Song of the Peach Blossom Temple is a seven-character ancient poem by Tang Yin, a painter, writer and poet in Ming Dynasty.
Excerpts are as follows:
Taohuawu Taohua Temple, Taohuaguan Taohuaxian.
Peach Fairy cultivates peach trees, picks them and drinks them.
When you wake up, you just sit in front of the flowers, and when you are drunk, you come to sleep under the flowers.
Half drunk and half awake day after day, flowers bloom year after year.
The translation is as follows:
There are Taohuawu Taohuaan and Taohuawu Taohuaxian.
The Peach Fairy planted many peach trees, and he picked them for wine.
Sit quietly in the flowers when you wake up, and sleep under the flowers when you are drunk.
Half awake and half drunk, day after day, year after year.
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Creation background
This poem was written in the 18th year of Hongzhi (1505), only six years after Tang Yin Imperial Examination Hall was falsely accused. Tang Yin once won the title of Xie Yuan, and later got involved in the fraud case in the examination room, which made him famous. In the long-term life training, he saw through the vanity of fame and fortune, and thought that fame and fortune at the expense of freedom could not last long, so he refused to make a living by selling paintings and lived a leisurely life with flowers as friends and wine as friends.
works appreciation
Throughout the poem, * * * depicts two scenes, one is the life scene of officials and rich people in the Han Dynasty, and the other is the life scene of Tang Yin himself in the Ming Dynasty. The former only used more than ten words, such as "Bow before the horses and chariots", "dusty horses and chariots" and "mediocre", which vividly outlined the life scenes of the great officials and the rich in the Han Dynasty.
The latter is described in more detail, such as "planting peach trees", "picking peach blossoms in exchange for wine money", "sitting in front of flowers when drunk, sleeping in flowers when drunk", "I wish I would die of old age in a wine shop rather than bow down to the front of horses and chariots" and "the fate of a hermit who drinks snuff".
Although my eyes are full of fragrant words such as flowers, peaches, wine and drunkenness. There is no vulgarity, the picture is gorgeous and elegant, the style is elegant and handsome, the melody is mellow and meaningful, the image is vivid and profound.
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