Farewell
Words: Li Shutong
Outside the pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass reaches the sky. The evening breeze carries the faint sound of willow flutes, and the sun sets outside the mountains.
At the end of the sky, in the corner of the earth, there are only a few close friends. A pot of turbid wine has exhausted all the joy, don’t sleep in the cold tonight.
Outside the pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass reaches the sky. I asked you when you will return here, and don't linger when you come back.
At the end of the sky, in the corner of the earth, there are only a few close friends. Life is rarely filled with joyous gatherings, but with many separations.
Brief comments on the poem:
“Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass reaches the sky; the evening wind blows the willow flute and the sound of the sunset is outside the mountains; the end of the sky and the corner of the earth , acquaintances are half gone, and the joy is gone with a ladle of wine, and I will bid farewell to the cold tonight."
"Farewell" is written by Li Shutong, and is also an original work written to bid farewell to his close friend Xu Huanyuan. Expressing Li Shutong's emotions towards his friends in Shanghai's "Five Friends from the End of the World" and "Jinlan Friendship" when they parted, Li Shutong and Xu Huanyuan promoted the idea of ??civil rights, advocated changing customs, and promoted the independence of men and women in marriage.
Author:
Li Shutong, also known as Li Xishuang, Li An, and Li Liang, his musical name is Wentao, his childhood name is Chengqi, his scientific name is Guanghou, his courtesy name is Xishuang, and his nickname is Shutong. . Li Shutong is a famous musician, art educator, calligrapher, drama activist, and one of the pioneers of Chinese drama.
After he returned from studying in Japan, he worked as a teacher and editor. Later he was ordained as a monk. His Buddhist name was Yanyin, and his nickname was Hongyi. His later nickname was Wanqing Laoren. He was later revered as Master Hongyi.
Extended information:
Li Shutong's literary works:
When he was young, he attracted the attention of the literary world with his talent. When he was living in Shanghai, he hand-recorded his previous poems into the "Preliminary Collection of Poetry Bells", which was circulated among the friends of the "Chengnan Literary Society", and later compiled into the "Li Lu Poetry Bell". On the eve of becoming a monk, he compiled more than 20 poems from the 26th to 33rd years of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1900-1907) into a volume.
Among them are many praiseworthy masterpieces such as "Farewell to the Motherland and Present to Classmates" and "Sorrow for the Death of the People's Hearts", which show the author's deep concern for the fate of the country and the suffering of the people's livelihood.
In the five or six years before he became a monk, he published more than 30 lyrics. These works, through artistic techniques, express people's thoughts and emotions in the same situation. They were once popular, and some have become enduring masterpieces.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Farewell (song composed by John Pound Otway and Li Shutong)
Baidu Encyclopedia - Li Shutong