The title of this poem is "Farewell to the Ancient Grassland". The author is Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The original text of the poem is:
The grass grows in the original land, and the grass dries up every year. . Wildfires never burn out, but spring breezes blow them again.
The distant fragrance invades the ancient road, and the clear green meets the deserted city. I also sent the king and grandson away, full of love.
Vernacular interpretation: The weeds on the grassland grow very vigorously, and they will wither and flourish every year. Even wildfires cannot burn it out. When the spring breeze blows, it grows again. The fragrant old road is filled with fragrance, and under the sun, the green wild grass leads to the desolate town. Another close friend was sent away, and the feeling of parting filled my heart like lush weeds.
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Creative background: "Farewell with Ancient Grasses" was written in the third year of Zhenyuan (787), when the author was sixteen. Poems are exercises for exams. According to the rules of the examination, for any designated and limited poem title, the word "Fu De" must be added before the title. The method is similar to that of chanting things. The meaning of the title must be clear. The succession and transition must be clear, the contrast must be precise, and the whole poem must be ethereal. Only when it is pure and pure can it be called decent. The restraint is so strict that this body is a masterpiece of Shao Xiang.
Because the upper part of the poem depicts the growth form of grass, it is well known to the world, so it is also called "Grass". "Grass" is another name for this poem. An excerpt from the ancient poem "Grass" in the primary school textbook of the People's Education Press. are the first four sentences of the poem. This poem expresses the feeling of farewell to friends through the description of the wild grass in the ancient plains.
This is an ode to weeds and, by extension, to life. Lili is the growth pattern of weeds, and the years of decline and prosperity are the rhythmic process of its life. Its connotation is law and eternity. However, eternal life does not continue in mediocrity. The poet put it in the raging fire to burn, and in the heroic contrast between destruction and eternal life, he verified its tenacity of vitality.
The first four sentences of the poem express the diachronic beauty of the life of weeds; the last four sentences focus on expressing the beauty of its immediate life. Only such weeds are qualified to become a symbol of all life in the universe and have a meaning of life worthy of praise. The last couplet means farewell, and the word "you" implies that parting is inevitable in people's affairs in ancient and modern times; farewell is like the luxuriant spring grass, which is also human nature.