《诗经·小雅·采薇》赏析

第一篇：《诗经·小雅·采薇》赏析

《诗经·小雅·采薇》赏析

《诗经》本命“诗”或“诗三百”，传说由孔子修订，为六经之一。作为我国第一部诗歌总集，共305篇，还有6篇笙诗（有题目无内容之诗）。通过这些诗句，我们仍能够感受到千年前的人们所拥有的喜怒哀乐，仍然能够在其中找到与我们灵魂共鸣的思想。

对于305篇的诗经，其实并没有读过很多，还是选修了这门课才知道“诗经”起源于周易卜辞或上古歌谣，知道了“采诗说”、“献诗说”和“删诗说”。而在我读的为数不多的作品中，《采薇》可以说是我最喜欢的。

先看题目《诗经·小雅·采薇》，“雅”是《诗经》分类的一种，依据音乐分为“风”“雅”“颂”三类。“雅”又分为《大雅》和《小雅》。《采薇》便是《小雅》中的一首，是典型的战争徭役诗。除此之外，祭祖颂歌、农事诗、宴飨诗、怨刺诗和婚恋诗都是《诗经》的主要题材内容。可以说十分具有现实主义色彩，可谓“饥者歌其食，劳者歌其事。（”东汉何休）“薇”，豆科野豌豆属的一种，种子、茎、叶均可使用。《采薇》这个题目也可以说很具有代表性，以动植为题目名，又像《关雎》、《卷耳》，在读诗的同时也让我们“多次于鸟兽草木之名”（《论语·阳货》），可谓一举两得也。

采薇采薇，薇亦作止。曰归曰归，岁亦莫止。靡室靡家，玁狁之故。不遑启居，玁狁之故。

采薇采薇，薇亦柔止。曰归曰归，心亦忧止。忧心烈烈，载饥载渴。我戍未定，靡使归聘。

采薇采薇，薇亦刚止。曰归曰归，岁亦阳止。王事靡盬，不遑启处。忧心孔疚，我行不来！

首句便采用起兴的手法，“先言它物以引起所咏之词也”（朱熹）。这三段都以薇菜开头，而薇菜却分别是“薇亦作止”、“薇亦柔止”和“薇亦刚止”，从春到秋，薇菜从嫩到老，时光在无情地流逝。而戍卒们仿佛也在一边采薇充饥，一边计算归乡的日子。诗人把天地四时的变化融入到几句诗中，让我们看到的不仅仅是植物的轮回，也是戍卒的思乡之情。而这三章的后半部分也点明了戍卒们不能归家的原因，因为玁狁之故，因为战事频频，因为王差无穷……

彼尔维何？维常之华。彼路斯何？君子之车。戎车既驾，四牡业业。岂敢定居？一月三捷。

驾彼四牡，四牡骙骙。君子所依，小人所腓。四牡翼翼，象弭鱼服。岂不日戒？玁狁孔棘！

虽然思念家乡，虽然一直在曰归曰归而不得回，但是作为军人，也会自然地为自己骄傲。战车的描写，体现了威严的军容和高昂的士气，“象弭鱼服”也显示出装备的精良，可仍需要日日戒备，可见当时边关的形势。一面是身为战士的骄傲，一面是对家乡的思念，这种矛盾复杂的感情交织，让人不禁想起范仲淹的《渔家傲》来，“浊酒一杯家万里，燕然未勒归无计”。而或许也是因为爱故乡爱的深沉，才会在战场上浴血奋战吧，昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏。行道迟迟，载渴载饥。我心伤悲，莫知我哀！

在最初读前四句时，只觉得有一种缠绵柔情，根本无法将之与战争诗联系起来，倒觉得其与“死生契阔，与子成说。执子之手，与子偕老”放在一起读更合适，可没想到的是，这句话出自的《国风·邶风·击鼓》，也是一首战争诗。能把战争诗描写的如此含蓄隽永，意味深长的，怕是也只有《诗经》了吧。而“昔我往矣”四句也被公认为《诗经》中最好的句子，昔我往矣与今我来思的景色对比，让人感慨，季节的变换，时光的流逝，何人送我？又有何人等我？漫天风雪中只有一个载饥载渴的征人，步履蹒跚地走着，不知“何日平胡虏，良人罢远征？”（李白《子夜吴歌》）

再次读一遍全诗，总会觉得回味无穷。运用重章叠句，使内容和情趣得以层层递进，渐渐深化。而韵律和谐，也加强了整体的节奏感和音乐美。其实，我更愿意把这首诗理解为战争结束后的和平时期，戍边归来的征人对往日生活的追思与怀念，就像一首同名歌《采薇》中唱的：

