Don’t let go of the green hills, and keep your roots in the broken rocks.
After countless hardships, I am still strong, regardless of the wind from east to west, north or south.
Translation:
Close to the green mountains and never relax, the bamboo roots penetrate deeply into the crevices of the rocks.
After countless hardships, it remains so tenacious, no matter it is the east wind, west wind or north and south wind.
Notes:
Bamboo stone: Bamboo rooted in the cracks of stone.
Bite firmly means to take root in the rocks.
Establish roots: take root.
Broken rock: cracked rock, that is, a crack in the rock.
Thousands of hardships and blows: refers to countless hardships and blows.
Jianjin: Strong and powerful.
Ren: Regardless, no matter, no matter.
Er: You.
About the author:
Zheng Xie (xiè) (1693-1765), courtesy name Kerou, alias Banqiao, was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu. He was a scholar of the Kangxi Emperor, a scholar of the Yongzheng Emperor, and a Jinshi of the Qianlong Emperor. He once served as the magistrate of Fan County and Weixian County in Shandong Province. In the 18th year of Qianlong's reign (1753), he asked for alms for the people due to year-round hunger, and offended a wealthy family and was dismissed from office. He is known for his calligraphy and painting, and is good at painting orchid and bamboo. His calligraphy is composed of three styles: Li, Kai and Xing. He is one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". In his later years, he lived in Yangzhou and lived by selling paintings. His poems are lyrical and freehand, full of joy, and best described in white. The Yuefu poems he wrote are close in words and distant in purpose, and their style is similar to that of Bai Juyi and Lu You. There is "The Complete Works of Banqiao".
Creative background:
Poetry on paintings originated in the Six Dynasties, matured in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and developed in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, especially in the Qing Dynasty when it reached its peak. Both physically and in large quantities. Under the high political pressure and cultural autocracy of the Qing government, literati had no choice but to escape to the small world of art, where they could express their thoughts with brushstrokes and ink. Therefore, natural landscapes, flowers and birds, often became the objects for literati and painters to entertain themselves and express their aspirations. Most literati or painters in the Qing Dynasty wrote poems about them. This poem was written by Zheng Xie in his later years. It is inscribed on many of his "Bamboo and Stone Pictures". The content and time of the inscription are different, and the text is also slightly different. "Broken rock" was called "chaotic rock", "crazed cliff" and "broken cliff", "Wanzhi" was also called "Wanzhe", "Jianjin" was also called "Jianjing", and "East, West, North and South wind" was once called "Southeast wind". Northwest wind" and "wild wind from all directions". It can be seen that he loved this poem very much. He was often invited to paint pictures and write poems as gifts to his friends, in order to express his feelings and express his feelings through objects. Therefore, he always wrote as he pleased and wrote freely.
Appreciation:
This is a poem on painting. The first two sentences praise the inner spirit of Jinzhu rooted in broken rocks, which fully expresses Jinzhu's tenacious vitality and resolute character. The last two sentences go a step further to describe the harsh objective environment that challenges bamboo. Regardless of wind and rain, frost and snow, the green bamboo still stands proudly. This poem uses objects as a metaphor for people. By chanting about the strong bamboo rooted in the broken rock, the poet implicitly expresses his noble sentiments that he will never follow the crowd. The language of the whole poem is popular and innovative, the virtual and the real are combined, the scenes are intertwined, and it is full of rationality and interest.