In the 13th year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (AD 797), Meng Jiao once again went to Beijing to take the Jinshi exam. This time, he is a scholar, and at this time, he is 46 years old. He happily wrote a quatrain of After Graduation to express his happy mood at that time:
In the past, it was not enough to boast, but now it is endless;
In the spring breeze, this proud horse runs at the speed of two beats. I visited all the sights of Chang 'an gracefully in one day.
The meaning of this poem is that there is nothing to boast about in the poor and embarrassed life in the past. Today, I won the Jinshi in high school and really felt the majesty of the emperor; I rode happily in the spring breeze and saw all the beautiful scenery of Chang 'an in one day. This poem vividly shows the poet's joy after winning the Jinshi, in which "the spring breeze is proud of horseshoe disease, and Chang 'an flowers are seen in one day" has become a famous sentence throughout the ages. ""The spring breeze is triumphant "originally refers to the smug mood of a scholar after finishing the exam, but now it generally refers to the smug mood after doing something successfully and achieving the goal.
2. Which poem does the spring breeze come from? "Spring Breeze Proud" comes from Meng Jiao's poem After Graduation in Tang Dynasty: "Spring Breeze Proud Horseshoe Disease, See All Chang 'an Flowers in One Day." Describe the pride after being admitted to Jinshi. Later, it was called "Spring Breeze Pride", and it was also used to describe those who were prosperous or successful in officialdom.
After graduation
Author Meng Jiao, Tang Dynasty.
The previous filth was not enough to brag, but now there is no end to debauchery.
In the spring breeze, this proud horse runs at the speed of two beats. I visited all the sights of Chang 'an gracefully in one day.
Vernacular translation:
The difficulties in life and the embarrassment in thought in the past are no longer worth mentioning. Now in to beno. 1, the sullen anger has gone like the wind, and my heart is really inexhaustible. I really want to embrace this nature.
Riding on Chang 'an Road, which is full of spring flowers, today's hooves are particularly light, and I have already seen the flowers in Chang 'an unconsciously.
Extended data
In 796 (the 12th year of Tang Zhenyuan), Meng Jiao, then 46, went to Beijing for the third time to engage in scientific research at the behest of his mother, and eventually became a scholar. On the day of its release, Meng Jiao immediately wrote the first quick poem "After Graduation" in heaven.
The first two sentences of this poem compare the author's frustrated situation in the past with his proud situation of gaining fame today, highlighting his boiling thoughts when he jumped into a new world today; The last two sentences say that he galloped triumphantly across the horse in the spring breeze, and saw the flowers in Chang 'an in one day, showing an extremely happy mood. The whole poem has a brisk rhythm, which is unique among Meng's poems.
In this poem, the poet's feelings and scenery are intended to be essays, which not only vividly describe his complacency after high school, but also express his complacency, vividness and fluency, and have a unique charm. As a result, these two poems have become people's favorite famous sentences throughout the ages, and two idioms, "Proud of the Spring Breeze" and "Looking at the Flowers", have been derived and passed down to future generations.