Tang Dynasty: Liu Yuxi
The Yellow River winds from a distant place, carrying thousands of miles of yellow sand.
Since you are from the sky, and now you seem to fly directly to the Milky Way, please take me to the sky, gather in the Milky Way, and go to the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl together.
The Yellow River in Wan Li twists and turns with sediment, and the waves are rolling, like a huge wind from all corners of the country. Today, we can go all the way along the Yellow River to the Milky Way, and we will visit the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl together.
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During Yongzhenyuan period, Liu Yuxi was demoted to Lianzhou secretariat, went to Jiangling, and later demoted to Langzhou Sima. On one occasion, he was sent back to Beijing by imperial edict. In Du Xuanguan, he was demoted to the state secretariat for offending the dignitaries of the dynasty, and later served as the state secretariat. Instead of sinking, he faced the changes in the world with a positive and optimistic attitude. This poem just expresses his feelings.
This quatrain imitates the tone of the gold digger, and shows their disgust for the gold digger's career and their yearning for a better life. Living by the river, the Tianhe River where Cowherd and Weaver Girl live is quiet and beautiful, but the gold diggers along the Yellow River are rushing for a living all day.
I went straight to the Milky Way, visited the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid, and pinned my hopes for a quiet rural life. This romantic ideal, poured out in heroic spoken language, has an unpretentious beauty.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Nine Poems of Langtaosha