卿尚小，共采薇，风欲暖，初成蕊，问离人，山中四季流转又几岁？

卿初嫁，独采薇，露尚稀，叶已翠，问征人，何处望乡一枯一葳蕤？

卿已老，忆采薇，草未凋，又抽穗，问斯人，等到野火燃尽胡不归？

昔我往，杨柳垂，今我来，雪霏霏，问故人，可记当年高歌唱《采薇》？

第二篇：诗经-采薇 赏析

采薇

采薇采薇，薇亦作止。曰归曰归，岁亦莫止。靡室靡家，玁狁之故。不遑启居，玁狁之故。

采薇采薇，薇亦柔止。曰归曰归，心亦忧止。忧心烈烈，载饥载渴。我戍未定，靡使归聘。

采薇采薇，薇亦刚止。曰归曰归，岁亦阳止。王事靡盬，不遑启处。忧心孔疚，我行不来！

彼尔维何？维常之华。彼路斯何？君子之车。戎车既驾，四牡业业。岂敢定居？一月三捷。

驾彼四牡，四牡骙骙。君子所依，小人所腓。四牡翼翼，象弭鱼服。岂不日戒？玁狁孔棘！

昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏。行道迟迟，载渴载饥。我心伤悲，莫知我哀！

《诗经》，又称诗三百，是中国最早的诗歌总集，其包含风、雅、颂和赋、比、兴，合称《诗经》的六义。其中风、雅、颂，是诗经的体裁，也是诗经作品分类的主要依据。赋、比、兴，是诗经的表现手法，也就是现在所说的修辞。诗经收录了自西周初年至春秋中叶大约500多年的诗歌，《采薇》是出自《诗经·小雅·鹿鸣之什》中的一首诗。其类归《小雅》，却颇似《国风》，其运用了重叠的句式与比兴的手法，集中体现了《诗经》的艺术特色，言浅意深，情景交融，历来被认为是《诗经》中最有名的诗篇之一。全诗六节，用一个戍卒的口吻，以采薇起兴，描述了一位解甲退役的征夫在阴雨霏霏，雪花纷纷的寒冬，踽踽独行在返乡的途中。道路崎岖，又饥又渴；但边关渐远，乡关渐近。当他遥望家乡，抚今追昔，不禁思绪纷繁，百感交集。艰苦的军旅生活，激烈的战斗场面，无数次的登高望归情景，一幕幕在眼前重现。接下来，我就将对《采薇》中的写作手法、结构和主题思想进行简要的评论。

首先，《采薇》主要采取兴的写作手法，前三章的第一句都是“采薇采薇”起兴，以此来引起下文。“采薇”即采集野生的薇菜，粮草不续，士兵只好以它充饥。诗歌的一开始就给读者展示了一幅凄凉的戍边生活画面，我们仿佛看到面带饥色的戍卒一边在荒野漫坡上采集野菜，一边思念着久别的家乡，屈指计算着返家的日期。值得注意的是，这三章虽然采用重复的形式来表达同一种情绪，但是作者在字句上略加变化，从而表现出感情的进展。例如，第一章开头两句写道：“采薇采薇，薇亦作止”，这是写春天，薇菜刚刚绽出嫩绿的芽尖；第二章写道：“采薇采薇，薇亦柔止”，这是写夏天，薇菜的叶片肥嫩；第三章则是：“采薇采薇，薇亦刚止”，这是写秋天，薇菜的叶茎将老而粗硬。这里作者运用了重章叠句的手法，让诗句充满了节奏感和音韵美，暗示着从春到秋，薇菜由嫩而老，时光无情地流逝了；戍卒思归，从春到秋，一年将尽，何时才能归家呢？──这些意蕴都是通过薇菜的变化表达出来的。除了作者赋予薇菜的意象外，天气等自然环境描写同样烘托了悲凉的气氛。在一个雨雪纷飞的日子，戍卒终于踏上了归途。这本来是一件令人兴奋的事，然而我们在这里看不到一丝欢愉，只感到一片悲凉。长久的戍边生活在戍卒心中留下了难以弥合的精神创伤，他是怀着一颗破碎的心走向故乡的。他忧伤地想起：“昔我往矣，杨柳依依”──当年我离开家乡的时候，正是春天，柳丝低拂；在中国古代，杨柳的“柳”与挽留的“留”谐音，固有挽留直意，同时，杨柳易于生长，在送别时也暗示无论远行者飘向何方都能枝繁叶茂，而纤柔细软的柳丝也象征着不舍的情意。而今天呢，“今我来思，雨雪霏霏”──今天我重返故乡，却是雨雪迷濛的冬天了。在这里，诗人没有直接倾诉内心的感情，而是以春天随风飘拂的柳丝来渲染昔日上路时的依依不惜之情，用雨雪纷飞来表现今日返家路途的艰难和内心的悲苦，让那一股缠绵的、深邃的、飘忽的情思，从风景画面中自然流出，含蓄深永，味之无尽。这四句诗被后人誉为《诗经》中最好的句子。

