The origin of "I miss Xiang Yu so far and refuse to cross Jiangdong": Li Qingzhao's summer quatrains in Song Dynasty. Poetry: Life is a hero, and death is a ghost. Today, people still miss Xiang Yu because he refused to live and returned to the East. Poetry translation: You should be born a hero and die a ghost. To this day, people still miss Xiang Yu because he refused to drag out an ignoble existence and returned to Jiangdong.
"I still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong" means that people still miss Xiang Yu because he refuses to drag out an ignoble existence and return to Jiangdong. Xiang Yu: At the end of the Qin Dynasty, he stood on his own as the overlord of the western Chu State and competed with Liu Bang for the world. In the Battle of Gaixia, he was defeated and committed suicide. Jiangdong: the place where Xiang Yu fought with his uncle Xiang Liang.
Interpretation of Li Qingzhao's "Summer quatrains" is an ancient poem that satirizes the present and expresses grief and indignation.
The first two sentences of the poem are surprising and straightforward, suggesting that people "live as outstanding people", make contributions to the country and serve the court; "Death" should also be a "ghost hero" to be a hero with indomitable spirit. Deep patriotism gushed out and shocked people. In the last two sentences, the poet satirizes the shameless behavior of those in power in the Southern Song Dynasty by praising Xiang Yu's tragic behavior.