“An inch of light is an inch of gold”, ” lover’s eyes out of the western beauty”, “do not love the mountains love the beauty “…… These familiar verses have long been familiar to us. However, do you know which poem these catchy lines come from and what the full text is? Knowing only the lines but not the whole poem, we have missed a lot of excitement.
The Fan of Peach Blossoms
[Chen Weizhi, Qing Dynasty
The sound of the broken jade tree is already old, the willow of the palace in the south is new.
The King of Fortune was a young man who was used to being flirtatious and did not love rivers and mountains but loved beautiful people.
It is actually an overstatement to say that King Fu did not love rivers and mountains. If he really did not love, he could have learned from Edward VIII. King Edward VIII of England gave up his throne for love, for the sake of his confidante. The poet King Fu wanted everything, but he didn’t know how to keep the kingdom and the country.
A Collection of Hangzhou Proverbial Poems
Huang Zeng]
The lover’s eyes reveal the beauty of the West.
If there is a destiny to meet in a thousand miles, three smiles in vain as a fool.
Beauty is not charming, but lovers are not enchanted by each other, in each other’s eyes he is more beautiful than the Western beauty, because of mutual destiny we meet here. No matter how good others think you are, laughing at my foolishness, I have been obsessed with you.
The White Deer Cave
Wang Jingbai, Tang]
I don’t realize that it’s late in the spring when I’m reading, an inch of light and an inch of gold.
It is not the Taoist who comes to laugh.
The first line is a narrative. The first line is about “reading without realizing that it is deep in spring”, which means that one is concentrating on reading and unknowingly the spring is almost over. The word “late spring” refers to the late spring. From this verse, we can see that the poet was so absorbed in his reading that he spent every day in an intense and fulfilling way, forgetting all about it.
The Bamboo Lyrics
[Huang Tingjian, Song Dynasty
The floating clouds are haunted by one hundred and eight coils, and the setting sun is bright at forty-eight crossings.
The four seas are all brothers.
This poem is said to be a “fragmented poem”, with eight stanzas, but there is no historical evidence to prove it correctly. The full poem is rumored to be: “The vipers are worried about the cliff and the valley, and the wolves turn their heads when they climb into the sky. Outside the Ghost Gate Pass, there is no need to say that it is far away, and the 53rd post is the imperial state. The floating clouds are haunted by one hundred and eight plates, the setting sun is bright at forty-nine crossings. “
Ode on the Opening of the Upper Hall
Zen Master Huang Tiller
It is a great task to get rid of the dust, and to make the rope tightly.
How can we get the fragrance of plum blossoms without some cold bones?
These are two aphorisms that make use of the character of the plum blossoms, which are proud of the snow and frost, to encourage people to overcome difficulties and aspire to accomplish their career. The author, a Buddhist monk of the Zen sect, uses this poem to express his determination to achieve results in his practice and the correct attitude one should adopt in dealing with all difficulties. This is the main reason why these two verses are so famous and have been quoted repeatedly, from Zen poems and verses to secular quotes.
Self-Mockery
[Tao Gu, Song Dynasty
An official position must be born, but not used.
I laugh at Tao’s scholarship in Hanlin, who draws a gourd according to the same pattern every year.
This is a self-deprecating poem, saying that to be a government official, one must have a destiny, and it is all dependent on one’s destiny. If you are an official, you only need to be able to draw a gourd according to the pattern. The last line is also written: “A lifetime of drawing gourds according to the same pattern. “
Poem on the birthday of one’s mother
Qing Cixi]
The love of parents in the world is the most sincere, tears and blood dissolve into the body of children.
I pity the parents’ hearts!
When Cixi’s mother’s 70th birthday, Cixi did not have time to attend her mother’s birthday, so she had her attendants send her mother a lot of birthday gifts, and at the same time, wrote a calligraphy in her own handwriting, framed it and sent it off, which has been preserved for generations, and finally destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. That calligraphy, it is said, was written on this poem.
The Absolute Verse
[Xia Yuan Ding, Song Dynasty
When I visited Kongdong to Xianghu, I read ten thousand volumes of poems and books and turned foolish.
The poet said that in order to learn the Way, he had to learn the book of poetry.
The poet said, “In order to learn the Way, I had to search hard from the Kongtong Mountain in Gansu to the West Lake in Hangzhou; the more I tried to find the answer from ten thousand volumes of poetry, the more easily I became foolish. Even when he had worn out his strongest iron shoes and still found nothing, he never thought that the answer would appear effortlessly in front of him.
Song of Bamboo Branches
Yang Wanli, Song Dynasty
The moon bends over the whole country, and several families are happy and several families are sad.
The moon is a matter of sorrow and murder, but it is a matter of rest and repose.
The moon shines on the earth, and many families are happy and many families are sad. But what does the sorrow and pain on earth have to do with the moon’s cloudiness and roundness? Where there is a need for tolerance, let us be more generous.
The Book of Inspiration
Zhao Heng of the Song Dynasty
A rich family does not need to buy a good field, but a book has a thousand corn in it.
You don’t need to build a high hall to live in peace, but a book has its own house of gold.
Don’t hate the fact that there is no one to follow you out of the house, but there are many carriages and horses in the book.
Marry a wife without a good match, the book has its own face like a jade.
If a man wants to fulfill his life’s ambition, he should read the five scriptures at the window diligently.
The inspiration between the lines is that studying and gaining fame was an excellent way out of life at that time. Using modern concepts, studying is to receive education, and education is a function of society, so that students can master the knowledge and ability to join the society and serve the people.
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