Fishing in the rain brings about nostalgia for fishing hometown, and the wind blowing in the wood conveys the soul of the wild goose in the night. The translation is: Fishing in the rain brings about the loneliness of living in seclusion in the fishing village, and the night wind blowing through the woods conveys the aspirations of wild geese flying far away.
From Du Xunhe's "Touve to Changsha Pei Shilang" of the Tang Dynasty
Although this body will live forever, it is not to pay homage to Zhumen or Confucius.
I only hope that the Duke will read the scrolls, but I don’t expect the officials to write or comment on them.
Fishing rain brings nostalgia for fishing hometown, and the wind blowing in the wood conveys the soul of wild geese at night.
A man must have a place to receive favors, and no favors should be taken lightly in his life.
This is a self-recommended poem that seeks refuge with others and hopes to be appreciated and reused. Such poems were actually relatively common in the Tang Dynasty, such as Meng Haoran's "Looking at Dongting Lake and Presenting to Prime Minister Zhang", Li Bai's "Shang Li Yong" and so on. But some are respectful and some are more arrogant.
This self-recommendation poem is sincere and not arrogant; neither humble nor arrogant, nor flattering. It not only expresses the admiration for Minister Pei, but also establishes the image of himself as a noble person with high ambitions.
Du Xunhe, whose courtesy name is Yanzhi, calls himself a native of Jiuhuashan. He came from a humble background. He became a Jinshi in his middle age. He was not yet awarded an official position, so he returned to his hometown to live leisurely. He once wrote a poem to praise Zhu Wen. Later, Zhu Wen took over the Tang Dynasty and built Liang Dynasty. He was appointed as a Hanlin scholar and knew how to make imperial edicts, so he was included in "Liang Shu" (according to the "Historical Records of the Five Dynasties"); "Liang Shu" mainly records the politics of the last years of Xiao Qi in the Southern Dynasty. and the historical events of the Xiaoliang Dynasty (502-557) for more than fifty years.
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