The world laughs at me for being crazy, and I laugh that the world can't see through it. What do you mean, no flowers, no wine, no hoes, no fields?

These two poems mean that others laugh at me for being crazy, but I laugh at others for not being able to see through the world. You haven't seen those rich families once brilliant, but now you can't see their graves, just for farmland.

This poem is from the Song of the Peach Blossom Temple by Tang Yin (Tang Bohu), a painter, writer and poet in the Ming Dynasty. The original text of this poem is as follows:

Taohuawu Taohuaan, Taohuaan Taohuaxian. Peach Fairy cultivates peach trees, picks them and drinks them.

When you wake up, you just sit in front of the flowers, and when you are drunk, you come to sleep under the flowers. Half awake and half drunk day after day, flowers bloom year after year.

I hope I die of old age. I don't want to bow my head in front of horses and chariots. Cars and horses are rich and interesting, and hops are poor.

If you compare wealth with the poor, one is in the ground and the other is in the sky. If you compare poverty to horses and chariots, he will have to drive away my leisure.

Others laugh at me, and I laugh that others can't see through it. There are no graves of Hao Jie in Wuling, no flowers, no wine, and no hoes to plow the fields.

In the vernacular, it means that Taohuawu has Taohuaan, and Taohuaan has Taohuaxian. The Peach Fairy planted many peach trees, and he picked them for wine. Sit quietly in the flowers when you wake up, and sleep under the flowers when you are drunk. Half awake and half drunk, day after day, year after year.

I just want to die of old age in the peach blossom wine room, and I don't want to bow before the horses and chariots of dignitaries. Flow is the interest of nobles, and wine glasses and flowers are the fate and hobbies of poor people like me. If you compare the wealth of others with my poverty, one is in the sky and the other is in the ground.

If I compare my poverty to the horses and chariots of the powerful, they work for the powerful, but I get the pleasure of leisure. Others laugh that I am crazy, but I laugh that others can't see through the world. You haven't seen those rich families once brilliant, but now you can't see their graves, just for farmland.

Extended data

This poem mainly expresses the poet's attitude towards life that he is willing to retire, indifferent to fame and fortune, and unwilling to give it to the secular in pursuit of leisure. Peach blossom has the meaning of seclusion because of its homophonic "escape", and it also embodies the precious spirit of pursuing freedom and cherishing the value of individual life.

The first four sentences of the poem are narratives, saying that he is a peach fairy who lives in seclusion in Taohuawu, Suzhou, and planting peach trees to sell peach blossoms and wine is a portrayal of his life. These four sentences deliberately highlight the image of "Peach Blossom" and use peach blossom as a metaphor for a hermit, vividly depicting the image of a hermit who is roaming in the forest, free and easy, loves life and is as happy as a fairy.

The last four sentences describe the poet's life with flowers as neighbors and wine as friends. No matter he was drunk, he never left the peach blossom, day after day, year after year, letting time flow, letting flowers bloom and fall, and not changing his original intention. This obsession with flowers and wine shows that he cherishes life extremely.

The following four sentences directly point out my desire for life: I don't want to follow the door of wealth, but I would rather die of old age. Although the rich enjoy traveling, the poor can become attached to drinking snuff. By comparison, I wrote two different kinds of life fun, the poor and the rich.

The next four sentences are comments, which deeply reveal the dialectical relationship between the rich and the poor through the comparison of advantages and disadvantages: on the surface, wealth is in the sky, and poverty is in the ground. In fact, the rich are not as leisurely as the poor, and it is not advisable for the author to exchange wealth for the leisure of the poor.

This kind of values that despise fame and fortune is tantamount to breaking ground in an era when everyone is pursuing wealth. It embodies the author's profound insight into life and transcends the open-minded realm of life. It is a wise choice in life. The connection with wealth must be fatigue. Money can buy enjoyment, but it can't buy a leisurely poetic life. Although poor, they did not lose the joy of life and the richness of spirit, which is a portrayal of the life of frustrated literati in ancient times.