is a quatrain by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
"two pure yolks": two orioles.
"a few shredded vegetables": Cui Liu.
The whole poem is as follows:
Two orioles sing green willows, and a row of egrets go up to the sky.
The window contains autumn snow in Xiling, and the Dongwu Wan Li boat is moored at the gate.
Interpretation:
Two orioles sang euphemistically among the green willows, and a group of neat egrets rushed into the blue sky. Sitting by the window, I can see the snow piled up all the year round on the Xiling Mountain, and ships from Soochow outside Wan Li are moored in front of the door.
Puzzle Story:
In ancient times, a chef was proficient in poetry, and he could cook all kinds of poetic dishes. A scholar deliberately gave him a difficult problem: two eggs were made into four dishes, and each dish must contain a poem. The chef accepted it and cooked four dishes.
the first course: two stewed egg yolks and a few shredded vegetables; The second course: cut the cooked eggs into small pieces, arrange them in a pair, and pounce on a cabbage leaf below; The third course: stir-fry a pinch of protein; The fourth course; A bowl of clear soup with some eggshells floating on it.
Extended information
Du Fu (712-77), with beautiful words, was a great realistic poet in Tang Dynasty, and was called "Li Du" together with Li Bai. Originally from Xiangyang, Hubei Province, he moved to Gongxian County, Henan Province. In order to distinguish Li Shangyin and Du Mu from "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also called "Great Li Du", and Du Fu is often called "Old Du".
As a teenager, Du Fu traveled to wuyue and Qi Zhao successively, during which he went to Luoyang. After the age of thirty-five, I took the exam in Chang 'an first, and came last. Later, he presented a gift to the emperor and presented it to the nobles. The officialdom was frustrated and witnessed the extravagance and social crisis of the upper class in the Tang Dynasty.
In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), the An-Shi Rebellion broke out, Tongguan fell, and Du Fu traveled to many places. In the second year of Ganyuan (759), Du Fu abandoned his official position and went to Sichuan. Although he escaped from the war and lived a relatively stable life, he still cared about the whole life and cared about state affairs. He created famous works such as Ascending the Mountain, Spring Hope, Northern Expedition, Three Officials and Three Farewells.
Although Du Fu is a realistic poet, he also has a wild and uninhibited side. It is not difficult to see Du Fu's heroism and dry clouds from his masterpiece Song of Eight Immortals in Drinking.
The core of Du Fu's thought is the Confucian idea of benevolent government, and he has the grand ambition of "to be a gentleman and to be a gentleman, and then to make the customs pure". Although Du Fu's fame was not prominent when he was alive, his fame spread far and wide, which had a far-reaching impact on China literature and Japanese literature. About 15 poems of Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected in Du Gongbu Collection.
In the winter of the fifth year of Dali (77), Du Fu died of illness at the age of 59. Du Fu's influence on China's classical poetry is far-reaching, and he is called "the sage of poetry" by later generations, and his poems are called "the history of poetry". Later generations called him Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu, and also called him Du Shaoling and Du Caotang.