Meaning: There is no such thing as deciding the title first and then writing the poem, just like other people write based on the title far-fetchedly.
"Working hard" is often used to describe thinking hard and working hard for work or certain things.
1. Original text
Li He, whose courtesy name is Changji, is a slender man with straight eyebrows, long fingers and claws, and can write quickly. Every sunrise, I would ride on a donkey and carry a bag of ancient tips from childhood. Establish a title first and then write a poem before it begins, just like someone who is involved in the course. Returning in the evening will be enough. If you are not drunk and mourning like this, it is not very economical. The mother asked her maid to look into the bag and saw a lot of books, and said angrily: "My son is going to vomit his heart out!"
2. Translation
Li He, character length Ji is thin and skinny, with eyebrows connected and long fingers. He can write poems quickly. Every morning when the sun just rises, he rides a thin donkey with a little book boy, carrying an old and torn silk bag. When he encounters poems with feelings, he writes them down and puts them into the silk bag.
There is no such thing as deciding on the title before writing a poem, just like others do when they compose based on the title. When I come back in the evening, I will combine it into a poem. If he was not like this when he was drunk or on days of mourning, he would not even bother to say hello to his mother when he visited her every day. His mother asked her maid to take the kit and take out the drafts inside. Seeing that there were many drafts, she felt distressed and said: "This child will have to vomit his heart and liver before he is finished!"
3. Source
p>Tang·Li Shangyin's "Biography of Li Changji"
Extended information
1. Creative background
The works of the late Tang poet Li Shangyin describe the poets of the mid-Tang Dynasty Li He's appearance, poetry writing habits, and legends about his death express the author's admiration for Li He and regret for his early death.
2. Appreciation of Works
This article is also quite special in its conception and layout. The whole article is run with the word "strange"; the first paragraph talks about Du Mu writing a preface for Li He. To quote the whole article, it is said that Du Mu's preface is "extremely strange in the appearance of Changji". Du Mu's words about Li He's "oddness" lead to the "oddness" of Li He mentioned below. Later, it was mentioned that Sister Li He was "especially good at saying good things", and the origin of Li He's story in the article was pointed out through the words of Du Muxu and Sister Li He.
3. Introduction to the author
Li Shangyin (813-858 AD), male, Han nationality, named Yishan, so he is also called Li Yishan, also named Yuxi (_), Fan Nansheng (Fan Nanzi), A famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty. Cousin of _Guo Gongdu_. His ancestral home was Hanoi, Huaizhou (now Qinyang City and Boai County under the jurisdiction of Jiaozuo City, Henan Province), and he was born in Xingyang, Henan (now Xingyang, Zhengzhou). At the age of 19, because of his literary talent, he was highly appreciated by Ling Huchu, the military governor of the Taiping Army, who was an important member of the Niu Party, and was promoted to the shogunate inspector.
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