Send off those who are traveling far away.
Farewell
Author Wang Wei? Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty
I got off my horse to drink your wine and asked you where you were.
You are dissatisfied with your words, so you return to the south mountain frontier.
But don’t ask again, when the white clouds are endless.
Translation
Please get off your horse and have a glass of wine. Dare you ask your friend where you are going? You said that because you were unhappy with your life, you returned to your hometown and lived in seclusion near Zhongnan Mountain. Just go ahead, I don't need to ask anymore, look at the white clouds floating endlessly.
Appreciation:
Wang Wei's "Farewell" uses the Zen method to write poetry, which is full of Zen master's wit. The Zen master and his disciples often fight against each other, often not speaking, but making some strange actions in order to "unify their hearts." Even if one wants to convey the meaning of Zen, it is often through clever metaphors and metaphors, which hide the profound meaning in natural objects for the disciples to understand on their own.
Wang Wei absorbed this method of expressing deep meaning through intuition, suggestion, metaphor and symbol in his poetry creation. In this poem, he condensed and integrated the complex feelings of his inner world into the natural picture of "when the white clouds are endless", thus achieving the idea of ??"holding a flower and smiling, it is self-evident", and endless food for thought. artistic effect.