Translation:
In November of two years, I was demoted to Yizhou for half a year. Government officials said I couldn't live in the city, so I took my bedding to the south of the city on November 1st. The house I rent is called "Xuanji Zhai". Although the wind and rain are combined, there is nothing to cover, and the market is noisy and noisy, others think that I can't bear this painful sadness.
I thought I was a farmer's family. If I don't become a scholar, then the houses in the fields are like this. What can I not bear to worry about? Immediately after setting up the low bed, he burned incense and sat down, opposite to the chopping board of the west neighbor slaughtering cattle. Writing this article for a senior friend is actually written with chicken feathers that San Qian bought.
After the Book
Huang Tingjian in the Northern Song Dynasty
Original text:
In November of the second year of Chongning, Yu Yi was half a year old in Yizhou. The lawsuit claimed that Yu did not live in Guancheng properly, so he was taken to Yu's house in the south of Suzi City in a month's arms. Although it rains in the wind, there is no cover, and the city is noisy, people think it is unbearable;
I thought my family was a farmer, so if I didn't follow Jinshi, would it be unbearable to worry about Tanaka Lushe? Set up a couch, burn incense and sit, which is equivalent to the machine of slaughtering cattle in the west. For the senior book this volume, practical San Qian buy chicken brush book.
Main idea of the article:
This article describes the living conditions of Huang Tingjian when he was demoted to Yizhou. The author can still take it in stride and enjoy himself in the hardships of life in the countryside, expressing the author's calm and optimistic state of mind, and at the same time showing that his broad-minded mind is beyond the reach of ordinary literati.
Huang tingjian's works include "Valley Ci", which is known as "three schools of one ancestor" with Du Fu, Chen Shidao and Chen Yuyi (Huang tingjian is one of them). Together with Zhang Lei, Chao Buzhi and Qin Guan, they all studied in Su Shi's school, and they are collectively called "Su Men Four Bachelor". During his lifetime, he was as famous as Su Shi, and was called "Su Huang" in the world.
Calligraphy is unique and one of the "Song Sijia".