The philosophy contained in the three or four sentences of Spring Day is: the poet compares the way of the saint to the spring breeze that stimulates vitality and ignites all things. It expresses the poet's beautiful desire to pursue the path of a saint in troubled times. ?
Literally speaking, this poem describes the beautiful scenery of spring and writes about the impression of spring outing, and judging from the scenery written in the poem, this is also the case.
However, if viewed against the historical background, this poem is actually a rich philosophical poem: the place where the poet went on an outing in search of beauty was the shore of Surabaya, where Confucius once lectured and preached. place. And this place has been occupied by the Jin people. The poet compares the way of the saint to the spring breeze that stimulates vitality and ignites all things, thus expressing his good wish to pursue the way of the saint in troubled times.
Creative background
This poem literally refers to the author’s impressions of a spring outing during a spring outing. Wang Xiang annotated "Poems of a Thousand Families" and thought it was a spring outing. A work for spring outing. According to the author's life time, it can be seen that the spring outing in Surabaya written in this poem is not a fact, but a fiction.
In the eleventh year of the Shaoxing reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty (1141), the Song and Jin Dynasties signed the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement", a territory of the Song and Jin Dynasties bounded by the Huai River. In the first year of Longxing (1163), Zhang Jun went on a northern expedition and was defeated by Fuli again.
From then on, the peace faction gained power and the anti-war faction disappeared. After Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty returned, the Southern Song Dynasty court was slightly more stable and settled in the southeast, while the Jin people had to temporarily withdraw their troops in Huaibei. At the end of Zhu Xi's life, the Southern Song Dynasty did not have a large border defense army, and Zhu Xi himself had no way to cross the Huaihe River to the Lu border, and it was impossible to go north to the Surabaya.
The author has never been to the land of Surabaya, but this poem is written about Surabaya. The reason is due to Zhu Xi's latent psychology and his crush on Confucius. He longed for the time when Confucius lived in Zhusi, recited string songs, and preached. It is a great thing to teach people, so I entrusted my mind to wandering in search of beauty. Therefore, this poem is actually based on Surabaya, the holy land of Confucius.