It means that as long as the love lasts until death, there is no need to covet the happiness of each other.
Magpie Bridge Immortal·Xianyun makes tricks
Song Dynasty: Qin Guan
Xianyun makes tricks, flying stars spread hatred, and the distance between Yin and Han is dark. Once the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win over countless others in the world. (Du Tong: crossing)
Tenderness is like water, good times are like dreams, and you can bear to look at the Magpie Bridge on your way back. If the love lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night?
Translation
The thin clouds are changing in the sky, the shooting stars in the sky convey the sadness of lovesickness, and I quietly pass through the distant and endless Milky Way tonight. Meeting on the Chinese Valentine's Day in the autumn wind and white dew is better than those couples in the world who have been together for a long time but seem to be inseparable.
*** tells of lovesickness, tenderness is like water, the brief meeting is like a dream, and when parting, I can't bear to look at the Magpie Bridge Road. As long as the love lasts until death, there is no need to covet the happiness of each other. Extended information
Creative background
It is said that this poem was written by Qin Guan to a girl named Lou Wan from a neighboring village before he became an official. Perhaps due to a trick of fate, he did not get married to this childhood sweetheart in the end. ?Later they met briefly, and on a Chinese Valentine's Day after they parted, Qin Guan wrote this poem to express his longing for Lou Wan.
Using the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to express the joys and sorrows of the world in a superhuman way has existed since ancient times. Ouyang Xiu, Zhang Xian, Liu Yong, Su Shi and others in the Song Dynasty also chanted this theme. The sentences are different, but they all follow the traditional theme of "joys are short-lived", and the style is sad and sad. In contrast, Qin Guan's words can be said to be unique and witty, with lofty intentions.
Magpie Bridge Immortal, the name of the Ci brand, is also known as "Magpie Bridge Immortal Order", "Golden Wind and Jade Dew Meeting Song" and "Guanghanqiu". "Customs": "On Chinese Valentine's Day, the Weaver Girl should cross the river, using magpies as a bridge." This is why the song was named after the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet each other. "Collection of Movements" includes "Xie Zhidiao", which has 32 more characters than commonly used. Usually "Huaihai Ci" shall prevail. Fifty-six characters, with two oblique rhymes in the upper and lower parts. There are also those with four oblique rhymes in the upper and lower pieces.
Qin Guan, a famous poet in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, together with Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei and Chao Buzhi, was known as the "Four Scholars of the Su Family" and was highly appreciated by Su Shi. In the eleventh year of Xining (1078), he wrote "Huang Lou Fu", and Su Shi praised him as "having the talent of Qu Song". In the seventh year of Yuanfeng (1084), after Qin Guan compiled ten volumes of poems and essays by himself, Su Shi wrote a book for it and recommended it to Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi said that he "had the influence of Bao and Xie Qingxin".
Because Qin Guan repeatedly received guidance from famous teachers, often competed with his colleagues, and was gifted with talents, his literary achievements were impressive. Later, he passed the Jinshi examination in the eighth year of Yuanfeng (1085). He was initially the administrator of Dinghai and professor of Caizhou. In the second year of Yuanyou (1087), Su Shi recommended him as a doctor of Taixue. Later, he was promoted to secretary of the provincial government and editor of the Academy of Chinese History. .
After Zhezong took office in the first year of Shaosheng (1094), the "New Party" came to power, and many people in the "Old Party" were deposed. Qin Guan left Hangzhou and was demoted to the prefecture, where he was appointed to supervise the wine tax. Later he moved to Chenzhou and took charge of Hengzhou, and then moved to Leizhou. After Huizong ascended the throne, Qin Guan was appointed Fu Xuandelang, and later died in Tengzhou on his way back to the north. His prose is good at discussion, and "History of the Song Dynasty" commented that his prose is "elegant and thoughtful".
Representatives include "Magpie Bridge Immortal", (Xianyun Nongqiao), "Looking at the Sea Tide", (Mei Ying Shudan), "Man Ting Fang", (Shan Mo Wei Yun), etc. The line in "Magpie Bridge Immortal", "If love lasts for a long time, how can it last forever!" is known as "turning decay into magic". "Outside the setting sun, jackdaws are counting, and flowing water surrounds the isolated village" in "Man Ting Fang" is called "naturally good words".
The "Etymology" of Zhang Yanzhi of the Southern Song Dynasty: "Qin Shaoyou's Ci style is elegant in structure, strong in spirit, clear and beautiful, and keeps the pulse of meaning. He can chew without drizzle, and he will know the taste after a long time." For details of his life, see "History of the Song Dynasty. Biography of Wenyuan" . He is the author of 40 volumes of "Huaihai Collection", as well as works such as "Long and Short Sentences of Huaihai Lay Scholars", "Records of Encouraging Good Deeds", and "Collection of Nilvv".
The "Book of Silkworms" compiled by him is the earliest existing monograph on sericulture in my country. He is very good at calligraphy. His regular script is imitated by Zhong Wang, which is strong and cute. His cursive script has the flavor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His regular script is imitated by Yan Zhenqing.
In the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), the Southern Song Dynasty court posthumously awarded Qin Guan the title of "Bachelor of Zhilong Tuge", and later generations called him "Huaihai Gong".