Su Shi's poem "Transcendental Tower" is as follows:
1. Original text
The spring is not old, the wind is gentle and the willows are slanting. Try to look up from the transcendent platform, half a ditch of spring water and a city full of flowers. Thousands of homes are covered in mist and rain. After a cold meal, I woke up and sighed. Stop thinking about old friends and homeland, and try new tea with new fire. Poetry and wine take advantage of the youth.
2. Analysis
The "Transcendental Platform" in the poem is located in Zhucheng, Shandong Province. It is a high platform built by Su Shi after he was demoted. The meaning of this poem is that taking advantage of the beautiful time of spring, you can go up to the Chaoran Terrace and look far away, and you can see the beautiful scenery of the spring water being half full and the spring flowers in full bloom. But it was misty and rainy, and it was difficult to see the thousands of households clearly.
After the Cold Food Festival, when I woke up, I sighed because I missed my hometown. Don't miss your hometown in front of your old friends. Let's use new fire to cook new tea and talk about poetry. Write more poems and essays when you are young, so that you can leave more beautiful memories.
3. Translation
Spring has not passed yet, the breeze is gentle, and the willow branches are dancing diagonally. Try to climb up to the Transcendental Terrace and look out from a distance. The half-filled spring water in the moat is flickering slightly, the spring flowers are bright everywhere in the city, and the misty drizzle is scattered in the city, making it difficult for thousands of households to see clearly.
After the Cold Food Festival, I sobered up and sighed because of homesickness. Don't miss your hometown in front of old friends. Let's light a new fire to brew a cup of freshly picked tea. You should write poems and get drunk while your youth is still there.
Introduction and life of Su Shi
1. Introduction
Su Shi (1037-1101), also named Zizhan, also named Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist , Dongpo layman, known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Po Xian in the world. A native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province), his ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a famous figure in water control in history. His father is Su Xun and his younger brother is Su Zhe. The father and son are collectively known as "Three Su".
2. Life
In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), he passed the second subject in the palace examination and was awarded the title of Jinshi (one theory is that he was given the title of Jinshi). In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign (1061), he took the imperial examination and was awarded the title of Dali Judge and Judge of Fengxiang Prefecture. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, he served in Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian due to the "Wutai Poetry Case".
After Zhezong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, he served as a bachelor of Hanlin, a bachelor of attendants, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and was assigned to govern Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Yangzhou, Dingzhou and other places. As the new party came to power, he was demoted to Huizhou and Danzhou. During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he was pardoned and returned to the north, but died of illness in Changzhou. During the Southern Song Dynasty, he was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Master, with the posthumous title "Wenzhong".