From a poem by Zhang Zhihe, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, "The Fisherman's Son, Egrets Flying in Front of the Cisse Mountain".
Original text:
Xisai Mountain before the white egrets fly freely, the river, plump mandarin fish swimming happily, floating in the water in the peach is so bright and full.
An old man in the bank, wearing a green bamboo hat raincoat, wearing a green raincoat, braved the wind and rain, leisurely and leisurely fishing, he was fascinated by the beautiful spring scenery, even the rain did not go home.
Translation:
Egrets are flying freely in front of mount cisse, peach blossoms are in full bloom on the river bank, spring water is rising at the beginning, and mandarin fish in the water are fat.
The fisherman wore a blue hat and green hemp fiber, braved the oblique wind and drizzle, and fished leisurely, and didn't even go home after the rain.
Extended data
This poem is one of the five poems in Zhang Zhihe's "The Fisherman's Song". In the poem, the fisherman wears a bamboo hat and a coir, enjoys the white honeymoons and peach blossoms in front of the mountain in the oblique wind and drizzle, and fishes leisurely. This is a portrayal of the hermit's life after the author retired from the rivers and lakes, and it was also the envy of many literati at that time.
The spiritual essence of the indifferent and elegant feelings shown in the fisherman is to pursue an independent personality that does not go along with the secular.
Because this poem is written with reference to folk fishing songs, it is simple in style, lively in rhythm, catchy to read, vivid in scenery and bright in color, just like a leisurely and distant ink painting, and it is worthy of being a famous poem dedicated to fishermen in past dynasties, and there are many works of harmony in later generations.
About the author:
Zhang Zhihe, whose initial name is Gui Ling, was born in Wuzhou (now Jinhua, Zhejiang) of Han nationality. He was named "the smoker" and "Xuanzhenzi". Famous Taoist priest, poet and poet in Tang Dynasty. At the age of sixteen, he took part in the imperial examination, and was awarded the title of "Zhihe" by Tang Suzong.
He was demoted to Nanpu Wei because of his crime, and he was pardoned soon. Since then, he has seen through the world of mortals, wandered the rivers and lakes, and lived in Chishan Town, Qimen. His brother, Zhang Heling, worried that he would not return from the world, built a hut in the east of Yuezhou (now Shaoxing) to let him live.
In history, Tang Suzong once gave him a handmaiden, and Zhang Zhihe married them and named them Fisherman and firewood green. He is the author of Xuanzhenzi.