《白雪歌送武判官归京》中“梨花”喻“雪”探析

A Discussion on the “Pear Flower” as a Metaphor for Snow in “Song of the White Snow:Seeing Magistrate Wu off upon His Return to the Capital”

《白雪歌送武判官归京》是唐代边塞诗人岑参的代表作品,诗中"忽如一夜春风来,千树万树梨花开"更是流传吟诵的千古佳句。这两句诗修辞绝妙、色彩鲜明,给人一种耳目一新之感。文章从"梨花"意象的形成入手,分析诗人岑参选择"梨花"喻"雪"的缘由,进而探讨后世文人对这一比喻形式的体认与评价。

"Song of the White Snow:Seeing Magistrate Wu off upon His Return to the Capital "is the representative poem of Cen Shen, a frontier poet in the Tang Dynasty. The line in the poem,"like a spring breeze come suddenly in the night, countless pear trees covered in blossom"is a popular reciting phrase for hundreds of years. The two lines of the poem are rich in impassioned rhetoric, contrast in colors, and left a fresh aesthetic impression upon readers. Starting from the analysis of the metaphor of"pear flower", this article explores why the poet uses"pear flower"as a metaphor for"snow"in the poem, then discusses the influences and assessment of this rhetoric device upon later generations.