I would rather eat without meat than live without bamboo. Without meat, people will lose weight, but without bamboo, people will become vulgar. The reason is that people are thin and fat, and it is difficult to cure people.

If others don't understand this, they will smile and ask this statement: "Is this like being tall or stupid?" Then I want to ask, if you are still chewing this gentleman (bamboo), if you want to have a lofty name and sweet taste, how can there be such a beautiful thing as "Yangzhou Crane" in the world?

The original text is from the interpretation of Yu Qian and Shang Lu.

Expansion expansion:

1, creative background

In the spring of the sixth year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (1073), when Su Shi was appointed as the secretariat of Hangzhou, he went from Fuyang and Deng Xin to Yunyunling and entered the latent county to "see politics". Hui Jue, a monk in Ganxian County, became a monk in Silent Photo Temple in Guo Feng Township, South Erli. There is a green porch in the temple, decorated with bamboo, which is very elegant. Su Shi and monk Hui Jue wrote this song when they visited Lv.

2. Appreciation of the whole poem

"No meat makes people thin, no bamboo makes people vulgar" is the further development of "no bamboo in the house". It is full of philosophy and charm, and writes the value of matter and spirit, virtue and food in comparison; Eating is not fragrant, at best, it is "thin"; People without loose bamboo festival, without elegance and elegance, will be "vulgar"

This is not only a tribute to the Monk's Day, but also a warning to those who lack it. Then it is more penetrating to express this intention with "people are thin and fat, and laymen are hopeless" The most important thing for a person is his ideological character and spiritual realm.

As long as there is noble sentiment, there will be loneliness and straightness of pine and cypress, fragrance of plum and bamboo, fear of violence, integrity and outstanding behavior; On the contrary, it will take advantage of fame and fortune, care about gains and losses, take power as the center, and shift according to the wind direction, kitsch and ugliness.

This kind of people often think they are smart and wise, and they can't change their nature if they don't listen to advice, so the poet said that this kind of "layman is incurable"-drug treatment is ineffective.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yu Qian and Shang Lu