Author: Su Shi
Year of Creation: Northern Song Dynasty
Chen Bing Mid-Autumn Festival, happily drank the next morning, drunk, wrote this word, and missed my brother Su Zhe.
When did the moon begin to appear? I take my glass from a distance. I don't know about palaces in the sky. What year is tonight? I'm willing to ride the wind to the sky, I'm afraid I can't stand the cold for nine days in a pavilion of fine jade. Dance and enjoy the shadow of the moon, which is in the world.
The moon turned into a scarlet pavilion, hanging low on the carved window, shining on the sleepy self. The moon should not have any resentment against people. Why is it round when people are gone? People are sad and happy, and they are separated and reunited. The moon will darken or shine, and it will become round or round. Nothing is perfect, even in the past. I hope people will live for a long time and have a good scenery thousands of miles away.
Interpretation of vernacular:
On the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chen Bing, I was very happy to drink and get drunk the next morning. I wrote this word and missed my brother Su Zhe.
When does the moon begin to appear? I picked up my glass and asked the sky. I don't know about palaces in heaven. What's the date tonight? I want to ride the breeze back to the sky. I'm worried that the beautiful jade building can't stand the nine-day cold current. Let's dance and enjoy the moonlight. Is this what the world looks like?
The moon turned to the scarlet pavilion and hung on the lower part of the carved window, shining on myself who was not sleepy. The moon should not have any regrets for people. Why do people only leave in circles? People have a change of sadness and joy, and the moon has a change of rain and shine. This kind of thing has been difficult since ancient times. I only hope that all the relatives in this world can be safe and healthy, and even if they are thousands of miles apart, they can share this beautiful moonlight.
Extended data:
This word was written by the author during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Mizhou in A.D. 1076. The preface before the word explains the process of writing the word: "Chen Bing Mid-Autumn Festival, drunk with joy. I am pregnant for this article. " Su Shi begged for freedom and served as an official everywhere because of his different political views from Wang Anshi, a political reformer in power.
Su Shi once asked to be transferred to a place near Su Zhe to be an official, so that the brothers could get together more.
In A.D. 1074, Su Shi knew Mizhou. After arriving in Michigan, this wish still cannot be realized.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival in A.D. 1076, the moon was bright and Yin Hui was everywhere. The poet and his younger brother Su Zhe had not been reunited for seven years. At this moment, the poet is facing a bright moon, and his heart is full of ups and downs, so he wrote this famous article with the strength of wine.
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