The Peach Blossom Fan poem is as follows:
With the policy in hand, I drove towards the north gate. It was almost dusk in the small court. The remaining eunuchs have new grudges, and the domineering generals are nostalgic for their gratitude. Regrettably, he will live and die in the Pavilion Department, and the suffering general will come from Plum Village. Don't talk about the peach blossom fan when you are sad, Du Yu's soul is still full of blood and tears.
Translation: Riding horse and galloping towards the north gate, the country has reached the crumbling bottom, the eunuchs are in power and the generals are domineering. I regret that I was not in the cabinet and lived in seclusion in Plum Village. I am sad and have more blood and tears than Du Yu in The Peach Blossom Fan. .
Extended information
"The Peach Blossom Fan": a legend written by Kong Shangren, which tells the love story of Hou Fangyu, a famous scholar in the late Qin Dynasty, and Li Xiangjun, a famous Qinhuai prostitute, and embodies the sense of rise and fall. Hou Fangyu: The male protagonist in "The Peach Blossom Fan", courtesy name Chaozong, Gongshiwen, one of the four young masters in the late Ming Dynasty. It means that after Hou Fangyu entered the Qing Dynasty, he passed the provincial examination.
The remaining eunuch party: refers to Ruan Dacheng, who first attached himself to Wei Zhongxian, and was later expelled by Gu Guo, a famous figure in the restoration society, and others. Domineering General: Refers to Zuo Liangyu, a general in the late Ming Dynasty who fought against Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. He had meritorious service in resisting the Qing troops. During the reign of King Fu, he led troops to attack Ma Shiying. Cabinet Department: Shi Kefa, a minister in the late Ming Dynasty, the governor of Yangzhou, and died fighting against the Qing Dynasty. Meicun: Wu Weiye, a famous poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Author's Note: After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Hou Fangyu once wrote a letter to Wumei Village, discussing its origin and not being an official in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Meicun's poem "Passing Yimen to Honor the Marquis Chaozong" contains the line "I will always bear the burden of life and death to Marquis Yingnuo, and I want to fill the bottle with pepper syrup and tears."
Li Xiangjun: The heroine in "The Peach Blossom Fan" is a famous prostitute in Qinhuai and lives in Meixiang Tower. Able to write poetry and have good moral integrity. Gu Niang: Gu Hengbo. Liu Niang: Liu Rushi is a famous prostitute in Jinling. Su Kunsheng and Liu Jingting: People from the late Ming Dynasty were all rappers with a sense of justice.
Kong Shangren: Qing Dynasty opera writer, native of Qufu, Shandong. He once served as a doctor of the Imperial Academy, and spent more than ten years revising his manuscript three times to write the legendary play "The Peach Blossom Fan", which became famous for a while. Later, he was demoted and expelled for "Peach Blossom Fan" and left Beijing to return to his hometown.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Verses of "The Peach Blossom Fan"