Who is the author of the ancient poem Jiangnan?

This poem is from Han Yuefu, which was collected by Guo Maoqian, a poet of the Song Dynasty.

South of the Yangtze river

Lotus can be picked in Jiangnan, so there is no lotus leaf.

Fish are playing in the lotus leaves,

Fish hits the lotus leaf, fish hits the lotus leaf,

Fish hit the south of the lotus leaf, fish hit the north of the lotus leaf.

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Translation:

Lotus can be picked on the water in the south of the Yangtze River, with lush lotus leaves and fish playing in them.

Fish plays lotus leaf east, fish plays lotus leaf west, fish plays lotus leaf south and fish plays lotus leaf north.

Jiangnan is a Yuefu poem in Han Dynasty. This is a folk song that eulogizes the joyful scene of the working people in the south of the Yangtze River when picking lotus. The first three issues indicate the season, occasion and place of picking lotus; The last four sentences describe the scene of fish playing. The whole poem uses metaphors and repeated rhetorical devices to write the beautiful artistic conception when picking lotus in Jiangnan.

Resources Jiangnan _ Baidu Encyclopedia