Composing poems and playing chess at the North Pavilion in summer, I am happy to have something to do
Author: Lu You Year: Southern Song Dynasty
Strange things are rare in Yanzhou Province, and the scarf is everywhere It lasts for a long time.
The white bird in the green forest becomes its own painting, and the strong rain and good wind should create poetry.
Ku Xin’s medical prescription makes him timid when he drinks, so he forces the officials to sit in the office late.
He smiled leisurely and said to the mountain monk, "I have to play another game of chess."
Biography of the author: Lu You (1125-1210), whose courtesy name was Wuguan and whose nickname was Fangweng, was from Shanyin, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). In response to the Ministry of Rites examination in Shaoxing, he was deposed by Qin Hui. After Xiaozong came to the throne, he was granted a Jinshi background. He served as general magistrate of Zhenjiang and Longxing, and was appointed to Baozhang Pavilion to wait for the system. In his later years, he retired to his hometown. He was a great poet in the Southern Song Dynasty and was also very accomplished in his poetry. There are "Jiannan Poetry Draft" and "Fang Weng Ci" handed down from generation to generation. Xin Qiji (1140-1207), a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. The courtesy name is You'an and the nickname is Jiaxuan. He was born in Licheng (now Jinan, Shandong). When he was born, Shandong was already occupied by the Jin soldiers. At the age of 21, he joined the anti-Jin rebel army and soon returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. He successively served as the pacifier of Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, and eastern Zhejiang. During his tenure, he took active measures to recruit exiles, train the army, reward farming and fighting, crack down on corruption and powerful people, and pay attention to stabilizing people's livelihood. He firmly advocated resisting gold throughout his life. In memorials such as "Ten Comments on Meiqin" and "Nine Discussions", he made a detailed analysis of the political and military situation at that time, and made a strong refutation of the fallacy of exaggerating the strength of the Jin army and advocating compromise and surrender; he called for strengthening combat preparations and encouraging morale. to restore the Central Plains. None of the anti-gold suggestions he put forward were adopted, and he was attacked by the peace faction. He was laid off from his job for a long time and lived idle in Shangrao and Qianshan, Jiangxi. In his later years, Han Yuzhou came to power and was appointed to the post for a time, but soon died of illness. His poems express the patriotic enthusiasm of trying to restore the country's unity, express the grief and indignation of unrealized ambitions, expose and criticize the humiliating surrender of the upper-class ruling group of the Southern Song Dynasty; there are also many works that sing about the mountains and rivers of the motherland. There are various artistic styles, but the main ones are bold and unrestrained. Enthusiastic, generous and tragic, with strong writing power, he is called "Su Xin" together with Su Shi. "Po Zhenzi: Compose a heroic poem for Chen Tongfu", "Yongyu Le: Nostalgia for the past in Beigu Pavilion, Jingkou", "Shuilongyin: Dengjiankang Shangxin Pavilion", "Bodhisattva Man: Book on the Ostomy Wall of Jiangxi", etc. famous. But some works also reveal the negative emotions caused by unfulfilled ambitions. There is "Jia Xuan Long Short Sentences". Today, there is a collection of "Xin Jiaxuan's Poems and Essays".