What's the matter?

Leisure brings flowers close to the clouds. This poem is from Lu You's "Two Feelings of Going Out of the Hedgehog in Autumn Night to Meet the Cold".

I. Background introduction

Lu You (1125-1210) was a writer, politician and strategist in the late Northern Song Dynasty and early Southern Song Dynasty. He is particularly outstanding in literary creation, and is known as one of the representatives of the wild poets, and is known as the "fallen fairy".

One of his masterpieces is the ancient poem "Two Feelings of Leaving the Hedge Gate at Dawn in Autumn Night", in which a sentence "I don't like it, the flowers are close to the clouds" is full of artistic conception and philosophy.

Second, poetry analysis.

1. Laziness means that people are content with the status quo, do not make progress, pursue flashy happiness and refuse to make progress.

2. Flowers are close to the clouds: the flowers are close and easy to touch, and the clouds are far away from us, which seems out of reach. Here, it is easy and short-lived to refer to what you get in the pursuit of flashy pleasure, while what is really valuable needs more efforts to get.

Third, the significance of this poem.

Lu You described a social scene in which people were content with the status quo and pursued flashy enjoyment in simple words. He believes that people only care about immediate enjoyment and joy, and do not strive for progress, which leads to poverty and emptiness in their hearts. He warned people not to get lost in the pursuit of material enjoyment, but to strive for something more valuable through the image metaphor of "being idle and enjoying flowers near the clouds".

Fourthly, the influence of poetry.

Lu You's words "Let's go out to the fence to welcome the cold in autumn night" and "Let's be carefree and enjoy flowers near the clouds" profoundly reveal the problem that people indulge in material enjoyment and ignore their inner pursuit through their unique artistic images.

This poem has far-reaching significance and has become an important cultural symbol for later poets to reflect on the ethos of the times and arouse people's thinking. It reminds people to cherish time, persist in pursuing things of real value, and not be confused by glitz.

Summary:

The sentence "I don't like flowers before they get close to the clouds" in Lu You's Two Thoughts on Going Out of the Hedgehog to Meet the Cold in Autumn Night evokes people's thinking about pursuing truly valuable things through image metaphor. This poem has far-reaching significance and has become an important expression of later literati's philosophy of life and social thought.