In fact, Su Lin is a talented person who has great expectations for himself. He is unwilling to achieve anything in his life. Su Lin has been unhappy because he has not been reused.
As a result, the brave man went to Fan Zhongyan. Moreover, he wrote a classic poem that "the bright moon is close to the water, and the flowers and trees are easy to turn to spring in the sun". Fan Zhongyan is also a clever man. After he saw Su Lin's poems, he understood what he meant.
At the same time, he also felt that Su Lin's literary talent was good, and he had seen the works at this time before, which was really good, so he wrote him a recommendation letter and promoted Su Lin.
This poem seems to be about scenery, but in fact it is Su Lin who is expressing his dissatisfaction. After all, it's a pity that you are so talented that you can't be an official in the court.
Su Lin and Poetry
Su Lin, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, is called "the laziest poet". There are only two sentences in his life's works: "The moon is near the water tower, and flowers and trees are easy to spring in the sun", but they have been passed down through the ages. The meaning of these two poems is that the balcony near the water can see the moon first. Metaphor is to be in a superior position because of close relationship with someone or something, so as to gain benefits first.
Su Lin used this to express his feeling that "heroes are useless" and skillfully pointed out that everyone close to Fan Zhongyan benefited from it, but he never saw any support himself. Fan Zhongyan got the message after reading it and laughed. So, according to Su Lin's wishes, he got a position suitable for him.
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".
This poem by Su Lin was called "broken sentence" by later generations because it only wrote two sentences. Su Lin is also famous for these two poems. It can be seen that there are not many poems, but they are fine. It will be a great blessing for a poet to have one or two poems handed down in his life.