When I asked your students under a pine tree, "my teacher," he replied, "went to pick herbs." However, through these clouds, how can I know which corner of the mountain it is facing? .
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Under a pine tree in the forest, I asked the hermit's little apprentice where his master was going. He replied that Master had gone to collect medicinal materials. The hermit master is actually in this vast mountain. But the mountain was foggy, and the little apprentice didn't know where the master was.
Notes on Absence from Class is the work of Jia Dao, a monk in the Tang Dynasty. The hermit in the poem collects medicine for a living and helps the living. He is a real hermit. So Jia Dao has admiration for him. In the poem, the white clouds show their nobleness, the pine trees praise their character, and the landscape writing also contains the meaning of comparison. Only in this way, admiration and the satisfaction of failure highlight their disappointed feelings.
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Creation background
This poem was written by Jia Dao, a monk in the middle Tang Dynasty, when he visited a hermit in the mountains. Who is the hermit? Some people think it's Jia Dao's mountain friend Sun Xia. It is difficult to verify the specific creation time of this poem.
Famous comments
Jiang Yikui's Selected Poems of Tang Dynasty: The first sentence asks, and the last three sentences answer. There is elegance in integrity, and integrity in elegance.
Selected Poems of Tang Dynasty by Ling Hongxian in Ming Dynasty: Yu Zhongwei said: It means refined and popular.
Tang Ruxun's interpretation of Tang poetry in the Ming Dynasty: it is defined as a child's speech to become a secluded mountain.
Notes on Huang Shucan's Tang poems in Qing Dynasty: the truth of meaning, no fireworks.
Li E's "A Brief Record of the Changes of Poetic Methods" in Qing Dynasty: One question, the next three answers, and the lofty aspirations and lofty sentiments of hermits.
Wu Yi's "Selected Poems of Tang Dynasty" in Qing Dynasty: It is set as a boy's words to answer questions, so there is no need to have this kind of thing. Don't reveal the inscription, but the meaning has been seen.
Modern Wang Wenkun's Tang Poetry Review Reader: This poem is unpredictable when asked and answered.