Please have a drink with your horse and ask your friend where you are going.
You said you would go back to Zhongnanshan because you were not proud of your life.
Just left, I want to ask again, look at the white clouds floating.
Vernacular translation:
Please dismount and have a drink. Dare you ask your friend where you are going?
You said that because you were not satisfied with your life, you went back to your hometown and lived in seclusion near Zhong Nanshan.
Let's go. Why should I ask again? Look at the endless floating white clouds.
Farewell is a five-character ancient poem written by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei. This is the first poem to send a friend into seclusion. It tells the reason of seclusion with friends by asking and answering questions, and also shows the poet's complicated thoughts and feelings. The poet's concern and love for his friends not only comforted his friends, but also expressed envy for their retirement, which showed that the poet was not satisfied with his reality. The language of the whole poem seems unremarkable, but the last two sentences add poetry, which can be described as shallow words and deep feelings, containing endless meanings.
Wang Wei (70 1-76 1, 699-76 1) was born in Zhou Pu, Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), and his ancestral home was Qixian, Shanxi. A famous poet and painter in the Tang Dynasty, the word "Mo Mo" was named "Mo Mo Ju Shi".
Wang Wei was born in the royal family of Hedong, and was the number one scholar in the 19th year of Kaiyuan (73 1). Li Guan right gleaned, supervised the remonstrance, and made our time in Hexi. During the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei worshipped the official department as a doctor and servant. When An Lushan captured Chang 'an, Wang Wei was forced to take a false post. After Chang 'an was recovered, he was accused of granting Prince Zhongyun. In the first year of Tang Suzong's rule, he was appointed as a senior minister, so he was called "Wang Youcheng".
Wang Wei is proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting and music. He is famous for his poems, especially his five words, which praise the landscape and countryside. Together with Meng Haoran, he was called "Wang Meng" and "Shi Fo". Calligraphy and painting are particularly wonderful, and later generations promoted it to the ancestor of Nanzong landscape painting. Su Shi commented: "Poetry is full of paintings; Look at the picture, there are poems in the picture. " There are more than 400 poems, including Acacia and Autumn Night in the Mountain. His works include The Collection of Wang Youcheng's Works and The Secret of Painting.