write vacuous poems

write vacuous poems

Chanting the wind and the moon, a Chinese idiom, pronounced y í NF ē ngy ǒ ngyu è, used to refer to literati writing or reciting works on natural scenery such as the wind and the moon, but now it mostly describes works as empty and boring. From Li Hanlin's epitaph.

The origin of Idioms

In the epitaph of Li Hanlin, written by fan chuanzheng of Tang Dynasty, "chanting the wind and the moon, sitting on the sky and the curtain of the earth, but it's suitable for you. I don't know why you are so suitable."

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute, object; refers to literary works.