-Hermits enjoy themselves.
original text
The baking tray is in the stream,
The width of the master is 2.
Sleeping alone (3),
Yongyifu (4).
Copan is in No.1 Middle School (5),
⑥ ⑥⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥.
Sleeping and singing alone,
Elegance has passed ⑦.
Copan is in Lu,
Pet-name ruby Lord of the axis.
Sleeping alone,
Hasegawa told the attending doctor.
To annotate ...
① Pan: Stay, linger. 2 master; Sage. Width: magnanimous. 3 sleep: fall asleep. Ama: Wake up. 4 vector: oath. Xuan: I forgot. ⑤ A: Mountain depression. ⑥ (gram): generalized sum. 7. Pass: lose, forget. Land: a high and flat place. Axis 9: I don't want to go if I'm playing. Indications: expression.
translate
Stay in the mountain stream,
A wise man is broad-minded and carefree.
Wake up alone, talk alone,
This kind of fun will never be forgotten.
Stay in the mountains,
A wise man is broad-minded and happy.
Wake up alone, sing alone,
This kind of fun will never be forgotten.
Stay in the highlands,
Sages never leave their bodies when they play.
Wake up alone, live alone,
Fun can't be said.
reading comprehension
This poem eulogizes one of the important life choices of China traditional literati-seclusion in the mountains and countryside. This is probably the earliest hermit poem we have seen so far.
For the traditional scholar-officials (intellectuals) in China, the brightest future and choice in life is to be an official in politics (that is, an official), and the purpose of studying is to be a "scholar", so there is a saying that "everything is inferior, only reading is high". Once his official career is frustrated, he will live in seclusion in the mountains and villages, looking for spiritual relief and comfort. In the ruling and opposition, in the official position, in retirement, temples and mountains seem to be the two ends of the swing, either to this end or to the other end, there is no other way to go.
Seriously, this bipolar life choice is not only caused by the influence of traditional ideas, but also related to the literati themselves. "Nothing is just a nerd." Scholars can hardly do anything after they put down their books. Let's fight as soldiers. You are thin and helpless. You can't stand the pain. Farming, you can't tell wheat from leeks, and you can't eat the pain of facing the loess and facing the sky. Businessmen are the most despised in business. As a craftsman, you don't have a skill, and a craftsman belongs to the bottom of society. Anyway, literati have nothing to do and nowhere to live except a few books. If you are rich, you will help the world (be an official), and if you are poor, you will be immune (retire).
Today's intellectuals seem to have more "middle roads" to take. Work other than military, business, craft, part-time job, etc. Strong adaptability, flexible thinking and skills. Even if you study for the sake of learning, you can learn to ask questions for the sake of learning. One doesn't have to go to the mountains and forests, but to the countryside.
Modern people have already stepped out of the mountains and found more uses in the world of mortals.