In the 24th year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (AD 736), Du Fu traveled with Gao Shi and Li Bai in Shandong, Hebei and Henan. During this period, Du Fu heard that there was a hermit named Zhang who lived in seclusion in the mountains, and he was very admired. So he returned to his secluded place, leaving two poems named Zhang Seclusion. The first article was written by Du Fu when he first met the hermit Zhang, from which we can get a glimpse of how to make friends with hermits. The original text of this poem is as follows:

Spring Mountain is lonely without company, and logging in Dingding is even more secluded.

It's cold and snowy in the ravine, and Shimen is oblique to Qiu Lin.

Not greedy for gold and silver at night, swim to elk.

To be fascinated by the source on a whim is to doubt you.

At the beginning, the poet mentioned the reason why he visited Zhang, a hermit. "It's a pity that Kasugayama has no companions." . In order to make up for this regret, the poet decided to visit Zhang, a hermit living in the mountains. "Logging Dingding Mountain is relatively secluded." This sentence changed the text of "Ding Ding in logging and birds singing" in the Book of Songs. I want to make friends with Zhang Hermit through the sentences in the Book of Songs.

Action is better than action. The poet understands this truth. After he had the idea of making friends with Zhang Hermit, he immediately put it into practice. "It's cold in the ravine", the spring is chilly, and the snow and ice on the mountain road have not melted, which is not an obstacle at all for poets who want to meet Zhang Hermit. After a long journey, the poet crossed the Shimen ancient road and finally reached Zhang's seclusion in the evening.

As the saying goes, "fame is not as good as meeting", and the poet who first met Zhang Hermit must feel the same way. In the necklace couplet, the poet praised Zhang Hermit for "not knowing about gold and silver at night will harm the elk far away." The poet's appreciation is extremely implicit, saying that Zhang Hermit, like hermits in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, regards money as stone; Swimming with elk like Meng Xin, away from worldly harm. The Neck Couplet used two allusions to describe Zhang Hermit's indifferent and quiet characteristics.

The poet had a whim. After meeting Zhang Hermit, the conversation between them was extremely speculative. "I lost my source on impulse, and I became suspicious of you." I came on impulse, and the two talked so much that the poet forgot the way I came. Sitting opposite Zhang Hermit, the poet felt that he was sitting in a boat drifting at will. Although the poet and Zhang Hermit met for the first time, they met as old friends and forgot each other.

To sum up, we can answer "How to make friends with hermits?" This problem has been solved. First of all, you must have the will to make friends with hermits. Secondly, you should show your sincerity and visit at home, knowing that it is impossible to wait for a hermit to visit. Third, we should be able to understand the hermit's character; Fourth, we should have the spiritual temperament of a hermit.