Author: Meng Haoran (689 ~ 740), the word Haoran. Xiangzhou Xiangyang (now Xiangfan, Hubei) people. In his early years, he lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. Forty-eight years old, he entered Chang 'an and took the senior high school entrance examination. He was depressed and returned to the East. He went from Luoyang to wuyue. Zhang Jiuling went out of a town in Jingzhou to engage in it. Later, he died of gangrene. He didn't want to retire, but he died in retirement. His poems mostly describe the quiet realm of landscapes and pastoral areas, but they also reveal a sense of frustration from time to time. His poems are elegant in style and have a strong relaxed atmosphere, which was highly praised by the poetry circles at that time. Meng Haoran is as famous as Wang Wei in describing landscapes and pastoral areas, and is praised as "Wang Meng" by the world.
Keywords: Tang poetry
Genre: Five-character Rhyme
Original text:
Farewell to Wang Wei
I waited slowly and reluctantly, day after day, until now I had to leave.
How sweet the roadside flowers are, if they don't mean goodbye, old friend (2).
The Lord of the kingdom is very hard on us, and the people who handle affairs are not our kind.
You should just be lonely, and I will close the door of my old garden.
Precautions:
1 Silence: loneliness. Wait for what: wait for what. Empty self: loneliness.
Looking for grass: a metaphor for pursuing an ideal realm. Violation: separation.
3 in power: those in power. False: Tolerance.
Rhyme translation:
What is there to be nostalgic for such loneliness and boredom?
Every day, I go home empty-handed.
I want to go back to the mountains to find fragrant flowers.
But cherish friendship and don't want to break up.
Now, who is in power and willing to support our generation,
Few people in the world want to find a bosom friend.
Maybe this life is empty and lonely,
Or go home and close the door of your hometown.
Appreciate:
This poem was written by Meng Haoran when he left Chang 'an to bid farewell to Wang Wei. Meng Haoran's visit to Chang 'an failed, and he was very disappointed. The poem's "slow and reluctant, I waited day after day, until now I have to leave" is an unexpected sigh. Meng Haoran wanted to go back to his hometown to live in seclusion, but unfortunately he was separated from Wang Wei. "The Lord of the realm is harsh on us, and the people who handle affairs are not like us" is a temporary complaint, and he and Wang Wei still hit it off very well. He regards Wang Wei as a confidant. Without the help of the imperial court, there is no hope of seeking an official. Meng Haoran can only go back to his hometown and spend the rest of his life alone. In the poem, there is resentment against the court's suppression of talents, nostalgia for leaving close friends, and lament for talents who have not met.