On an autumn night, I feel the dawn as I step out of the fence to welcome the cool air
Song Dynasty·Lu You
The river of thirty thousand miles east flows into the sea, and the river of five thousand miles flows into the sea in the east. Ren Yue goes up to the sky.
The remaining people shed all their tears and went to the south to look at the king's division for another year.
About the author: Lu You (1125-1210), known as Wu Guan, also known as Fang Weng. Han nationality, from Shanyin, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was influenced by the patriotism in his family when he was young. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, he took the examination of the Ministry of Rites and was deposed by Qin Hui. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, he was granted a Jinshi background. He entered Shu in middle age and devoted himself to military life. He was appointed to Baozhang Pavilion to be appointed. In his later years, he retired to his hometown, but his belief in regaining the Central Plains remained unswerving. He wrote many poems, more than 9,000 of which are in existence today, with extremely rich content. They express political ambitions and reflect the people's sufferings in a bold and bold style; they also express many fresh works about daily life. The volume of lyrics is not as huge as that of poetry, but it also embodies the spirit of patriotism that devastates the captives. Yang Shen said that his poems are like Qin Guan in their delicacy and Su Shi in their boldness. He is the author of "Jiannan Poetry Manuscript", "Weinan Collected Works", "Southern Tang Book" and "Laoxue'an Notes".
Creative background: During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin soldiers occupied the Central Plains area. When Lu You wrote this poem, the Central Plains region had fallen to the hands of the Jin people for more than sixty years. Lu You, who was sixty-eight years old at the time, had returned to his hometown in Shanyin for four years, but the peaceful village life could not calm his heart. Although it was early autumn, the heat was still severe. The hot and oppressive weather and the burning in his heart prevented him from sleeping peacefully. At dawn, he stepped out of the fence to relieve the heat and sadness, and wrote two poems. In the countryside, Lu You yearned for the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, and also missed the people in the Central Plains. He hoped that the Song Dynasty could regain the Central Plains as soon as possible and achieve unification.
Interpretation: The Yellow River flows eastward into the sea for 30,000 miles, and the Huashan Mountain of Xiyue, 5,000 feet high, reaches straight into the sky. The common people in the occupied areas in the north were tortured under the rule of foreigners and their tears ran dry. They looked to the south and hoped that the Song Dynasty would regain their lost territory. They waited year after year.