I only hope that all the relatives in this world can be safe and healthy, and even if they are thousands of miles away, they can enjoy this beautiful moonlight.
This sentence comes from Su Shi's "When will the bright moon be there?" in Song Dynasty. It was made by Su Shi in Mizhou (now Zhucheng, Shandong Province) during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 176 (the ninth year of Xining, Song Shenzong).
when will there be a bright moon? I fetch the wine glass from afar.
I wonder what year it is tonight.
I want to go home by the wind, but I'm afraid of the beautiful buildings and the lonely heights.
dance to find out what a shadow is like on earth.
turn to Zhuge, low-lying households, and take photos without sleep.
there should be no hate. why should we be reconciled?
people have joys and sorrows, and the moon is full of ups and downs, which is an ancient and difficult matter.
I wish people a long life, and thousands of miles away.
Translation
On the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bingchen, I drank happily until the next morning, and I got so drunk that I wrote this word and missed my brother Su Zhe.
when did the bright moon begin to appear? I raised my glass and asked the sky from afar. I don't know what year and month it is tonight in the palace in the sky.
I want to go back to the sky by the breeze, but I'm afraid the building built in Meiyu can't stand the cold that has been towering for nine days. Dancing and enjoying the clear shadow under the moon, where is it comparable to the world?
The moon turns around the scarlet pavilion and hangs low on the carved window, looking after herself who is not sleepy. The bright moon shouldn't have any resentment towards people, right? Why is it round when people leave?
People have the vicissitudes of joys and sorrows, and the moon has the change of cloudy and sunny, which has been difficult to be comprehensive since ancient times. I only hope that the relatives of all people in this world can be safe and healthy, and even if they are thousands of miles apart, they can enjoy this beautiful moonlight.
Extended information:
Appreciation of "When will there be a bright moon?"
Su Shi is a writer with bold personality and romantic temperament. When he looks up at the Mid-Autumn Moon, his thoughts and feelings seem to have wings, and he is flying freely in heaven and earth. Reflected in the words, it formed a bold and free and easy style. From the Mid-Autumn Festival full moon to the parting of the world, at the same time, I feel the impermanence of life.
This article is one of the representative works of Su Ci, and it has always been recognized as the swan song of Mid-Autumn Ci. Poets use the image description technique to outline a kind of realm atmosphere of bright moon in the sky, thousands of miles away from relatives, aloof and broad-minded, which contrasts their own thoughts of sending the world to the world and merging with the myths and legends of the past, and permeates a strong philosophical meaning in the full moon, with lofty ideas, novel ideas and fresh and picturesque artistic conception.
Finally, it is the natural expression of the poet's feelings to close the bundle with broad-minded feelings. It has a high aesthetic value and a magnificent realm, which typically embodies the clear and broad-minded style of Su Ci. It can be said that it is a sentimental work that highly fits nature and society.
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