1, Langtaosha (1)
Liu Yuxi [Tang Dynasty]
The Yellow River winds from a distant place, carrying thousands of miles of yellow sand.
Since you are from the sky, and now you seem to fly directly to the Milky Way, please take me to the sky, gather in the Milky Way, and go to the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl together.
Translation:
The Yellow River in Wan Li twists and turns with sediment, and the waves are rolling, like a huge wind from the end of the world. Now it seems that I will fly directly to the Milky Way in the sky. Please take me to visit the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl.
2. Jiang Nanchun
Du Mu [Tang Dynasty]
Jiangnan, the sound of green and red flowers, the waterside village in the foothills.
More than 480 ancient temples were left in the Southern Dynasties, and countless pagodas were shrouded in wind and rain.
Translation:
The vast south of the Yangtze River is full of singing and dancing, green trees and red flowers set each other off, and wine flags are flying everywhere at the foot of the water town. Many ancient temples left over from the Southern Dynasties are now shrouded in this misty rain.
3. Mr. Shuhu Yinbi
Wang Anshi [Song Dynasty]
The eaves are long and clean without moss, and flowers and trees are planted by hand.
One water protects the field and surrounds the green, and two mountains send green.
Translation:
The courtyard of the thatched cottage is often cleaned, so clean that there is no moss. Flowers, trees, rows and ridges are all planted by the owner himself. Outside the courtyard, a small river guards the garden and closely surrounds the green seedlings; Two green hills are green when they open the door.
Appreciation of Langtaosha:
This quatrain imitates the tone of the gold digger, and shows their disgust for the gold digger's career and their yearning for a better life. Living by the river, the Tianhe River where Cowherd and Weaver Girl live is quiet and beautiful, but the gold diggers along the Yellow River are rushing for a living all day. I went straight to the Milky Way, visited the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid, and pinned my hopes for a quiet rural life.
This romantic ideal, poured out in heroic spoken language, has an unpretentious beauty.