Under the pine tree, I asked the hermit's son where his master had gone. He said that the master had gone to collect medicine. Pointing to the high mountain, he said, it's in this mountain, but the forest is deep and dense, and I don't know where he is.
Notes on Absence from Class is the work of Jia Dao, a monk in the Tang Dynasty.
About the author: Jia Dao (779 ~ 843), a poet in Tang Dynasty, was born in Langxian County. Han nationality, a native of Fanyang County, Youzhou, Hebei Province (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province) in the Tang Dynasty. He became a monk in his early years and had no name. Self-named "Jieshishan people". It is said that when he was in Luoyang, there was an order forbidding monks to go out in the afternoon. Jia Dao complained about writing poems and was discovered by Han Yu.
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The first sentence of this poem is about the seeker asking the boy, and the last three sentences are the boy's answers. The poet used a combination of questions and answers to describe his anxiety that he could not be found.
In the poem, white clouds are nobler than hermits, and pine trees are used to describe the hermit's character, which shows the seeker's admiration and admiration for hermits. The whole poem is a rare work of state writers with its beautiful words, numerous words, concise brushwork, profound feelings and unpretentious description.