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My retreat in Zhongnanshan
[Author] Wang Wei
After middle age, I have a strong kind heart, and I didn't settle down at the edge of Mount Zhongnan until my later years.
Interest concentration is often unique to play and have a happy thing to enjoy self-appreciation.
Sometimes go to the end of the water to seek the source, or sit and watch the ever-changing clouds rise.
Occasionally I met a village elder in the Woods, and I chatted with him until I often forgot to go home.
Vernacular translation
After middle age, I had a strong desire to do good, and I didn't settle down in the border of Zhongnanshan until my later years.
When I am interested, I often go to play alone. When I am happy, I also have a good time and indulge myself.
Sometimes go to the end of the water to seek the source, or sit and watch the rising clouds change.
I happened to meet a village elder in the Woods. I talked and laughed with him and often forgot to go home.
Creation background
This poem was written after the first year of Gan Yuan, Tang Suzong (758) and was written by Wang Wei in his later years. In his later years, Wang Wei's position was not small. In fact, due to the repeated changes in the political situation, he has seen the danger of his career and wants to get rid of this disturbing world. He fasted and worshipped Buddha, carefree. After about forty years old, he began to live a secluded life.
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Overall appreciation
The focus of the whole poem is to express the yearning for leisure and fun. The first two sentences point out the poet's life destination and ideological conversion in seclusion and worship of Buddhism from two aspects: "it is good for people to reach middle age" and "staying in Nanshan late". "Tao" refers to Buddhism. "My middle-aged heart has found its way", and the author emphasizes that after middle age, I hate secularism and believe in Buddhism. The word "po" points out his pious attitude of worshipping Buddha. The word "late" has rich meanings, which can mean both "late" and "old". If it is the former, "and I came to live at the foot of this mountain" is a description of the reality of seclusion; If it's the latter, that's my idea of the evening scene.
Life in the mountains is extremely comfortable. When my interest comes, I often wander alone in the mountains, and only the poet himself can get the news. "Every" means that "going alone" is frequent, not accidental. "Independence" is not a person without homology. In fact, when the poet lived in seclusion, many people with the same tune sang with him, such as Zhang Luan and Pei Di. Here, as soon as the poet is interested, he can't wait to invite people to go with him, and a free and easy hermit image is presented to the readers. Literally, it is vaguely lonely, but who can say that this kind of affection is not a happy thing? The word "the mountains are mine" and "emptiness" may be somewhat helpless and lonely, but the poet is intoxicated with this mountain interest.
Brief introduction of the author
Wang Wei, a poet in Tang Dynasty. The word stroke. His father was originally from Qi (now Shanxi) and later moved to Yongji West, Shanxi, becoming a Hedong native. Kaiyuan (year number of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, 713-741) was a scholar. Tired officials give things. An Lushan rebels were hired when they were trapped in Chang 'an. After the chaos, they were demoted to Prince Zhongyun. After the official to ministers right cheng, so also known as Wang Youcheng. In his later years, he lived in Wangchuan, Lantian, and lived an honest and secluded life. Poetry is as famous as Meng Haoran and is called "Wang Meng". In the early stage, I wrote some frontier poems, but the most important one was landscape poems, which promoted hermit life and Buddhism through the description of pastoral landscapes. Exquisite objects, vivid descriptions and unique achievements. He is also proficient in music, painting and calligraphy. This is Wang Youcheng.