The Writing Background of Seeing Friends Off at Jingmen Ferry

Writing background:

This poem was written by the poet Li Bai when he left Shu for Jingmen when he was young.

In 724 AD (the 12th year of Kaiyuan), Li Bai left home for a long journey. Since the poet recited Liu Jia at the age of five, he has been living in Sichuan, studying in Daitian Mountain, visiting Emei Mountain and living in seclusion in Qingcheng City, and has deep feelings for the mountains and rivers in Sichuan. This time, Li Bai left his hometown, swam Qingxi, went up to the Three Gorges, went down to Yuzhou, crossed Jingmen, and canoed down to the east, intending to "go to the sea in the south and poor in the east". This is the first time that the poet left his hometown and began to roam around the country, ready to realize his ideals and ambitions.

Seeing Friends Off at Jingmen Ferry is a five-character poem written by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, when he was wandering in Sichuan in his youth. Original text:

Farewell through Jingmen

(Tang) Li Bai

Stay away from Jingmen, and soon you will be with people from the south. At the end of the mountain range and the beginning of the plain, the river winds through the wilderness.

The moon rises like a mirror, and the sea clouds twinkle like palaces. Still connected to the water in my hometown, pull your boat for 300 miles.

Vernacular translation

I crossed the river by boat to Jingmen, far away, and visited the territory of Chu State during the Warring States Period.

The mountains gradually disappeared in the Ye Ping and unfolded slowly, and the river seemed to flow into the vast wilderness.

The image of the moon in the waves is a mirror falling from the sky, and the colorful clouds in the air form a beautiful mirage.

But I still love the surging river in my hometown, which has always accompanied my boat trip in Wan Li.

Extended data:

Seeing Friends Off at Jingmen Ferry is a five-character poem written by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, when he was wandering in Sichuan when he was young. This poem begins with the topic of distant travel, followed by experiences and impressions along the way, and finally thoughts. The whole poem has lofty artistic conception, rich style, magnificent image and magnificent imagination. It wins with its excellent landscape painting, and the scene is magnificent, which shows the author's long journey, charming personality and deep homesickness.

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