Who in the clouds sends the brocade book means: Who will send the brocade book to the place where the white clouds relax.
From Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty - "A Cut of Plum Blossoms, the Fragrance of Red Lotus Roots and the Remaining Jade Mat in Autumn"
Detailed content:
Original text
Red The fragrance of lotus root lingers in the jade mat of autumn. He undressed Luo Shang lightly and boarded the orchid boat alone. Who in the clouds sent a brocade book? When the wild goose returned, the moon was full on the west tower.
The flowers float and the water flows. One kind of lovesickness, two places of idle sorrow. There is no way to eliminate this feeling, so I just frown, but it is in my heart.
Translation
The lotus has faded, the fragrance has faded, and the bamboo mat is as cold as jade, revealing the deep cool autumn. He gently took off his silk coat and lay down alone on the bed. Where the white clouds are rolling, who will send the brocade book? It is the time when the wild geese form the character "human" and return south. The moonlight is bright and immersed, filling the pavilion leaning against it in the west.
Flowers drift by themselves, and water drifts by itself. A kind of parting lovesickness affects the sorrow of two places. Ah, what cannot be ruled out is that - this lovesickness, this sorrow of separation, just disappeared from the slightly frowning eyebrows, and faintly lingered in my heart again.
Notes
Red lotus root: red lotus. Jade mat (diàn): a delicate bamboo mat as smooth as jade.
Shang (cháng): the lower garment worn by the ancients, also generally refers to clothes.
Lanzhou: This is the elegant name of the boat.
Book of brocade: In the former Qin Dynasty, Su Hui once woven a brocade work called "Xuanji Pictures" and sent it to his husband Dou Tao. It contains 840 characters and is repeated vertically and horizontally. It can be recited, and the words are sad and elegance. Later generations called the wife sending her husband the word "Jin", or "Jin Shu"; it is also generally a good name for letters.
The word wild goose: A group of flying geese often forms the character "一" or the character "人". In poems and prose, the word wild goose is used to call the wild geese flying in a group.
The full moon on the west tower means that when the geese fly back, the west tower is filled with moonlight.
One kind of lovesickness, two places of sorrow: It means that both of them miss each other, but they can't talk to each other, so they have to be alone and depressed.
The brow is lowered, but the heart is worried: It means that as soon as the worry on the brow disappears, the heart becomes sad again.
For the above content, refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - One-cut Plum·Red Lotus Root Fragrance and Residual Jade Mat Autumn