The previous sentence of "Proudly Bringing a Prostitute Out of the World" is: Anshi Dongshan has thirty springs.
"Anshi Dongshan was thirty years old, and he proudly brought his prostitute out of the world" comes from the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's work "One of the Sixty-Four Poems of Jinlingzi Chenglu on the Prostitute". The full text of the ancient poem is as follows: Anshi Dongshan In the spring of thirty, I proudly took the prostitute out of the world. When I see Jinlingzi in the building, I look like a man in the rain on the balcony.
The translation is as follows:
Xie Anshi has been in Dongshan for thirty years and likes to travel in the mountains and forests with singers. Lu Liu, you saw my singer Jin Lingzi in this building today. Does she look like the fairy with clouds and rain on the Wushan balcony?
Appreciation is as follows:
Li Bai wrote many poems about traveling with prostitutes and being intimate with prostitutes, among which Jinlingzi was mentioned many times. These four poems were written about Jinlingzi, which contain the poet's heartfelt praise for his erotic skills and his depression at not being able to realize his ambitions. The word "Anshi" in the first poem is the name of Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the commander of the Feishui Battle. Dongshan is the place where Xie An lived in seclusion before becoming prime minister. Dongshan has beautiful scenery, and Xie Anbie lived here in seclusion for thirty years.
"Proudly bringing prostitutes out of society" refers to Xie An. The "prostitute" here should be a singing girl. This is a portrayal of Xie An's life in seclusion, and it depicts Xie An's extraordinary and unrestrained look. Li Bai highly praised Xie An's achievements, and this shows his envy of Xie An. "Seeing me Jinlingzi in the building, how can I be like the cloud and rain man on the balcony?" The "cloud and rain man" in the two sentences refers to the goddess of Wushan, a beautiful and passionate goddess who "is like clouds in the morning and rain in the evening".
On the surface, these two sentences are showing off the beauty of his beloved Jinlingzi. It seems to be proud, but with the previous two sentences "Anshi Dongshan was thirty years old, he proudly took a prostitute out of the world" as a foreshadowing, what is revealed here is actually a sad emotion. Xie An is really chic, but the poet thinks he can't compare to him. The poet's frustration was political. When reading Li Bai's poems, one must not forget the poet's political ambitions.