From Ruan Ji's Love Poem: The Fifth Poem in Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Original text:
When I was a teenager all my life, I was frivolous and good at string songs. On the journey to Xianyang, Zhao passed by.
Entertainment is not the ultimate, and the days are wasted at once. Drive the horse home, but look at the three rivers.
There are 100 tons of gold, and the use of capital is often bitter. It's near Taihang Road in the north. What will happen if you lose your way?
Translation:
When I was a teenager, I liked singing, dancing and having fun. I went west to Xianyang City and met the best geisha and dancers in Xianyang City. The joy is not over yet, so great youth is wasted. Ride back and look back at the mountains and rivers of Guxian County. The money has been spent, and the living expenses are helpless. Just like the Taihang mountain post road, the road is wrong, and the result is farther and farther.
Extended data
The author of this poem regrets that he has wasted his youth, and at the same time implies the embarrassment and melancholy of his present situation. Ruan Ji lived in a society where the political struggle was very cruel at the turn of Wei and Jin Dynasties. In order to lead an honest and clean life and not be persecuted, Ruan Ji finally chose to avoid disaster and retire, unwilling to go with the flow and keep his noble mind.
Ruan Ji's behavior was sloppy all his life, and he believed in the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi and advocated nature. Huaishi is a natural expression of the author's strong dissatisfaction with the political society at that time and his inner pain and sadness.
Ruan Ji's poems represent his major literary achievements. His main works include 82 five-character poems and 4 four-character poems. Today, there are 13 poems. The specific writing time and background of these poems have been difficult to verify. Generally speaking, they are not temporary works, but include their works in different periods of their lives, with the general title of "Yong Huai".
Poems are all lyric works. Because Ruan Ji lives in a special political environment and his unique personality and attitude towards life, his poems have personal characteristics. In the content, it mainly laments the life experience, but it also contains the elements of mocking current events, while in the expression, it is tortuous and obscure.
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