The introduction of Li Bai’s calligraphy works of Qing Ping Tiao is as follows:
Three Qing Ping Tiao ①
Li Bai
One of them
The clouds think of clothes, the flowers think of face, the spring breeze blows the threshold and the dew is strong②.
If we hadn’t met at the top of Qunyu Mountain, we would have met at Yaotai under the moon③.
Second
A branch of red dew is fragrant, and the clouds and rain in Wushan are in vain④.
May I ask who in the Han Palace looks like it? Poor Fei Yan, who relies on her new makeup⑤.
Third
Famous flowers make the whole country happy, and the king will look at them with a smile⑥.
Explanation: The spring breeze is infinitely hateful, and the Agarwood Pavilion leans against the railing in the north ⑦.
[Notes]
① Qingping Tune: It is named Yuefu Tune. In fact, this group of Qingping Tune was created by Li Bai using the Qijue rhythm.
②Sill: railing. Hua: Flower.
③Qunyu Mountain: the fairy mountain where the Queen Mother of the West lives in myths and legends. Yaotai: Legend has it that in Kunlun Mountain, it is the palace where the Queen Mother of the West lives.
④ Hongyan: refers to peony. Yunyu Wushan: refers to the happy meeting between the king of Chu and the goddess of Wushan, which is cited in Song Yu's "Gaotang Fu".
⑤Feiyan: Zhao Feiyan, the favorite concubine of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty.
⑥To overwhelm the country: Metaphor of stunning beauty. An excerpt from Li Yannian's "Beauty Song" of the Han Dynasty: "Look at the beautiful city, then look at the beautiful country."
⑦ Explanation: dissipate. Agarwood: The name of the pavilion is built of agarwood.
[Appreciation]
The first of these three poems compares peonies to the imperial concubine, praising her beauty; the second poem uses allusions to compare the dew-bearing flowers to the imperial concubine; The third song also sings about the imperial concubine and the peony. This group of poems is exquisitely conceived, chanting flowers and people, and is closely integrated. In the poem, "Clouds think of clothes, flowers think of faces" are all fresh and natural lines.