The poem "You must remember the good scenery of the year, it is the time of oranges, oranges and greens" means: This is the best scenery of the year, a good time of oranges, yellows, oranges and greens.
The seven-character quatrain from "To Liu Jingwen" is included in "The Complete Works of Su Dongpo"
Original text
"To Liu Jingwen"
The lotus leaves no longer have a rain cover, and the chrysanthemums are still covered with proud frost branches.
You must remember the good times of the year,
It is the time of orange and green.
Translation
The lotus has withered, and even the lotus leaves that hold up the rain have withered.
Only the flower branches that have failed to bloom chrysanthemums are still proud of the cold and frost.
You must remember the best scenery of the year.
That is the time of late autumn and early winter when oranges are golden and green.
Notes
1. The lotus is exhausted: the lotus has withered, withered and withered. Qing: Lift, lift up. Rain cover: formerly known as umbrella, the poem refers to the way a lotus leaf stretches.
2. Chrysanthemum residue: chrysanthemums wither. Judah: Still. Aoshuang: Not afraid of frost and cold, strong and unyielding.
3. Jun: Originally refers to the ancient king, and later generally refers to the honorific title for men, you. Things to remember: Must remember.
4. Exactly: a work is "the most". Orange-yellow-orange-green time: refers to the time when oranges turn yellow, and when oranges turn yellow and are still green, it refers to the end of autumn and the beginning of winter in the lunar calendar.
Creative background
This poem was written by Su Shi when he was the prefect of Hangzhou in the fifth year of Yuanyou (1090), the reign of Emperor Zhezong of the Song Dynasty. When Su Shi met Liu in Hangzhou, Liu was fifty-eight years old. After Su Shi recommended him to the court, Liu Cai received a small promotion. Unexpectedly, Jing Wen died only two years later. Su Shi felt Liu's ups and downs in life and wrote this poem in keeping with the scenery at that time.
About the author
Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, also known as Dongpo Jushi, was an important writer in the Song Dynasty and one of the eight great writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. , the representative of the highest achievement of literature in the Song Dynasty. Han nationality, a native of Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The themes of his poems are broad, fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggerated metaphors, and unique in style. Together with Huang Tingjian, he is also known as "Su Huang". He is a representative of the bold and unrestrained Ci style, and is also known as "Su Xin" along with Xin Qiji. He also works in calligraphy and painting. There are "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu" and so on.