Meaning: Priceless treasures are easy to obtain, but loving husbands are hard to find.
Source: It is easy to find priceless treasures, but it is rare to find a lover - "Gift to the Neighbor's Girl" by Tang Yuxuanji.
Original text: I am ashamed of the sun and cover my sleeves, but I am too lazy to put on my makeup in spring. It is easy to find priceless treasures, but it is rare to find a lover. Tears are shed on the pillow, and the heart is broken among the flowers. Why hate Wang Chang when you can get a glimpse of Song Yu?
Translation: There is a reason why the beautiful girl next door covers her face with her sleeves during the day, makes her feel more melancholy in spring, and is too lazy to dress up. She lamented deeply that it was easy for a woman like her to find priceless treasures in this world, but it was so difficult to find a sincere soul mate.
For this reason, she secretly wept and lamented on her pillow every night. For this reason, when she passed among the flowers, she couldn't help but have heartbroken thoughts. However, since you already have such talent and appearance, as long as you muster up the courage and take the initiative to fight for it, even a talented person like Song Yu can get it. Why should you resent the indifferent attitude of a talented person like Wang Chang?
Extended information:
Yu Xuanji was a famous female poet in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, she, Xue Tao, Li Ye and Liu Caichun were once known as the four major female poets in the Tang Dynasty. Yu Xuanji was already famous at a young age, and even attracted Wen Tingyun, a famous poet at that time, to come and get acquainted with him.
Yu Xuanji indeed lived up to expectations. With his well-recited poem "Willows by the River", he was appreciated and loved by Wen Tingyun, and he was accepted as his apprentice. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration at all to say that Yu Xuanji was called "a talented woman of a generation" by later generations.
But even though Yu Xuanji is talented and has Wen Tingyun as her teacher and friend. But her love life was as full of ups and downs as the poetess Li Qingzhao. With Wen Tingyun acting as a matchmaker, Yu Xuanji, a talented woman of a generation, met Li Yi, the top imperial examination candidate at the time. The two fell in love quickly due to their talent, but the good times did not last long after they got married.
Under the pressure of his first wife, Pei, Li Yi expelled a generation of talented Yu Xuanji with a divorce letter. Although Li Yi later settled Yu Xuanji in Xianyi Temple. But Li Yi left Yangzhou to work as an official and left Yu Xuanji behind. This incident chilled her to the core, so she stayed alone in the temple and wrote the famous saying "It is easy to find priceless treasures, but it is rare to find a lover." .
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