“Replying to Lu Cheng of Jinling on Early Spring Tour” is a work by Tang Dynasty poet Du Shenyan. This poem describes the poet’s sadness of being unable to return home when he was on a business trip in a foreign land. The poem begins with a sigh, explaining that when one is away from home and on a business trip, one is “surprised” by the “phenology” of a foreign land. The middle two couplets specifically describe the “surprise”, describing the scenery of the new spring in the south of the Yangtze River, and the poet’s nostalgia for his hometown in the Central Plains. The last couplet points out the longing for home and expresses his original intention of being sad about the spring. This is a poem written in response to the poet’s wishes, using personification to describe the early spring in the south of the Yangtze River, which is as vivid as a painting. The parallelism is neat, the structure is fine, and every word is polished.
《和晋陵陆丞早春游望》是唐代诗人杜审言的作品。此诗写诗人宦游他乡，春光满地不能归省的伤情。诗一开头就发出感慨，说明离乡宦游，对异土之“物候”才有“惊新”之意。中间二联具体写“惊新”，写江南新春景色，诗人怀念中原故土的情意。尾联点明思归和道出自己伤春的本意。这是一首和诗，采用拟人手法，写江南早春，历历如画。对仗工整，结构细密，字字锤炼。
《和晋陵陆丞早春游望》 杜审言
独有宦游人，偏惊物候新。
云霞出海曙，梅柳渡江春。
淑气催黄鸟，晴光转绿蘋。
忽闻歌古调，归思欲沾巾。
Excursion in Early Spring
Du Shenyan
I’m far away from home;
Things look new where I roam.
Clouds bring dawn on the sea;
Spring greens the willow tree.
Orioles sing in warm air;
Sunlit green weeds look fair.
Old verse rings in my ears;
Homesick, I’m moved to tears.
