The poem begins with "when young people leave home, they will go straight to the point, pointing out that there is a long time between leaving home and going home, which already contains deep feelings." This feeling is clearly described in the second poem with the same title: "I have been away from my hometown for many years, and my personnel have been half exhausted recently." "Only in front of the mirror lake, the spring breeze does not change the old waves."
The mountains and rivers are still the same, and people are killing each other. The eternity of nature is in sharp contrast with the changefulness of life. What is written here is explicit and implicit "leaving home while young". Different expressions have different artistic effects.
The second sentence, "The local accent has not changed, and the temples are failing", also uses the contrast method, but it is not the contrast between nature and life, but the contrast between language and temples. Once language habits are formed, it is difficult to change them despite years of tempering; Beautiful youth can't last forever. A child's face and black hair can rot in an instant. "The local accent has not changed" is not only the brand left by the hometown to the poet, but also can never be erased.
It is a medium for poets to get close to their hometown children, so it is precious; "The decline of sideburns" is the inevitable result of official travel after leaving home for decades. Fortunately, the fallen leaves return to their roots, and in the twilight of my gray hair, I finally returned to my hometown that I miss so much, so I feel very lucky. The poet's mood at this time is complex, mixed feelings and excited.
The author introduces:
He (about 659-744), born in Yongxing, Yuezhou (now Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang) in his later years, was a poet and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. Together with Zhang, Zhang Xu and Bao Rong, they are also called "Four Scholars of Wu Zhong", ranked as "Friends of Ten Immortals", and listed as one of the "Eight Immortals of Drinking" by Du Fu, who is called "Poetic Mad".
Why is it famous for its poems, unique scenery and lyrical writing, fresh and natural, broad-minded and uninhibited, and has the reputation of "free and easy to talk"? In 695, he won the top prize, and successively served as Doctor Guo Zi, Assistant Minister of Ritual Department, and guest of the Prince. His poems such as "Singing Willow" and "Returning Home" are well-known and have been passed down through the ages.
He Zhangzhi moved to Yin Shan in Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) in his early years. When I was young, I was famous for my poems. After the Tang and Five Dynasties, he was the first scholar in the history of Zhejiang Province in the year of Shengyuan (695).