Please have a drink with your horse and ask your friend where you are going.
You said you would go back to Zhongnanshan because you were not proud of your life.
Just left, I want to ask again, look at the white clouds floating.
Translation:
I invite you to dismount and have a drink. I want to ask my friend where you are going. You said that because you are not satisfied with your life, you want to go back to your hometown and live in seclusion near Zhong Nanshan. Let's go. I won't ask again. There are endless white clouds floating in the sky.
Precautions:
(1) Drink Jun wine: advise Jun to drink. Drink, cause to drink.
(2) Where to go: Where to go. Go ahead, go ahead.
(3) Hermit: Hermit.
(4) Nanshan: Zhong Nanshan, Qinling Mountains, in the southwest of Xi, Shaanxi Province.
(5) Nanshan Yellow: the southern edge of Zhong Nanshan. Rutim: Edge.
(6) but: only.
This poem is written to send a friend to retire. A seemingly prosaic sentence, when read carefully, is simple, affectionate and meaningful.
Wang Wei is a hermit, and he has his own shadow. As for why he is not proud, he just mentioned it here, which shows the elegant temperament of the characters, the rejection of the secular and the yearning for seclusion.
Extended data
Poetry appreciation
I got off the horse, poured you wine and asked where you were going and why. The first narrative, starting with a farewell wine, is the key. The second sentence, ask where you are going. This leads to the following answer, as well as the transition of writing seclusion. This simple question shows the author's deep affection for his friends. The feelings of the farewell party permeated between the lines from the beginning.
You replied, "I'm not satisfied", and I will rest at the foot of Nanshan. The word "dissatisfied" is obviously meaningful, which not only shows the reason why my friend quit the race, but also shows his frustration and dissatisfaction. At the same time, it also expresses the poet's own resentment against reality from the side. These three words are a key to understand the theme of this poem.
When the poet learned that his friend was "dissatisfied", he comforted him and said, "But don't ask questions, the white clouds pass by without end." Go on, I won't ask any more questions. In fact, why should we think of setbacks? There is always an end to worldly fame and fortune, only the endless white clouds in the mountains are enough for your entertainment.
These two sentences show the author's complex thoughts and feelings: both comforting his friends and praising his seclusion; There is both a denial of human glory and a feeling of helplessness. In connection with the word "dissatisfaction", it seems that the most important thing in these two poems is sympathy for friends, which contains the poet's own anger at reality, which is also the conception and theme of this poem.
From the perspective of writing, the first four sentences are relatively dull and seem to have little meaning. At this point, the two sentences are over, full of poetry, with a sudden increase in charm and infinite insights.
Brief introduction of the author
Wang Wei, born in 70 1 year, was named after Vimalakīrti, an Indian monk. He was a very famous poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, at the same time as Du Fu. He used to be an important official in the imperial court, but he didn't serve as an official for a long time, and was honored as Shi Fo by later generations.
Vimalakīrti refers to a very famous bodhisattva in Buddhism, meaning those who are pure and unpolluted. Wang Wei has a very close relationship with Buddhism for a long time, which is largely influenced by his mother, who is a very devout Buddhist believer. Judging from some related works of Wang Wei, he has an inseparable relationship with Buddhism.
At that time, few people could match Wang Wei's talent. He was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, etiquette and music, all of which were at the peak level. Especially in poetry, Wang Wei has made great achievements. When Wang Wei was nine years old, he could write poems, cursive script and official script. These amazing talents have become his strengths and fascinated thousands of girls. Even in the Tang dynasty, where talented people were like clouds, Wang Wei stood out and formed an iron triangle with Du Fu and Li Bai.
In his later years, Wang Wei left officialdom and chose to live in seclusion. He lives in the countryside of Lantian. During this period, he was naturally inspired and wrote many good poems, which also laid a deep foundation for the pastoral poems of the Tang Dynasty.
When he was young, Wang Wei went to Beijing to take the imperial examination and got a good official. Later, he was demoted to Jeju to join the army for some reason, and soon returned to Chang 'an.
In the twenty-second year of Kaiyuan, Wang Wei started his official career again, and he was promoted to Zhang Jiuling, the right gleaning prime minister. While assisting Zhang Jiuling, Zhang Jiuling made great efforts to stop the abuse of private affairs in the palace, so Wang Wei wrote a poem to express his appreciation for Zhang Jiuling. At the same time, this poem also expresses his good wish to display his talents like Zhang Jiuling at that time.
In 736 AD, Zhang Jiuling was dismissed, which was also the time when the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. Zhang Jiuling's demotion dealt a great blow to Wang Wei. He was disappointed in the imperial court as never before, but in order to survive, Wang Wei had no choice but to stay in the officialdom.
In the twenty-five years of Kaiyuan, Wang Wei's career developed better and better, and his official position continued to climb. Wang Wei became a benefactor during the An Shi Rebellion. At this time, on the one hand, he lamented the corruption in officialdom, but on the other hand, he could not give up his career in officialdom. In this way, he has been floating in the officialdom with a contradictory mentality.
Besides pastoral poetry, Wang Wei is also good at other poems. Many frontier poems, metrical poems and quatrains written by him have become masterpieces that have been passed down through the ages. Moreover, he has his own unique talent for writing landscapes. He can capture the essence of many magnificent mountains, rivers, lakes and seas or quiet and elegant bridges, and make people who read poems feel immersive. Therefore, most of his works have achieved the perfect integration of image and artistic conception, which is thought-provoking.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Wei