This sentence comes from a poem by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, On the Value of Water as the Sea on the River. The whole poem is:
I like to try to find a good poem all my life. The language of the poem is not surprising, and I will not stop.
Old poems are muddy and prosperous, but flowers and birds are not deeply worried about spring scenery.
I have a new clothes and a stockade by the river. I can fish leisurely. I have prepared a wooden raft to replace the boat in the river.
I hope that Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun and other poetry masters will definitely chat with each other and have a tea party.
All my life, people like to think and look for good poems. I will never stop until the language of poetry reaches an amazing level.
People are getting older and older, and writing poems is all perfunctory. Facing the birds and flowers in spring, there is no deep sadness in the past.
A new wooden fence has been installed by the river for me to fish leisurely, and I have prepared a small raft to replace the boats entering and leaving the river.
I hope to be accompanied by poets such as Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun. At this time, we will definitely write poems and talk together.
Among Du Fu's poems, most of his works reflect the social outlook at that time, with a wide range of themes and far-reaching significance, especially describing the sufferings of the people and expressing his sympathy for the people and his feelings of worrying about the country and the people. Du Fu's poems, known as the history of poetry, first appeared in the late Tang Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, the conclusion was drawn, but the significance of poetry history was different. Some people pay attention to Du Fu's poems about historical events, and think that Du Fu's poems are documentary poems, which can supplement and prove history, so they are called poetry history. This statement only pays attention to the truth and falsehood of historical events, but ignores the emotional characteristics of poetry. Some people think that Du Fu has profound historical knowledge and rigorous brushwork, which can be compared with Sima Qian, a historian of the Han Dynasty.