The 8k paper paintings of Chinese poems and paintings in the first volume of the fifth grade are as follows:
Cicada [Tang Dynasty] Yu Shinan
Drowning low to drink the clear dew, the sound of flowing trees flows out. The reason for speaking loudly and staying far away is not to borrow the autumn wind.
Translation
The cicada has long tentacles hanging down and lives by sucking clean dew. Its long cry spreads from the tall sycamore trees.
It is located in a high place, and its sound can naturally spread to distant places without relying on the autumn wind.
Introduction to the author
Yu Shinan (558-638), courtesy name Boshi, was born in Yuyao, Yuezhou (now Minghechang, Guanhaiwei Town, Cixi City, Zhejiang Province). He was a calligrapher, writer, poet and politician from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.
Although he looks timid and weak, he has a strong temperament and is outspoken and dares to give advice. He is deeply respected by Li Shimin and is known as the five great qualities of "virtue, loyalty, erudition, literary poetry, and calligraphy". Yu Shinan was good at calligraphy, and together with Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji, he was known as the "Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty".
Appreciation
The first two sentences of the poem describe the life and environment of the cicada. "Ruí" hints at the cicada's official status, but this does not mean that it is polluted by the secular officialdom: "clear dew" is its food (the ancients thought that the cicada maintained its life by drinking dew), " Shutong" is its residence, both of which are images symbolizing noble character.
It is precisely because Cicada is clean and self-sufficient that the last two sentences have the finishing touch: "The sound is from far away" is because of his noble character, not because he borrowed the "autumn breeze" of others. The author of this poem is talking about himself as a cicada. He lived in the temple for decades. He was outstanding in talent and learning, outspoken and dared to give advice, and had noble conduct. He was deeply appreciated by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, just like this noble cicada.
Qi Qiao [Tang Dynasty] Lin Jie
Look at the blue sky tonight on Chinese Valentine's Day, the morning glory and the weaver girl crossing the river bridge. Every family begs for luck and looks at the autumn moon, wearing tens of thousands of red silk threads.
Translation
Tonight is Chinese Valentine's Day, and people are looking up at the blue night sky. The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are crossing the Magpie Bridge on the Milky Way for their annual meeting.
Every household is begging for cleverness in the moon, and I don’t know how many red threads are used to thread the needle.
Introduction to the author
Lin Jie (831-847), courtesy name Zhizhou, was a native of Fujian and a poet of the Tang Dynasty. Lin Jie was very smart when he was a child. He could compose poems at the age of six. He was quick in writing and proficient in calligraphy, guqin and chess. Lin Jie was only seventeen years old when he died.
Appreciation
Lin Jie started writing poetry when he was five years old, and soon he wrote a lot of poems. When he was six years old, his parents took him to visit Tang Fu, a senior poet at that time. Tang Fu was very impressed when he saw the poem Lin Jie had written before. It happened to be the Chinese Valentine's Day, so Tang Fu asked Lin Jie to compose a poem about begging for clever things. Without thinking, Lin Jie immediately wrote the song "Begging for Skills" on paper.