This is a poem in Meng Jiao's "After Graduating".
The whole poem after graduation is as follows: in the past, filth was not enough to boast, but today's debauchery is endless. In the spring wind the proud horse ran a two-beat pace. I toured all sceneries of Chang'an in a day with grace.
Literal meaning of the whole poem: The difficulties in life and the embarrassment in thought in the past are no longer worth mentioning. Nowadays, in to be no.1, the sullenness 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 horseshoes are particularly light, and I have already seen the prosperous flowers in Chang 'an before I know it.
Appreciation of the whole poem:
At the beginning of the poem, he expressed his feelings directly, recounted his previous difficulties in life and his embarrassment in thought, and it was no longer worth mentioning. He vividly described the poet's triumphant state of flying high and vividly expressed his elated smugness. The beauty of these two sentences lies in the emotion and scenery, which vividly depicts the poet's proud scene of galloping on Chang' an Road with blooming spring flowers. According to the Tang system, the Jinshi exam was held in autumn, and the ranking was issued in the following spring. It can be seen that the spring breeze and the flowers at once are the actual situation.
The poetic images of the three or four sentences are well-known, not only because they express their cheerful emotions for a while, but also because of their symbolic meanings. There are countless spring flowers in Chang 'an, so you can't "see them all" in one day. However, the poet can think that today's horseshoes are particularly light, and he may as well say that he has seen all the Chang 'an flowers in one day. Although unreasonable, it is affectionate, because it writes the true feelings, so it doesn't feel ridiculous. The so-called "spring breeze" is not only the spring breeze of nature, but also a symbol of the suitable political climate that poets feel can make a great difference. The so-called "complacency" includes both complacency after entering the Jinshi in the exam and complacency after getting what you want and looking forward to the future. Therefore, the artistic image displayed by poetry is not only limited to Meng Jiao himself who galloped on Chang 'an Road in the spring breeze after he entered the imperial examinations, but also an artistic image with universal significance. In this way, the individual and the general, the lightness and the implication are unified in this poem, which makes the poem gain a greater ideological and artistic capacity, which is both concrete and vivid, and there is no lack of generality, which is both clear and fluent and unique.