The spring breeze is full of horseshoe disease. People who are proud of the spring breeze ride horses to fight on the battlefield, and they are happy, while frustrated literati ride donkeys to hide in the secular world and watch the mountains and rivers, which is irrelevant. Donkeys often become images in literati poems. The poet who loves donkeys is from Jia Dao, so we can't talk about donkeys in Jia Dao. Jia Dao always scrutinizes the beauty of the words on the donkey's back. Although he was forced to do prison for several days because the donkey met the cavalry, he never had any worries.
Perhaps the poet is not so secular and extremely boring, but he can use some images to relieve discomfort. Du Fu went to Beijing to seek an official position, but his official career was not smooth. He could only watch others riding horses and enjoying the scenery everywhere, while he could only wander around on a donkey and beg for a living. Du Fu did not love donkeys for thirteen years, and donkeys have long been his spiritual sustenance. Perhaps as long as I think that there are worse things in this world than myself, my heart may feel much better and my life can go on.
Scholars are always looking for similarities in life, and donkeys can bring them great comfort, so donkeys and scholars have forged an indissoluble bond. The thin donkey in Riding a Donkey and Singing Poems looks very tortuous, and there is a more frustrated poet on his weak back. The whole picture looks like an ill-fated word. Although we can't get a glimpse of the ancient literati riding donkeys across the city now, we can imagine how happy it is from their poems, even if their careers are bumpy, even if they can't realize their ambitions.