Chishang
——Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
The little boy held a small boat and secretly collected white lotus.
If you don’t hide the traces, the duckweeds will bloom together.
Translation:
A child held a boat and secretly picked white lotus flowers.
He didn't know how to hide his traces, and there was a trace of a boat crossing on the duckweed on the water.
Bai Juyi (772-846), whose courtesy name was Letian, also known as Xiangshan Jushi, and also Mr. Zuiyin, was originally from Taiyuan. He moved to Xiagui when his great-grandfather was around. He was born in Sincheng, Henan. He was a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty and one of the three major poets in the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen jointly advocated the New Yuefu Movement, known as "Yuan Bai" in the world, and "Liu Bai" together with Liu Yuxi. Bai Juyi's poetry has a wide range of themes, diverse forms, and simple and popular language. He is known as the "Poetry Demon" and the "Poetry King". He became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a doctor of Zuo Zanshan. In 846 AD, Bai Juyi died in Luoyang and was buried in Xiangshan. There is "Bai's Changqing Collection" handed down from generation to generation, and his representative poems include "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "Charcoal Seller", "Pipa Play" and so on.
Reference materials
Author. Ancient Poetry Network [Citation time 2018-1-15]