The window of Yaochi's mother's relatives is open,
The song Huang Zhu is very sad.
Eight horses, three days in Wan Li,
Mu Wang, why not start over?
Appreciation of Li Shangyin's Poems
In the late Tang Dynasty, several emperors were superstitious about the way of immortals, took elixir, sought immortality in vain, and even died of poisoning by taking elixir. This poem is a satire on the vanity of pursuing immortality.
According to legend, Yaochi is the place where the fairy queen lived in ancient mythology. The "grandmother" in the poem is the western queen mother, and the Hanwu story calls the western queen mother "the mother of Du Xuan". According to Mu Chuan, he traveled west to Kunlun Mountain and met the Queen Mother, who hosted a banquet in Yaochi. Before leaving, the Queen Mother of the West wrote a song for her: "White clouds are in the sky, and mountains are coming out.
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