Su Shi's Last Poem to His Son

The last poem Su Shi gave his son was Watching the Tide.

Lushan Mountain is misty, rainy and tidal, so don't hate it. Don't be idle when you get there. Lushan mountain is misty and rainy, and Zhejiang tide.

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Lushan Mountain is full of mystery, and Qiantang River is spectacular and worth seeing. It would be a pity if you can't go to see it. But in the end, I went to Lushan and Zhejiang in person and saw the misty rain and surging tide, which was nothing special. They are just misty rain in Lushan Mountain and tides in Qiantang River.

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Watching the Tide is a song that Su Shi gave to his youngest son, Su Guo, on his deathbed. Sue ended her long exile, from a generous man who was ambitious and dedicated to serving the country politically to an old man who calmly faced and understood the Zen machine of life. I heard that my youngest son was going to be appointed as the judge of Zhongshan House, so I wrote this poem.

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There are many poems describing Lushan and Hangzhou when we turn to Su Shi's poetry collection, but the thoughts and feelings revealed in this poem "Watching the Tide" are very special and Zen. As far as Su Shi's poems on Lushan Mountain are concerned, he wrote: "Looking horizontally, the mountain side becomes a peak, and the distance is different.

I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am only on this mountain. ":The poem he wrote about the West Lake is" Sunny and sunny, with mountains and Kong Yu. "If the West Lake is compared to the West Lake, it is always appropriate to go into battle lightly.