What do you mean, not that idle people can't be idle, but that they have to wait for idle people if they can be idle?

The meaning of "people who are not idle can't be idle, and those who can be idle must wait for idle people"-if they don't have the ability to be free from vulgarity, they can't get leisure, and those who can get leisure must not be mediocre.

Source of works

From the Yuan Dynasty's "Watching the Sea".

original work

Looking at Tsuen Wan on the hillside every day, Maoshan remains green.

I asked the sea when it was old, and the breeze asked me when it was idle.

Not that idle people can't be idle. If they can be idle, they must wait for idle people.

Translation of works

Looking at Tsuen Wan on the hillside every day, there is no change in the green vegetation on Maoshan.

I asked when the sea would get old, and the breeze asked me when I could have leisure time.

If you don't have the ability to transcend in thought, you can't get leisure. People who can get leisure are definitely not mediocre.

Annotation of works

1 when: when.

2. When: When.

3. Idle people: here refers to people who know how to advance and retreat, are not trapped by fame and fortune, and can grasp their own pace of life. Leisure: leisure; Leisure.

4, can not get: can not get.

5. it must be: it must not be.

6, calm: normal, average.

Creation background

This poem was written by a Yuan Dynasty poet in Fangshan Maoshan before he was twenty-seven years old. At that time, poets were busy farming, living and studying hard to gain fame. Sweating like rain, reading and writing, can't relax every day. I watch the sea view of Tsuen Wan every year. I live in Green Water Hat Mountain and have no time to watch it. I feel that I am 27 years old, and the green mountains and green waters have not felt any changes for many years. I can't help but sigh that the green hills are not old. Ask myself, will I succeed? I hope that one day, I will succeed and visit Fangshan again. How beautiful! There is a leisurely phantom in front of my eyes. It was worthwhile for me to be busy here that day. I deeply know that my leisure after success is also earned by my efforts today, and I can't wait. Thinking of this, Lingquan wrote a poem: Looking at Tsuen Wan on the hillside every day, the green of Maoshan remains unchanged. I asked the seamount when it was old, and the breeze asked me when it was idle. Not that idle people can't be idle. If they can be idle, they must wait for idle people.

works appreciation

Gao was one of the most influential painters in Yuan Dynasty. He became an official, but he still likes to see landscapes and paintings.

He often enjoys himself in the mountains and rivers and draws many excellent landscape works. Because he often works as an official in the picturesque south of the Yangtze River, the misty rain of mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River and the charming scenery of small bridges and flowing water have influenced his unique personal style. He wrote a poem to see his thoughts and feelings, when a poem happened to think of him.

In the poem, "people who are not idle can't be idle, and idleness waits for no one" is a carefree realm, and it is also a feeling and enlightenment to life.

It can be seen from the poem that the poet is not an "idle" person. Idle is not idle. Idle people don't know what they should do. Their lives are muddled and they have no sense of independence at all.

The real leisure is to let go after seeing through the world of mortals, to be content after understanding life, and to be indifferent after being indifferent to honor and disgrace. Therefore, it is not idle people who cannot be idle. Idle and not waiting for people. "

Brief introduction of the author

Gao (1248- 13 10), whose real name is Yan Jing, was born in Fangshan, Semu and Datong (now Shaanxi). His father moved to Yanjing (now Beijing) and his ancestral home was in the Western Regions (now Xinjiang). History was compiled by the Ministry of Industry of Jingshi and selected as Taiwan. It is the experience of Shandong West Road Inspection Office and the judge of Henan Road Inspection Office. During the middle and new year, the official went to the ministers of punishments. At first, I learned two meters of landscape painting, and later I learned the brushwork of Dong Yuan and Li Cheng. I am good at freehand brushwork and ink bamboo, which echoes Hu Wenhu.