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1 天無飛雪梅未紅 No fluttering snow in the sky and plum blossoms yet to be reddened,
2 長江水流東海逢 The Yangtze is long but will eventually meet the Eastern Ocean.
3 霧鎖高山凡塵隔 Mist enshrouded lofty mountains separating from the earthly realm,
4 風雲世間總是夢 Winds and clouds of the mundane world, are in the end is but a dream.
1 Implies that winter is coming or that winter is here, but the harsh cold has yet to arrive since there are no indications of snow. Usually, plum blossom blooms best after a severe snowstorm.
2 All Chinese rivers flows in an easterly direction and empties into the Eastern (Pacific) Ocean. Flowing water symbolizes the flow of time. In using the longest river to represent the life’s long journey. Everything in the mortal world will end up in the same place – in the realm of death. Immortal Isles of the Eastern Ocean can be a euphemism for death.
3 Heavily fogged mountains thought to be inhabited by immortals. Textually, the lofty mountains are the barrier between the realms of the dying and undying and the river is the conduit.
4 Wind and Clouds means turbulence of the living, i.e., wars etc. In the end, everything is ethereal because one cannot bring them to the next world, except, perhaps regret.
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
1 天無飛雪梅未紅 No fluttering snow in the sky and plum blossoms yet to be reddened,
2 長江水流東海逢 The Yangtze is long but will eventually meet the Eastern Ocean.
3 霧鎖高山凡塵隔 Mist enshrouded lofty mountains separating from the earthly realm,
4 風雲世間總是夢 Winds and clouds of the mundane world, are in the end is but a dream.
1 Implies that winter is coming or that winter is here, but the harsh cold has yet to arrive since there are no indications of snow. Usually, plum blossom blooms best after a severe snowstorm.
2 All Chinese rivers flows in an easterly direction and empties into the Eastern (Pacific) Ocean. Flowing water symbolizes the flow of time. In using the longest river to represent the life’s long journey. Everything in the mortal world will end up in the same place – in the realm of death. Immortal Isles of the Eastern Ocean can be a euphemism for death.
3 Heavily fogged mountains thought to be inhabited by immortals. Textually, the lofty mountains are the barrier between the realms of the dying and undying and the river is the conduit.
4 Wind and Clouds means turbulence of the living, i.e., wars etc. In the end, everything is ethereal because one cannot bring them to the next world, except, perhaps regret.
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
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