Source: Night Tour of Chengtian Temple-Song Dynasty: Su Shi
Genpox, on the night of October 12, 2006, took off his clothes and went to bed. He just saw the moonlight on the door and got up happily for a walk. Thinking that there was no one to play with, I went to the Tianhou Palace to find Zhang Huaimin. People didn't sleep, so we walked in the yard together. The courtyard is as empty as water, and the algae and grass in the water are intertwined and covered with bamboo and cypress. What night is there no moonlight? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? It's just the lack of free people like us.
On the night of 2006 10/2, I was about to undress and fall asleep when I suddenly saw the moonlight shining through the portal, so I got up and went out happily. Considering no one to play with me, I went to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin. Zhang Huaimin hasn't slept yet, just taking a walk in the yard. The moonlight shines as clear and transparent as clear water in the yard.
Algae and water plants crisscross, which turned out to be the shadows of bamboo and cypress trees in the courtyard. When is there no moon? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? It's just the lack of idle people like us.
Extended data
1. Creation background of Night Tour in Chengtian Temple
This article was written in the sixth year of Yuanfeng in Song Shenzong (1083). At that time, the author had been exiled to Huangzhou for four years. In Huangzhou, he served as Ying Yong's assistant, but he was not allowed to "sign books to do business", that is to say, he was an idle official with positions but no rights. In this case, the author wrote this essay, describing the scenery of the moonlit night beautifully and recording a fragment of his life at that time.
2. Appreciation of Chengtian Temple Night Tour
The feelings expressed in Night Tour in Chengtian Temple are subtle and complicated, including the sadness of relegation, the feeling of life, the joy of enjoying the moon and the leisure of walking. When the author "undressed and wanted to sleep", he "entered the house by moonlight", so he "set off happily". Moonlight is rare and can't help but make people happy. However, no one enjoyed the moon with him, so he had to go to Zhang Huaimin and he was demoted. There are many demeaning sorrows and feelings about life.
3. Introduction to the author of Night Tour in Chengtian Temple
Su Shi (1037 65438+10.8-18.24), whose real names are Zi Zhan and He Zhong, is called Tiecan Taoist, Dongpo layman, Su Dongpo and Su Xian, Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (Meishan, Sichuan).
Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in poetry, ci, writing, calligraphy and painting. Vertical and horizontal text; Poetry has a wide range of themes, fresh and healthy, uses exaggerated metaphors and has a unique style. Also known as "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. Ci is an uninhibited school, and Xin Qiji is the representative of the uninhibited school, also known as "Su Xin"; Prose writing is rich and unrestrained, and it is also called "Ou Su" with Ouyang Xiu. It is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties".
Su Shi's good book, one of Song Sijia; He is good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood. His works include Seven Chapters of Dongpo, Dongpo Yi Zhuan, Dongpo Yuefu, Xiaoxiang Bamboo Stone Atlas, Ancient Wood and Strange Stone Atlas, etc.