Explanation: Don’t say that slander is as scary as the ferocious waves, and don’t say that the disgraced person is like sand sinking at the bottom of the water.
"No slanderous words are as deep as the waves; no words are as deep as the waves." This is from "Langtaosha·Qiba" written by Liu Yuxi in the Tang Dynasty, describing the feelings of immigrants.
"Lang Tao Sha·Eight"
No slanderous words are as deep as the waves, and no words are as deep as the sand when moving away.
Although it is hard work to search for thousands of pounds, you will only get gold after blowing all the sand. ?
Slander: slanderous words.
Qianke: An official who was demoted and transferred to a remote place.
Water seeps down slowly.
The Eighth Literary Appreciation:
Slanderous words are as deep as the waves, and moving guests are like the sinking sand. Gold panning is a local custom in Kuizhou, and it is a folk work. Langtaosha is a natural scene. Those who work hard are digging for gold in the river, and those who work hard are high in the court. Those who were demoted despite being innocent, from high to low, had complaints because they had been treated unfairly.
Extended information:
Creative background
The momentum of the Tang Dynasty declined sharply after the An-Shi Rebellion. The vassal towns were divided and the eunuchs had exclusive power. When talented people are released and angered, works of resentment emerge as the times require. After Liu Yuxi was transferred from a Beijing official to a local official, he also produced famous works, such as "Nine Poems on Langtaosha".
This group of poems should be Liu Yuxi's later works, and they were not created at one time or place. According to the Yellow River, Luoshui, Bianshui, Qinghuai, Yingyouzhou, Zhuojinjiang, etc. mentioned in the poem, they may have been written in Kuizhou, Hezhou, Luoyang and other places, and were later compiled into a group.
Some scholars believe that this group of poems was written in the late Kuizhou period, that is, in the spring of the second year of Changqing (822 AD), when Kuizhou was demoted.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Nine Poems of Langtaosha