Wan Shi Tao Hua Xi

Taohuaxi [Zhang Xu]

A high bridge appeared on the clouds and asked the fishing boats in the rocks.

Peach blossoms follow the running water all day. Where is the cave in Qingxi?

[Notes]

(1) Taohuaxi: According to Records of the Qing Dynasty, "Taohuaxi is located in Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, 25 miles southwest of Taoyuan County. It originated in Taohua Mountain and flowed into Yuan in the north."

(2) Blurred: the appearance is unclear. Flying Bridge: The bridge is as high as the sky. The haze between Shan Ye.

(3) Shijie: a big stone protruding from the water. West Bank: West. These two sentences say that the flying bridge is shrouded in smoke in the distance, but it is not true. Go to the west of the big stone by the stream and ask the fisherman on the fishing boat.

(4) all day: all day.

(5) Cave: refers to Taoyuan Cave. These two sentences were asked by the poet to the fisherman: I saw peach blossoms flowing away with the stream all day. Where is the Peach Blossom Cave in taohuajiang?

[brief comment]

Tao Yuanming wrote poems with the theme of Taohuayuan and Taohuaxi, which first appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Later, many poets wrote poems on the theme of Peach Blossom Spring and Peach Blossom Creek. This poem Peach Blossom Creek expresses the poet's yearning and pursuit for Taoyuan, a secluded place, and shows the author's own interest in life as an alpine hermit. It is well-founded to say that Zhang Xu's poems reveal the art of harvesting weeds. You see, the poet has placed eight scenes in his four poems, namely, Flying Bridge, Wild Smoke, Rocky Mountain, Fishing Boat, Peach Blossom, Running Water, Cave and Qingxi, which can be said to be the colorful parts of cursive script, while Faint, Separated, This is one of them. In addition, from the artistic conception of the poem, the first sentence "faint" is already empty, and then it is lined with "flying" and "wild", giving people an erratic speed. The word "ask" in the second sentence should not be underestimated. According to "Peach Blossom Spring", although the fisherman went to the Peach Blossom Spring Resort, he didn't know where his cave was when he went again, so the result of asking was only confusion. There is no trace of peach blossom drifting all day to set off the peach blossom source, so it increases the illusory meaning of the poem. The last sentence is completely immersed in a kind of doubt, which makes readers feel more and more hazy. Therefore, by summarizing the artistic conception of this poem, we can know that the work is full of ethereal artistic conception of the poet's cursive art. Because the poet is a calligrapher, this poem shows a wild and unrestrained character and elegant and romantic poetic style. The whole poem is centered on "lamenting that there is nowhere to escape", vaguely revealing the melancholy of the poet's ideal realm, showing his praise for the quiet environment and his pursuit of seclusion. The poet's pursuit of the ideal state in his heart is reflected in The Peach Blossom Garden.

[Introduction to the Poet]

Zhang Xu was born in Wu (now Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province). Kaiyuan and Tianbao are alive. He used to be the county magistrate of Changshu. Known as cursive script, he danced with Li Bai's poems and Pei Jian, and was called "Three Musts". Lustful wine, screaming away every time I get drunk, still free to play, and calling myself Zhang Dian. It also shows his enthusiasm for artistic hobbies, such as "forgetting me" as the folks say.