From Qing Li Fang Ying's poem "Strange Stone Map of Pine".
Original works:
Don't you see, this year's cold,
Where to ask for grass.
Goodbye, Joe pine,
Qingqing corrected again.
Heaven and earth are unintentional, and everything is true.
Tall and strong, Sichuan and Guangdong, beautiful and incomparable.
A thousand years later, we are still frozen and snowy.
Support Tianjue high and firm,
Under the dry spring breeze and blue sky.
Full text interpretation:
Don't you know where to find vanilla at the end of the cold year?
Don't you see that pine tree is flourishing and stands out from the crowd?
Everything in the world was originally inadvertently modified, and all that matters is to keep yourself true.
The straight trunk makes the mountains and rivers more magnificent, and the scenery is unparalleled.
They have been baptized by wind and snow and have not stopped for thousands of years.
The tall and straight posture of pine trees goes straight into the sky, and the vigorous branches seem to extend into the clouds to welcome spring.
Evaluation of extended data
"Song" has been praised by literati since ancient times. This poem praises the pine tree "tall and straight and strong, and its beauty is unparalleled." Because the pine tree "heaven and earth are unintentional, and everything is true." Everything in the world is originally inadvertently decorated, and all that matters is to remain true to yourself. The beauty of pine trees is the unadorned "true self", so at the end of that cold year, everything withered, and only pine trees are tall and green all year round, as if to tell heaven that even though there are cliffs and storms, it still maintains its true self.
By praising the pine tree, the author is actually praising this true character. No matter whether the environment is good or bad, he is not afraid of power and is honest and clean.
About the author:
Li (1695—1755), one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", was a poet, painter and official in Qing Dynasty. He is an honest official and loves the people. After being falsely accused, he was dismissed from office, went to Nanjing to borrow a garden, borrowed the name of the owner, and often went to Yangzhou to sell paintings. His brushwork is vigorous, simple, eclectic and lively. Later generations compiled Poem Plum Blossom House Grass, with only 26 poems, most of which were scattered in paintings.
Baidu encyclopedia-Li (one of the eight eccentrics in Yangzhou)