A whole poem was stolen by a floating life for a long time.

The title of this poem is Zen Temple in Helin Temple, and the full text is as follows:

The monk's home in Tihelin Temple

Li She [Tang Dynasty]

I was drunk all day, and suddenly I heard that I was trying to climb the mountain in spring.

I stole a long time because I was chatting with monks in the bamboo yard.

About this poem, many friends may have only heard the last sentence. Understand the whole poem from translation, annotation and other aspects.

translate

I was in a daze all day, and suddenly I found that spring was going to pass, so I tried my best to climb the mountain and enjoy the scenery.

After a temple full of bamboo, I chatted with a monk for a long time, and it is rare to get a moment's leisure in this troubled world.

To annotate ...

Strong: reluctantly.

Reason: Because.

F: Sightseeing, sightseeing.

Bamboo courtyard: namely temple.

Here "stealing" is used as "you" in some poetic versions.

Floating life: "Zhuangzi" says "its life is floating". It means that life is floating, such as rootless duckweed, which is not controlled by its own strength, so it is called "floating life"

Creation background

The specific writing time of this poem is unknown. Li She, a poet, was demoted as treasurer to join the army at that time and was exiled to the south. During his exile, he was extremely depressed.

However, in chatting with the monks in Helin Temple, I inadvertently untied my depressed heart and solved my troubles of being addicted to the secular world, so I happily wrote this poem on the wall of the temple and wrote it down.

Make an appreciative comment

This poem is written on the wall of Helin Temple in Zhenjiang. After listening to the old monk's lesson, the author realized the concept of treating life, and understood that only by diluting the utility of life, calming down the emotional state of mind, turning a deaf ear to the bleak reality and being calm, can we forget the past, laugh at life and look forward to the future.

The first sentence is a true description of the poet's inner feelings and external modality when he was exiled. The poet begins with "repression" and first expresses his negative internal modality. Using "being in a daze all day" to modify "drunken dream" shows the poet's extreme depression and collapse in the face of exile. From the writing point of view, this is a kind of writing method of restraining first and then promoting, which makes a good preparation and foreshadowing for the later "Yang".

The second sentence is that when the poet was bored, he suddenly found that the beautiful spring scenery was about to leave him, so he forced himself to climb Nanshan outdoors, hoping to dispel the long-standing sadness and unhappiness by spring scenery.

The "late spring" here should be understood not only as the spring in nature is about to pass, but also as the youth with limited life. The poet is unwilling to be depressed, unwilling to waste his youth like this, and unwilling to do nothing all his life, so after "suddenly smelling the spring scenery", he cheered up and "climbed the mountain".

The third sentence "because" should be a preposition, which means "because"; "Bamboo Garden" is a temple where monks practice Zen and realize Taoism. What is the poet doing here? Intentionally or unintentionally, people went in and talked with the monks in the temple for a long time about Zen. The word "phoenix" in "every monk must talk" tells readers that it is accidental; "Talking" means talking to the old monk about Zen, chatting, revealing his anguish and unhappiness, and discussing the joys and sorrows of life.

As a Buddhist, the concept of treating life has always been to downplay the utility of life, calm down the emotional state of mind, turn a deaf ear to the bleak reality and be calm. No matter how much trouble and unhappiness you have, you should learn to hide it in your heart, so that you can forget the past, laugh at life and look forward to the future.

The fourth sentence is the finishing touch. Half a day's leisure is because of a word from a monk in Zhuyuan. This sentence is Zen-like, telling the boring and blindness of life, and the leisure for half a day is the most rare. The author realized life and found his own answer.

About poets

Li She (around 806) was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Unknown word, from Qingxizi, Luo (now Luoyang, Henan). Ke Liangyuan, at a young age, took refuge in the south under the chaos of war, and hid with his brother Li Bo under the incense burner peak of Lushan Mountain. Later, he came out as a staff member. Xian zong was the general manager of the prince.

Soon, he was demoted to join the army and served as treasurer of Zhou Xia (now Yichang, Hubei Province), where he spent ten years. When he was pardoned, he was released, returned to Luoyang and hid in a small room. In the Daiwa School (827-835), Dr. Ren was called "Dr. Li". He is the author of Li Jieshi. Save six words.