The meaning of the ancient poem "Send Yuan Er Envoy to Anxi" is explained as follows:
Translation of "Send Yuan Er Envoy to Anxi": The early morning drizzle wets the dust in Weicheng, and the hotel with green bricks and green tiles and the surrounding willow trees are particularly fresh and clear; please have another drink at the farewell bar, because after you leave Yangguan, you will not see your old friends there. "Send Yuan Er Envoy to Anxi" is a seven-character quatrain composed by Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty.
This poem was written by Wang Wei when he was sending his friends to the northwest frontier. Later, a musician composed it to music, which is called "Yangguan Sandie", also known as "Weicheng Song". It was composed probably before the Anshi Rebellion. . The place of farewell was Weicheng. The poet sent his friend Yuan Er to the Protector's Mansion in Anxi, from Chang'an to the guest house in Weicheng, and to the final place of separation, he composed this seven-part farewell poem.
Ancient poetry
Ancient poetry is a poetry genre, which is divided into four-character poems, five-character poems and seven-character poems according to the number of words in the verses. Ancient style poetry is opposite to the style poetry of the Jin Xiaoting School. It has a free rhythm, does not require confrontation, is flat and oblique, has wider rhymes, and is not limited in length. Ancient poetry is a poetry style relative to modern poetry. Before the formation of modern poetry, various poetry genres existed. Also known as ancient poetry and ancient style, it has three carriers: "Qiao He Ge", "Xing" and "Yin".
Four-character poetry no longer exists in modern poetry. Although the ancient characters are not added, it is self-evident that it is an ancient poetry. The ancient poems collected in The Book of Songs are mainly four-character poems. There were still people writing four-character poems in the Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties. Cao Cao's "Guan Cang Hai" and Tao Yuanming's "Standing Clouds" are typical examples of four-character poems. There are many ancient poems in five characters and seven characters, which are referred to as Wu Gu and Qi Gu.