The source is Su Lin's broken sentence in Song Dynasty.
Interpretation seems to chant flowers and trees in pavilions, but in fact it implies that all the benefits have been taken away by others, but they have not benefited themselves.
Appreciate and explain
Su Lin, born and died in an unknown year, was a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. Only the phrase "the moon comes first near the water tower, and flowers and trees turn to spring in the sun" has been passed down from generation to generation. How did these two poems come down? According to legend, when Fan Zhongyan was appointed as the magistrate of Hangzhou, most civil and military officials in the city were recommended and promoted by him, caring for help and respecting him.
Only Su Lin didn't get any care, because he was a "patrolman" in other counties, not in Hangzhou. On one occasion, Su Lin came to Hangzhou on a business trip to see Fan Zhongyan, and presented a poem by the way. There are two sentences in the poem: the moon is near the water tower, and flowers and trees are easy to spring in the sun. Fan Zhongyan read it, knowing well, and asked his opinion, hoping to meet his requirements. Later, people understood the phrase "the moon comes after the benefits" as the personnel relationship is close, so it is easy to get convenience, or simply "benefits are benefits".
As for the whole poem written by Su Lin at that time, it seems that it has not been handed down. In circulation, Yiweichun often writes "early spring".
The source of Song Yuwenbao's "Record of Clear Night" is: "The military attache of Qiantang in Gongzhen recommended it, but Su Lin did not record it. He offered a poem saying:' The moon is near the water tower, and flowers and trees are easy to spring in the sun. ""Fan Zhongyan held important positions in the imperial court for many times, and also guarded the place. For a time, he guarded Hangzhou. During his tenure, all his people were recommended, and many people were promoted or promoted. Everyone is very satisfied with him.
At that time, there was an official named Su Lin, who was often away from home because of inspection work, but he was never promoted. When he saw that his colleagues around him, regardless of their positions, were promoted one by one, but no one paid attention to them, he was very upset. He is worried that he must have been forgotten by this adult fan. What shall we do? Go directly to Teacher Fan, because it is not convenient to say. Forget it, I'm very unbalanced. To this end, his heart is very heavy. One day, he finally came up with a tactful way, that is, to write a poem and ask Teacher Fan for advice. In fact, he went up to remind him: don't forget yourself! Thought of here, Surin was very happy. He quickly took out a piece of paper, carefully wrote a poem, dedicated this poem to Fan Zhongyan, and humbly asked him for advice.
Fan Zhongyan read Su Lin's poems and soon laughed. He recited the poem "The moon is near the water tower, and flowers and trees turn to spring in the sun", fully understanding the implication of Su Lin. Yes! How can you forget him? Soon, Surin was promoted.
"the balcony near the water gets the moon first, and the flowers and trees in the sun are easy to turn to spring" means that the balcony near the water can see the projection of the moon first because there are no trees to cover it; Flowers and trees facing the sun naturally have much better light, so they germinate early and are most likely to form spring scenery. These two poems are very implicit. They use the metaphor of natural scenery to get priority because they are close to something.
Fan Zhongyan is very learned. When he saw this poem, he naturally understood Su Lin's mind.
These two poems were later spread, and after being compressed, the idiom "the moon is the first to get near the water" was formed, but with some derogatory meanings. It is often used to satirize the situation of taking advantage of some convenience to get care and take the lead in making profits. In circulation, Yiweichun often writes "early spring".