杖策招隐士,荒途横古今。岩穴无结构,丘中有鸣琴。白云停阴冈,丹葩曜阳林。石泉漱琼瑶,纤鳞或浮沉。非必丝与竹,山水有清音。何事待啸歌?灌木自悲吟。秋菊兼糇粮,幽兰间重襟。踌躇足力烦,聊欲投吾簪。左思年轻时是一个很有上进心的人,他博览群书,文才极好,但容貌丑陋,口才也不行,加之出身寒门,仕进一直不得意。虽然他的妹妹左芬曾被纳入宫中,成为贵嫔,但不久又受冷落,他还是无法得到重用,故在《咏史》诗中他早就透露出一种隐退的思想,此首 Staff policy recruit hermit, ancient and modern landscape. No structure of the cave, mound in the song of Qin. Baiyun stop Yin Gang, Dan Blossom Yao Yang Lin. Shiquan rinse Qiongyao, fiber scales or floating Shen. Non-mustard and bamboo, landscape soundless. What to be Xiao song? Chrysanthemum cum 糇 grain, orchids heavy placket. Hesitate enough trouble, chatting to cast my hairpin. Zuo Si was a very ambitious person when he was a young man. He read many books and was excellent in literature. However, his appearance was ugly and his eloquence was not good. In addition, his career as a poor man had never been satisfactory. Although his sister, Zuo Fen, had been included in the palace and became an expensive example, he soon fell through the fence and was still unable to re-use it. Therefore, he had already revealed a retreating thought in his poem “History of Yong Shi”