About the poem:

‘Man, this is a contemporary poem. I tried to fathom his state of mind, but, what a pity, what a pity, it is really a pity, I am not him, I can’t do it,’ said Director Chu. Contemporary poems are more difficult to understand than classical poems. In the poem, Zheng made himself a Buddhist monk with hair shaved off, and the poem was written against some Buddhist scriptures. Wearing a blue kasaya with glass jewelry making the sound of a chime stone, waking up in the morning to see a young girl, and then grieving its passing as a scholar. He wrote this poem from the perspective of a scholar.

‘Morning’ afterthoughts:

I think HanGuang Vocal Band got the essence of the poem, like ‘pity’ is mixed with grieving and sorrow, ‘Peeking my tonsure in my youth’ sounds a bit happier. There were more chords at that time, a livelier melody. ‘Say that I will be leaving’ has a sorrow feeling with a sad facial expression and intonation helped the audience to understand his feeling. I think before the performance, the band should recite the poem once to make sure every one is clear on the pronunciation of each word. Otherwise, once the music starts, it would be difficult for them to catch the words and understand the poem.