From Sima Xiangru's "Phoenix Begging for Phoenix" in Han Dynasty.
original text
Feng Feng returned to his hometown and traveled around the world looking for his death.
I didn't know what to do when I didn't meet Xi. Why don't I go to Sishang today?
There are beautiful women in the boudoir, and the people in the room are poisoning my intestines.
Why do you want to be a mandarin duck? You are flying!
translate
Phoenix bird, Phoenix bird returned to their hometown, their whereabouts are unknown, and they traveled around the world to find the Phoenix bird in their hearts.
I didn't know where to go before I met a bird, so how can I understand my inner feelings after I came to the door today?
There is a beautiful and quiet woman in the dormitory, who lives near but far away, which makes me sad.
How can I be a affectionate mandarin duck and let my phoenix and your phoenix swim together!
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Creation background
These two poems are said to be the lyrics of "Huang", just like singing on the piano. Because this poem was not included in Historical Records, it was not included in Lei Ju of Literature and Art, Poems of Yuefu in Song Dynasty until Xu Ling of Chen Dynasty compiled Yutai New Poetry with a preface.
Brief introduction of the author
Sima Xiangru (about 179- 1 17) was a great poet in the Western Han Dynasty. Han nationality, a native of Pengzhou, Sichuan (now Peng 'an, Nanchong), is called Chengdu. His masterpiece is Zi Xu Fu. His works are rich in rhetoric and grand in structure, and he is a representative writer of Han Fu, which was later called sanctification. The story of his elopement with Zhuo Wenjun is also widely circulated.
Sima Xiangru is good at guqin, and the piano used is called "Qingqi", which was given by Liang Wang when Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty. It is a famous guqin, and its name has been passed down to this day, even becoming another name of guqin in literary works.
The story of Sima Xiangru eloping with Zhuo Wenjun has long been widely known.
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