Source: Adapted from the poem "Crazy catkins go with the wind, fine peach blossoms come with the water" in Du Fu's Nine Poems of Manxing in the Tang Dynasty.
Original text:
It is said that the scenery along the Chunjiang River is Yan Fang, and the third spring is coming. How can it not be sad?
On crutches, on crutches, standing on the Zhou Fang, I only watched catkins flying wildly in the wind like crazy, chasing the flowing peach blossoms lightly.
Vernacular translation: It is said that the scenery along the Chunjiang River is gorgeous, but the third spring is drawing to a close. How can I not be sad? Walking on crutches at the head of the river, standing on the Zhou Fang, I only saw catkins jumping wildly, dancing unscrupulously with the wind, and thin, self-respecting peach blossoms chasing the running water.
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Appreciate:
This quatrain was written in the second year of Du Fu's living in Chengdu Caotang, that is, the second year of Dai Zong Shang Yuan (76 1). The title is "Wandering", which means writing casually when you are happy. Don't write all, don't write all, and it's not the same time. Judging from the contents of these nine poems, there is a second place where it can be found that it was written in spring.
The scenery around Du Fu's Caotang is beautiful, and his life there is relatively stable. However, poets who have suffered from chaos have not forgotten that the national disaster has not been removed, so it is difficult to return to their homeland; Despite the flowers in front of me, the worries of home and country still haunt me from time to time.
Its original intention is to write scenery and express feelings, and it does not mean to criticize women's style, but because the images of "willow" and "peach blossom" used in two of them are also used to describe women. The so-called broken flowers and defeated willows have a face like peach blossom. Moreover, the poem is extremely frivolous, so it is often used by later generations to imply the frivolous and bohemian style of women.