The ancient poem of "Xugongdian, Suxin City":
"Xugongdian, Suxin City"
The author Yang Wanli? Song Dynasty
< p>The fence is sparsely one foot deep, and the new green on the treetops has not yet become shade.The children hurriedly chased the yellow butterfly, which flew into the cauliflower and was nowhere to be found.
Translation:
The fences are sparse, a path leads to the distance, the petals on the trees are falling one after another, but the shade has not yet formed. The child ran quickly to catch up with the yellow butterfly, but the butterfly suddenly flew into the cauliflower bush and was never found again.
Creative background:
"Xugongdian, Suxin City" is a collection of poems by Yang Wanli, a poet in the Song Dynasty, which mainly describes the rural pastoral scenery. It expresses the author's leisurely mood even though he lives in a foreign country, showing the poet's sensitivity to pastoral feelings. The whole poem has fresh language, vivid images and full of interest.
This poem was written in the third year of Shaoxi reign of Emperor Guangzong of Song Dynasty (1192). At that time, Yang Wanli was serving as the deputy envoy to Jiangdong, and his post was in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). The "new city" in the title of the poem was a town at that time, located in the northeast of today's Deqing, Zhejiang, between Lin'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and Jiankang. Surrounded by water and land, this place is easily accessible by boat and vehicle. It is the only place the author must pass when he leaves Lin'an for Jiankang to take up his post, or returns from Jiankang to Lin'an to report on his work. The author passed by here and stopped briefly for a short stay. He was inspired by the scenery and wrote this series of poems.