Idle people contains the author's sad mentality. The author has great political ambitions, but he has been relegated to Huangzhou again and again. Deep down, why does he want to be a "idle person"? The complacency of the "idle people" who enjoy the moon is nothing more than masturbation when they are demoted to "idle people".
"Remember the night tour Chengtian Temple? 》
Su Shi in Song Dynasty
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.
In the moonlight, the courtyard is full of clear water, as clear as clear water. The algae and shepherd's purse in the water are the shadows of 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.
Translation:
On the night of 2006 10/2, I took off my clothes and got ready for bed, just when I saw the moonlight shining on the door, so I got up happily and went out for a walk. I thought no one would play with me, so I went to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin. Huaimin didn't sleep either, so we walked in the yard together.
The moonlight shines in the courtyard as clear and transparent as clear water, and the algae and shepherd's purse in the water are interlaced, which turned out to be the shadow of bamboo and cypress. What night has no moonlight? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? It's just the lack of idle people like us.
Extended data
Night Tour in Chengtian Temple is an ancient prose written by Su Shi, a writer in Song Dynasty. The article gives a wonderful description of the moonlit scenery and truly records the author's life when he was relegated to Huangzhou. This also reflects his deep friendship with Zhang Huaimin and his infinite affection for a few intimate friends. At the same time, he also expressed his depression and self-abandonment, and showed his optimistic attitude towards life. ?
This article was written in Song Shenzong Yuanfeng for six years (1083), and the author has been demoted to Huangzhou for four years. In July of the second year of Yuanfeng, the famous "Wutai Poetry Case" in history, Li Ding picked out Su Shi's poems about the new law and said that he slandered them. In August, he was arrested and imprisoned. After a long trial and torture, he was almost killed. 1February, the author was released from prison and relegated to Huangzhou to be Ying Yong's assistant, but he had to "sign books to do business", that is to say, he was an idle official with positions but no rights. ?
Reference source? Baidu Encyclopedia-Night Tour of Chengtian Temple