Origin: Feng in the pre-Qin period.
Original: Green and purple stripes are lingering in my heart. If I didn't go to see you, didn't you get my letter? Green is what you wear, and leisurely is my feeling. If I never visit you, can't you take the initiative? Come on, always open your eyes, on this high tower. I haven't seen you for a day, like March!
Green is your collar, and leisure is my mood. Even though I didn't go to see you, didn't you receive my letter? Green is what you wear, and leisure is what I feel. Even if I didn't pick you up, couldn't you come voluntarily? Come and go, look around, on this tower. I haven't seen you for a day, like three months!
The extended information includes three chapters, each with four sentences. This poem is about unrequited love and describes a woman who misses her sweetheart. Every time I see something green, a woman will think of her sweetheart's green collar and jade. So she boarded the tower, just to see the trace of her sweetheart. If one day she can't see it, she will feel as if it is once every three months.
The whole poem fully describes the psychological activities of female unrequited love by flashback. It is a rare and beautiful love song, and it has also become a classic in the history of China literature.
This poem is a representative one among many love poems in The Book of Songs. It clearly embodies the ideological and spiritual essence of women's independence, autonomy and equality in that era. The heroine boldly expressed her feelings in the poem, that is, her yearning for her lover. This is rare in all previous literary works after the Book of Songs.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zheng Guofeng Feng Zijin