It means: Pity you don't know why you are drifting away
From on passing jia yi's house in changsha —— Tang Dynasty: Liu Changqing
if even good Emperor Wen was cold-hearted, could you hope that the dull river Xiang would understand you?
these desolate waters, these taciturn mountains, when you came, like me, so far away?.
The Chinese Emperor's kindness to talents is still weak. Who knows if Xiangjiang River has no intention of mourning? Lonely and cold, leaves fall in the mountains one after another. I pity you for not knowing why you are falling.
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1. The background of on passing jia yi's house in changsha
The content of this poem is related to the author's career of exile. Liu Changqing "just made a mistake, and was moved twice". Poetry is thought that when the poet moved to Changsha for the second time, he came to Jia Yi's former residence in Changsha alone. A similar experience made Liu Changqing feel nostalgic for the past, and he was deeply moved, so he chanted this rhythmic poem.
2. Appreciation of on passing jia yi's house in changsha
On the surface, this nostalgic poem sings about the ancient things of the ancients, but in fact it focuses on the present and the present. There are poets' self-existence everywhere between the lines, but these are not so revealing, but they are very subtle. The poet is good at combining his own life experience, sadness and excitement into the image of the poem, and revealing irony in the twists and turns.