The Living Environment Poems of Pipa Poets after Demotion

My residence is near the town by the river, low and humid, and the house is surrounded by bitter reeds and yellow rushes.

The meaning of this poem is: living in a low-lying and humid place on the Ganjiang River; Yellow reeds and bitter bamboo surround the first house. The Ganjiang River, now the Longkai River, originated in Qinggan Mountain in Ruichang County, Jiangxi Province, and flowed eastward through Jiujiang to join the Yangtze River. Its estuary is the "Pukou" mentioned in the preface. "Bitter bamboo", bamboo with umbrella handle.