Do you see deer when the forest is deep, and whales when the sea is blue? This is a very popular poem on the Internet today, and what it represents is that if you want to meet a deer, you need to go to the woods. Deep, if you want to meet whales, you have to go to the depths of the ocean. Such a sentence is full of the atmosphere of literary youth. Many young people nowadays like to use this sentence in their circle of friends or QQ signatures. But in fact, this poem comes from Li Bai's "Visiting the Taoist Priests in Dai Tianshan," and the meaning expressed in the original text is completely different from that expressed in this sentence.

It is not full of sad spring and autumn feelings like the adapted poem. In Li Bai's poem, these two sentences express a description of the scenery he saw at that time. The original sentence is "You can see deer when the trees are deep, but you can't hear the bell at noon by the stream". In the depths of the woods, you can vaguely see the existence of wild deer, but at noon time, you can't hear the temple bell by the stream. From the sound, it can be seen that this is a paradise that seems to be isolated from the world, full of tranquility and natural atmosphere.

This poem is Li Bai's early work. From the lines of the poem, we can also see that Li Bai was a young man who was full of vigor and eager to learn. The first six sentences of the entire poem focus on describing the scenery. Under Li Bai's description, these scenery are vivid, as if they are in people's minds, such as gurgling water, lush peach blossoms, rushing waterfalls, etc. , come into people’s eyes one after another. The description of the scenery is actually a kind of foreshadowing for not meeting the Taoist priest later.

The sublimation of the whole poem lies in the last two sentences, which express one's inner regret and disappointment by not visiting the Taoist priest. Since no one knew where the Taoist priest was, he had no choice but to lean under the pine tree and express his sorrow. Since this is Li Bai's early work, his personal characteristics are not particularly clear at this time, but it can also be seen that Li Bai's personal talent is very remarkable, and he is also a poet with a strong thirst for knowledge. .