The meaning of the whole poem:
When the path along the river seemed to be coming to an end, I happened to cross the Beixia Pass at the junction of Tongcheng and Shucheng. As the sun sets, behind a few rows of red-leaf trees is the rolling Yongmyeon Mountain. He entrusted his family letters to the yellow-eared spirit dog, and his homesickness was brought back to his hometown by the white pheasant bird. In front of me is the Longmian landscape described by Longmian layman Li Gonglin. Can I imitate the predecessors and retire here to live in seclusion and live in my hometown forever?
Original text:
"Approaching Tongcheng"
(Qing Dynasty) Wang Shizhen
The stream road is about to end, and it is the first time to pass Beixia Pass. There are several rows of red-leaf trees and countless sunset mountains.
The hometown trust is based on yellow ears, and the white pheasant is released when returning home. In Long Mian's picture, Ande is chasing after him.
About the author:
Wang Shizhen, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, was given the courtesy name Yishang, also known as Ruanting, and also known as Yuyangshanren. A native of Xincheng (now Huantai, Shandong), he was a Jinshi in the 15th year of Shunzhi (1658) and served as an official in Yangzhou. He was later promoted to head of the Ministry of Rites and minister of the Ministry of Punishments.
In the forty-third year of Kangxi's reign (1704), he resigned from office and returned home. When Wang Shizhen discusses poetry, he takes "spiritual charm" as his main theme, requiring his writing style to be quiet and elegant, full of interest, charm and implicitness. Wang Shizhen's five- and seven-character modern poems best represent his style and characteristics. He did not pay attention to the reflection of reality in literature. Most of his poems were about describing landscapes and expressing personal feelings. He preferred to pursue artistic skills and artistic conception, which is a concrete embodiment of his creative theory.
Wang Shizhen has a collection of poems called "Yanbo Ci", in which Xiaoling is the best, but its achievement is inferior to poetry. His works include "The Collection of Daijingtang", his selected poems include "The Essence of Yuyang", his poems include "Yuyang's Poetry Talk", and his notes include "Chibei Occasionally Talk", "Gufu Yuting's Miscellaneous Records", "Xiangzu's Notes", etc. .
His theoretical works include "Rhythms and Poems". He made a preliminary summary of the tones and rhythms of ancient poems, and he made a real contribution to "introducing good ideas" to later generations.