"Thousands of miles of yellow clouds cover the sky, and the sun shines brightly, and the north wind blows the wild geese with heavy snow." The meaning of these two poems is: Thousands of miles of yellow clouds cover the sky, and the sun is dim, and the north wind blows the returning geese with heavy snow. Yellow clouds: dark clouds in the sky.
It is dusk, and there is heavy snowfall. In the strong north wind, only wild geese can be seen in the distance, and cold clouds appear and disappear. It's hard to shed tears for such a talented person, but that's the only reason why I know I can't be reconciled to it.
Original poem:
"Two Poems of Farewell to Dong Da·Part 1" Tang Dynasty: Gao Shi
Thousands of miles of yellow clouds in the white sun, the north wind blows the wild geese and snow. .
Don’t worry, there will be no friends in the future. No one in the world will know you.
Interpretation:
Thousands of miles of yellow clouds cover the sky, the sun is dim, and the north wind blows the returning geese and there is heavy snowfall.
Don’t worry that the road ahead is bleak and you don’t have a confidant. Who in the world doesn’t know you?
Notes:
1. Dong Da: Refers to Dong Tinglan, a famous musician at that time, ranking first among his brothers, so he was called "Dong Da".
2. Yellow clouds: Dark clouds in the sky are dark yellow under the sun, so they are called yellow clouds. 白日曛 (xūn): The sun is dim and dull. Zhao, that is, Zhaohuang, refers to the dim scenery when the sun sets in the west.
3. Who: Which person. Jun: You, this refers to Dong Da.
About the author:
Gao Shi (704-765), also known as Dafu and Zhongwu, was a native of Bohai Gan (now Cangzhou, Hebei), and later moved to Songcheng, Songzhou (Today Suiyang, Shangqiu, Henan). The grandson of Gao Kan, the governor of Anton, was a minister and poet in the Tang Dynasty. He once served as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Changshi of Sanqi, and was granted the title of Marquis of Bohai County. He was known as Gao Changshi in the world. He died of illness in the first month of the first year of Yongtai. He was given the posthumous title Zhong as a gift to the Minister of Rites.
As a famous frontier fortress poet, Gao Shi and Cen Shen are collectively known as "Gao Cen", and together with Cen Can, Wang Changling and Wang Zhihuan, they are known as the "Four Frontier Fortress Poets". His poems are powerful and unrestrained, filled with the enterprising and vigorous spirit of the times unique to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are twenty volumes of collected works.
Extended information:
This farewell poem was written in the sixth year of Tianbao reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (747). The object of farewell was the famous piano master Dong Tinglan. In the spring of that year, Fang Guan, the official minister, was demoted from the court, and his retainer Dong Tinglan also left Chang'an. In the winter of that year, Gao Shi and Dong Tinglan met in Suiyang (their former address is in the south of Shangqiu County, Henan Province today) and wrote "Two Poems of Farewell to Dong Da".
Use the truth in your heart to describe the mood of separation, so it can be profound; use the broad mind to describe the scenery in front of you, so it can be tragic and solemn. The sunset is yellow with clouds, and the wilderness is vast. This is a scene only seen in winter in the north. If this situation and scene were slightly sculpted, it would inevitably damage the momentum.
Gao Sui is the master of this. It was dusk, and there was heavy snowfall. In the strong north wind, only wild geese could be seen in the distance, and cold clouds appeared and disappeared. It was difficult to help but feel the coldness of the sunset and the cold weather, which is what a wanderer would feel. It's hard to shed tears for such a talented person, but that's the only reason why I know I can't be reconciled to it.
The first two sentences describe the scenery and reveal the stagnation in the heart. Although it does not involve human affairs, it makes people feel like they are in the wind and snow, as if they heard the roar of strong men on the top of the mountain and at the end of the water. If you don't use all your strength here, you won't be able to see the wonderful turns in the following text, nor the tactful words, the good intentions, the deep friendship, and the sadness of the farewell.
"Don't worry, there will be no friends in the world, and no one in the world will know you." These two sentences are a consolation to friends: Don't worry about not meeting a confidant here, no one in the world will know you, Dong Tinglan! The words are so loud and powerful, full of confidence and strength in comfort, inspiring friends to work hard and fight hard. Be confident and powerful in comfort. Because he is a close friend, his speech is simple and forthright; and because of his downfall, he takes hope as comfort.
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