Original text:
Xue Jiang
Author Liu Zongyuan? the Tang Dynasty
There are no birds flying over those mountains, and there are no traces of people in those paths.
A boat on the river, a fisherman wearing his webworm moth; Fishing alone is not afraid of snow and ice.
Appreciation: The poet used the words "Qianshan" and "Wanjing" to set off the pictures of "boating alone" and "fishing alone" in the latter two sentences. Without the words "thousand" and "ten thousand", the words "loneliness" and "independence" at the back will appear bland and uninspiring.
Extended data:
Jiang Xue was written during Liu Zongyuan's exile in Yongzhou (805-8 15). During Yongzhenyuan's reign (805), Liu Zongyuan participated in the Yongzhenguan reform movement initiated by Wang Group, and carried out political measures to suppress internal officials, control other provinces and safeguard national unity. However, due to the joint opposition of reactionary forces, the reform soon failed.
Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou Sima and exiled for ten years. In fact, he lived a life of "prisoner" under control and house arrest. The oppression of the sinister environment did not crush him. Being at a political disadvantage, he expressed the value and ideal interest of life through his poems. This poem is one of the masterpieces.