其次，全诗共分六章，前三章以倒叙的方式，回忆了征战的苦况。这位戍边战士长期远离家室，戎马倥偬。军旅生活是那么艰苦，驻守地转移不定，王室公事无休无止，战士们无暇休息，有时还得采薇充饥。对此，难免怨嗟，产生渴望返回故乡之情，但为了抵御狁的侵扰，为了实现边境早日安定，战士们坚持下来，恰当地处理了个人忧伤痛苦与保卫疆土的矛盾。

四、五两章笔锋陡转，描写边防将士出征威仪，全篇气势为之一振。先以自问自答的形式，流露出出征将士们雄纠纠气昂昂的自豪感。接下来对战车以及弓箭的描写，显示出将士们装备的精良和高度警惕的精神状态，使主人公的爱国思想得到了充分的体现。末章忆昔伤今。“昔我”两句以乐景写哀，“今我”两句以哀景写乐。然而在九死一生归来之际，庆幸之余，难免痛定思痛；加之归途艰难，又饥又渴，怎不悲从中来呢！在《采薇》的最后一节中，“行道迟迟，载渴载饥”，这是写戍卒归途上的情形。路途是那么遥远，似乎总也走不到尽头，他忍渴耐饥，挣扎着走向故乡。在这艰难的归途上，戍卒痛定思痛，回忆起离开故乡后的种种经历，默默地吮吸着内心的苦楚，体会着自己的孤独，他痛苦地吟唱：“我心伤悲，莫知我哀！”此时士兵心情的悲苦，又有谁知道呢？

最后，《采薇》这首诗既写士卒在出征和战斗中紧张、饥渴和劳碌的痛苦生活，同时也表现了他们能不顾安危，急国家之难的爱国热情。全诗借自然景观以托情，情感真挚，凄楚动人。在每章的后六句具体描写思归之情时，表达形式也有所变化。比如，第一章作者仅仅说，到了年底，还回不了家；并抱怨：“靡室靡家，狁之故；不遑启居，狁之故”，是狁害得他有家难归。而第二章则说：“曰归曰归，心亦忧止；忧心烈烈，载饥载渴”，他因思乡而心头烦闷，好像火烧一样，而且感到饥渴难忍，还想到：“我的驻地没有一定，连捎个家信也不可能”。第三章，眼见已到十月小阳春了，回家还是没有指望，戍卒不禁发出痛苦的呻吟：“忧心孔疚，我行不来”，心情极其痛苦，谁能宽解呢？──显然，随着戍边时间的延长，乡情也日益深重。作者就是采用这种反复吟诵，渐次深入的方式，让读者一步步走到戍卒的心灵深处，体会着他们与日俱增的思乡之苦。又如在第四节这么写道，“驾彼四牡，四牡骙骙。君子所依，小人所腓。”将帅们驾着车马上路了，戍卒也踏上艰难的征途；将帅们坐在车上，士卒们则围在车的两旁，打起仗来就靠它来隐蔽。他们南北转战，一个月要转移多次，不敢安居；他们时刻警戒，不敢松懈，因为他们面临的是极其凶狠的敌人。从字面上看，这一部分主要描写士兵的征战之旅，并没有思乡的感情流露，但那一股苦涩的情味始终萦绕在诗人的歌声中。从这处侧面描写中，我们不难看到，这些可怜的戍卒，当他们拖着疲乏的身子，挣扎着在车马后面奔跑的时候，当他们靠着车厢躲避敌人飞矢的时候，当他们枕戈待旦的时候，怎能不加倍思念安宁和平的生活呢！

读罢全诗，我们仿佛看见这个身心憔悴的戍卒，冒着雨雪，沿着泥泞的小路慢腾腾地走向画面深处，走向雨雪浓重的远方。只给我们留下一个孤独的背影，一声幽怨的叹息。

第三篇：《诗经·小雅·采薇》的汉英翻译

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C-E Translation of shijing·xiaoya·caiwei

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shijing is the earliest collection of poems in the world;caiwei is selected from xiaoya, and is an aulic song.The C-E translation of shijing can be traced back to the 18th century, and until now, there has been many translators both from China and abroad translating it.The thesis is divided into three chapters.Chapter one analyzes the poetry through its theme, style and artistry.Chapter two discusses its translations by predecessors, and analyzes their differences.Chapter three is the author’s personal opinions on its translation.Key words: caiwei;translation;different versions;personal opinions

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《诗经·小雅·采薇》的汉英翻译

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《诗经》是世界上最早的诗集，《采薇》选自《诗经》中的“小雅”，是宫廷乐歌。其中的“昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏”被称为《三百篇》中最佳诗句之一。而《诗经》的汉英翻译，可追溯到18世纪，至今已有中外数名翻译学家对其进行翻译。

