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章草 孟浩然 宴梅道士山房

林卧愁春盡,搴帷覽物華。

忽逢青鳥使,邀入赤松家。

丹竈初開火,仙桃正發花。

童顏若可駐,何惜醉流霞。

 

Clerical-Cursive Script (zhangcao)

A Banquet at the House of the Taoist Priest MEI

MENG Haoran (689-740 AD)

In my hammock among the woods, grieving that spring must end, 

I draw the curtain to savor nature’s splendor. 

All of a sudden, a bluebird bade me come 

to his dwelling-place among the crimson pine. 

What a flame for his alchemical crucible—

immortal peach-trees magical with blooming buds!

If childish features could be kept forever and ever,

why should we care about being drunken with the rosy-flowing wine.

21.3 inches x 64.3 inches

 

               

章草:漢初,為減省或連綴隸書的筆畫,開始出現了隸書的草書,由於漢章帝(57-88 AD)喜好草書,因此被稱為章草,特點是字字獨立。

The Clerical-Cursive Script (zhangcao) functions primarily as a kind of shorthand script or calligraphic style. Developed during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) as a cursory way to write the popular but inchoate Clerical Script, the Cursive Script was favored by Emperor Zhang (57-88 AD) and commonly called zhangcao.

 

孟浩然(689-740 AD):唐代山水田園詩派代表作家之一。年青的時候在家鄉鹿門山(今湖北襄陽)隱居讀書,到了四十多歲,纔到京城長安應考進士,想求得一官半職,大展政治抱負,可惜願望未能實現,但和王維(692-761 AD)、李白(701-762 AD)、王昌齡(698-765 AD)等結成了詩友。詩多以景物風光及山水田園生活為題材。

MENG Haoran (689-740 AD), except during a brief pursuit of an official career in his forties, mainly lived in and wrote about the Lu-meng Mounts (east of Xiangyang, Hubei Province) where he was born and raised. MENG was a major influence on contemporary and subsequent poets of the Tang era (618-907 AD) because of his focus on the theme of nature in his poetry. 

 

白話譯文

高臥林下,正愁思春光將盡,掀開帘幕,欣賞著良辰美景。

忽然遇見神仙(指梅道士)的信差,原來是赤松子邀請我訪問他家。

煉丹的金爐灶剛剛升火,院中仙桃也正好滿樹開花。

如果仙酒真可以保住童顏,就不要吝惜流霞酒,且暢飲一番。


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