Only then did I understand that listening to the cry of the thrush locked in a golden cage is far less than singing leisurely in the forest.
Translation:
Thrush birds are full of songs, flying in the forest with their own thoughts, and freely shuttling through the branches full of red and purple mountain flowers. Now I know: I once heard the cry of a thrush in a golden cage, which was far less than the free singing when I wandered in the forest.
A seven-character quatrain "Thrushcross Bird" by Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Creative background:
Thrushcross is a seven-character quatrain written by Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. The first two sentences of this poem describe the scenery, which contains truth; The last two sentences are reasonable. When the poet reproduces his beautiful scenery, he intentionally conveys his thoughts without trace, thus showing the poet's hatred and denial of the imprisoned talent, as well as his love and yearning for free life. This poem combines scene with profound meaning.
Appreciate:
This article expresses its spirit by chanting thrush. The title of the poem is "A County Zhai Bai Wen Tongue". Thrush and tongue are euphemistic songbirds. The poet also wrote in the poem "Birds Singing" that "it's beautiful to sleep in the south window, and the tongue doesn't dawn to urge the morning. The oriole is lovely in color and dumb as a baby. " It can be seen that his appreciation of "singing in the forest" is comparable to that of "locked in a golden cage", which shows the poet's psychology of breaking free from fetters and yearning for freedom. The poet used to be an official in the DPRK, but later he was implicated in the party struggle and was demoted to know the prefecture and magistrate. These two sentences are probably suppressed.
In Ouyang Xiu's "Thrushcross Birds", the first two sentences describe the scenery: thrush birds call one after another, one high and one low, making the colorful mountain flowers more pleasing to the eye. The last two lyrical sentences: Seeing those birds in cages, I really envy thrush flying in the forest, free and unrestrained. What should also be known here is that Ouyang Xiu, the author, was banished to Chuzhou at this time because he was excluded from the DPRK, which shows the mood of writing this poem.