Nine Poems of Langtaosha
Author: Liu Yuxi
The Yellow River winds from a distant place, carrying thousands of miles of yellow sand.
Since you are from the sky, and now you seem to fly directly to the Milky Way, please take me to the sky, gather in the Milky Way, and go to the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl together.
Translation:
The Yellow River in Wan Li twists and turns with sediment, and the waves are rolling, like a huge wind from the end of the world.
Today, we can go all the way along the Yellow River to the Milky Way, and we will visit the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl together.
Extended data:
Creation background
Since the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the momentum has declined. Governors are independent, eunuchs are authoritarian. When talented people are released and angered, resentful works are produced. After Liu Yuxi was transferred from Beijing official to local official, he also wrote famous works, such as Nine Poems of Langtaosha.
This group of poems should be Liu Yuxi's later works, not created at one time and one place. According to the Yellow River, Luoshui, Bianshui, Qinghuai, Nautilus Island, Zhuo Jinjiang, etc. Poems, or works for activities in Kuizhou, Hezhou and Luoyang, were later compiled into a group. Some scholars believe that this group of poems was written in the late Kuizhou period, that is, in the spring of the second year of Changqing (AD 822).