1 Verse
Resentment (Ming Dynasty, Feng Xiaoqing)
Xinzhuang actually competed with Huatu, who knows who is Zhaoyang?
The thin figure is photographed in the spring water, you must pity me and I pity you.
2 Translation
New makeup! But no one appreciated it, and he even argued with the portrait! This elegant makeup! Where can you rank in the harem?
Looking sadly at your slender figure in the water, you should pity my love for you.
3 Appreciation
Xiao Qing in the portrait remains as bright as ever, but Xiao Qing in life is getting weaker and weaker. She has no chance to meet her beloved husband again, so how can the portrait relieve her sorrow. She was helpless in this life, so she had no choice but to pray for happiness in the next life.
4 Introduction to the author
Feng Xiaoqing, whose name is Xuan and whose courtesy name is Xiaoqing. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, he was born in Yangzhou (now part of Jiangsu) in Nanzhili. Married to Feng, a wealthy young man from Hangzhou, and gave birth to a concubine. It is taboo to use the same surname and only use the given name. Gong Shi Ci, interpreting the rhythm. He was jealous of the wealthy lady and moved to Gushan. Relatives persuaded him to remarry, but he refused. He became ill from grief and resentment, and ordered the painter to paint the portrait himself. He died at the age of eighteen.