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What does "no flowers, no wine, no hoes and no fields" mean?

It means that you can't see those rich and powerful nobles. Although they were once brilliant, now they can't see their graves, but they are only used as farmland.

It is a seven-character ancient poem written by Tang Yin, a painter, writer and poet in Ming Dynasty. The whole poem is as clear as words, without any allusions and flowery rhetoric. The tone of language is close to vulgarity, lightness and self-contained, but it contains infinite artistic tension and gives people continuity.

The whole poem (excerpt) is as follows:

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.

The translation is as follows:

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:

Not everyone understands the real meaning of this. Don't you see "people laugh at me for being crazy"? And "I", however, disagreed: "I laughed at others and I can't see it." Don't you see that kings and princes who used to be all-powerful and rich are now?

Not only is the body gone, but the situation has also fallen. Even the flowers and wine they despised before their death can't be counted on, and even the tombs are not guaranteed. If they know it in heaven, they can only watch the farmers plow the fields where they are buried. "I don't look at Hao Jie's tomb in Wuling. There are no flowers, no wine and no hoes!" A word came to an abrupt end, and the aftertaste remained.

The two most prominent and impressive images in this poem are "flowers" and "wine". Peach Blossom was first seen in literary works, and Yao Tao, originally written in The Book of Songs Nan Zhou, was intended to express a free and unrestrained emotion. As soon as Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Garden came out, peach blossoms were more used to express their secluded feelings. In ancient times, peach also had the meaning of exorcising ghosts and evil spirits. "Peach" is homophonic with "escape" because of its meaning of avoiding the world.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Peach Blossom Temple Song