The poem "The grass looks green from a distance but not up close" means: The newly grown spring grass looks green from a distance, but seems to have disappeared up close.

Where does this poem come from? ——Song Dynasty·Su Shi's "Reduced Words Magnolia·Yingchu's Interpretation of Yu"

The original text of the work is as follows:

The most beneficial thing about spring is the first year of spring. The light rain is like crisp, the color of grass looks far away but not up close.

If you say goodbye and get drunk, you will grow old easily if you don’t look at the flowers. Don't wait for spring to return, turning the green moss among the red flowers upside down.

The translation into vernacular is as follows:

The oriole begins to cry. This early spring is the best season of the year; the drizzle is misty, precious as oil, nourishing the grass and trees. The newly grown spring grass looks green from a distance, but up close it seems to have disappeared.

Don’t refuse to be drunk in this season. If there are flowers and you don’t see them blooming, it means that your life will disappear quickly. Don't wait for spring to leave nature, with falling flowers mixed with green moss.

Here are some more important words, let’s explain them separately:

Chu: Just now.

Answer: able, aware.

Speech: This refers to the warbler's cry, which is sweet and graceful, just like talking.

Ghee: ghee.

Near but not visible: What colors cannot be seen at close range.

Excuse me: Don’t shirk.

Inverted: chaos.

Hongying: Falling flowers.

When the author wrote this poem, what was the background at that time:

"Reduced Words Mulan" was written about the eighth year of Jiayou reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty (1063) )February. Dongpo was 28 years old. At this time, Dongpo moved Qin En to be the Prime Minister of Dali Temple. On the way to take office, I passed Baoji and revisited Zhongnan Mountain. His disciples heard about it and sent him the poem "Wen Zizhan Revisited Zhongnan Mountain", with Dongpo sub-rhyme, and wrote this poem to send it.

After knowing the background of creation, we can better appreciate this poem:

The last film is about the beautiful time of early spring. The first and second sentences point out the season of early spring: "Yingchu explains the words"; they point out the status of early spring: "The most beneficial thing about spring is the year." The next three or four sentences describe the beautiful scenery of early spring: "The light rain is like crisp, and the color of the grass looks far away but is not there." Through the subtle change of the early spring drizzle that moistens the grass roots and turns green to bright, the picturesque spring scenery is vividly depicted come out. In particular, "The color of grass looks far away but is not there up close", which is extremely meticulously observed and extremely realistically described. Because when viewed from a distance, the grass buds that have just turned green appear green; but when viewed up close, the grass buds are still yellow. This is naturally not Dongpo's discovery. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu noticed it and wrote it in his poem "Early Spring Presents the Water Department Zhang Shiba Yuanwai". The poem reads: "The light rain on the street is as moist as crisp, and the color of grass can be seen from a distance but is not there. The most advantageous thing about spring is that it is better than the smoke and willows all over the imperial capital." Dongpo used the vivid words and phrases of Korean poetry in the first film, which is just right. It expresses the value of early spring without revealing any trace.

The next film encourages people to enjoy the spring scenery. "Don't say goodbye to being drunk. If you don't look at the flowers, you will grow old easily." It means that you should not refuse to look at spring flowers because of being intoxicated. Not looking at spring flowers means losing the youthful vitality that flowers bring to people, and it means that time is fleeting and people are getting older. This is the biggest misunderstanding in life. "Life is easy but it is hard to grow old." Dongpo's words are also full of philosophy of life. Dongpo once said, "Why is it so easy to be happy in life? Who in the world is willing to return from me." Why not change it to "Why is it so easy to be happy in life? See the flowers in time and the spring will always return." "Don't wait for the return of spring to turn the green moss among the red flowers upside down." , a constant statement with the meaning of awakening the world. Don't wait until spring leaves this world. Otherwise, the "red flowers" will be mixed with the "green moss" and the charm of spring will be lost. Ziyou's poem "Wen Zizhan Revisited Zhongnan Mountain" puts it well at the beginning: "Spring has returned in Zhongnan, and the edges of the mountains and cliffs are as green as moss."