"Red beans are born in the south, and in spring they sprout a few branches.

"Red beans are born in the south, and in spring they sprout a few branches. I wish you would pick them up more often, this thing is the most lovesick." The meaning is:

The red bean tree grows in the south, how many new branches will it produce when spring comes? I hope you will pick some more red beans, which are most capable of arousing people's feelings of longing.

This poem is from Wang Wei's "The Thoughts of Love" in the Tang Dynasty.

Appreciation and analysis:

This is a poem that sends out one's love for a friend through the use of objects, and it is a work of longing for a friend. In the first line, the words are simple, but rich in imagination; then the question is sent to send a message, a meaningful way to send love; the third line implies that the friendship is valued, on the surface it seems to ask people to think of each other, but on the back is a deep implication of the weight of one's own love; the last double entendre, not only in the title, but also close to the feelings of the wonderful writing, Wanqu moving. The whole poem has a beautiful and elegant mood, full and exuberant thoughts, simple language, and harmonious and soft rhymes. It can be described as the best of the best of the best of the best.

The whole poem is full of the enthusiasm of young people, the breath of youth, full of love has never been a direct expression of love, the words are not away from the red beans, and "beyond the image, to get its Won," the feelings of love expressed in the wood three points. It is "one breath, also must be read in one breath", extremely bright, but also euphemistic and subtle. In life, the most affectionate words are often simple and unadorned, natural and marvelous.

Wang Wei is very good at refining this kind of simple and typical language to express deep thoughts and feelings. Therefore, it is not surprising that this poem, with its shallow language and deep feelings, became a popular song at that time.

Background:

This poem was written as "Giving Gift to Li Guinian on the River", which can be seen as a piece of nostalgia for his friend. According to the records, at the end of the Tianbao period, during the Anshi Rebellion, Li Guinian sang this poem when he was living in the south of the Yangtze River, which proves that this poem was written during the Tianbao period.

About the author:

Wang Wei (701-761, 699-761), the word Mochizi, Han nationality, east of the river Pozhou (present-day Yuncheng, Shanxi Province), ancestry Qixian, Shanxi Province, the poet of the Tang Dynasty, has the name of "Poetry Buddha". He was a poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as the "Buddha of Poetry". Su Shi said of him, "Taste Mochizuki's poetry, and there is a picture in the poem; see Mochizuki's painting, and there is a poem in the painting." In the ninth year of the reign of Emperor Kaiyuan (721), he was awarded a bachelor's degree and served as the Prime Minister of Taile.

Wang Wei was a representative of the poets of the Sheng Tang Dynasty, with more than 400 poems surviving today, and important poems such as "Acacia" and "Autumn Night in a Mountain Dwelling". Wang Wei was well versed in Buddhism and was greatly influenced by Zen Buddhism. In Buddhism, there is a Vimalakirti Sutra, which is the origin of Wang Wei's name and character. Wang Wei was famous for his poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was very versatile in music. He and Meng Haoran were known as "Wang and Meng".