English Rendering
Though you think to return to this maze of mountains,
Oh, let them brim your heart with wonder!....
Remember the fisherman from Wuling
Who had only a day in the Peach-Blossom Country.
A Farewell to Cui
- Poetry of Pei Di
《送崔九（崔九欲往南山马上口号与别）》
Original Text (中文原文)
归山深浅去，须尽丘壑美。
莫学武陵人，暂游桃源里。
Analysis & Context
Five-character-quatrain
This poem was written by Pei Di to send Cui Xingzong back to the mountain to live in seclusion, exhorting him to live in seclusion in the mountain and send his love to the landscape and not to come out again.
Reader's Companion
The Essence of the Verse
Classical Chinese poetry thrives on Concision and Ambiguity. Without tense or number, the words create a timeless space where the reader becomes the co-creator of the poem's meaning.
Reading Between the Lines
Look for Contrasts: light and shadow, movement and stillness. Don't just translate the words; feel the Yijing (artistic conception) that lingers long after the last character.
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