Who knows that the hermits who live in the mountains and forests will be even more happy when they smell the fragrance.
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"Feelings of Encounter"
The orchid leaves are lush in spring, and the osmanthus flowers are bright and clear in autumn.
Happy for this business, it’s a festive season.
Who knows that those who live in the forest will feel happy when they hear the wind and sit there.
The grass and trees have their own intention, so why ask for the beauty.
Translation
The orchid grows particularly luxuriantly in the spring, and the osmanthus blooms brightly in the autumn. This thriving and vigorous life naturally becomes a beautiful season. Who knew that the hermit living in the mountains and forests would be even more happy when he smelled the fragrance. Plants and trees have their own nature, so why should we expect beautiful people to appreciate and pluck them?
Brief Analysis
This poem was written when Zhang Jiuling was slandered and demoted as the governor of Jing. At the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty indulged in sex, neglected political affairs, and favored the benevolent Li Linfu and the professional The ingratiating Niu Xianke. Niu and Li formed a party, controlled the government, eliminated dissidents, and made the government more corrupt. Zhang Jiuling was very dissatisfied with this, so he used the traditional Bixing technique to express the meaning of the object and composed "Twelve Poems on Feelings". The poet expresses his aspirations with objects, using the fragrant and clean quality of spring orchid and autumn osmanthus as a metaphor for his noble integrity; using the spring orchid and autumn osmanthus not to lose their fragrance and beauty due to no one to pick them, as a metaphor for his own purity and good conduct. Elegant feelings that don’t ask others to know. On the one hand, the whole poem expresses a calm, calm and detached mind, on the other hand, the worry, slander and fear of disaster are also clearly visible.
Introduction to Zhang Jiuling
Zhang Jiuling (678-740): Prime Minister of Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty and poet. Zishou, a naturalist, Han nationality, was born in Qujiang, Shaozhou (now Shaoguan City, Guangdong). Jinshi during the Chang'an period. When the official reaches Zhongshu's minister's office, he and Zhongshu's disciples make peace with each other. Later he resigned as prime minister and became the governor of Jing. The style of poetry is light. There is "Qujiang Collection". He is a famous politician, writer, poet, and prime minister with courage and vision. He was loyal and conscientious, impartial, outspoken and dared to admonish, selected talents, did not bend the law for personal gain, did not follow the crowd, dared to fight against evil forces, and made positive contributions to the "Kaiyuan Rule". His five-character ancient poems, with simple and simple language and profound expectations for life, made a great contribution to eradicating the Six Dynasties poetic style followed in the early Tang Dynasty. Known as "the first person in Lingnan".