The meaning of this sentence is: In the autumn of the Renxu year, on the 16th day of the seventh month, Su Shi and his friends went boating under Red Cliff.
Source: Su Shi, the author of "Red Cliff Ode", Song Dynasty
In the autumn of Renxu, in the seventh month, Su Zi and his guests were boating under Red Cliff. The breeze comes slowly and the water waves are calm. Lifting wine to the guests, reciting poems about the bright moon, and singing graceful chapters. After a while, the moon rose above the east mountain, wandering among the bullfights. White dew flows across the river, and the water reaches the sky.
Vernacular interpretation:
In the autumn of the Renxu year, on July 16, Su Shi and his friends were boating under Red Cliff. The breeze blows in waves, and the water surface becomes calm. He raised his glass to toast his companions, recited an article related to the bright moon, and praised the graceful chapter. After a while, the bright moon rose from behind Dongshan, hovering between the constellations Dipper and Ox. The white mist stretches across the river, and the clear water reaches the sky.
Creative background:
"Chibi Fu" was written during one of the most difficult periods in Su Shi's life - when he was demoted to Huangzhou. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Su Shi traveled to Red Cliff twice on July 16 and October 15, and wrote two poems on Red Cliff. Later generations called the first "Chibi Ode" and the second It is "Hou Chibi Fu".
This poem introduces the description of the conversation between the host and the guest through boating on a moonlit night, drinking wine and composing poems. It not only expresses the emotion of mourning the past and hurting the present from the guest's mouth, but also hears the unswerving determination from Su Zi's words. The entire poem is full of emotions, profound in emotion, and thorough in reasoning. It is truly a masterpiece among poems.
Full Fu reflects its unique artistic conception in its layout and structural arrangement. It is profound in emotion and insightful in reasoning. It has a high literary status in Chinese literature and has a profound influence on subsequent Fu and prose. , poetry had a significant impact.