The original text of the three poems:
Outside the door, there are green mountains and purple piles, and the scarf faces Cui Wei all day long. Just watch the clouds break into flying rain, not knowing where the clouds come from.
The Cang Gorge is opened, roaring thunder, thousands of dendrobium flying springs gush out. Broken stems and withered trees have no place to stay, and a cold and green river lingers back.
Follow the flowing water to find the source of the stream, but when you reach the source, you are at a loss. When I first believed in the true source, I couldn't reach it, so I relied on the instrument to murmur everywhere. Translation and annotation of three poems
Translation The green hills outside the door are covered with green and purple vegetation, and the towering peaks are covered with clouds and fog all day long, as if they are wearing a turban. People only know that rain falls from the gaps in the clouds, but they don't know where the clouds come from.
Breaking through the canyon is like thunder rolling, and countless waterfalls gush out. The dead branches and dead grass had no place to park, so they had to wander alone in the cold clear water.
Following the flowing water, I tried to find the source of the stream, but I was confused when I reached the outlet of the stream. Only then did I believe that the true source could not be found. It was better to use a walking stick to enjoy the gurgling spring.
Notes 1 scarf: Ancient scribes used a piece of silk to tie their hair and became a scarf, which was a dress that showed elegance. "Eastern View of the Han Dynasty": "Bao Yongren": "In the Gengshi campaign, Yong and Feng Qin left the army and lived together in scarves." Cui Wei (wei): The mountain is high and uneven, here refers to the mountain. 2 Bu Dao: I still don’t know. Li Bai's "Huma Guest Song of Youzhou": "Although I live in Yanzhi Mountain, I don't know how cold the snow is." Bottom: Where. 3. Break open: rush away. 4 Broken stems and dead leaves: broken branches and dead leaves. 5 lingering: lingering and rippling. 6筇(qiong): The name of bamboo, it is suitable for making sticks, so it also refers to walking sticks. Li Xian of the Tang Dynasty used "Moss": "Every time I recall my journey to the east, I return the boat alone." The background of the creation of three odd-titled poems
This poem was probably written during the Qiandao and Chunxi years. Zhu Xi's poems often reveal the principles of life and scholarship from the leisurely life. "Three Occasional Poems" is exactly this kind of poem. The first poem says that ordinary people only see clouds and rain, but they don’t know the reason why it turns into rain. Therefore, they realize that everything has its roots. Self-cultivation, family management, country governance, world peace, study and practice also have a foundation. The second poem describes the process of water rushing in the mountains and eventually forming a river, inspiring people to persevere in their struggle to finally achieve success. The third poem uses the example of "searching for the source of water, seeking the true source" to show that the way to seek the truth, such as exploring the true source, requires comprehensive understanding, so that the truth can be clearly seen. If you stick to one end and believe that the truth is here, you will be like peeping through a tube, and you will not be able to see the truth. Appreciation of Three Poems on Odd Questions
Zhu Xi's "Three Poems on Odd Questions" was written around the years of Qiandao (1165-1173) and Chunxi (1174-1189). Zhu Xi's poems often reveal the principles of life and scholarship from the occasional leisurely life. This "Three Occasional Poems" is exactly this kind of poem. The first poem says that ordinary people only see clouds and rain, but they don’t know the reason why it turns into rain. Therefore, they realize that everything has its roots. Self-cultivation, family management, country governance, world peace, study and practice also have a foundation. The second poem describes the process of water rushing in the mountains and eventually forming a river, inspiring people to persevere in their struggle to finally achieve success. The third poem uses the example of "exploring the source of water, seeking the true source" to show that the way to seek the truth, such as exploring the true source, requires comprehensive understanding, so that the truth can be clearly seen. If you stick to one end and believe that the truth is here, you will be like peeping through a tube, and you will not be able to see the truth. [1] Third
This little poem generates feelings from narration, and generates opinions from events, which embodies the meaning of seeing the big from the small. The first two sentences of the narrative: The author followed the flowing water to find the source of the stream, but when he reached the source, he felt at a loss. Why? Because we can’t find where the source of water comes from. This leads to the third sentence: the source of all things in the world is difficult to find. This is the dead end that the idealist school of thought will inevitably lead to. However, the source of all things referred to here refers to the cosmology and ethics of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. They believed that all things in the world came from Tai Chi. The so-called "Tai Chi gave birth to two rituals, two rituals gave birth to four images, and four images gave birth to all things." So, what is Tai Chi born from? It is "Wuji". Where did "Wuji" come from? This falls into agnosticism, just like when Western philosophers couldn't find an answer to the origin of human beings, they used "God created human beings" to explain it. Precisely because the author believes that the true source can never be found, he can only console himself by saying, "I rely on my music to make noises everywhere."
Poetry works: Three Occasional Titles Poetry Author: Zhu Xi, Song Dynasty Poetry Category: Leisure, Life, Life, Principle