Jihai’s Miscellaneous Poetry is a seven-character quatrain written by Gong Zizhen. The translation is as follows:
1. Jihai’s Zapoem is a seven-character quatrain written by Gong Zizhen. The poem was written in the 19th year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty, when the author returned to Beijing from the south to welcome a new official career. The Qing government at that time was extremely corrupt, which made the author very disappointed. The poem expresses the author's melancholy when he returned from Beijing to the south, and expresses that although the author has resigned and gone to the end of the world, he will still care about the future and destiny of the country.
2. The original text of this poem is "The sun is setting in the day when I am about to leave, and I chant my whip to the east and point to the end of the world." Falling red is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers. Now let's explain it sentence by sentence: The majestic and sorrowful white sun is setting. The majestic in this poem means the vast and boundless meaning, the sorrow of separation is the sadness of parting, and the setting sun is referring to the scene of the setting sun. This poem describes the author's inner heaviness and worry when leaving the capital.
3. "Yin whip" refers to the east finger, which means the end of the world. The "yin whip" in this poem means the author's horsewhip, the east finger means driving towards the east, and the word "yin whip" means a distant place. This poem depicts the author leaving the capital city toward the east and heading for a distant journey. "Luohong" is not a heartless thing. "Luohong" in this poem means falling red flowers, and "heartless things" means things without emotions.
4. This poem depicts that the falling red flowers are not emotionless objects, but sacrifice their lives to nourish the earth. Turning into spring mud protects flowers. The word "turning" in this poem means becoming, spring mud means spring soil, and protecting flowers means protecting flowers. This poem depicts the falling red flowers turning into spring soil, nourishing and protecting the flowers.
Relevant knowledge about Gong Zizhen
1. Gong Zizhen (August 22, 1792 - September 26, 1841), with the courtesy name Qian and the name Ding'an, was a famous poet in the Qing Dynasty Thinker, poet, writer and pioneer of reformism. He was born in Renhe, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou). He was smart and studious since he was a child. He was proficient in classics, history, poetry and articles, and was especially good at calligraphy.
2. Gong Zizhen’s poetry is famous for its fresh, refined, bold and unrestrained style. The content of his poetry widely involves politics, history, philosophy, ethics and morality, etc., and deeply reflects the contradictions and problems of society at that time. One of his representative works is "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai", which expresses his melancholy and worries about the future of the country when he resigned and left Beijing.
3. Gong Zizhen is an important thinker. He advocated reforms in politics, economy and culture and put forward many forward-looking and progressive ideas. He criticized the feudal autocracy and traditional concepts, called for the establishment of a new social system and cultural system, and made important contributions to China's modernization process.