Growing up, in the deep grass,
Now I feel like Artemisia capillaris gradually.
When people don't know about Lingyunmu,
Wait until Lingyun (4) starts to be high.
Annotation translation
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1 thorn head: refers to a small pine tree covered with pine needles.
②Pestalaria(péngāo): two kinds of weeds.
3 Wait: Wait.
④ Lingyun: towering into the sky.
⑤ Beginning: Say it directly.
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Pine trees grew in deep grass when they were young, so they were invisible when they were buried. Until now, it was found to be much higher than those weeds (chrysanthemum morifolium). At that time, those people didn't know that the tree could soar to the sky, and people didn't say it was tall until it soared to the sky.
Creation background
Du Xunhe was born in poverty. Although he was brilliant when he was young, he failed again and again because of "no acquaintances among emperors" ("Resignation of Li Langzhong in Jiujiang"), and he was unable to serve his country and was down and out all his life. Like "Komatsu" buried in the deep grass, the poet created this poem to express his resentment.
Brief introduction of the author
Du Xunhe (846 ~ 904) was a realistic poet in the late Tang Dynasty. Yan Zhi was born in Jiuhuashan and Shidai, Chizhou (now Shitai, Anhui). According to legend, Du Mu is the son of a concubine. Born in poverty. I took several exams in Chang 'an and never went back to the mountain. Huang Chao broke out and he went home from Chang 'an. After traveling to Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan), he wrote poems in Zhu Wen. Wen named him the minister of rites, which won him great success as a scholar. After the first time, due to political turmoil, this ancient mountain was restored. Tianqi attaches great importance to it and uses it to do it. Tianqi was defeated and died. Zhu Wen commended him and awarded him a bachelor's degree in Hanlin and the Foreign Minister as the guest of honor. He was very ill and died in ten days. Du Xunhe advocated that poetry should inherit the tradition of elegance and oppose glitz. His poetry is popular in language and fresh in style, which was later called "Du Xunhe Style". Some of his works reflect the social contradictions and people's tragic experiences in the situation of military and political melee at the end of the Tang Dynasty, which was outstanding at that time and palace ci was also famous. And Tang Fengji.