This poem is from "Appreciating Peony".
Original text:
Peony appreciation
Don? Rachel?
The peony in front of the courtyard is enchanting and gorgeous but lacking in bones, and the lotus in the pool is elegant, clean and boring.
Only the peony is the real beauty, which attracted countless people to appreciate at the flowering stage and alarmed the whole Chang 'an City.
Translation:
The peony in front of the courtyard is enchanting and gorgeous but lacks bone feeling, and the lotus in the pool is elegant and clean but lacks emotion.
Only peonies are the real beauty of heaven. In the flowering season, it attracted countless people to enjoy and alarmed the whole Chang 'an.
Liu Yuxi's landscape poems have changed the narrow-minded and desolate style of Dali and Zhenyuan poets, and often write a kind of half-empty and half-solid open scene of beyond space's real distance, such as "the distant mountains under water are like snow, and the grass on the bridge is like smoke" ("The fables and operas of Nanzhuang and Niuxianggong are happy after drinking"), "The weeds are lush, the gossamer is dazzling, and Luotian is dazzling". Another example is Wang Dongting.
In this quiet and ethereal landscape, the poet's subjective feelings are integrated, which constitutes a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. However, although Liu Yuxi said that "if he can leave his desire, his heart will be empty", he actively participated in Yongzhen's innovation, in fact, he still had to realize his life ideal in society; His personality is also stubborn, but his poems often show a high-spirited and cheerful spirit. For example, one of the two poems "Autumn Poetry" and "Climbing the Tower with Lotte" has a high-spirited power.
Liu Yuxi's poetry is clear because of its implicit and deep connotation, open and generous realm and lofty and upward emotion. Liu Yuxi was demoted to the south many times, where folk songs prevailed. Therefore, Liu Yuxi often collects folk songs and learns their styles to create poems. For example, the poem "Egret Son" describes his lonely feelings figuratively, but uses a faint folk song style.
There are also some works that are completely modeled after folk songs, such as Zhi Zhu Ci, Yang Liuzhi Ci, Climbing the Embankment, Treading Songs, Langtaosha Ci, and Old Times of Xibao Mountain. , simple and natural, fresh and lovely, emitting a folk-like rich flavor of life. The following two songs are particularly vivid: Di Xingsheng, the second of three songs, and Zhi Zhu Ci, one of the two songs.