Dynasty: Song Dynasty
Author: Lu You
Original text:
I know that when I die, everything on earth has nothing to do with me. But the only thing that hurts me is that I failed to see the reunification of the motherland.
Therefore, when the great Song Jun team recaptures the Central Plains, you will hold a home banquet ceremony. Don't forget to tell me the good news!
Translation and annotation
Everything is empty when you die: I didn't know you were dead until I was dying. I'm sad that I didn't see Kyushu: I'm just sad that I didn't see the reunification of the motherland with my own eyes. Julian Waghann Beiding Zhongyuan Day: On the day when Song Jun recovered the territory of the motherland, the family sacrifice never forgot to tell Nai Weng: Don't forget to tell me this when sacrificing ancestors. Note: tell your son. Yuan: So it is. Everything is empty ... appreciation
This poem should be Lu You's masterpiece. Before he died, he was still obsessed with the territory and people of the Central Plains occupied by the Nuzhen nobles, eagerly looking forward to the reunification of the motherland, so he specially wrote this poem as a will to earnestly warn his son. From here, we can realize how persistent, deep, warm and sincere the patriotic passion of the poet is! No wonder since the Southern Song Dynasty, everyone who has read this poem has been moved by it, especially. ...
Creation background
This poem should be Lu You's last words to his son, or it may be Lu You's last poem. This poem expresses the feelings of a dying old man who will never forget his motherland destroyed by foreign invasion. He hopes that on the day when the motherland is recovered, his children can tell him the news of victory. From this poem, people can feel an old poet's strong patriotic feelings on his deathbed. This poem "Xiuzi" is the end of his life. ..