Read the translation of Mr. Fang Weng’s Jiannan poem from the grassland text as follows:
1. Original text
The poem of Mr. Fang Weng in the mantle of tea mountain is unprecedented in hundreds of years of traveling south.
When a wonderful article is written, it becomes dull, and the ordinary words become elegant.
Three spring flowers are cut from the willow sky, and the rise and fall of the past dynasties have changed.
Li, Du, Chen and Huang have endless inscriptions, but Mr. Li imitated everything.
2. Translation
The poems of Lu You, a disciple of Zeng Ji, a Buddhist monk named Chashan, are the only masterpieces of superb literature in the Southern Song Dynasty for a hundred years.
A superb article is originally simple and natural, but the combination of seemingly ordinary words makes it seem majestic and extraordinary.
The growth of flowers, branches and willow leaves in March in Yangchun is a natural arrangement. The rise and fall of historical dynasties has brought forth the new.
Famous poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Chen Shidao, and Huang Tingjian are not yet able to describe everything in the world, events, and people in detail, but Mr. Lu You can describe it vividly, sincerely, and comprehensively.
3. Introduction to the author
1. Dai Fuzhi (1167-about 1248), with the courtesy name Shizhi, often lived in Shiping Mountain, Nantang, so he named himself Shiping and Shiping. Qiao Yin, a native of Huangyan, Tiantai (now part of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province), is a famous poet of the Jianghu Poetry School in the Southern Song Dynasty. His descendants include Dai Liankui, a minister of the Qing Dynasty.
2. He once studied poetry from Lu You, and his works were influenced by the poetry style of the late Tang Dynasty and have the style of Jiangxi Poetry School. Some works express patriotic thoughts and reflect the people's sufferings, which are of practical significance. In his later years, he summarized his experience in poetry creation and wrote "Ten Essays on Poetry" in poetic style. He stayed out of office all his life and wandered around the world. Later he returned home and lived in seclusion. He died in his eighties. He is the author of "Collection of Shiping Poems", "Shiping Ci" and "Shiping New Sayings".