The next sentence of Spring Water is as Blue as the Sky: Paint a boat and listen to the rain to sleep.

From "Bodhisattva Man" by Wei Zhuang.

Everyone says Jiangnan is good, but tourists only like Jiangnan.

The spring water is as green as the sky, and the boat is painted and listened to the rain to sleep.

The people beside me are like the moon, and my wrists are covered with frost and snow.

Don’t return to your hometown before you are old. Returning to your hometown requires breaking your heart.

The poem "Bodhisattva Manweizhuang" describes the picturesque scenery of Jiangnan. The general idea is: Jiangnan is beautiful, tourists are intoxicated and refuse to leave, so they should live here forever. Lying on the painting boat, looking at the spring scenery of "spring water is as blue as the sky", listening to the soft sound of rain, falling into a deep dream, how pleasant it is!

According to the research of Professor Ye Jiaying, an expert on Chinese classical literature, the "Jiangnan" in Wei Zhuang's "Bodhisattva Man" definitely refers to the land south of the Yangtze River, not to the land of Shu. This set of poems was written when Wei Zhuang lived in Shu in his later years. It was written by the author to recall his old travels in the south of the Yangtze River.

Appreciation of Wei Zhuang's "Bodhisattva Man":

This poem is the second of "Five Poems on Bodhisattva Man" and is a response to the first poem. Doesn’t the protagonist want to return home? But if you can't seek fame, how can you go back so easily? "Everyone says Jiangnan is good. Tourists only like Jiangnan." How beautifully written! But this kind of beauty is not enhanced by the beauty of images, but by deep emotions, and deep emotions that are infiltrated by reason are moving.

The beauty of Jiangnan is unparalleled in the world, but how can people who live here and escape the war have a sense of belonging? Therefore these two sentences are depressing. "The spring water is as green as the sky. The painted boat listens to the rain and sleeps." It refers to the green spring water, which is brighter and clearer than the sky. Lying in the boat's painted boat and falling asleep to the sound of rain, it is so beautiful and ethereal. The melancholy of the first two sentences and the etherealness of the last two sentences form an indescribable artistic tension.