The meaning of the whole poem is: green grass, vast wilderness, endless as far as the eye can see. The sound of the flute came intermittently in the evening wind, melodious and sweet.
The shepherd boy returns from grazing herds at dusk after a full meal. He didn't even take off his raincoat, he just lay happily on the grass and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
Author: Lu Yan, a poet of the Tang Dynasty.
Creative background: Zhong Fu was originally a scholar. He became an official in Lanzhou on the recommendation of Li Xian, but his official career was not smooth and he was demoted many times. When Zhong Fu was guarding Pingliang (today's Pingliang County, Gansu Province), he once wandered with a Taoist priest and saw a shepherd boy leading a big ox into the yard. The Taoist said that this shepherd boy could compose poetry, but Master Zhong didn't believe it. The shepherd boy improvised this poem at the Taoist's request.
Original text:
There are straw beds across the field for six or seven miles, and the flute makes three or four sounds in the evening breeze.
After returning home and having a good meal, after dusk, I lie down under the moonlight without taking off my coir raincoat.
Lv Yan: Lu Yan is Lu Dongbin. One of the Eight Immortals in folklore. And he has been hired as an honorary ancestor by many industries. It is said that Lu Yan was originally a Confucian scholar who once took the exam and was transformed by an immortal and led to the path of immortality. Some say that this immortal is from Tieguai Li Xuan, while others say that he is from Zhongli Quan of Han Dynasty. This story is the famous "Dream of Huangliang", which is roughly similar to "Three Plays of Hu Gong and Fei Changfang".
For example, in the ancient joke "I Want a Finger", there is also a version that borrows his name from the story about how some iron (or stone) turns into gold. There is a saying that during the Five Dynasties, Lu Yan and Chen Xiyi lived in seclusion in Huashan Mountain. Chen Xiyi was the ancestor of Chen Tuan and a legendary figure. It was said that he lived to the age of 118.
Then Lu Yan probably lived in the period from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty. Among the people, Lu Dongbin is a figure who is as well-known to women and children as Guanyin Bodhisattva and Guan Gong. They are collectively known as " The Three Great Gods”. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, he, together with Tieguaili, Han Zhongli, Lan Caihe, Zhang Guolao, He Xiangu, Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu, have been known as the "Eight-hole Immortal". In Shanxi folk belief, he is the most famous among the Eight Immortals and has the most folklore.
Lu Dongbin, formerly known as Lu Yan, was born in Yongle Town, Hezhong Prefecture (now Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province, and there is a Taoist temple in memory of Lu Dongbin - Yongle Palace in Ruicheng County now). He was born into a family of officials for generations, and his ancestors had all been officials in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Lu Dongbin had been familiar with classics and history since he was a child. Some people say that he was a Jinshi in the first year of Tang Baoli (AD 825) and served as a local official.