Three years, two sentences, one song and two tears are Jia Dao's comments on himself after writing which poem.
The two sentences of "three years, one song and two tears" are Jia Dao's self-evaluation after completing two poems in his work "After Poem Title": "Walking alone at the bottom of the pool and counting trees". This poem expresses Jia Dao's hardships in the creative process and his deep affection for his works. Jia Dao struggled for three years before he came up with these two poems. When he recited them, he couldn't help but burst into tears. If his works were not appreciated by his confidants, Jia Dao even considered retiring from his hometown and never writing poetry again. This reflects Jia Dao's persistence in artistic creation and his profound understanding of the value of poetry. Jia Dao (779-843) was born in Fanyang (now Zhuozhou, Hebei) in the Tang Dynasty. Self-named "Jieshishan people". Poets in the Tang Dynasty were called "poetry slaves". He became a monk in his early years and had no name. It is said that when he was in Luoyang, there was an order forbidding monks to go out in the afternoon. Jia Dao complained about poetry, and Han Yu discovered his talent and became a "poet". Later, he was taught by Han Yu to take the imperial examination, but failed to win the first place. Tang Wenzong was excluded and demoted as the main book of Changjiang County (now Daying County, Suining City) in Suizhou, so he was called Jia Changjiang. At the beginning of Huichang, Tang Wuzong was transferred from Sicang, Zhou Pu to a family, but he didn't die of illness. Jia Dao lived in poverty and wrote poems. Most of his poems are written in desolate and lonely places, and he is good at five laws, emphasizing the tempering of words and expressions. As famous as Meng Jiao, later generations described his poetic style as "thinner than the suburbs". There is the Yangtze River Collection.