Among Su Dongpo's several Jiangchengzi poems, two have great influence, and "Hunting in Mizhou of Jiangchengzi" is one of the typical words. It is typical because this word can be regarded as Su Dongpo's first uninhibited word. After writing, he was also very proud of his work. A few days later, he wrote to his friend Xian and said, "It's quite fine print recently. Although it doesn't smell like Liu, it's still a family, hehe. I hunted in the suburbs the other day and gained a lot. Make a shovel, let the strong men of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty clap their hands and sing, play flute and drum as a festival, which is quite spectacular! "
I said juvenile madness, which led to yellow on the left and pale on the right.
Golden retrievers carve autumn, and thousands of riders ride flat hills.
In order to repay the people of the whole city for following my generous hunting proposal, I will shoot this tiger myself like Sun Quan.
After drinking wine, my chest is still open and my temples are slightly frosted. What's the harm!
When will the emperor send someone down, like Emperor Han sent Feng Tang to the cloud to pardon Shang Wei?
I will make my strength as full as the full moon, full as the full moon, heading northwest and shooting at the team in West Xia Jun.
(Jiangchengzi Mizhou Hunting)
This word was written by Su Dongpo when he knew that he was the magistrate of Mizhou. Although he is over sixty, he is not old. But why call yourself "husband"? Su Dongpo later wrote in Huangzhou, "Affectionate Ying Xiao Wo, Early Birth and Fahua." Perhaps this is why Dongpo calls himself an "old lady". Regardless of the origin of Su Dongpo's "father-in-law", let's first look at his lofty aspirations and feelings of serving the country. "Look northwest and shoot Sirius." When it refers to the Xixia regime in the northwest of the Northern Song Dynasty. After the alliance of Single Source, the Northern Song Dynasty signed a peace treaty with Xixia, and sent 72,200 taels of silver, 0/53,000 taels of silk/kloc and 30,000 Jin of tea to Xixia every year, which caused poverty and weakness in the Northern Song Dynasty for a long time. People with lofty ideals in the Northern Song Dynasty are even more ambitious, hoping to pacify Xixia at an early date and change the situation of poverty and weakness.
The whole poem is magnificent, and through the entertainment of hunting out of the city, it shows a scholar's great ambition to resist the enemy and serve the country and fight for the country.
The last sentence, "Looking from the northwest, shooting at Sirius", is worthy of scrutiny. If you think it is from the geographical position of Su Shi at that time, it is wrong. Because Sirius is in the southern hemisphere, it will never be in the northwest of the northern hemisphere of the earth. Justice: "Arc nine planets, southeast of wolves, bow of heaven." "Song Shi Tian Wenzhi": "The nine planets are in the southeast of Wolf Star, and the sky bow is also." That is to say, Sirius is northwest of the sagittal plane. So Su Shi used "looking northwest" from the position of nine stars in the arrow.
Similarly, there is a saying in "Nine Songs Dong Jun" written by Chu that "Qingyun wears white clothes and shoots Sirius with a long arrow". It was Qu Yuan who alluded to Qiang Qin in northwest Chu with Sirius.
Su Shi's poems expressing similar feelings of "looking at the northwest and shooting at the sky wolf" include:
No one knows the brave in Hexi, and Jinting Pavilion has read the evening boat.
Passers-by all feel that the horse is thin, but I don't know that the iron is as big as a rafter.
Because the west has not fought for a long time, I am willing to be the first rider.
I should watch the handsome carpet with Shi You.
(Guo Lun)
The ancient capital is surrounded by chaotic mountains, and the city is easy to take.
Thin ridge and less spring ploughing, lonely city at night.
There was a policeman after passing by, and the horse was not returned.
Conghua has been closed for many years since the Qing Dynasty.
I am quite greedy for China cloth, but I haven't got rid of gold.
What is the strength of struggle? My people did their best.
(Rongzhou)