Meaning: A touch of tenderness stirs up lovesickness and sorrow in two places.
This sentence is adapted from "A Cut of Plum Blossoms, the Fragrance of Red Lotus Roots and the Fragrance of the Jade Mat in Autumn" by Li Qingzhao, a female poet in the Song Dynasty. Luo Shang, alone on the orchid boat. Who in the clouds sent brocade books? When the wild goose returns, the moon is full on the west tower.
The flowers float and the water flows, a kind of lovesickness and two places of leisurely sorrow. There is no way to eliminate this feeling, so I just frown, but it is in my heart.
Translation: It is already autumn, the pink lotus has withered, but still exudes the residual fragrance. Sleeping on the bamboo mat feels a little cool. Gently holding up the silk skirt, I boarded the exquisite boat alone, wanting to relax and get rid of the pain of lovesickness. Looking up at the sky and the white clouds, who will send the letter? When the geese flying back in a "human" formation, the clear moonlight had already filled the west tower.
The fallen flowers are floating alone, and the water is flowing alone. The two of us suffer from the same lovesickness, but we are separated in two places, which affects our respective sorrows. The sorrow of lovesickness really couldn't be dismissed. Just after it left the frown, it faintly came to my heart again.
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Creative background
This word is an early work of Li Qingzhao, which is believed to have been written shortly after his marriage. "The Story of Lang Huan" written by Yi Shizhen of the Yuan Dynasty quoted "Wai Zhuan" as saying: "Not long after Yi An's marriage, Ming Cheng took off to travel far away. Yi An couldn't bear to say goodbye, so he searched for the poem "Yijian Mei" in the brocade handkerchief book "Yijianmei". "Send it away."
The first volume of "Li Qingzhao's Collection and Annotations" compiled by the modern poet Wang Zhongwen put forward a different opinion: "When the Qing Dynasty came to Zhao Mingcheng, the two families were in Tokyo, and Mingcheng was a student of the Imperial College. It is said that Li Qingzhao's father was called Li Weng, especially since the "Lang Huan Ji" is a forgery and lacks evidence. p>
According to Li Qingzhao's autobiographical "Preface to the Records of Jinshi", Li Qingzhao married Zhao Mingcheng in the first year of Emperor Huizong's founding of the Song Dynasty (1101). hobbies.
Later, his father Li Gefei was wronged in the party struggle, and Li Qingzhao was also implicated and was forced to return to his hometown. He and her husband were sometimes separated. This inevitably evoked a lot of longing for her, and she wrote many poems. This song "One Cut Plum" is one of her masterpieces.
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