It means the loneliness and loneliness of drinking tea during the light snow solar term, and the hair on the temples is as white as frost.
From: "He Xiaolangzhong Xiaoxue's daily work"
Xu Xuan of the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty
Zheng Xifuli said Xixie, trying a new furnace to cook tea by himself .
The chrysanthemums on the fence are all low and cover the water, and the sails fly away to reach the clouds.
The lonely light snow passes by leisurely, and the light frost is mottled on the temples.
Don’t write poems to Cang Hua in this fleeting time.
Translation: As winter sets in the west, I take out my newly made tea stove and make tea for myself. I lowered my head and poured away the idle water, and found that the chrysanthemums that bloomed in autumn in the fence had all fallen. I looked up at the sky, and saw that the flying dragons outside the wall were far away in the sunset.
It coincides with the light snow solar term, so I have nothing to do and feel quite lonely. Loneliness, silence is silence, loneliness is emptiness. People tend to focus on themselves when they are open and quiet. Time flies, and before I know it, my temples have become mottled and frosty. But the fortune teller has no choice but to say that the years are fleeting. Even if he looks for words and sentences and prays for the blue sky, it will not help.
Extended information
Xu Xuan was erudite and eloquent, and his poems were close to Bai Juyi's style. The language of this poem is simple, smooth and natural. The first half depicts scenery, clear and bright, with echoes of the prosperous Tang Dynasty; the second half is self-pitying, sad and helpless, with the aftertaste of the late Tang Dynasty. Although the style is a little decadent, overall it is a delicate and touching masterpiece.
Xu Xuan, a native of Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu), was a famous writer and calligrapher in the early Northern Song Dynasty. Xu Xuan was originally a civil servant in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Later, Li Yu from the Southern Tang Dynasty returned to the Song Dynasty, and he also became an official in the Northern Song Dynasty. According to scholars' research, this poem was written by Xu Xuan during the Southern Tang Dynasty. The title of Xiao Langzhong should refer to Xiao Yu.