This poem was written by Su Shi when he lived in Huangzhou in the fifth year of Yuanfeng in Song Shenzong (AD 1082). At that time, the author was forty-five years old and was demoted to Huangzhou for more than two years because of Wutai poetry case.
Su Shi was demoted for satirizing the new law in his poems and was condemned by Luo Zhi, a new bureaucrat. He has endless worries in his heart, so he travels around to relax. I happened to come to Chibi (Biji) outside Huangzhou City. The magnificent scenery here touched the author greatly, which made the author sigh that time flies while recalling Zhou Yu's infinite scenery during the Three Kingdoms period, so he wrote this word.
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The poet is an open-minded person. Although he was frustrated politically, he never lost confidence in life. This word epitomizes his complex feelings. Although the style of writing in Ci is frustrated, it is magnificent, which is obviously different from the works of frustrated literati with the same theme.
The heroic mood in Ci is first manifested in the description of the scenery in Chibi. The extraordinary weather of the Yangtze River and the dangers of the ancient battlefield all give people a grand feeling. Zhou Yu's heroism and achievements are enviable.