"此秋聲也"

YouTube video - Autumn Wind (Giovanni Marradi)

I woke up this morning to a gusty autumn wind.

The north wind seemed to be trying to shake autumn down. The

falling leaves drifted by the window. The rushing wind swept the

heaps of orange and brown fallen leaves on the ground in such a

hurry that it sounded “淒淒切切, 呼號憤發”.

In his “秋聲賦, 歐陽修 in the 宋 Dynasty wrote：

歐陽子方夜讀書，聞有聲自西南來者，悚然而聽之，曰：「異哉！」

初淅瀝以蕭颯，忽奔騰而砰湃；如波濤夜驚，風雨驟至。其觸於物也，

鏦鏦錚錚，金鐵皆鳴；又如赴敵之兵，銜枚疾走，不聞號令，但聞人

馬之行聲。 余謂童子：「此何聲也？汝出視之。」童子曰：「星月皎

潔，明河在天，四無人聲，聲在樹間。」

余曰:「噫嘻，悲哉！此秋聲也，胡為而來哉？蓋夫秋之為狀也，其色

慘淡，煙霏雲斂；其容清明，天高日晶；其氣慄冽，砭人肌骨；其意

蕭條，山川寂寥。故其為聲也，淒淒切切，呼號憤發。................ 。」

The autumn air is crisp and the wind can be "淅瀝" and "奔騰". The

acoustics of autumn are often “淒淒切切” and “呼號憤發”.

Yeh Tze