本文分为三个章节。第一个章节通过《采薇》的主题，艺术手法等对其进行分析。第二章探讨了前辈们对其的翻译，分析不同译本的不同之处。第三个章节是作者个人的翻译观点。

关键词：采薇；汉英翻译；不同译本；个人观点

Introduction Shijing has 305 poems, and can be divided into three parts, feng, ya, and, song.caiwei is selected from xiaoya, but it also use overlapping syntactical structure and bixing technique like guofeng.This poem mainly shows frontier soldiers’ lives and emotions, and expresses dissatisfaction for the war and longing for home.The first three parts set off the long time away home and the desire for home by the growth of wei, which is very vivid and appropriate.The forth part shows the soldiers’ discipline through full bloom of changdi.The sentence “昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏。

行道迟迟，载渴载饥。我心伤悲，莫知我哀！”(“When I left here, willows shed tear.I come back now, snow bends the bough.Long, long the way;Hard, hard the day.My grief overflows.Who knows? Who knows?”)in the last part respectively shows the scenery and the emotion when going to war those years and when surviving at present.This sentence is considered to be the best-known one in shijing ever.The origin of English versions of Book of Poetry can date back to the 18th

century.The English versions have been a part of international communication.The research on the various versions studies how Book of Poetry spread in the world as well as their development.(Han 12)There are several versions of the translation of predecessors, and they all have their own strong points, so it is hard to judge which one is the best.The author can only express some superficial views by their forms of expression, aroma and styles.The thesis discusses different translations of Xu Yuanchong, Wang Rongpei, James Legge, and Arthur Waley.Professor Xu called himself as “书销中外六十本，诗译英法唯一人”, and he created a theory of “three beauties”, namely, “meaning beauty, sound beauty, form beauty”.Foreign scholars and readers all speak highly of his poetry translations.Professor Wang has made breakthrough progress in terms of C-E translation of Chinese classical literature and comparison between Chinese and Western cultures and so on.He is well up in poetry translation, and holds an idea of “要给人原诗的生动逼真的印象，需要尽可能保持原诗的风貌，也就是通常所说的以诗译诗”(To give vivid expression of the original poem, and as much as possible to maintain the original style of poetry, which is commonly referred to as poetry to poetry translation).James Legge is a famous sinologist in modern England, and is the first people who studies and translates Chinese

classics systematically.He has made a great contribution for the diffusion of Chinese Confucian classics.Arthur Waley is also a famous sinologist in United Kingdom.The Encyclopedia Britannica describes him like this: "he was the most outstanding orientalist in the first half of the 20th century, and also the most outstanding translator who translated oriental languages into English.........He was a poet and a innovator of poetry.Thanks to his translations, it became easier for Western readers to understand Chinese literature.”

This thesis is only a try to express some ideas of translating caiwei, and can not be comparable with the masters’ work.The author gives some views on the poem’s rhetorical devices, technique of expression and its rhythm.In the end of the thesis, the author attempts to translate this poem using the predecessors’ versions for reference.Chapter One Analysis of Caiwei

Caiwei is a poem selected from shijing·xiaoya·lumingzhishi.There are various versions about its creative age.But according to its content and other historical records, it is probably the work during the age of Zhouxuan king.Xianyun(the Huns)had been very powerful, and they often invaded the Central Plains, which brought disaster to the people living in the North.In terms of the content of caiwei, it should be written when soldiers came back from the battleground.The poem expresses soldiers’ hard life and their nostalgia.The poem is reproduced below.采薇采薇，薇亦作止。曰归曰归，岁亦莫止。靡室靡家，玁狁之故。不遑启居，玁狁之故。采薇采薇，薇亦柔止。曰归曰归，心亦忧止。忧心烈烈，载饥载渴。我戍未定，靡使归聘。采薇采薇，薇亦刚止。曰归曰归，岁亦阳止。王事靡盬，不遑启处。忧心孔疚，我行不来！彼尔维何？维常之华。彼路斯何？君子之车。戎车既驾，四牡业业。岂敢定居？一月三捷。驾彼四牡，四牡骙骙。君子所依，小人所腓。四牡翼翼，象弭鱼服。岂不日戒？玁狁孔棘！昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏。行道迟迟，载渴载饥。我心伤悲，莫知我哀！

