From "Peach Blossom Temple Song" written by Tang Yin in the Ming Dynasty.
Excerpts from the original text:
There is a peach blossom nunnery in Taohuawu, and a peach blossom fairy under the peach blossom nunnery. The Peach Blossom Fairy planted peach trees and picked peach blossoms in exchange for wine money.
When I’m sober, I just sit in front of the flowers; when I’m drunk, I come to sleep under the flowers. Half drunk and half awake day after day, flowers fall and bloom year after year.
Translation:
There is a Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu, and there is a Peach Blossom Fairy in Peach Blossom Temple. The Peach Blossom Fairy planted many peach trees, and he picked the peach blossoms to exchange for wine money.
When you are sober, sit quietly among the flowers, and when you are drunk, sleep under the flowers. Half awake and half drunk day after day, flowers bloom and fall year after year.
Extended information
Creative background:
This poem was written in the 18th year of Hongzhi (1505). In this year, Shangguan Tangyin was framed in the imperial examination room. Only six years.
Tang Yin once won Jieyuan, but was later implicated in a fraud case in the examination room, and his rank was dismissed. In the long-term training of life, he saw through the illusion of fame and wealth, and believed that fame and wealth were obtained at the expense of freedom. It couldn't last long, so he decided not to be an official, so he sold paintings to make a living, living a leisurely life with flowers as friends and wine as friends. The poet wrote this poem to express his attitude towards life that he is willing to live in seclusion and is indifferent to fame.
About the author:
Tang Yin (March 6, 1470 - January 7, 1524) was born on the fourth day of February in the sixth year of Chenghua and died on the tenth day of the second year of Jiajing. February 2nd. His courtesy name was Bohu, later changed to Ziwei, and his nickname was Liuru, the layman, the master of Taohua Temple, the Tang Sheng of Lu State, the immortal official of Fleeing Zen, etc. He was a native of Wuxian County, Suzhou Prefecture, south of Zhili. Famous painter, calligrapher and poet in Ming Dynasty. Together with Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing, he is known as the "Four Talents in Wuzhong".
Many of his poems record travels, paintings, and sentiments. His early works were neat and beautiful, with the flavor of parallel prose from the Six Dynasties. After leaking the topic, most of the works were sad and unconventional, using a lot of spoken language and expressing sincere feelings. He is the author of "The Collection of Liuru layman" and the "Complete Works of Liuru layman" compiled by the Qing Dynasty.
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