From the Tang Dynasty Yu Shinan's Cicada, the original text is:
Cicada droops like a tassel on a hat, its tentacles suck the clear dew, and its voice spreads from the branches of the straight Shulang tree.
Cicada is far away from cicada because cicada is on a tall tree, not relying on autumn wind.
Translation:
On the bleak phoenix tree, cicadas drink low and clear dew, and the cicada sound is crisp and loud, echoing among the trees.
Living on a high branch, the swarm can be proud. Without the help of autumn wind, the sound is still far away.
Extended data
Creative background:
When Yang Guang was in the south of the Yangtze River, Yu Shinan and his brother Yu Shiqi defected to him and were appreciated and reused. Yu Shinan is studious, quiet, and does not follow the trend, contrary to Yu Shiqi. Therefore, when he wrote this poem, he showed Qiu Chan's noble and proud character, his elegant demeanor and charm, and his unpretentious mood.
About the author:
Yu Shinan (558-638), a native of Bo Shi, Han nationality, was born in Yuyao, Yuezhou (now Zhenming Hechang, Guanhaiwei, Cixi City, Zhejiang Province). Calligrapher, writer, poet and politician from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and one of the twenty-four outstanding figures in Lingyange. Son of Li Yu, illegitimate son of Prince Chen, younger brother of Yu Shiqi, assistant minister of literature and history of Sui Dynasty.
Yu Shinan is good at calligraphy, and he is also known as "the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty" with Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi. Japanese academic circles called Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang and Yu Shinan as "three masters in the early Tang Dynasty". Bei Tang Shu Chao was compiled by Bei Tang Shu Chao, which is considered as one of the four great books in Tang Dynasty and one of the earliest books in China. The original poetry collection has 30 volumes, but it has not been completely lost. In the Republic of China, Zhang Shouyong compiled the four-volume Mi Yu Ji Jian.
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