Said by: Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, drinking five.
Original poem:
Drinking, the fifth kind
Wei and Jin Dynasties: Tao Yuanming
Building a house is human, and there are no horses and chariots.
What can you do? The heart is far from being self-centered.
Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, you can see Nanshan leisurely.
The mountains are getting better and better, and the birds are back.
That makes sense. I forgot what I wanted to say.
Explanation:
Building a house in a place where people come and go will not be disturbed by secular communication.
Ask me why. As long as I aim high, I will naturally feel that my place is secluded.
Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely, Nanshan in the distance comes into view.
In the evening, the scenery of Nanshan is very good, the fog lingers between the peaks and the birds return together.
It contains the true meaning of life. I want to identify it, but I don't know how to express it
Extended data
This poem mainly shows the interest of seclusion. After work, the poet drank as drunk as a fiddler. Under the reflection of sunset glow and the cover of Shan Lan, he picked chrysanthemums and looked at Nanshan in the distance.
At the beginning of the poem "Building a house on earth, but no chariots and horses", the author says that although he lives on earth, he has no secular communication to disturb him. "The heart is far away from itself", as long as the heart can get rid of the shackles of the secular, then even in a noisy environment, it is like living in a secluded place.
Tao Yuanming's early years were full of the ideal of making contributions, and he went to the official position several times only to realize his ambition of saving the world. However, when he saw the sinister turmoil in the officialdom, the secular fraud and corruption, and the corruption and darkness of the whole society, he chose the road of leading an honest and clean life, kept the road to poverty, lived in seclusion in the countryside, and devoted himself to raising funds by himself.
"What can I ask you? The "far heart" in the "far heart" is to stay away from the officialdom, to go further, to stay away from the secular and to be free from vulgarity. Rejecting the socially recognized value scale and exploring where the author establishes the basic point of life involves Tao Yuanming's philosophical thought. This kind of philosophy can be called "natural philosophy", which not only includes a self-cultivation and family-oriented lifestyle, but also deepens the unity and harmony between human life and nature.
"That makes sense. I forgot what I wanted to say." At the end of the poem, the poet said that he realized the interest of life from the beautiful scenery of nature and showed a pure and natural calm state of mind.
"Here" in the poem can be understood as here and now (by the fence in autumn night) or as the whole country life. The so-called "forgetting words" actually means that a beautiful and leisurely pastoral life is your real life, and the joy of this life can only be understood, unspeakable and unspeakable. This fully embodies the poet's noble character of being poor, being happy and inspiring.