Baike: Modern scholars think this is a poem written by a homesick traveler (either away for travel or as a forced laborer). The author's home is in the West but he's in the East. It expresses the inner feelings of people during the period of dynasty collapse and social turmoil.
'washing with boilers': Wen Yiduo thought this might be homonymous with begging. (Though the main gloss is washing) The boilers bit is a big cauldron / pot.
'good words': news of peace
The fish might be symbolic of returning to the ancestral political era and ways, related to Laozi's "ruling a country is like cooking small dishes"
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Re: 檜風 - Odes Of Gui; 149. 匪風 - Fei Feng
Date: 2021-03-14 05:37 pm (UTC)'washing with boilers': Wen Yiduo thought this might be homonymous with begging. (Though the main gloss is washing) The boilers bit is a big cauldron / pot.
'good words': news of peace
The fish might be symbolic of returning to the ancestral political era and ways, related to Laozi's "ruling a country is like cooking small dishes"