From: Tao Yuanming's Ci of Returning to Xi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty
Excerpts from the original text:
Or a towel cart, or a boat This is not only a gentle and elegant road to find ravines, but also a rugged road through hills. Wood is thriving, and bloom is warm in spring. When everything is fine, I feel that my journey of life is over.
Explanation:
Sometimes driving a tarpaulin car, sometimes rowing a boat, not only to explore deep valleys, but also to walk through rugged hills. Trees are thriving and springs are flowing slowly. I envy everything in the prosperous season and sigh that life is coming to an end.
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Creative background:
Tao Yuanming began to be an official at the age of 29. He has always hated officialdom and yearned for the countryside. In the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (405), when Tao Yuanming was 4 1 year old, he became an official for the last time and worked as a Peng for more than 80 days. According to Tao Qian Biography of Song Dynasty and Tao Yuanming Biography of Xiao Tong, Tao Yuanming retired out of dissatisfaction with decadent reality. This essay is a natural expression of his excitement and joy when he returned to the countryside.
By praising rural life and working life, the full text expresses the author's infinite joy of leaving the officialdom and retiring from the countryside, and expresses his yearning and love for nature and seclusion. Clever combination of narration, discussion and lyricism; Love in the scenery is sincere and interesting; The words are washed and practiced, the style is fresh, the syllables are harmonious, the music is beautiful and the structure is rigorous and thorough.
This paragraph describes the mode of travel, that is, "graceful and graceful ditch-seeking" should be boarded by "or solitary boat" and "rugged mountain crossing" should be boarded by "or towel cart"; Write down what you saw on your trip. The first two sentences are about the vibrant scene in the early spring in the countryside, and the last two sentences are about the touching scene, which is the end of this book.
The author said that he will change with life and death, everything will follow the fate, and he will spend the rest of his life happily knowing life. This is the author's philosophy and life conclusion. Although it is inevitable to be negative, it is really from the heart and contains painful introspection from vulgar and sinister officialdom. Both sides have a profound experience. Therefore, it is different from the kind of false hermit who talks about Hyunri and pretends to be lofty.
Tao Yuanming has a very clear understanding of the hypocrisy and darkness of social personnel, so his seclusion is not a passive escape from reality, but has a profound positive significance in criticizing social reality. When he was caught in the predicament of hunger and cold in his long seclusion, although he hesitated and wavered, he did not give in to the reality in the end, preferring poverty and sticking to chastity all his life.