Author: Li Bai in Tang Dynasty
Wang Lun, a villager in Taohuatan, Baiyoujing County, often makes white wine.
Li Bai was just about to leave when he heard a farewell song from the shore.
Even if the Peach Blossom Pond is deep, it is not as deep as Wang Lun's sending away my love.
Notes on To Wang Lun;
(1) Percussion song: a folk singing form. When singing, you can beat the time with your feet and sing while walking.
② Taohuatan: It is one hundred miles southwest of Jingxian County, Anhui Province. The unified yearbook calls it unfathomable.
③ Deep thousands of feet: The poet compared the friendship between Wang Lun and him to a pool of clear water and a deep thousands of feet, and wrote a profound friendship with exaggerated methods (neither a pool of clear water nor a deep thousands of feet is real), which was very touching.
"To Wang Lun" means:
Li Bai was about to travel by boat when he heard footsteps on the shore. Some people came to see him off while walking. Even if the Peach Blossom Lake is as deep as thousands of feet, it is not as deep as the friendship that Wang Lun gave me.
The writing background of A Gift for Wang Lun;
Wang Lun stayed with Li Bai for a few days, and Li Bai had a good time there. Because the villas in Wang Lun are surrounded by mountains and rivers. Inside the villa, the pond building is quiet and deep, just like a fairyland. Here, Li Bai is drinking wine, eating delicious food, listening to songs and chatting with friends of Gaoyou. There are several banquets a day, and he often gets together and is often entertained.
This is the life that Li Bai likes. Therefore, he can't help feeling a brief encounter with the host here. He once wrote "Two Poems of Wang Parting", in which Wang Lun was compared to Dou and Gong.