This is a love poem by the Tang dynasty poet Cui Hao.
This poem is arguably one of the most successful companion poems of the Tang Dynasty. When you meet someone you want, do you have the courage to go and talk to you? What topics would you choose to talk to? In front of a favorite person, emotions are easy to get excited, but the heart is more likely to be timid, so the clever tongue often becomes clumsy at this time. Therefore, it is especially important to choose what kind of pick-up method to choose, not only not to scare the other party away, but also to arouse the interest of the other party. A sense of security and interest is particularly important.
"Where does the Jun family live, the concubine lives in Hengtang." These two sentences mean, may I ask the eldest brother where is your home? "I" family lives in Hengtang, Jiankang. This is written "The Security of Pick-up".
First of all, throwing a question, the woman asked where the other party lived, which was the first step of the conversation. Women do not pick up for no reason, but with a topic and a purpose. Second, report yourself to your home to give each other a sense of security. "I" family lives in Hengtang, Jiankang, and is a foreigner living locally. In this way, the other person will move from the problem to a more intimate relationship.
"Stop the ship and ask for a while, or I am afraid that it is a fellow countryman." These two sentences are to say, stop the boat and ask for the time being, listening to the accent, I am afraid that we are fellow villagers. This is written "Pick-up Interest".
If you talk like checking your account, nine times out of ten, you will be yellow. The beauty of a woman lies in expressing her inner caution through "borrowing questions", and expressing the infinite desire for acquaintance through "or fear". Speaking of which, if not fellow countrymen, it is not so important. If the man is interesting to the woman, he will naturally extend the conversation, "I" is where, not far from Jiankang, or have been there before.
Ask the woman why she came to live here, and the conversation can continue. That's intentional. If the man has no intention, he will naturally say, "I" is not Jiankang, you misunderstood, and then ended the topic.
Therefore, the most thrilling encounters are often hidden in a few simple words, and the end may be a lifetime or a passing by. There is a chance to meet in a thousand miles, but there is no chance to meet each other. All pick-ups are for those who are destined for. Years later, they will definitely remember who said the first thing first, and that is important. This is their best memories and testimony of love. All fate starts with the first sentence.
Throughout the poem, a picture of the first sight of life jumps on the paper, love is silent, but it is so thrilling, making people dream, yearning for it, and this fragment, this moment, this picture, is the best memory when countless people met. After a thousand years, it has resonated with countless readers, so it has been listed as the third poem of "A Thousand Poems" and has become a famous piece of the ages.