The original text and translation of "Dream of the Old Friend in the Mountain" are as follows:
The original text of "Dream of the Old Friend in the Mountain" by Zhu Xi
The wind and rain are gone Sorrow is too much to be embraced.
The old friend is only in Qianyan, and the osmanthus tree falls all night for no reason.
Hold your sleeves to pursue joy and work hard in your dreams, and raise your glasses to be together for the time being.
I feel like I am a guest from far away from home.
Translation of Old Friend in Mengshan
The wind and rain have brought sorrow, and my heart cannot bear it, and I have encountered sorrow.
The old man lives in Qianyan, and the osmanthus trees show their autumn colors overnight for no reason.
Tonight, I dreamed that you and I were happily close, toasting each other to drink, and having a brief relationship.
When I woke up, I found that you and I were already far apart, and I could only hear the gurgling of raindrops falling from the eaves.
Introduction to Zhu Xi
Zhu Xi (1130.9.15-1200.4.23), also known as Yuanhui, also known as Zhonghui, also known as Hui'an, later known as Huiweng, posthumous title Wen, and later known as Zhu Wen male. His ancestral home is Wuyuan County, Huizhou Prefecture, Jiangnan East Road (now Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province), and he was born in Youxi, Nanjian Prefecture (now Youxi County, Fujian Province).
A famous Neo-Confucian, thinker, philosopher, educator, and poet in the Song Dynasty, a representative of the Fujian School, and the master of Confucianism, the World Honored One is called Zhu Zi. Zhu Xi was the only one who was not a direct disciple of Confucius and was enshrined in the Confucius Temple. He was among the twelve philosophers in the Dacheng Hall.
Zhu Xi was a student of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi's third disciple Li Tong. He served as the prefect of Nankang in Jiangxi, Zhangzhou in Fujian, and governor of eastern Zhejiang. He was an upright and promising official and promoted the construction of academies. He served as a minister and lecturer in Huanzhang Pavilion and gave lectures to Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty.