original text
south of the Yangtze River
HanYueFu
Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves, and fish play between them.
Fish hits the lotus leaf east, fish hits the lotus leaf west, fish hits the lotus leaf south, and fish hits the lotus leaf north.
Vernacular translation
Lotus can be picked on the water in the south of the Yangtze River, with lush lotus leaves and fish playing in them.
Fish plays lotus leaf east, fish plays lotus leaf west, fish plays lotus leaf south and fish plays lotus leaf north.
Extended data Yuefu was first established in the Qin Dynasty, and it was an institution under the jurisdiction of Shaofu at that time to manage the teaching and learning of music and dance aria. In the early Han Dynasty, Yuefu did not exist. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arrived in Liu Che, he rebuilt Yuefu when he held a ceremony in the suburbs. Its duty is to collect folk songs or literati's poems for music, so as to prepare for the court's performance at sacrifices or banquets. The poems it collected were later called "Yuefu Poetry" or "Yuefu Poetry" for short. It is a new poetic style after The Book of Songs and Songs of the South. Later, those who were unhappy were also called Yuefu or Quasi-Yuefu.