We gather fern which springs up here.Why not return now ends the year? We left dear ones to fight the Huns.We wake all night;the Huns cause fright.We gather fern so tender here.Why not return? My heart feels drear.Hard pressed by thirsty and hunger worst.My heart is burning for home I’m yearning.Far from home, how to send word now? We gather fern which grows tough here.Why not return? The tenth month’s near.The war not won, we cannot rest.Consoled by none, we feel distressed.How gorgeous are the cherry flowers!How great the car of lord of ours!It’s driven by four horses nice.We can’t but hie in one month thrice.Driven by four horses alined, our lord before, we marched behind.Four horses neigh, quiver and bow ready each day to fight the foe.When I left here, willows shed tear.I come back now, snow bends the bough.Long, long the way;Hard, hard the day.My grief overflows.Who knows? Who knows?(Xu 182)This poem is written during Western Zhou dynasty, and is the thought of a soldier who is on his way home just from the battleground.And it also expresses his passion for the country.This poem describes such scenery: it was a cold sleeting winter, a soldier who just came back from the battleground walked alone on the way home.The road was bumpy, and the person was hungry and thirsty.However, home was close.He recollected the days of guarding frontiers.At this moment, all sorts of feelings welled up in his mind, so came out this poem.The whole poem has six sections, and could be divided into three levels.The preceding three sections are the first level, which is a recollection of his nostalgia and a narration of reasons for why cannot go home.The preceding four sentences express homesick feelings by clarifying meanings using repetition of reduplicated words and by advancing in regular order.This sentence reflects the hard lives of frontier soldiers.“Fern which springs up here”, “tender here”, “tough here” depict vividly the growth of Wei.They show the lapse of time and the long years of garrison, as well as “Why not return now ends the year?” and “The tenth month’s near.” They have a strong desire for home, but for the reason of garrison, they could not go home.This really makes a soldier with a limited life worried.The last four sentences give a reason for why he can not go home, and the fundamental reason is Xian Yun.Thus, one hand is the longing for home;another hand is the consciousness for fighting.They are two contradictory feelings which constitute the main key of the poem.The forth and the fifth sections describe the nervous life of marching and fighting.And the emotion also changes from distress to excitement.The previous four sentences in the forth section show the sense of pride specific to soldiers.And the following sentences describe the scene of fighting focusing on the chariots, and then depict the scene of fighting in detail focusing on soldiers.We can see from the contradictory emotions throughout the poem that the soldier has a strong responsibility as well as a longing for home.So it is very natural to recall the garrison life on the long way home.The main emotions enveloping the whole poem are nostalgia.The snow coming unexpectedly awakes the soldier from his memory and then to a deeper sadness.“昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏。”(“When I left here, willows shed tear.I come back now, snow bends the bough.Long, long the way;Hard, hard the day.My grief overflows.Who knows? Who knows?”)is a description of scenery, and also an expression of the soldier’s nostalgia.During the changes of “today” and “yesterday”, “come” and “go”, the soldier feels the lapse of time, and the negate of life made by war, thus creates an atmosphere of sadness for us.“My grief overflows.Who knows? Who knows?” The whole poem ends up with a sigh over lonely and helpless.In terms of arts, “When I left here, willows shed tear.I come back now, snow bends the bough.Long, long the way;Hard, hard the day.My grief overflows.Who knows? Who knows?” is considered to be the best sentence in three hundred poems.The theme is sober.The poem is lined with impressive natural scenery description: the growth of wei, the tender of wei, the strong of wei, the blossom of changdi, the willow, and the snow.Here are the true thoughts of soldiers, and the distressed emotions do not diminish its value as a patriotic poem.On the contrary, this reflects the plainness of people with understandable thoughts.It is this pure authenticity that gives the poem a strong vitality and appeal.In terms of writing, it uses detail description, feeling and setting blended, qixing and harmonious rhythm, and makes the content and theme deepen step by step, thus strengthen its musical beauty and rhythmical beauty.There are narration, discussion, scenery, expression and psychological description in it, and all in an appropriate way.So caiwei is definitely one of the best poems in shijing.Chapter two Analysis of different translations Poetry is a literary style that reflects social lives with a compact language, vivid rhythm and special connotation, and it contains the poet’s personal emotions and imaginations.Because of all the above, poetry is difficult to translate.Most poems in shijing are Chinese classical poems with lines of four characters each which rhyme with each other every other sentence, but there are still changes in syntactical structure, including two characters, three characters, five characters, six characters, seven characters, and eight characters.The poems also use a lot of reduplication, alliteration, and vowel rhyme which strengthen the vitality and artistry of language.The thesis chooses the last part of the poem to analyze the style of different translations.At first, when we set out, The willows were fresh and green;Now, when we shall be returning, The snow will be our marching;We shall hunger;we shall thirst.Our hearts are wounded with grief, And no one knows our sadness.---------tr.By James Legge James Legge was born at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and then Kings College, Aberdeen.After studying at the Highbury Theological College, London, he went in 1839 as a missionary to China, but remained at Malacca three years, in charge of the Anglo-Chinese College there.The College was subsequently moved to Hong Kong, where Legge lived for nearly thirty years.A Chinese Christian, Keuh Agong accompanied Legge when he moved in 1844.He returned home to Huntly, Aberdeenshire, in 1846–7, taking with him three Chinese students.Legge and the students were received by Queen Victoria before his return to Hong Kong.(Wikipedia)“这首译诗忠实地再现了原文的字面意义，使译文读者易于直接体会到诗的意境, 有‘身临其境’之感”(“This version faithfully expresses the meaning of original poem, and let the readers know the artistic conception of the poem, and they could also have an immersed sense”)(Ding 50).Legge’s version is the representative of prose-style

