The origin and meaning of "Why pearls comfort loneliness"?

From the Xie Ci "Zhu Zhen", selected from the biography of Mei Fei written by Mei Fei Jiang Caiping, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (Volume 38). Included in the whole Tang poetry. It means you don't have to send a pearl to comfort my lonely heart.

The whole poem is as follows:

Laurel leaves have no eyebrows and tears.

There is no toilet in Nagato every day. Why should pearls comfort loneliness?

The translation is as follows:

I haven't painted arch eyebrows for a long time, and my red skirt is wet with tears of residual makeup.

I haven't been fresh for a long time, and you don't have to send a welcome pearl to comfort my lonely heart.

Precautions are as follows:

Red tulle: red tulle

Loneliness: loneliness and emptiness.

Extended data:

Jiang Caiping (AD 7 10- AD 756), a native of Mei Fei and Putian, Fujian, was one of the favorite concubines of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Today, Putian is also called Princess Jiangdong. One of the eight talented women of the Empress Dowager.

During the Kaiyuan period, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty sent Gao Lishi to Fujian and Vietnam, and Jiang Caiping was elected to the palace. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty regarded it as a treasure, and gave a lot of luck to Dong Gongzheng's first-class imperial concubine, named Mei Fei. Jiang Caiping's charm is indescribable. He is proficient in poetry and was once favored by Xuanzong. ?

Mei Fei likes plums, and his integrity is like plums. Later, Yang Guifei was banished to the cold palace and the Shang Yang East Palace. In 756 AD (the fifteenth year of Tianbao), An Lushan launched a rebellion (known as the Anshi Rebellion in history). Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty left Mei Fei in the cold palace and fled. Mei Fei wrapped himself in white silk and threw himself into the well.

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