Fengfang's "Miscellaneous Poems" is not a philosophical poem, but a poem about things.
1. Original text
The solitary pine stands tall on the dome wall, facing thousands of miles of waves.
The turbulence bites its roots, and the shock shakes its roots.
The red ants are burrowing one after another, and the green radish is wrapped around them.
The group attack is not over yet, so how is business going?
Severe frost falls overnight, and the sky is high again.
A gentleman is obsessed with poverty, and his emotions turn into tragic songs.
2. Translation
A solitary pine tree stands on a high cliff, facing thousands of miles of water waves directly below the cliff. The rapidly flowing river erodes the roots of the lonely pine, and the violent wind shakes the branches of the lonely pine. There are many red ants in the caves on the ground under the forest, and slender and graceful usneas twine around the tall trees.
The fierce cold wind attacks from all directions. What will happen to the vitality of the dense vegetation in the mountain forest? The biting frost came to the world overnight, but those tall trees still towered into the clouds. A gentleman always clings to the high moral integrity of poverty and poverty, and his angry and generous emotions turn into tragic songs.
About the author
Fengfang (1492-1563), also known as Renshu, also known as Cunli, later changed his name to Daosheng, to Renweng, and his name was Nanyu Waishi. A calligrapher, seal carver, and bibliophile of the Ming Dynasty, he was a native of Yin County (now Ningbo, Zhejiang) in the Ming Dynasty. Feng Xizi. Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing. In addition to being the head of the official department, he was relegated to Tongzhou Tongzhi and was exempted from returning. Living in Wuzhong, he died of poverty and illness. Sexy, funny and cynical.