My elders received a letter and learned that I was at Xiaoxuan Linshui to pray for you: My elders and fellow villagers received a letter and learned that I was at the foot of the mountain. The courtyard cabin and the waterfront are still open to me.
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1. From "Farewell to Jia Na's Wrown Eyebrows" by Song Dynasty poet Su Shi:
Lao Weng returned to Yuyuan at the foot of the mountain, and planted thirty thousand green pines with his hands. When the elders get the letter and know that I am here, I open a small pavilion for you near the water. Try watching dragons and snakes live one by one, and listen to the sadness of the wind and rain. Just like Gantang, he will not be cut off. His beard and white armor are waiting to return.
2. Notes:
1. Jia Na: He served as the general magistrate of Meizhou at that time. Wu Mei - appointed as deputy magistrate of Meizhou. In the Song Dynasty, all general judges were deputy magistrates. Wu, deputy position.
2. Laoweng Mountain: in Tutu Township, Dongpo District, Meishan City today. The graves of Su Shi's parents and his wife Wang Fu are both in this mountain. There is an old man's well beneath it. Yuyuanhui - surrounded by clear springs. Yuyuan refers to the "Old Man's Well" spring.
3. Xiaoxuan: A small house with a window. On - Settings. A book "Penglai opened it for you with my own hands".
4. Dragon and snake: describes the winding branches. Wind and rain - imaginary pines and waves. Both sentences are written loosely.
5. In the Zhou Dynasty, Uncle Zhao went to the countryside and rested under a tang tree. From then on, the tree was carefully preserved and cared for by the local people, because they would always commemorate their uncle Zhao.
3. Introduction to the author:
Su Shi (1037~1101) was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. His given name was Zizhan, also given the name Hezhong, and his nickname was Dongpo Jushi. A native of Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan, Sichuan). In 1057 AD (the second year of Jiayou's reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty), he and his younger brother Su Zhe were promoted to Jinshi. They were awarded the titles of Registrar of Fuchang County, Dali Judge, Signing Judge of Fengxiang Prefecture, and were called to the History Museum. In 1079 AD (the second year of Shenzong Yuanfeng), when he learned about Huzhou, he was sent to Yushitai Prison for slander.
The next year he was demoted to Huangzhou Tuan Lian Envoy, built a house in Dongpo, and named himself Dongpo Jushi. In 1086 AD (the first year of Zhe Zong Yuanyou's reign), he returned to the imperial court. He was a member of Zhongshushe, a bachelor of Hanlin, and knew how to make imperial edicts. In 1094 AD (the first year of Shaosheng), he was impeached and ridiculed by the previous dynasty, and was demoted to Huizhou and Danzhou. In 1100 AD (the third year of Yuanfu), he was called back to the north and died in Changzhou the next year. Su Shi's poems, lyrics, prose, calligraphy and paintings are all excellent.
He was a leader in the literary world of the Northern Song Dynasty after Ouyang Xiu. In terms of ancient prose, he is one of the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties"; as an outstanding poet, he pioneered a bold style of poetry, and is also known as "Su Xin" together with Xin Qiji; in poetry, he is also known as "Su Huang" together with Huang Tingjian; in calligraphy , together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang, are known as the "Four Song Dynasty Schools". His works include "Seven Collections of Dongpo", "Dongpo Yuefu", etc. There are now 150 volumes of "The Complete Works of Dongpo".