It expresses the poet's indifferent feeling and love for nature. It expresses the poet's indifferent feeling and love for nature.

1. Original text of the work

"Yu Gezi·Flying Egrets in Front of Xisai Mountain"

Tang Zhang Zhihe

In front of Xisai Mountain Egrets fly, peach blossoms flow and mandarin fish are fat.

Green bamboo hats, green coir raincoats, slanting wind and drizzle do not need to return.

2. Translation

The egrets are flying freely in front of Xisai Mountain, the peach blossoms are in full bloom on the river banks, the spring water is rising, and the mandarin fish in the water are plump. The fisherman, wearing a green bamboo hat and a green raincoat, braved the slanting wind and drizzle, fishing happily without having to go home.

The first two sentences of this poem describe the fishing place and season. In these two sentences, mountains, water, birds, flowers, and fish appear, outlining a beautiful fishing environment and paving the way for the characters to appear. The last two sentences of the poem write about fishing on the smoke waves. The "slanting wind and drizzle" in the last sentence is not only a realistic description of the scenery, but also has a profound meaning. This poem expresses the author's yearning for a free life by praising the natural scenery and fishermen fishing.

Extended information

Creative background

In September of the seventh year of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty (772), Yan Zhenqing was appointed governor of Huzhou and took office the following year. Zhang Zhihe went to pay a visit in a boat. It was late spring, the peach blossoms were in bloom, and the mandarin fish were beautiful. They sang an impromptu harmony. Zhang Zhihe sang it first and wrote five lyrics. This song is one of them. This poem was lost during the reign of Emperor Xianzong. In the third year of Changqing (823), Li Deyu visited it and recorded it in his "Xuanzhenzi Fishing Songs", and it has been circulated to this day.