The Original Text of Liu Yuxi's Langtaosha and Its Significance
The Yellow River winds from a distant place, carrying thousands of miles of yellow sand.
Since you are from the sky, and now you seem to fly directly to the Milky Way, please take me to the sky, gather in the Milky Way, and go to the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl together.
Translation:
The Yellow River in Wan Li twists and turns with sediment, and the waves are rolling, like a huge wind from the end of the world.
Now it seems that I will fly directly to the Milky Way in the sky. Please take me to visit the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl.
The poem "Thoughts on the Waves of Sand" imitates the tone of gold diggers, and shows their disgust for their profession and yearning for a better life. Living by the river, the Tianhe River where Cowherd and Weaver Girl live is quiet and beautiful, but the gold diggers along the Yellow River are rushing for a living all day. I went straight to the Milky Way, visited the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid, and pinned my hopes for a quiet rural life. This romantic ideal, poured out in heroic spoken language, has an unpretentious beauty.
Appreciation of Langtaosha This poem is easy to understand and common in children's books. When Liu Yuxi writes poems, he often expresses his feelings by borrowing things. Cowherd and Weaver Girl are the names of the stars in the sky, similar to North Korea, which is far away from him. Liu Yuxi was originally in a high position, but the poet's social ideal of benefiting his life was treated unfairly because of his slanderous remarks and will never change. Liu Yuxi is eager to return to a position where he can give full play to his talents, and he has also made some achievements. Even if he wanders around the world, he will not change his original intention of joining the WTO. This shows how admirable the poet's indomitable enterprising spirit is! This poem expresses the poet's romantic feelings through exaggeration and other writing techniques, and the momentum is ups and downs, giving people a magnificent aesthetic feeling. If you are not careful, you will fall behind the poet's ideas.