Miscellaneous Poems (1) is rootless and floating on the dust like a stranger.
Life blowing in the wind, the body has gone through hardships, and it is not what it used to be.
When the world is brothers, why do brothers of their own brothers want to date each other?
When you meet a pleasure, you should be happy, and you should invite your neighbors to drink.
Once the youth is gone, it will never come again, and you will never see the arrival of the next day.
It's time for people to encourage themselves when they reach middle age. Time goes by and waits for no one.
Life has no roots in the world and drifts like dust on the road. Life blowing in the wind, this body has gone through hardships and is no longer what it used to be. The whole world wants to be brothers, why do biological brothers want to date each other? When you are happy, you should be happy. If there is wine, you should invite your neighbors to drink together. Once youth is gone, it is impossible to come back and never see the next day. We should encourage ourselves in our prime. Time goes by and waits for no one.
Appreciating this poem means that fate can't be grasped from the beginning and lamented. Reading makes people feel confused and sad. Then, it evokes a point that the poet persistently seeks friendship and joy in life, giving people a glimmer of hope. The last one is impassioned and makes people excited. The language of the whole poem is unpretentious, and the metaphor comes from life. It is rough as jade, but its connotation is extremely rich, ups and downs and thought-provoking.
Brief introduction to Tao Yuanming Tao Yuanming (352 or 365-427), also known as "Jingjie", was known as Mr. Jingjie in the world and was born in Xunyang Chaisang (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province).
A great poet and poet at the end of Eastern Jin Dynasty and the beginning of Southern Song Dynasty. He served as Jiangzhou Wine Sacrifice, Jianwei Army, Zhenjun, and Pengze County Order, and the last official position was Pengze County Order. He left his post for more than 80 days and retired to the countryside.
He is the first pastoral poet in China, and is known as the "School of Ancient and Modern Hermit Poetry", with a collection of Tao Yuanming.