From a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao, "After the Enrollment in the Academy".

Originally:

The former sordidness is not enough to boast of, but the present debauchery is endless.

The spring breeze is so strong that the horse's hooves are fast, and I can see all the flowers of Chang'an in one day.

Translation:

The past days of hardship are no longer worth mentioning, and today's success in the examination of the gold list makes one's spirit soar.

It is like enjoying all the famous flowers in the capital in one day.

About the Author:

Meng Jiao was a poet of the Tang Dynasty. Born in Wukang, Huzhou, his father, Meng Tingzhi, was a minor official, serving as a lieutenant of Kunshan County. His family was poor, and Meng Jiao was withdrawn from his childhood and seldom interacted with others. He lived in Luoyang (present-day Luoyang, Henan Province), and later retired to Mt.

Meng Jiao failed to get a bachelor's degree at the age of forty-six, and was the lieutenant of Liyang County. Since he could not show his ambition, he went to the forest and springs, and wandered around and wrote poems. As he was unable to realize his ambition, he wandered in the woods and springs and wrote poems. So much so that the county magistrate replaced him with a false lieutenant. Later, because of the recommendation of Henan Yin Zheng Yuqing, he served in Henan (Henan Province now Luoyang), and spent much of his later life in Luoyang.

The Tang Emperor Xianzong Yuanhe nine years, Zheng Yuqing again recruited him to the Xingyuan Province as a senator, was accompanied by his wife to go to the line to the wenxiang County (now Henan Lingbao), died of a sudden illness, buried in Luoyang East.

Meng Jiao has more than 500 poems in existence, with the largest number of short five-character poems, including the masterpiece "Youzi Yin". Because of his poems are mostly written about the world, folk suffering, so there is the "poetry prisoner" called, and with Jia Island, known as "suburb cold island thin".