Gao Ding, a poet in the late Qing Dynasty. The courtesy name is Xiangyi, and also the courtesy name is Zhuowu. He was born in Renhe (now Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province).
Gao Ding lived after the Opium War in the late Qing Dynasty, around the Xianfeng period. Gao Ding was an ordinary poet with few achievements, and most of his poems were not suitable for that era. Most people mention him only because he wrote a poem called "Village Living" about flying kites, but his "Village Living" poem made him famous for future generations.
The poem "Village Residence" is a seven-character quatrain composed by Gao Ding when he retired to Shangrao in his later years and lived idle in the countryside. In the 21st century, it was also used as a primary school Chinese textbook.
Extended information:
Gao Ding's works
"Village Residence"
Qing Gao Ding
The Grass Grows as a Warbler Flying in the February sky, the willows are blowing on the embankment and drunk with spring smoke.
The children came back early from school and were busy flying kites in the east wind.
Vernacular interpretation:
In the second month of the lunar calendar, the grass in front and behind the village has gradually sprouted and grown, and orioles are flying here and there. The willows are covered with long green branches, swaying in the wind, as if gently stroking the embankment. The water vapor that evaporates between the water and vegetation condenses like smoke. The willows seem to be intoxicated by this rich scenery.
The children in the village hurried home after school and took advantage of the east wind to fly kites into the blue sky.
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