translation of shijing.His version was the first translation of shijing published in Hong Kong in 1871.There were detailed notes and comments apart from the translation, and it became the basis of the later ones.Long ago, when we started, The willows spread their shade.Now that we turn back, The snow flakes fly.The march before us is long, We are thirsts and hungry.Our hearts are stricken with sorrow, But no one listen to our plaint.----------tr.By Arthur Waley This version is based on iambus, but not very strict.There are no metrical feet, but more rhythmical than Legge’s.His many translations include A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems(1918), Japanese Poetry: The Uta(1919), The No Plays of Japan(1921), The Tale of Genji(published in 6 volumes from 1921-33), The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon(1928), The Kutune Shirka(1951), Monkey(1942, an abridged version of Journey to the West), The Poetry and Career of Li Po(1959)and The Secret History of the Mongols and Other Pieces(1964).Waley received the James Tait Black Memorial Prizefor his translation of Monkey, and his translations of the classics, the Analects of Confucius and The Way and its Power(Tao Te Ching), are still regarded highly by his peers.Dutch poet J.Slauerhoff used poems from A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems and More Translations from the Chinese to write his 1929 adaptation of Chinese poetry, Yoeng Poe Tsjoeng.These translations are widely regarded as poems in their own right, and have been included in many anthologies such as the Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892-1935, Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse and Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse(1918-1960)under Waley's name.(Wikipedia)Shijing translated by Waley is a representative of blank verse.Waley translated “杨柳依依” into “The willows spread their shade”.These rhetorical devices of personification remind us of lush willows stretching out and shade the ground.This style is more close to the original poem.When I set out so long ago, Fresh and green was the willow.When now homeward I go，There is a heavy snow.The homeward march is slow, My hunger and thirst grow.My heart is filled with sorrow;Who on earth will ever know.---------tr.By Wang Rongpei This version combines meaning and rhythm ingeniously, using [əu] as the rhyme.Thus expresses a feeling of sorrow and is in accordance with the difficult pace.This version is closest to original poem in terms of “three beauties”, and is identical with the theory “closest natural equivalence” put forward by Nida, a famous western translator.When I left there, Willow shed tear.I came back now, Snow bends the bough.Long, long the way;Hard, hard the day, Hunger and thirst Press me the worst.My grief overflows.Who knows? Who knows?

---------tr.By Xu Yuanchong Professor Xu’s version is very simple.There are four syllables each line, which is same as the original poem.He translated “行道迟迟，载渴载饥。” into “long, long the way;hard, hard the day.Hunger and thirst press me the worst.” This version has come to a point of zenith both in beauty of meter and rhyme.The sentence “Snow bends the bough” vividly describes the state of trees overburdened by snow, which is full of charms.And this also implies the freezing cold of the weather, adding difficulties to the journey.These are analysis of different translations of caiwei, however, different people may hold different ideas, because it is very hard to translate poetry perfectly.If the version could convey the connotation, beauty of poetry and stick to the principle of “faithfulness, expressiveness, elegance”, this could be a successful translation.Chapter three

The author’s personal views

The above translations all reproduce the poem’s original meanings, but there are still some differences.Time in the first sentence in the last part is past, and the second is today.So the tense of the first sentence should be past tense, and the second should be present tense.But Legge used future progressive to replace present tense, however, this seemed a little affected.Waley and Leege both translated the last sentence “我心伤悲，莫知我哀”(“my grief overflows.Who knows? Who knows?”)into declarative sentence which was faithful to the original poem in form and content.Waley’s version seems less vivid compared to the others in terms of expressing artistic conception and verve.Xu’s version is concise and cadenced.And he conformed to the principle of “three beauties” he pursed all the time.A text to be translated is like a particle in an electric field attracted by the opposing forces of the two cultures and the norms of two languages, the idiosyncrasies of on writer(who may infringe all the norms of his own language), and the different requirement of its readers, the prejudices of the translator and possibly of its publisher.(Newmark 19)According to the predecessors’ translations, the author gives some personal views on caiwei’s translation.Below is the final version.Yesterday when I out, Willows swung in the wind;Today when I come back, Snow flies in the air.March is so long and hard, That I feel hungry and thirsty.No one could read my sorrow Just in my heart.This is a prose-like version without meter or rhythm.The first two sentences adapt the same syntactical structure which is the similar style to the original poem.It conveys the meaning of the poem, but lacks the beauty of rhythm and artistic appeal.The two adjectives “hungry” and “thirsty” merely describe the situation and state facts, and

