Stone is degraded by people, but the stone of death remains. But pity is firm and heavy, and it does not reduce the spray marks. Full of Zhongshan wine, add another eight pots. Gong Xi does not return to the north, and Wan Li evokes the soul. Writing translation and notes
You demoted your official from Dingzhou to Lingnan, so Xuelangshi was unknown to the world; Now that you have passed away, the stone remains in the old place. Lovely and respectable ink stone, the texture is so hard and dignified that it does not reduce the white spray-like veins of that year. I want to pour Zhongshan wine into the cup, just like you did when you were drinking wine and enjoying stones. Just like you used a big basin to hold stones, you should renovate Xuelang Zhai and add eight basins. You finally don't want to go back to the north to reunite with your loved ones, and you died in Jiangnan out of the heart of avoiding disaster; I can only write this mourning for my dead friend in Dingzhou, outside Wan Li.
Note Su Zizhan: Su Shi (137-111), a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Stone: refers to a piece of ink stone collected by Su Shi. Death: refers to the death of Su Shi. Hard and heavy: refers to the hard and dignified stone. Spray mark: refers to the white veins on ink stone, such as the traces left by snow spray. Zhongshan wine: wine produced in Zhongshan. Zhongshan: another name for Dingzhou is Dingxian County, Hebei Province. Zhangba basin: Su Shi's basin filled with stones. No Return to the North: Su Shi failed to return to the North. He was in Changzhou (now Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province) and died here. Appreciating
The first couplet "Stone is degraded by people, but the stone remains when people die" has a strong sentimental color from the beginning. Poets start with "stone" and naturally become muddy. Su Shi's misfortune was highlighted against the backdrop of the death of people. At that time, Su Shi was banished to the south, and this beloved stone-playing, with him, can be said to be in the same boat; Nowadays, people go to the stone to save, and many people are not as generous as stone. Praising the firmness and weight of "stone" implies the poet's admiration for Su Shi's foundation for the world. Throughout his life, Su Shi never wavered politically because of his own interests, and always insisted on independent conduct.
Stone is degraded with people, and the word "all" shows the coldness of the world at that time. What's more sad is that although the Xuelang Stone that Su Shi admired is "unknown" and "still exists", Xuelang Zhai can be restored, but Su Shi, the owner of Shihezhai, will never see it again, which is full of the feeling that things are transformed.
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