On this day last year, on Guanshan Road, the plum blossoms were dying in the drizzle. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty "On the 20th of the first lunar month, Pan Guguo and three other people from Qiting County sent Yu Yu to the East Zen Villa in the Queen's City." Last year, today on Guanshan Road, the drizzle of plum blossoms was breaking their souls. I didn't go out in the spring cold for ten days, and I didn't know that the rivers and willows had shaken the village.
I heard about Juejue Liubing Valley, and it was all green with no burn marks.
Several acres of desolate garden allow me to stay, and half a bottle of turbid wine is waiting for you to warm it up.
Last year, today on Guanshan Road, the plum blossoms were dying in the drizzle. Farewell, Scenery of Friendship Translation and Notes
Translation
In the severe cold of early spring, I have not stepped out of my house for ten days, unaware that the willows on the riverside are already swaying with new youth.
Gradually I heard the sound of melting ice in the valley, and the endless new grass on the field covered up the old traces of wildfires.
Several acres of remote countryside allow me to live here, with half a bottle of turbid old wine waiting for friends to warm it up.
Last year today I was walking on the road in Guanshan. The plum blossoms were blooming in the drizzle, and I was secretly feeling sad. Appreciation
The first couplet writes that spring comes quickly. Due to the "cold spring", I didn't go out for only ten days, but the willow trees by the river were already green. The word "shao" in "Jiangliu has shaken the village" is very vivid, vividly depicting the rippling spring breeze and the gentle breeze of the rivers and willows.
The chin couplet further describes the spring scene. Regarding Juejue, Lu Lun's "Shandian" has a sentence that "Juejue streams and springs can be heard everywhere". Regarding the ice valley, Liu Zongyuan's "Jin Wen" said: "The accumulation of ice in the snow-capped mountains and valleys makes the viewer daunted." There is still ice in the valley, indicating that it is early spring. In early spring, the stream is very thin, so it is named "a little smell", which is a precise wording. Green, the color of new weeds. The latter sentence says that the old burn marks are covered by green and new grass. The word "full release" makes it even more full of spring.
The neck couplet writes that Pan, Gu and Guo paid farewell to him. "Several acres of deserted gardens" pointed out the location of the farewell ceremony. "Keep me here" and "Be warm to you" describe the deep friendship between the three of them towards Su Shi. This place was exactly where he passed on his way to Huangzhou a year ago. The friendship between friends at this time reminded him of the loneliness and desolation he felt a year ago. Therefore, the last couplet ends with memories.
The "Two Poems on Plum Blossoms" written by Su Shi on his way to Huangzhou the year before was very poignant and tear-jerking. One of them said: "When spring comes, the water in the deep valley is gurgling, and the plum blossoms are blooming among the grass thorns. The east wind blows the rocks cracked all night, and half of them pass through the mountains with the flying snow." The plum blossoms growing on the grass thorns are already chilling, and they are blown by the "east wind" All gone. The second one said: "Who would drink wine to soothe the deep and quiet, and become bored and depressed? Fortunately, there are three hundred clear streams, and they are sent to Huangzhou without saying goodbye." Plum blossoms blooming among the grass thorns, no one appreciates them, it is boring enough; And it is destroyed by the "east wind", or it is carried to the mountains with flying snow, or it is carried to Huangzhou with the clear stream, which makes people even more sad. The so-called "last year today on Guanshan Road, the drizzle and plum blossoms were dying" refers to this. The last sentence is adapted from Du Mu's poem "Qingming": "It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die." He is also a "walker on the road" at this time, and the last couplet is not only recalling "today last year", but also writing "today this year". Wang Shihan commented: "It has endless implications." ("Annotations on Selected Poems of Su")
Creation Background Su Shi was on his way to Huangzhou for demotion in the third year of Yuanfeng (1080) when he passed through Chunfeng Ridge and saw the plum blossoms withering. When he was a child, he wrote "Two Plum Blossoms"; while passing Qiting, he met his old friend Chen Zhen. This time I went to Qiting to visit Chen Zhen. It was exactly a year later, and the scenery was still the same. Thinking of the desolate situation of the previous year, Su Shi was filled with emotion and wrote this famous poem. Su Shi (1037-1101) was a writer, calligrapher, painter and gourmet in the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name is Zizhan and his nickname is Dongpo Jushi. Han nationality, Sichuan native, buried in Yingchang (now Jiaxian County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province). His official career was bumpy throughout his life, but he was knowledgeable, extremely talented, and excellent in poetry, calligraphy, and painting. His writing is unbridled, clear and fluent. Together with Ouyang Xiu, he is called Ou Su, and he is one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". His poetry is fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggeration and metaphor, and his artistic expression is unique. He is also called Su Huang together with Huang Tingjian. He started a bold and unrestrained school and had a huge influence on later generations. Together with Xin Qiji, he was called Su Xin. He was good at calligraphy in running script and regular script. He was able to create his own ideas. His pen was rich and ups and downs, and he had an innocent taste. He was called Song Dynasty together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang. The four schools have the same painting studies and literature, advocate spiritual similarity in painting, and advocate "scholar painting". He is the author of "The Complete Works of Su Dongpo" and "Su Dongpo Yuefu".
Su Shi I don’t know that the water flowers bloomed first, but it is suspected that they have not been sold after the winter snow. The plum blossoms are three cents whiter than the snow, but the snow is less fragrant than the plum blossoms. Thank you plum blossoms for singing with me.
The snow blows and the wind becomes more awe-inspiring, and the integrity of the flowers is the strongest. The plum blossoms and snow refused to fall in spring, so the poet spent money on commentaries. The sparse shadows are slanting across the clear and shallow water, and the faint fragrance is floating in the moonlight at dusk. The plum blossoms are half-opened in the light cold, and the ice is light and thin in the blue water. The smoke is falling. Snow is falling. Snow piles on the plum blossom branches. The sunset poem is full of snow all day long, and it is very spring when combined with plum blossoms. In February, spring flowers are tired of falling plum blossoms. The journey back to the fairyland is reminded by Bitao. The palace is covered with carved marks, the fairy clouds fall into shadow, and there is no one in the wilderness and the water is deserted. The wild geese shadows and plum blossoms are thin on the river Han, the surroundings are dust-free, the snow is flying and the clouds are rising, and the night window is like day. Thousands of trees are cold and colorless, but only the southern branches have flowers. How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without a bone-chilling cold? There are plum blossoms on the snow bank, and hundreds of grasses grow on the spring mud.