cannot compare with Legge’s “hunger and thirst”.This is only the author’s personal opinion, if it has any unreasonable point, please oblige the author with your valuable comments.Conclusion Translating poetry could face a lot of trouble in forms, and this is self-evident.But, the real perfect translations could throw all restraints, and show the original poetry’s verve and rhythm.If a translation could be read thousands of times by readers, this is certainly a good version.When translating poetry, one should grasp the poetry’s artistic conception and meter, and use all skills flexibly, thus convey the poetry’s beauties to a maximum limit.Works Cited Bake, Mona, ed.Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies.Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press，2004.Ding, Xiaofeng.[丁小风], 《小雅·采薇》英译赏析[J].《池州师专学报》，2000，(1).Fowler, H.W.A Dictionary of Modern English Usage.Oxford: Oxford University Press，1965.Han, Kun.[韩昆], 论许渊冲的翻译美学思想[D].上海：上海外国语大学，2009.Leech, Geoffrey.Semantics: The Study of Meaning.Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981.Legge, James.The Chinese Classics: With a Translation, Critical and Exegetical Notes, Prolegomena, and Copious Indexes [M].Hong Kong: The Author’s, 1871.Legge, James.The Book of Poetry—Chinese Tests with English Translations[M].Shanghai: The Chinese Book Company, 1931.Newmark, P.Approaches to Translation[M].Oxford and New York: Pergamon, 1981.Nida, E.A.Toward a Science of Translating[M].Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 1993.Poe, Edgar Allan.The Poetic Principle[A], G.Richard Thompson, ed.Essays and Reviews[C].New York: Library of America, 1984.Steiner, George.After Babel.3ed[M].Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language education Press, 2001.Waley, Arthur.The Book of Songs[Z].New York: Grove Press, Inc.1960.Wang, Rongpei.[汪榕培], 传神达意译《诗经》[J].《外语与外语教学》，1994，(4).Wang, Rongpei.[汪榕培], The Book of Poetry[M].长沙：湖南人民出版社，2008.William, Epson.The Science of Translation: Problems and Methods [M].Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2001.Xu, Yuanchong.[许渊冲], 翻译的艺术[M].北京：中国对外翻译出版公司，1984.Xu, Yuanchong.[许渊冲], Book of Poetry[M].长沙：湖南出版社，1993..

第四篇：诗经采薇

诗经·采薇

采薇采薇，薇亦作止。曰归曰归，岁亦莫(mù)止。靡室靡家，玁(xiǎn）狁(yǔn)之故。不遑启居，玁狁之故。

采薇采薇，薇亦柔止。曰归曰归，心亦忧止。忧心烈烈，载饥载渴。我戍未定，靡(mǐ)使归聘。

采薇采薇，薇亦刚止。曰归曰归，岁亦阳止。王事靡盬(gǔ)，不遑启处。忧心孔疚，我行不来！

彼尔维何？维常之华。彼路斯何？君子之车。戎车既驾，四牡业业。岂敢定居？一月三捷。

驾彼四牡，四牡骙(kuí)骙。君子所依，小人所腓(féi)。四牡翼翼，象弭(mǐ)鱼服。岂不日戒？玁狁孔棘！

昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨（yù）雪霏霏。行道迟迟，载渴载饥。我心伤悲，莫知我哀！

第五篇：《诗经·采薇》赏析

《诗经·采薇》赏析

采薇(《诗经·小雅·采薇》)

朝代：先秦

作者：佚名

原文：

采薇采薇，薇亦作止。曰归曰归，岁亦莫止。 靡室靡家，玁狁之故。不遑启居，玁狁之故。

采薇采薇，薇亦柔止。曰归曰归，心亦忧止。 忧心烈烈，载饥载渴。我戍未定，靡使归聘。

采薇采薇，薇亦刚止。曰归曰归，岁亦阳止。 王事靡盬，不遑启处。忧心孔疚，我行不来!

彼尔维何?维常之华。彼路斯何?君子之车。 戎车既驾，四牡业业。岂敢定居?一月三捷。

驾彼四牡，四牡骙骙。君子所依，小人所腓。 四牡翼翼，象弭鱼服。岂不日戒?玁狁孔棘!

昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏。 行道迟迟，载渴载饥。我心伤悲，莫知我哀!

《诗经·采薇》赏析

这首诗描述了这样的一个情景：寒冬，阴雨霏霏，雪花纷纷，一位解甲退役的征夫在返乡途中踽踽独行。道路崎岖，又饥又渴;但边关渐远，乡关渐近。此刻，他遥望家乡，抚今追昔，不禁思绪纷繁，百感交集。艰苦的军旅生活，激烈的战斗场面，无数次的登高望归情景，一幕幕在眼前重现。此诗就是三千年前这样的一位久戍之卒，在归途中的追忆唱叹之作。其类归《小雅》，却颇似《国风》。

