One of Liu Kezhuang's four poems of the Song Dynasty court.
Original poem:
The imperial secretary of the first emperor always put on makeup and looked at the spirit crying from a distance.
Old grace, like rose water, dripped on Aunt Luo until she died.
Moral: The imperial secretaries left by the first emperor all wore Taoist robes and looked at the gloomy mausoleum in the distance, and they couldn't help crying. Past kindness is like rose perfume, dripping on Se until the moment of death.
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Creative background:
In the late Southern Song Dynasty, politics became darker and the national situation went from bad to worse. The area north of Huaihe River occupied by Jin people has never been recovered, and it has been gradually occupied by Mongolia rising in Mobei. As a poet who cares about the fate of the motherland and has been repeatedly hit by politics, Liu Kezhuang has many poems to express his loneliness and anger when he cares about the country and the people.
In terms of poetry, influenced by the "Yongjia Four Spirits", he lived in the late Tang Dynasty and was an important representative of Jianghu School. Later, he turned to praise Lu You, satirize current events, and reflect the sufferings of people's livelihood, with dual forms and allusions.
Four Poems in the Palace is a fable. When the emperor died, the imperial secretary was not allowed to go home, and he had to mourn for the emperor day and night. He can only wear Taoist clothes. In this enclosed palace wall, he can only look at the imaginary mausoleum from a distance, recalling the rose perfume that dripped on Luo Yi when he owed him that year. This dress and perfume became a permanent memorial until the last moment of his life.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Liu Kezhuang