"A piece of ice heart is in the jade pot": hold out a crystal clear and pure ice heart from the crystal clear jade pot to comfort friends. My heart is still as pure as ice in a jade pot, and it has not been defiled by worldly affairs such as fame and fortune. From Wang Changling's Two Poems of at hibiscus inn parting with xin jian in Tang Dynasty.

Original poem:

At hibiscus inn parting with xin jian's Two Poems, Part One, Tang Dynasty: Wang Changling

Misty misty rain, overnight all over Wu Dijiang days; Early morning send you, lonely to the chushan grief of infinite!

Friends, if Luoyang friends ask me to come; Just say that I still bing Xin Okho, adhere to faith!

Interpretation:

I came to Wudi in the night when the cold rain spilled all over the river, and at dawn I sent my friends away, leaving only the lonely shadow of Chushan.

When I arrive in Luoyang, if any relatives and friends ask you about me, please tell them that my heart is still as pure as ice in a jade pot and has not been defiled by worldly affairs such as fame and fortune.

Extended data:

The concept of "curling" began in Bao Zhao in the Six Dynasties. He wrote in "Songs of the White Head": "Straight as a bamboo rope and clear as jade pot ice." A man of lofty ideals is as upright as a red silk rope and as noble and clean as a jade pot of ice.

Use Bing Xin as a metaphor for noble and innocent character. Yao Chong, the prime minister of Tang Kaiyuan, strengthened the concept of curling in "Curse Commandments": "Curlers are extremely clean, and gentlemen are right about it, showing that they don't forget their purity. The husband's hole is flawless, the sky is clear, and the officials understand it. Is there a class? Therefore, the ice is clear inside and the jade is moist outside, which is the virtue of this gentleman's curling. "

It means: The jade is flawless, and the ice is clean. The jade pot and the ice reflect each other in Fiona Fang, and they are as clear as ever: a metaphor for people who are faithful and honest and can stick to integrity.

After that, poets Li Bai, Wang Wei and Cui Hao all used curling as a metaphor, and their images were clear, that is, they were aboveboard, clear inside and outside, like gentlemen.

Under the circumstances at that time, of course, Wang Changling didn't want to express himself. He wanted to convey this image, saying that his piece of Bing Xin had a special object, that is, "relatives and friends in Luoyang". This was a consolation to his friends. You can rest assured that I was still a piece of Bing Xin, and he didn't care what they thought of those ordinary people.

The whole poem, with scenery and affection, is a masterpiece of farewell poems in the Tang Dynasty. And "a piece of ice heart" has thus become an allusion to describe a weak temperament and not seeking fame and fortune.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Two Poems by at hibiscus inn parting with xin jian