From the ancient poem, "Butterflies dance in pairs, and the tree insects sing." The bright moon calls in the sky, and the yellow dog lies in his heart. "
It turns out that the bright moon in Wang Anshi's poem is the name of a bird and the yellow dog is the name of a bee. Su Shi thought that Wang Anshi was wrong and pretended to modify it. Legend has it that Su Shi questioned Wang Anshi's poem "The west wind crossed the garden last night, blowing yellow flowers and gold everywhere". Su Shi thought that chrysanthemums were dying on the branches, how could they fall to the ground? So, I continued to write, "Autumn flowers are not as good as spring flowers, saying that they are carefully sung with poets." After Su Shi was arrested in Huangzhou, he realized that he was rare and strange, and there were indeed scenes of blowing yellow flowers and gold everywhere.
After Wang Anshi became prime minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, he often read poems sent from all over the country in his spare time. One day, he saw a poem written by a scholar in Guangdong: "Butterflies dance in pairs, and the trees in the cicada sing." The bright moon calls in the sky, and the yellow dog lies in his heart. " Seeing the third and fourth sentences, I couldn't help laughing internally.