Tao Hongjing in the Southern Dynasties hid in Ququ Mountain. Xiao Daocheng, the emperor of Gao Qi, asked him, "What are all the things in the mountains?" He wrote a poem and replied, "What's in the mountains? There are many white clouds on the ridge. I can only ask for more happiness, and I am reluctant to give it to you. " Since then, Baiyun has lent many hermits.
Baiyun is free and unrestrained, extraordinary and flawless, which is the best symbol of hermit's character.
Li Bai's poems started directly from the white clouds and brought people into a pure and noble realm at once.
In order to make full use of the image and function of Baiyun, this farewell poem does not tell the truth from other aspects, but only takes Liu's trip to Qin and Chu as an example.
From the first sentence, "Chushan and Qinshan are all white clouds", the white clouds are inseparable from him, crossing the Hunan River with him and entering Chushan with him until the last sentence, "White clouds can lie down and return early", wishing him to lie on the white clouds. It can be said that the whole poem begins with white clouds and ends with white clouds. We seem to see only a white cloud floating, and the nobility of hermits and seclusion are emerging.
This poem does not directly describe hermits, nor does it describe white clouds in a lyrical way, but only regards white clouds as a symbol of seclusion.
Therefore, it is a hermit and a white cloud; Is a white cloud, but also a hermit, really reached the realm of emptying the sublime and graceful.