Meaning: At this time, it should bloom alone beside the battlefield.
Said by: Cen Can, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, Thinking of Chang 'an's Hometown on March 9th.
Whole poem:
March for nine days, thinking about Chang' an home.
Tang Dynasty: Cen Can
On the ninth festival of the ninth day of September, I reluctantly climbed to the heights to look out, but no one could deliver wine in the marching war.
I look at my hometown Chang 'an with a heavy heart. The chrysanthemums around this battlefield are scattered.
Explanation:
Reluctantly want to climb the mountain and drink according to the custom, but nobody brings wine with him.
I miss the chrysanthemums in Chang 'an's hometown in the distance. At this moment, I should bloom alone beside the battlefield.
9th: refers to the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th. Strong: reluctantly. Poor: poor. Side: near, near.
Extended data creation background:
In the 14th year of Tianbao of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (755), An Lushan rebelled and Chang 'an fell the following year. In the second year of Tang Suzong Dede (757), Su Zong, accompanied by Cen Can, entered Fengxiang from Pengyuan in February. The original footnote of this poem says: "Chang 'an has not received it". In September, Tang Jun recovered Chang 'an. This poem was probably written in Fengxiang on the Double Ninth Festival.
The poet's achievements:
Cen Can was a famous frontier poet in Tang Dynasty. Cen Can's works are mainly frontier poems. Since the frontier fortress, in the new world of Anxi and Beiting, and in the fighting life of pommel horse, his poetic realm has been expanded unprecedentedly. This feature of liking the new and hating the old has been further developed in his creation, and the magnificent romantic color has become the main style of his frontier poems.
For example, "Song of Farewell to General Feng's Journey to the Horse River" is one of the outstanding representative works of frontier fortress poetry. A Song of the Wheel Tower in Farewell to General Feng of the Western Expedition is also about the war in Tang Jun. Song of Snow in Farewell to Tian Shuji Wu's Home can be said to be the masterpiece of the first two poems.
Thirty years after his death, his son Cenzuogong collected his legacy and ordered Du to compile eight volumes of Cenjiazhou Poems, which was the beginning of the compilation of Cenzuogong's poems. The Song Dynasty evolved into three versions: 8 volumes, 7 volumes and 10 volumes. The song dynasty 10 volume was not handed down today.
The popular four-part series photocopying seven volumes seems to have evolved from the seven volumes in the Song Dynasty. It seems that the four-volume version of Complete Tang Poetry evolved from the eight-volume version published in the Song Dynasty. Today, Chen Tie Min and Hou have participated in several versions of Notes of Cen Can Collection.