Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees spring in front of the diseased trees.
Excerpted from "Rewarding Lotte and Seeing Gifts at the First Banquet in Yangzhou" by Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty. The original meaning is that there are still thousands of sailboats passing by the capsized ships; in front of the withered trees, there are also thousands of thriving trees. . The use of metaphors and changes in natural scenery imply the development of society and contain philosophy. Present mostly means that new things will inevitably defeat old things.
Liu Yuxi originally used "sinking boat" and "sick tree" to lament that he had been repeatedly demoted, attacked by old age and illness, and had nothing to do. However, he also used "thousands of sails" and "thousands of trees" to express his deep joy that there are still many like-minded friends in the world.
Original text of the poem:
Bashan Chushui is a desolate place, abandoned for twenty-three years.
Reciting the poems on the flute in the nostalgic space, when I go to the countryside to read it, I feel like a dead person.
Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees spring in front of the diseased trees.
Listen to a song of Junge today, and let me have a glass of wine for the time being.