At the beginning of the poem, it is said that "to get rid of everything, only to be quiet in old age" describes the quiet and indifferent mentality in old age. Seemingly philosophical, it actually shows the helplessness that the poet's lofty aspirations cannot be realized. Answering Zhang DuDu is an extended material written by Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei to thank his good friend Zhang Shaofu.
At the beginning of the poem, it is said that "to get rid of everything, only to be quiet in old age" describes the quiet and indifferent mentality in old age. Seemingly philosophical, it actually shows the helplessness that the poet's lofty aspirations cannot be realized.
Couplets are closely linked with the first couplet. I ask myself and answer myself tells the poet's ideal, disillusionment, ideological contradiction and pain, and his deep powerlessness in the face of cold and hard reality. Since the ideal cannot be realized, we have to find another way out.
The Neck Couplet describes the poet's comfort after retiring to the "old forest". The sadness of disillusionment is replaced by the leisure of "the wind blows me, and the pipa shines on the mountains and the moon".
The ending of couplets is an immediate understanding of the situation, ending in the form of questions and answers, pretending to be mysterious, ignoring the answer, implicit and full of charm.
The whole poem deliberately describes his interest in "quietness", writes about the pleasure of his leisurely life and expresses his understanding of the truth between heaven and earth. It has been divorced from things. On the surface, it looks very philosophical, but in poetry, it still reveals a little loss and depression.