Abstract: The two stanzas of “Mailing swan flies afar swiftly, Fish and dragon dive and leap in water wherefrom writing forms” in Zhang Ruoxu’s poem Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye have always been a difficult point about which opinions vary. Starting from such correct knowledge as the false or true expression of poetic wordage, the poefic reference to “that” and “this”, etc. and on the basis of verifying its inverted order, clarifying the author’s scope of seeing and thinking as well as the flow direction of emotion so as to grasp correctly the poetic flavour, the present holds the view that the two stanzas should meanBecause of the swiftness of time, resentment is aroused about the state that the distant mailing swan fails to send the message of lovesikness; looking at the ripples on water and thinking of the message in expectation.

Key words: Zhang Ruoxu, Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye(A Moonlit Flowering Night by the Spring River), false or true, inversion