Clouds and clouds are ever-changing, endless, lingering, erratic, and have an ethereal feeling. Clouds have shapes, but they are not limited by objects. They come and go with the wind, leaving no trace. Don't blame me for being with you for a long time, chasing each other, because you are floating like clouds, just like me.
From: Five Poems of Xi Rhyme in Nanchi
Author: Jiao Ran
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Original: The book is poor in meaning and empty. Tangible things are not tired, but go with the wind without trace. Don't blame the appearance, float with me.
The poet endowed the cloud with Zen, and when he took interest in it, the cloud rolled freely, lingering and echoing, just like a long belt across the sky, how chic and carefree it was;
Second, take its illusion, that is, "tangible without trace", which appears at any time, dissipates at any time, and there is no trace to be found, symbolizing the truth of illusion;
Relax, no attachments, come and go with the wind, carefree.
It is precisely because Baiyun has such a noble mind that the poet also asks the world not to laugh at his company with the cloud, and his appearance also follows him, because it has a leisurely and elegant Zen mind and is integrated with the Zen master.
Extended data:
Jiao Ran is a person who is good at expressing emotions with objects. He often reflects his mind and shows his mind with four monsoon images: wind, water, clouds, snow, moon, pine, bamboo and chrysanthemum.
The word "cloud" in The Book of Songs is often translated as "duo". Due to the limitation of understanding, seeing the long clouds in the sky is actually for many people to see, so I think there are many. There are also sighs caused by floating clouds, such as "Ying Ying Baiyun". Seeing the white clouds floating leisurely, I think of the hardship of fortune, which is somewhat melancholy and symbolic.
At the same time, among all things in nature, clouds seem to be the most unpredictable thing. It is changeable, changeable, just like all kinds of uncertain things; It changes at such an instant, and the entities of the cluster suddenly turn into rain and disappear without a trace, so it can best symbolize the same illusory illusion. For example:
Tang Dynasty poet: Wang Wei's Drinking and Pei Di: How can you ask the floating clouds in the world? It is better to lie down and eat more.
It's not worth mentioning. Things are fleeting. It's better to lie on the mountain and try to add food.
The "floating clouds" here symbolize the change and emptiness of the world and personnel.