"After Admission"
Tang Dynasty: Meng Jiao
In the past, it was not enough to boast about being dirty, but now there is no limit to the dissolute thoughts. ?
The spring breeze brings joy to the horse's hoofs, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
Translation: The difficulties in life and the embarrassment in thinking in the past are no longer worth mentioning. Now that I have been named on the gold list, the depression has been blown away like the wind. I feel really indescribable and happy. I want to embrace this nature. Riding a horse on the Chang'an Road where the spring flowers are blooming, the horse's hooves are particularly light today. Unknowingly, I have already seen the prosperous flowers of Chang'an.
"After Admission" is a poem written by Meng Jiao, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, when he was a Jinshi in the 12th year of Zhenyuan (796). The first two lines of this poem compare the author's frustrated and idle situation in the past with the current proud situation of gaining fame, highlighting the excitement of his thoughts when he leaps into a new world; the last two lines say that he galloped on horseback proudly in the spring breeze, and in one day he After watching the flowers in Chang'an, I felt extremely happy. The whole poem has a brisk rhythm and is completed in one breath, which is unique among Meng's poems that are "bitter and astringent".
Extended information:
1. Writing background:
In 796 AD (the twelfth year of Zhenyuan of the Tang Dynasty), the 46-year-old Meng Jiao was ordered by his mother to I went to Beijing for the scientific examination for the third time and finally got the rank of Jinshi. On the day when the results were released, Meng Jiao was overjoyed. He thought that he would be able to have a new life from now on. He was so full of joy that he could not hold back his pride and joy, so he turned it into this unique little poem (one of his favorites). The first quick poem in my life).
2. About the author:
Meng Jiao (751-814), a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The word is Dongye. A native of Wukang, Huzhou (now Deqing, Zhejiang), his ancestral home is Pingchang (now northeast of Linyi, Shandong), so his friends called him "Pingchang Mengdongye". He was aloof by nature and lived in poverty all his life. His friends privately nicknamed him Mr. Zhenyao. The name of the poem is very famous, especially the five ancient poems. It is cynical, but the mood is low and the words are bitter. Su Shi called it "the cold island in the suburbs" together with Jia Dao. There is "Meng Dongye Poetry Collection".
Baidu Encyclopedia - after admission