1. The swallow branches are blooming in the cold snow, and the eyebrows are haggard and have no sand.
Meaning: The sky and the earth in Yanzhi Mountain are freezing cold, so the snowflakes can be used as flowers, and the haggard eyebrows are buried in the sand.
From: Li Bai's "Two Poems by Wang Zhaojun"
Original text:
The moon in the Qin Dynasty of Han Dynasty illuminates the concubine with its flowing shadow.
Once on the Yuguan Road, you will never return to the end of the world.
The Han moon still rises from the East China Sea, and the concubine Ming will not marry in the west.
The Yan branch is long and the cold snow makes flowers, and the eyebrows are haggard and have no sand.
Lack of gold in life is a waste of pictures, and death leaves green graves to make people sigh.
Zhaojun brushes his jade saddle, mounts his horse and crows with red cheeks.
Today’s Han palace people were Hu’s concubines in the Ming Dynasty.
Interpretation:
The bright moon over the Qin land of the Han Dynasty shines on the Ming concubine Wang Zhaojun.
I got married in one day, climbed up the Yuguan Road, and never returned to the end of the world.
The Han moon can still rise from the East China Sea, and the concubine Ming will marry in the west and will never return.
The sky and the earth in Yanzhi Mountain are freezing cold, so the snowflakes can be used as flowers, and the haggard eyebrows are buried in the sand.
Because there was no gold during his lifetime, he was painted into an ugly monster by painters. Only the green graves in the desert where he was buried after his death made people lament.
2. The white snow is far away from the mountain, and the yellow clouds are lost in the sea.
Meaning: Baixue garrison on the border with Tubo is so far away, and Huang Yunhai garrison is blurred.
From: Li Bai's "Purple Horse"
Original text:
The Purple Horse walks and neighs, with double jasper hooves.
Reluctance to cross the current is like cherishing the brocade and mud.
The snow-white mountains are far away, and the sea of ??yellow clouds is garrisoned.
I will go thousands of miles away with my whip, and I will be able to read about my spring boudoir.
Interpretation:
The maroon horse galloped and screamed, its jade-like hooves flying up and down.
When it came to the river, it refused to cross the water, as if it was pitiful for the brocade barrier covering its body.
Baixue garrison on the border with Tubo is so far away, and Huang Yunhai garrison is blurred.
How can you covet the warmth of home when you are traveling thousands of miles away with a riding crop?
3. The ground is white, the wind is cold, and the snowflakes are as big as hands.
Meaning: The earth is white with snow, the wind is cold and sharp, and the snowflakes are like big hands.
From: Li Bai's "Mocking Wang Liyang for Reluctance to Drink"
Original text:
The ground is white, the wind is cold, and the snowflakes are as big as hands.
Kill Tao Yuanming with a smile, without drinking the wine in the cup.
While caressing a harp, five willow trees were planted.
What do I have if I carry my turban on my head?
Interpretation:
The earth is white with snow, the wind is cold and sharp, and the snowflakes are like big hands.
Tao Yuanming laughed to death, just because you don’t drink the wine in the cup.
You really caressed a plain harp and planted five green willow trees.
What do I mean to you if I live up to the headscarf I wear?
Extended information:
Wine has always been the emotional sustenance of literati, especially poets. Li Bai is famous for his "hundred poems about wine fighting". With delicious wine as his sustenance, he wrote a large number of poems reflecting psychological emotions. This is the song "Mocking Wang Liyang for Refusing to Drink".
Liyang, a county in the Tang Dynasty, governed present-day Liyang Town, Hexian County, Anhui Province. It was named after "the Li River in the south of the county". At that time, Li Bai visited Liyang County, and it was snowing heavily. The county magistrate hosted a banquet for Li Bai. Li Bai frequently raised his glasses during the banquet, admiring the beautiful mountains, water, and wine of Liyang. Unfortunately, the people were not "beautiful" - there was no one to accompany him. He drinks. So he composed a poem "Mocking King Liyang for Refusing to Drink" during the banquet. It was full of pride and a pleasant scene.
From this poem, we can see that Li Bai’s idol is Tao Yuanming, Mr. Wuliu. He laughed at Wang Liyang who seemed to be following Tao Yuanming as his role model, but he was not happy when he drank. The words "wave", "empty" and "empty" are used skillfully to convey the meaning of ridicule and excitement, which fully demonstrates Li Bai's soaring heroism.
Reference material Baidu Encyclopedia - Mocking Wang Liyang for refusing to drink