全诗六章，可分三层。既是归途中的追忆，故用倒叙手法写起。前三章为一层，追忆思归之情，叙述难归原因。这三章的前四句，以重章之叠词申意并循序渐进的方式，抒发思家盼归之情;而随着时间的一推再推，这种心情越发急切难忍。首句以采薇起兴，但兴中兼赋。因薇菜可食，戍卒正采薇充饥。所以这随手拈来的起兴之句，是口头语眼前景，反映了戍边士卒的生活苦况。边关士卒的“采薇”，与家乡女子的“采蘩”、“采桑”是不可同喻的。戍役不仅艰苦，而且漫长。“薇亦作止”、“柔止”、“刚止”，循序渐进，形象地刻画了薇菜从破土发芽，到幼苗柔嫩，再到茎叶老硬的生长过程，它同“岁亦莫止”和“岁亦阳止”一起，喻示了时间的流逝和戍役的漫长。岁初而暮，物换星移，“曰归曰归”，却久戍不归;这对时时有生命之虞的戍卒来说，不能不“忧心烈烈”。后四句为什么戍役难归的问题作了层层说明：远离家园，是因为玁狁之患;戍地不定，是因为战事频频;无暇休整，是因为王差无穷。其根本原因，则是“玁狁之故”。《汉书·匈奴传》说：“(周)懿王时，王室遂衰，戎狄交侵，暴虐中国。中国被其苦，诗人始作，疾而歌之曰：‘靡室靡家，猃狁之故’云云。”这可视为《采薇》之作的时代背景。对于玁狁之患，匹夫有戍役之责。这样，一方面是怀乡情结，另一方面是战斗意识。前三章的前后两层，同时交织着恋家思亲的个人情和为国赴难的责任感，这是两种互相矛盾又同样真实的思想感情。其实，这也构成了全诗的情感基调，只是思归的个人情和战斗的责任感，在不同的章节有不同的表现。

第四、五章追述行军作战的紧张生活。写出了军容之壮，戒备之严，全篇气势为之一振。其情调，也由忧伤的思归之情转而为激昂的战斗之情。这两章同样四句一意，可分四层读。四章前四句，诗人自问自答，以“维常之华”，兴起“君子之车”，流露出军人特有的自豪之情。接着围绕战车描写了两个战斗场面：“戎车既驾，四牡业业。岂敢定居，一月三捷。”这概括地描写了威武的军容、高昂的士气和频繁的战斗;“驾彼四牡，四牡骙骙。君子所依，小人所腓。”这又进而具体描写了在战车的掩护和将帅的指挥下，士卒们紧随战车冲锋陷阵的场面。最后，由战斗场面又写到将士的装备：“四牡翼翼，象弭鱼服。”战马强壮而训练有素，武器精良而战无不胜。将士们天天严阵以待，只因为玁狁实在猖狂，“岂不日戒，玁狁孔棘”，既反映了当时边关的形势，又再次说明了久戍难归的原因。《毛序》根据这两章对军旅生活的描写，认为《采薇》是“遣戍役”、劝将士之诗。这与诗意不符。从全诗表现的矛盾情感看，这位戍卒既恋家也识大局，似乎不乏国家兴亡匹夫有责的责任感。因此，在漫长的.归途上追忆起昨日出生入死的战斗生活，是极自然的。

笼罩全篇的情感主调是悲伤的家园之思。或许是突然大作的霏霏雪花惊醒了戍卒，他从追忆中回到现实，随之陷入更深的悲伤之中。追昔抚今，痛定思痛，不能不令“我心伤悲”。“昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏。”这是写景记事，更是抒情伤怀。个体生命在时间中存在，而在“今”与“昔”、“来”与“往”、“雨雪霏霏”与“杨柳依依”的情境变化中，戍卒深切体验到了生活的虚耗、生命的流逝及战争对生活价值的否定。绝世文情，千古常新。现代人读此四句仍不禁枨触于怀，黯然神伤，也主要是体会到了诗境深层的生命流逝感。“行道迟迟，载渴载饥”，加之归路漫漫，道途险阻，行囊匮乏，又饥又渴，这眼前的生活困境又加深了他的忧伤。“行道迟迟”，似乎还包含了戍卒对父母妻孥的担忧。一别经年，“靡使归聘”，生死存亡，两不可知，当此回归之际，必然会生发“近乡情更怯，不敢问来人”的忧惧心理。然而，上述种种忧伤在这雨雪霏霏的旷野中，无人知道更无人安慰;“我心伤悲，莫知我哀”，全诗在这孤独无助的悲叹中结束。综观全诗，《采薇》主导情致的典型意义，不是抒发遣戍役劝将士的战斗之情，而是将王朝与蛮族的战争冲突退隐为背景，将从属于国家军事行动的个人从战场上分离出来，通过归途的追述集中表现戍卒们久戍难归、忧心如焚的内心世界，从而表现周人对战争的厌恶和反感。《采薇》，似可称为千古厌战诗之祖。

在艺术上，“昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏”，被称为《三百篇》中最佳诗句之一。自南朝谢玄以来，对它的评析已绵延成一部一千五百多年的阐释史。王夫之《姜斋诗话》的“以乐景写哀，以哀景写乐，一倍增其哀乐”和刘熙载《艺概》的“雅人深致，正在借景言情”，已成为诗家口头禅。而“昔往”、“今来”对举的句式，则屡为诗人追摹，如曹植的“始出严霜结，今来自露晞”(《情诗》)，颜延之的“昔辞秋未素，今也岁载华”(《秋胡诗》之五)，等等。