By the way, what do you mean, the cloud is in the sky and the water is in the bottle?

The correct word is "Yu". "I came to ask Yu that the cloud is in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle." When I visited, the monk didn't say much, except that "the cloud is above the blue sky and the water is in the bottle".

-Source-

Li Ao's Two Poems of Wei Yan, a Monk in Yaoshan in Tang Dynasty

-The original-

It is shaped like a crane, and there are thousands of two-letter scriptures in Panasonic.

I asked and said, the cloud is in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle.

I chose to live in seclusion, and I was not sent all the year round and was not welcome.

Sometimes I go straight to the top of the lonely peak and the clouds roar under the moon.

-Translation-

Monks in Yaoshan, like flying cranes, often learn scriptures under the big pine forest.

When I visited, the monk didn't say much, except that "the cloud is above the blue sky and the water is in the bottle".

The monk chose a quiet place to live, which was very comfortable. There is no one here all year round.

Sometimes a monk will climb to the top of the lonely peak and scream with the clouds in the bright moonlight.

-Notes-

Letter: refers to wooden cases and boxes.

Classics: Scriptures.

Nothing left: nothing left.

Qing Xiao: One is called Blue Sky.

-Appreciate-

The interaction between literati and literati adds a lot of romance to Zen forest. This poem tells the story of a poet asking a generation of eminent monks about Zen and visiting Taoism. The poetic eye of this poem is that there is nothing to say on the avenue of "nothing to say" and "whistling", so it is convenient to whistle under the moon, so that one's body, mind and sound can be completely integrated with the peaks, clouds and moons of nature. The poem "Clouds in the Blue Sky, Water in the Bottle" is a quatrain that has been circulated for thousands of years, and has aroused the praise of many literati and Zen scholars in later generations. There is great momentum when pushing the song monk Beihai's letter: "The cloud is in the blue sky, the water is in the bottle, and the courage to pour out one's life." Gold has its own gold price and will not be sold to people with sand. "There is a saying that' gold has its own price', and its lofty sentiments can be described as deep Zen.

Whistling loudly under the clouds and the moon has always been a favorite way for predecessors to express their feelings when they feel the world. Whether it is Zen, Taoism or Confucianism, they all understand the way of harmony between man and nature and get the pleasure of law from it. Ye Yi, a poet in Yuan Dynasty, has a profound Zen charm. There is a small note in the poem, which says, "Looking at the evening in July, I dragged my staff to step on the moon, built the peak straight, sang loudly, screamed suddenly, and returned with joy." Mingshan lived in seclusion, and the salty words awakened dozens of dreamers. Give poetry to regulate its affairs. "Here is his poem:" The wind is light with a quinoa stick, and the moon is bright with mango shoes. "Cranes turn green shadows, and apes make green rocks. The grass is exposed to the cold, and the spring washes the stone. Chonggang screamed and the earthly dream woke up. " Coincidentally, not only the wise men in the east, but also the awakened ones on the other side of the ocean know enlightenment well. Garis Ned (1930 ~), an American Zen poet, is deeply interested in eastern Zen. His poem "Facing the Mountain" explains his yearning for the Zen of the ancient monk in China with modern poetry: "He climbed the gurgling river. He climbed the cliff. He put a finger into the water and walked all the way to the depths of the pool; Then put all your hands in the water. He put one foot into the swimming pool. He threw the stone into the pool. He slapped the water with his hand. He stood up and shouted with his head held high. Facing the rapids and mountains, he raised his hands and screamed three times. " Such a pen-and-ink sketch is so delicate and fascinating that it is really a work of samadhi.

-About the author-

Li Ao (772~84 1) was born in Didao, Longxi (now Lintao County, Gansu Province) and in Zhizhi. Tang Dynasty minister, writer, philosopher and poet, grandson of Li Gui XIII, Liang Wang, grandson of Northern Wei X and grandson of Li Zhisun, once joined the judicial army. In the first year of Huichang, he died in Xiangyang. posthumous title was a writer, so he was called Li Xiangyang and Li Wengong. He learned ancient prose from Han Yu and promoted the ancient prose movement. Ideologically, he worshiped Confucianism all his life and rejected Buddhism and the old. He thinks that Confucius is the "greatest saint" and advocates that words and deeds should be based on the Confucian "middle way". He is the author of Renaturation Book and Li Wengong Collection.