Old and modern meanings:
But there are few idle people like me and my ears. ?
But:?
Old meaning: just; modern meaning: but, a conjunction that expresses a turning relationship?
Ear:?
Old meaning: auxiliary word, indicating a restrictive tone, equivalent to "just" and "nothing"; modern meaning: noun, ear. ?
Idle person: ?
Old meaning: A person who is not obsessed with fame and wealth but can calmly linger in the situation; today's meaning is a person who has nothing to do with things?
月 Color enters the house?
Household:?
The ancient meaning: refers to the door; the modern meaning: the window, other people's house?
Those who think of nothingness and find happiness?< /p>
Read:?
Old meaning: to think of; modern meaning: to commemorate, long for, read?
To cover?
Old meaning: original Yes, it means inferring the reason; today’s meaning: something with a covering effect on the utensil.
"Remembering a Night Tour at Chengtian Temple" is an ancient article written by Su Shi, a writer in the Song Dynasty. The article provides a wonderful description of the moonlit night scenery, truly recording a fragment of the author's life when he was demoted to Huangzhou. It also reflects his deep friendship with Zhang Huaimin and his infinite emotion at having few close friends. His depression and self-disease reflect his broad-minded and optimistic attitude towards life. The full text is full of sincere emotions, concise and meaningful, starting from the beginning and ending at the right place, like flowing clouds and flowing water, all in one go.
Original text
On the night of October 12th, the sixth year of Yuanfeng, I took off my clothes and was about to fall asleep. When the moonlight came into my house, I happily set off. Thinking of nothing and being happy, I went to Chengtian Temple to look for Zhang Huaimin. Huai Min also stayed up and walked with each other in the atrium. Under the courtyard, the sky looks like accumulated water, with algae and waterlilies crisscrossing it, and covered with shadows of bamboo and cypress. What night is there without a moon? Where are there no bamboos or cypresses? But there are few idle people like the two of us.
I happened to see the moonlight shining into the house through the window, (so I) happily got up and went for a walk. It occurred to me that I had no one with whom to enjoy the night, so I went to Chengtian Temple to look for Zhang Huaimin. Zhang Huaimin didn't sleep either, so we walked in the courtyard together.
The courtyard was full of moonlight, like stagnant water filling the courtyard, clear and transparent -- waterweed and waterlilies were tangled in tangles, which turned out to be the shadow of bamboo and cypress. Which night is without moonlight? (Again) Where are there no pine and cypress trees? It’s just that there is a lack of leisurely people like the two of us (who are not obsessed with fame and fortune but can leisurely linger in the situation).
Extended information
Creative background
This article was written in the sixth year of Yuanfeng (1083), the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. The author had been demoted to Huangzhou for four years. . In July of the second year of Yuanfeng, there was the famous "Wutai Poetry Case" in history. The censor Li Ding and others excerpted Su Shi's poems about the new law and said that he had slandered him with his poems. In August, he was arrested and imprisoned. After a long period of interrogation and torture, he was almost killed.
In December, the author was released from prison and was demoted to Huangzhou as the deputy envoy of Tuanlian, but he was not allowed to "sign official documents", which meant that he was an idle official with duties but no power. In this case, the author was almost in exile and in a melancholy mood; however, he still had the enterprising spirit, so he wrote this short article.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Night Tour of Chengtian Temple