a native of Zhangqiu, Qi Zhou (present-day Shandong).

Li Qingzhao's poems can be divided into two stages: before and after the Song Dynasty's southern transition. In the first stage, when Li Qingzhao was young, she and her husband lived a stable life, so she wrote about her boudoir love, with a fresh and bright style; in the second stage, Li Qingzhao experienced the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty and the death of her husband, the country was broken and her family died, and she felt that she was no longer young in her later years, so she opened up her mind to a wider range of situations, and her style of lyrics was more poignant and sad.

Background to the article

Formerly known as "Seung Sung Sung Sung".

This is one of Li Qingzhao's later works, and one of the most acclaimed of her later works. The author's refined language reflects the characteristics of her life and her mental outlook after her crossing to the South due to the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and expresses the author's grief and loneliness in her later years, which she could not dispel.

Article Structure

The entire poem consists of 97 words and is in a long tone; it has two pieces, one for the upper and lower parts, in a double key; it has two styles: flat rhyme and oblique rhyme, and this one is in the oblique rhyme.

Lyrics: Sounding Slow

Title: Autumn Love

Rhymes:

Previous: Searchinglook forI am very sad and miserable.griefIt's hard to get rid of them when it's still cold. When it is cold, it is most difficult to put therestingI'm not going to be able to beat him in the evening. Three cups and two glasses of wine are no match for the evening wind.make (sb) anxiousI'm sorry! The geese are passing by, and it hurts my heart, but it's the same old time.know.

Next: Piles of Yellow Flowers on the GroundaccumulateI'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.take off (glasses, hat etc)What? How can I live alone in the window?sinisterIt's a rainy day! The sycamore and the drizzle, the dusk and the drizzle.a dropI'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that. This time, I'm so sad.catch (a disease)!

Source:Hong Kong Education Bureau

Autumn Love Worksheets

Part A: Assigned Reading - Li Qingzhao's The Sound of Sound - Autumn Love (30%)

1. Explain the meaning of the following words: (4 marks)
a) Seek: _______
b) After the twilight, the wine wakes up: _______

2. Translate the following sentences into vernacular: (4 marks)
"How can it be dark when you're alone, guarding the window?"

3. What kind of autumn scene is depicted in the poem? Please describe it. (4 marks)

4. Explain the meaning of the line "This time, how can I be so sad" and its function in the lyric. (3 marks)

5. What kind of emotion does the writer express in the lyrics? (3 marks)

6. What sensory descriptions are used in the lyric? Please give an example. (4 marks)

7. Translate the following sentences into modern Chinese: (4 marks)
"The yellow flowers are piling up all over the ground, emaciated and damaged, who can pick them now?"

8. Briefly describe the main idea of the poem and analyse how the writer expresses his feelings through the use of imagery and language. (4 marks)

Extended reading: Interpretation and Analysis of the Twelve Sample Essays of DSE in Chinese

1. The Analects of Confucius (on benevolence, filial piety and the gentleman)
2. Mencius, "What the Fish Desires.
3. Chuang Tzu's "Easy Ride" (Abridged)
4. Xunzi's "Exhortation to Learning" (extract)
5. Sima Qian, "Biography of Lian Bo (廉頗藺相如列传) (extract)
6. ZHUGE Liang's "Table of the Exodus of the Master" (出師表)
7. Han Yu's The Teacher's Discourse
8. Liu Zongyuan's Record of a Banquet in the Western Mountains
9. Fan Zhongyan's Records of Yueyang House
10. Su Xun, A Treatise on the Six Kingdoms
11. Three Poems
- Wang Wei's Autumn Night in a Mountain Dwelling
- Li Bai's "Discretion under the Moon" (I)
- Du Fu's "Ascending a Building" (登樓)
12. Three Lyrics
- Su Shi, "Nian Nu Jiao - Reminiscences of Red Cliff" (念奴嬌-赤壁懷古)
- Li Qingzhao, "The Sound of Sound. Autumn Love
- Xin Wuji, "The Case of the Green Jade..." (The Case of the Green Jade) The Night of the First Day of the Lunar New Year