What does this poem mean? Hengjiang wants to ride out the storm and be good and evil, and a spring river worries about Wan Li.

Crossing the Hengjiang River is very dangerous. Crossing this water field will affect Wan Li.

Six Hengjiang Poems Written by Li Bai in Tang Dynasty

Human nature is good, farming inherent vice.

A gust of wind blew down the mountain for three days, and the white waves were higher than the crock pavilion.

The tide has been going south to Xunyang, and Niuzhu came from a dangerous place.

Hengjiang wants to ride out the storm, but Wan Li is worried.

The Hengjiang River blocks the western Qin Dynasty in the west, and the Hanshui River connects the Yangtze River and Tianjin in the east.

White waves are like mountains that can be crossed, and strong winds worry about steep sails to kill people.

Poseidon returned to the evil wind, and the waves hit the stone walls of Tianmen.

What is August like in Zhejiang? Tao is like a mountain spraying snow!

Tianjin officials greeted him in front of the Hengjiang Pavilion, pointing to Yudong's promotion of Haiyun.

What does Jin Lang want to cross? Such a storm is not feasible!

The moon is dizzy, the wind and fog can't open, and Hai Jing runs back to the East.

The shock wave moved three mountains altogether, and the public did not cross the river to return.

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Everyone says Hengjiang is good, but I think Hengjiang is extremely dangerous. It can be windy for three days in a row, and the strong wind can blow down the mountain peaks. White waves in the river are as high as a crock pavilion.

The seawater poured into the Yangtze River flows south from Hengjiangpu and passes through Xunyang on the way. The northern part of Niuzhu Mountain extends into the river, and there are Rocky Mountains at the foot of the mountain. The terrain is very dangerous. Madang Mountain spans the Yangtze River, and the return air shakes the waves, making it difficult for the ship to sail. Crossing the Hengjiang River is very dangerous. Crossing this water field will affect Wan Li.

Looking from Hengjiang to the west, the line of sight was blocked by the mountains and white waves of Hengjiang, and Chang 'an could not be seen. The east of the Han River is connected with the Yangtze River Tianjin. The white waves in the river rolled like mountains. How can we get through such a danger? The strong wind killed the boatman who was going to travel.

It is often rainy and windy on the Hengjiang River, and the turbulent waves can split Tianmen Mountain in half. How do the tides in Qiantang River compare with those in August? The waves on the Hengjiang River seem to spray snow from the mountains.

I was greeted by the clerk in charge of ferry in front of the post office at Hengjiangpu Ferry. Pointing to the east, he told me that the sea was overcast and a storm was coming. What are you in such a hurry to cross? You can't travel in such a big storm!

On the Hengjiang River, the wind often faints the moon and is shrouded in wind and fog all day long. Haijing flows eastward in the river, and rivers flow backwards. Wave after wave, the momentum is huge, the three mountains will be shaken, and the water in Hengjiang River flows rapidly. Don't cross the river easily. If you cross it easily, there is no turning back.

Creation background

The Hengjiang storm in the poem symbolizes the "dark and decadent political situation" and "the precarious fate of the country", and embodies the "imminent crisis situation in which chaos will start and disaster will start". According to Zhan's Translation of Li Baiquan, these six poems traveled to Yang in the 13th year of Tianbao (754), which implied the poet's worries about the political situation in the last years of Tianbao.

An Qi believes that this group of poems was written by Li Bai in the autumn of the twelfth year of Tianbao (AD 753) when he passed through Hengjiangpu on his way back from Youzhou to Xuancheng. He believes that the Hengjiang storm symbolizes the Anshi rebellion and implies the poet's anxiety about the crisis in the Tang Dynasty.