Excerpted from Wang Wei's Letter to Li Shu of Zizhou in Tang Dynasty, the original text is:
Towering mountains, towering trees, cuckoo singing in the depths of Qian Shan. The spring rain in the mountains has not stopped all night, and the trees on the treetops are spring.
Han women work hard to weave taxes, while Ba people rarely compete for fields. I hope you will carry forward Wen Weng's achievements, make persistent efforts and forge ahead.
Translation:
Thousand-year-old trees are towering, and cuckoos crow in the depths of Qian Shan. The spring rain in the mountains has not stopped all night, and hundreds of springs are flowing at the top of the trees.
Women in China have worked hard to pay taxes on weaving, while Pakistanis have fought for less lawsuits. I hope you will carry forward Wen Weng's achievements and make efforts to repay the sages.
Extended data
Creative background:
This is a farewell song. Li went to Zizhou for the first time, and Wang Wei wrote this poem as a gift.
Ideological theme:
The poet imagined the magnificent scenery, customs and customs of Zizhou mountain forest where his friends were officials, and encouraged his friends to create achievements in Zizhou and surpass the sages. This poem selects the scenery that best expresses the characteristics of Sichuan and describes it in an exaggerated way. The weather is spectacular and open. The whole poem has no sentimental atmosphere of general farewell poems, positive and cheerful mood, lofty and bright style, and is one of the famous farewell poems in Tang poetry.
About the author:
Wang Wei (70 1 year -76 1 year, 699 -76 1 year), whose name is Moju. Hedong Zhou Pu (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) was born in Qixian, Shanxi. A famous poet and painter in Tang Dynasty.
Wang Wei was born in the royal family of Hedong, and was the number one scholar in the 19th year of Kaiyuan (73 1). Li Guan right gleaned, supervised the remonstrance, and made our time in Hexi. During the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei worshipped the official department as a doctor and servant. When An Lushan captured Chang 'an, Wang Wei was forced to take a false post. After Chang 'an was recovered, he was accused of granting Prince Zhongyun. In the first year of Tang Suzong's rule, he was appointed as a senior minister, so he was called "Wang Youcheng".
Wang Wei is proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting and music. He is famous for his poems, especially his five words, which praise the landscape and countryside. Together with Meng Haoran, he was called "Wang Meng" and "Shi Fo". Calligraphy and painting are particularly wonderful, and later generations promoted it to the ancestor of Nanzong landscape painting. There are more than 400 poems, including Acacia and Autumn Night in the Mountain. His works include The Collection of Wang Youcheng's Works and The Secret of Painting.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Message to Commissioner Li of Zizhou