"Bu Shuzi·Self-mockery"
(Qing Dynasty) Ding Yuanying
Original text:
I was originally from the back mountain, and occasionally served as a guest in the front hall.
Drunk and dance in the Sutra Pavilion for half a volume, sitting in a well and talking about the vast sky,
Aspirations play on fame and fortune, and sea battles measure blessings and misfortunes.
When talking about being short of money, he angrily points out that everything is wrong.
The general meaning is:
I am originally from the back mountain, I have never seen much of the world, and I am also an uneducated person; because of an accidental opportunity, I accidentally boarded the big mountain. So, he began to play around with the little knowledge he had learned, and narcissistically showed off the superficial knowledge that could not be found in the thousands of volumes in the Sutra Pavilion.
You still forget about yourself, sit in a well and look at the sky and talk big words. In fact, it is just your own opinion. But he thinks he has great ambitions and can play with fame, and he is already indifferent to fame and fortune.
He always praises himself for weighing life's blessings and misfortunes by a huge battle on the sea, which shows how broad-minded he is.
Just suddenly one day, when I found that I didn’t have a penny in my pocket, and when I talked about my mediocrity and inaction, in such a helpless time, I could only curse in the sky and say, God, It’s unfair to me, saying that I was born into the wrong world!