This poem comes from Su Shi's "Yu Qian Monk Lu Yunxuan" in the Song Dynasty. The original text is that it is better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo. No meat makes people thin, no bamboo makes people vulgar. People are thin and fat, but common people are incurable. Others laugh at this, as high as they are stupid. If you still munch on this gentleman, how can there be Yangzhou cranes in the world? This poem shows that the author's mind is noble, and he would rather be an elegant person in spirit than a layman trapped in material things. He thinks that spiritual nobility is happier than material satisfaction.

"I'd rather eat without meat than live without bamboo", which means that although there is meat in food, it is more refreshing to see the lush bamboo around my home, and I feel psychologically peaceful and lofty. I'd rather live on meager food than be surrounded by bamboo forests. Su Shi, the author, once lived in a residence surrounded by green bamboo forests. When he went for a stroll in his spare time, he felt happy, so he would rather eat without meat than enjoy without bamboo.

The ancients often used bamboo as a metaphor for a person's noble sentiment. Seeing the beautiful bamboo forest can really give people a beautiful enjoyment. The bamboo forest is quiet and elegant, which is pleasing to the eye. At the same time, the growth of bamboo jointing makes people feel vigorous vitality. Lin Daiyu in a Dream of Red Mansions loves bamboo very much. The Xiaoxiang Pavilion where she lives is surrounded by bamboos. The noble and quiet bamboo forest is like Lin Daiyu's mind, so it is very popular with Lin Daiyu. Many ancient people like bamboo very much, especially the south is suitable for the growth of bamboo, which brings people a lot of beautiful feelings and has a lot of practical value.

It is better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo, which represents that the poet thinks that spiritual pleasure exceeds material pleasure, which is also a reflection of the ancient people's pursuit of noble ideological realm.

others laughed at this remark, as if it were tall but as if it were stupid.

if you still munch on this gentleman, where is the Yangzhou crane in the world?