1. Translation?
I originally knew that after I died, everything in the world would have nothing to do with me; but the only thing that made me sad was that I could not see it with my own eyes. to the reunification of the motherland. Therefore, when the day comes when the Song Dynasty army regains the lost land in the Central Plains, you hold a family ceremony, and don’t forget to tell your father the good news!
2. Author: Lu You of the Song Dynasty?
3. Original text:
After death, one knows that everything is in vain, but the sorrow is not shared by all the nine states.
Wang Shibei set the Central Plains Day, and he never forgot to tell Nai Weng about family sacrifices. Extended information
1. Creation background
The poem "Shi'er" is Lu You's last work and was written in December of the second year of Jiading, Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty (January 1210 AD). At this time, Lu You was eighty-five years old and could not afford to fall ill. Before his death, he wrote this poem to his sons. This is not only the poet's will, but also the poet's last call for resistance.
2. Appreciation
This poem conveys the poet’s complex thoughts and emotions when he was dying and his patriotic feelings of concern for the country and the people. It expresses the poet’s lifelong wish and pours out the poet’s full sadness. Gratefulness includes both the endless regret that the great cause of fighting against the Jin Dynasty has not been accomplished, and the firm belief that the sacred cause will be accomplished. The language of the whole poem is not artificial and expresses the heart directly.
The first sentence, "When you die, you will know that everything is empty." It shows that the poet is about to leave the world, and there will be nothing, everything is empty, and there is no need to worry about it. From this, you can experience the poet's sad and desolate mood. "Yuan Zhi, all things are empty" expresses the poet's love for life and death and his fearless view of life and death.
The second sentence "But sadness is not the same as all nine states" describes the poet's sad state of mind. The poetic meaning of this line is that the poet explained to his sons the great sadness that he could not eliminate until his death, that is, he deeply regretted not seeing the reunification of the motherland with his own eyes.
The word "sad" in this sentence is the eye of the sentence. What the poet was sad about before his death was not his personal life and death, but his failure to see the reunification of the motherland. It shows that he is unwilling to do so because he "doesn't see the same people as Jiuzhou." The word "sad" introduced by Wenmeng profoundly reflects the poet's inner sadness and regret.
In the third sentence, "Wang Shibei sets the Central Plains Day", the poet expresses his desire to regain the lost land in a tone of eager expectation. It shows that although the poet is sad, he is not desperate. The poet firmly believed that one day the Song Dynasty's army would be able to pacify the Central Plains and regain the lost territory. This sentence changes the mood of the poem from sadness to excitement.
The last sentence, "Don't forget to report family sacrifices to Naiweng", the mood changed again. Unfortunately, I could no longer see the day when the motherland was reunified, so I had to place my hope on future generations. So I told my son affectionately, never forget to tell your father the good news of "Beiding Central Plains" during family sacrifices.
The poet's firm belief and tragic wish fully reflect the aging Lu You's patriotism and patriotic feelings. He was infected by it and deepened his love for the motherland.
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