There are some weeds blooming by the Suzaku Bridge, and there is only sunset at the corner of Wuyi Lane. Swallows under the eaves of Wang Dao and Xie An have now flown into the homes of ordinary people.
This is a nostalgic poem. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhuque Bridge on the Qinhuai River in Nanjing and Wuyi Lane on the south bank were prosperous, but now they are overgrown with weeds and desolate.
Feel the vicissitudes of life, life is changeable. Arouse people's imagination with Yan Qi's lair, which contains but does not show; Painting the background with "wild flowers" and "sunset oblique" is beautiful but not vulgar. Although the language is extremely shallow, it is full of interest.
Rosefinch Bridge is covered with wild flowers and weeds, and the afterglow of sunset shines faintly on Wuyi Lane. Gaudi, once a giant, has now declined. Even the swallows who used to live in the luxurious halls of Wang and Xie have now flown into the houses of ordinary people.
(1) Wuyi Lane: the street name in Jinling City, located in the south of Qinhuai River, near Zhuque Bridge. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wu once set up a military camp here, which was the residence of the imperial army. Because the imperial guards at that time were all wearing black uniforms, there was a saying here called Wuyi Lane. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Dao and Xie An both lived in Wuyi Lane and called their children "Wuyi Lang". After entering the Tang Dynasty, Wuyi Lane was reduced to ruins.
⑵ Zhuque Bridge: A bridge across Qinhuai River outside Zhuque Gate south of Jinling in the Six Dynasties, located in Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.
⑶ Xie Wang: Wang Dao, Xie An and Jin Xiang, a big family with many talents, all lived in the alley and wore tassels, which was a huge room of the Six Dynasties. In the old society, Wang Xiejia had many swallows. In the Tang dynasty, they all declined, and they didn't know their position.
(4) Ordinary: Ordinary. (Keyword explanation in the previous section)
Wuyi Xiang is one of the representative works of Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This is a poem that recalls the present and hangs on the present. It's the second poem of Jinling Five Questions. This poem praises the prosperity of Zhuque Bridge on Qinhuai River in Nanjing and Wuyi Lane on the south bank in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but now it is overgrown with weeds and desolate, with a sense of vicissitudes. It is a common phenomenon that the author chooses the host family where Swallow lives, which is no longer the master of the old days. It makes people realize that wealth and splendor are hard to maintain, and those high-ranking officials and nobles who once enjoyed the scenery are a thing of the past. There is not a comment in the poem, but through the description of weeds and sunset, taking swallows as witnesses of ups and downs, it skillfully links history with reality and guides people to think about the development of the times and the changes of society, which contains profound implications. Although the whole poem is extremely shallow, it is full of flavor.