Poem of the Garden by Yuan Mei
Flying clouds are always in my heart, and the bright moon does not flow.
Mingyue should know me and meet me in a foreign land year after year.
Introduction to the work:
Poem with the Garden is a masterpiece of Yuan Mei in Qing Dynasty, which has strong pertinence. This book ranges from the poet's innate qualifications to the acquired moral cultivation, reading and learning and social practice; From writing about scenery and romance to singing about things and history; From conception to writing, refine sentences; All aspects related to poetry can be described as all-encompassing, from diction, rhythm, metaphor, sustenance, nature, emptiness and twists and turns, to the revision, appreciation, compilation and even writing of poetry. Yuan Mei, an advocate of spiritualism in Qing Dynasty, was indifferent and free-spirited, and didn't like being an official. He resigned in his prime, lived in seclusion with the garden, enjoyed himself, and never returned to his official position.
The author's life
Yuan Mei (17 16- 1797) was a poet and poetic critic in Qing dynasty. Zi Zi Cai, named Jian Zhai, was named Cangshan layman and Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) in his later years. Yuan Mei was one of the representative poets in Ganjia period. Together with Zhao Yi and Jiang Shiquan, they are called "the three great poets of Qianlong". Together with Zhao Yi and Zhang Wentao, they are called "three masters of spiritualism". Jishi Shu, a scholar in Qianlong four years (1739), was awarded to the academician courtyard. Qianlong served as an official for seven years, and served as a magistrate in Jiangning and Shangyuan successively. His political voice was good and he was appreciated by then Governor Yin Jishan. In the seventeenth year of Qianlong (1752), Yuan Mei was forced to go through the customs again against his will. However, the relationship between Yuan Mei and his boss, Governor Huang Tinggui, is very bad, so just one year later, he took a long sick leave and eagerly returned to the park. [ 1]
At the age of 33, his father died, resigned and adopted his mother. He bought Sui Abandoned Garden in Jiangning (Nanjing) and renamed it Suiyuan. He built a house and settled down, which was called Suiyuan in history. Since then, he has lived a leisurely life here for nearly 50 years, engaged in poetry and prose writing, compiled "Poetry Talk" to find talents, and won prizes and awards, which was admired by the poetry circles at that time. At the age of 24, Yuan Mei took part in the imperial examination. The exam question is "endowed with jade pendant jingling in the wind". There is a quip in the poem that "if people are in doubt, every other day is like a river." However, the presidents believe that "the language involved is not Zhuang, and they will be placed in Sun Shan". Fortunately, Governor Yin Jishan stepped forward and avoided falling out of the list.
His works include "Kokura Yamaya Works Collection"; And Garden Poems (16) and Addendum (10); 24 volumes of New Qi Xie, followed by Qi Xie 10; Suiyuan menu 1 volume; There are more than 30 kinds of essays, letters, and menus accompanying the garden. The masterpiece of prose "Salute to Sister" is sincere and has a long history. Classical Chinese critics compare it with Han Yu's Ode to Twelve Lang in Tang Dynasty.