The word "between squares" comes from the Song of Songs written by Li Bai, a romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. Song of Songs is a Yuefu poem. The first four sentences of this poem use metaphors to say that you should be cautious in making friends, and list examples of making friends with noble and humble people from the front.
Original text:
Elegant ballad
Climb the dragon, climb the mountain and ride the tiger.
The noble and the humble are determined to make friends, only Yanling and Guangwu.
Duke of Zhou is called the Great Sage, and Cai Ning is compatible.
A bucket of millet in China folk songs is different from that in Huainan.
Brothers are still passers-by, and my heart is at ease.
There are thousands of waters in Qian Shan in other people's space.
Trust a friend out of turn, and face the doubt of Jiu Feng.
Flowers must fall early, peaches and plums are not as loose as pine.
Guan Bao has been dead for a long time. Who will follow him? ?
Vernacular translation:
Never climb a dragon to the sky, and never ride a tiger when climbing a mountain.
In ancient times, only Yan Ziling made friends with Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty.
Duke Zhou is called the Great Sage, but Guan Shu and Cai Shu are not allowed.
Chinese ballads sing: "A foot of cloth can still be sewn; A bucket of millet can still beat. The two brothers are incompatible. " It tells the story of the brotherly feud between Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty and King Huai Nan.
Brothers are still like passers-by. Who should my heart obey?
There are thousands of waters in Qian Shan between people.
Trust friends, face to face, feeling separated by nine peaks of doubt.
Flowers will fall in bloom, and peach and plum trees are not as faithful as pine trees.
The friendship between Guan Zhong and Bao Shu has long since vanished. Who can inherit their fashion?
Creative background:
Song of Songs is an old topic in ancient Yuefu, and this poem by Li Bai is based on the old topic. Pei Fei thinks that this poem was written in unknown time. But this poem was written by Li Bai in Xunyang prison in the second year of Zhide (757) in Comments on the Complete Works of Li Bai.
Li Bai (70 1 ~ 762), whose name is Taibai, is a violet layman. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "poetic immortal" and is also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing the arrogant spirit of contempt for powerful people, expressing sympathy for people's sufferings, being good at depicting natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland.
The poetic style is magnificent and bold, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, the melody is harmonious and changeable, and it is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and myths and legends, which constitutes its unique magnificent and gorgeous color and reaches the peak of poetic art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than 1000 poems, including 30 volumes of Li Taibai's Collection.