If you travel back to the Spring and Autumn Period, what do you want to go to the most?
What I want to go to the most is Zheng Guo at that time. It was truly a temple of love. Young men and women can meet freely, get along happily, and fully enjoy the joy of love.
At that time, there was no taboo in love, there was no door to door, no one taught not to be kissed, no house to ask for a car, love if you wanted to love, love recognized her, warm and bold, until death. This is what our ideal love looks like —
Out of its east gate
Out of its east gate, there are women like clouds. Although it is like a cloud, I think about it. Dress up and talk about my staff.
Out of the ordinary, there are women like a dragon. Although it is in full swing, I think about it. Dressed in silk, chat can be entertained.
Translations
Strolling through the east gate of the city, there are many beautiful women like clouds in the sky. Although there are many clouds, it is not the person I think. Only this plain green turban makes me love it in my heart.
Strolling outside the city gate, there are many beautiful women who are white. Although the flowers are white, they are not my arms. Only this plain red scarf can be entertained and loved.
exegesis
East Gate: The East Gate of the City.
Like a cloud: many descriptions.
BANDIT: No. Si Cun: Miss. Thoughts: Verbal auxiliaries. Existence: one says in, one says in, one says comfort.
缟 (gǎo draft): white; plain white silk. Qi (qí) scarf: dark green turban.
CHAT: Yes. Member (yún cloud): same as "cloud", a consonant.
Yīn dū Indu: Outer city gate.
TA: Thatched flowers, white. When the flowers bloom, they are all white, which also describes the large number of women.
and (jū ju): A verbal auxiliary. A word of consolation.
Rú lǘ like a donkey: Madder, whose roots can make a crimson dye, this refers to the crimson knee. The clothes of "Silk Dress", "Silk Scarf", and "Ru Wei" all show the poverty of this woman's identity.
tale
Spring, for the enthusiastic Zheng Guoren, is the best time of the year to talk about love. There are records in the poems of the holy land of love, Qinshui and Youshui on the shore, there, on the boy and girl, holding the orchid, teasing each other, seeing their favorite, you can boldly talk, if Guolang is a concubine, then give a peony, the two find a place with lush grass, directly go straight to the love hall!
In addition to these two watersides, the most lively is the east gate of Zheng Guo. "Out of the East Gate" happens here.
Our protagonist, the young man, also walked out of the east gate of the city on this day, together with the bustling and hordes of red men and green women.
Wow, so many beauties here! Only to see her one by one graceful posture, light posture, low moaning and shallow smile, like clouds in the sky; how not to make people feel excited!
But so many beautiful women are not the people who miss in their hearts. Among the hordes of beautiful women, I only look for her shadow, the woman with the green turban and the white dress, is the favorite in my heart, only when I see her, my heart is very happy!
I admit that seeing so many beautiful women dressed in beautiful clothes and full of youth, like the white thatch on the shore, really makes me feel like my heart is shaking! But, despite this, the only thing I can love is you, the woman in white and wearing a red dress.
Although you were born poor and dressed simply, you were the only one among thousands of women, and at the moment of your appearance, you captured my heart! From now on, three thousand weak waters, worth a scoop of drink, not only the people I admire, will you also use the same fiery love to repay my love?