The valley is shrouded in clouds, and the Gao Qiao flying on the stream is looming; Standing on the west side of the rock, ask the fisherman who returned from fishing. The peach blossoms here drift endlessly with the running water all day. Isn't this the Peach Blossom Creek outside the Peach Blossom Garden? Do you know which side of Qingxi is the entrance of Taoyuan Cave?
Taohuaxi: Water name, at the foot of Taoyuan Mountain in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province.
Flying Bridge: Gao Qiao.
Rock: Rock accumulated in water or rock and deposit protruding from water. Fishing boat: a sentence from Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Garden.
All day: all day, all day
Cave: refers to the cave found by Wuling fishermen in Taohuayuan.
This is a landscape poem written in the artistic conception of Tao Qian Peach Blossom Garden, which was created in Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. At this time, the Tang dynasty has turned from prosperity to decline. When Zhang Xu wrote this poem, his mood was quite similar to that of Tao Yuanming when he wrote Peach Blossom Garden.
About the author:
Zhang Xu was born in Wuxian, Suzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). He was a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He is good at cursive writing and likes drinking. He is called "Zhang Dian" by the world, "Drunkenness" with Huai Su, "Bachelor of Si Wu" with He, Zhang and Bao Rong, and "Eight Immortals of Drinking" with whom. His cursive script is similar to Li Bai's poems and songs.
Zhang Xu was born in a family with a high family background. He studied calligraphy under his cousin Lu Yanyuan, and was highly praised by Wu Daozi and Yan Zhenqing after his success. When he was old, he was promoted or recommended, recruited talents, entered the official position, and was released as a captain of Changshu County. He has served as the left governor and the governor, so he is called "Zhang Changshi" by the world; He died in the second year of Gan Yuan (759) at the age of 75.
In calligraphy, Zhang is good at observing objective things and combining objective natural images with personal subjective feelings. He not only inherits tradition, but also dares to innovate. By inheriting and innovating the calligraphy achievements of predecessors, his own weed art reached a peak in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.