Original text:
You have been idle outside since you were a teenager. There is a good saying, you must indulge in wine. The water shakes the window green and spends a little. There is nothing to do in spring, and it is always beautiful to meet.
Translation:
You should have been famous when you were young. Always borrow wine to let go when you have something on your mind, and always calm down and study when you have nothing to do; The doors and windows of the flowing water in front of the door are covered with green moss, and the flowers are blooming, and the temples are gradually turning gray. Every year, there is no disease or disaster, and nothing is wrong; Every time we meet, our faces are still the same, as beautiful as ever.
About the author:
Qu Dajun (1630- 1696), formerly known as Feichi, also known as Sao Yu,No. Wengshan, Jiezi and Caiyuan, was born in Panyu County, guangzhou fu, Guangdong Province (now Panyu District, Guangzhou). Famous scholars and poets in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, together with Chen Gongyin and Liang, are also called "the three outstanding figures in Lingnan" and have the reputation of "Guangdong".
Qu Dajun devoted his first half of his life to the anti-Qing movement. In the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), Zheng Keshuang, the grandson of Zheng Chenggong, was cleared, and Qu Dajun was greatly disappointed. That is, Nanjing returned to Panyu with his family and never came back. He wrote and gave lectures, and instead collected and sorted out Guangdong literature, prescriptions and anecdotes. In order to express his ambition, Qu Dajun abandoned the traditional title of "Lingnan" and adopted "Guangdong" as his own title, and wrote works such as Selected Works of Guangdong, Selected Works of Guangdong, and Guangdong Xinyu.
Qu Dajun, as one of the "three outstanding figures in Lingnan", made active explorations in poetry theory and poetry creation and made unique contributions. In terms of poetic theory, Qu Dajun inherited Confucianism and advocated that poets should have noble personality pursuit and noble moral conduct. It is emphasized that poetry should take "beauty" as beauty without losing "reason", so as to compare it with poetry and seek the artistic realm of combining poetry and painting and the beauty of neutrality and simplicity.
In poetry creation, Qu Dajun practiced his own poetry theory and created a series of excellent poems, which were both chivalrous and sincere.