Yesterday I was a child, now I am Weng Quan’s poem explanation

As follows:

Yesterday I was a child, and in the blink of an eye I became a white-haired old man. The days and months in this world pass quickly like the wind.

I often want to travel around the rivers and lakes for the rest of my life. No one has the same hobbies as you except me.

Source: Yao He's "Repay Ling Hu Lang Zhong Jian Ji", the original text of the poem:

Yesterday I was a child and now I am an old man. The sun and the moon in the world are as fast as the wind.

I often hear that I want to go to Cangjiang River, but there is no one with me but me.

Appreciation: The first two sentences of the poem use contrast and metaphor to describe the passage of time, faintly showing melancholy. However, the writing direction of the next two sentences changed, which not only expressed the detached feelings of "the river and the sea will leave the rest of my life", but also highlighted the tacit understanding between him and his friends, echoing the title. Looking at the whole poem, although there is also a touch of sadness about aging, it still expresses a kind of leisurely feeling that does not change its original intention and is detached from the world.

About the author:

Yao He (777-843), a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. A native of Shaanzhou (now Shaanzhou District, Henan Province), he was the great-nephew of Prime Minister Yao Chong. In the eleventh year of Yuanhe (816), he was promoted to Jinshi and awarded the title of Master of Martial Arts. He successively served as censor of supervision, governor of Jin and Hangzhou, doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, and middle-level minister, and finally secretary-supervisor. He is known as Yao Wugong in the world, and his poetry school is called "Wugong Style".

In his lifetime, he saw the "Yao He Epitaph" unearthed in Luoyang. Yao He was famous for his poetry at that time and had many friends. He had contacts with Liu Yuxi, Li Shen, Zhang Ji, Wang Jian, Yang Juyuan, Ma Dai, Li Qunyu and others.

Friendly with Jia Dao, his poems are also similar, but slightly shallower than Jia Dao's. Known as "Yao Jia" in the world. He is good at five rhymes, and is good at secluded, quiet, and steep. He is good at copying natural scenery and depressed official situations, and he often has good sentences. However, the style and subject matter are relatively monotonous, and the description of the scenery is also relatively trivial.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia--Yao He