Original poem:
It's spring at four o'clock in Luofu Mountain, and tangerines and bayberries are new.
300 lychees a day, I will grow up to be a Lingnan person without hesitation.
Translation:
The next four seasons in Luofu Mountain are spring, and loquat and bayberry are fresh every day. If I eat 300 lychees every day, I would like to be a Lingnan person forever.
Source: Shi "Eat Litchi"
Poetry appreciation
Su Dongpo was accused of "belittling the court" and was demoted to Lingnan in the first year of Song Zhezong's Shaosheng, and was "forbidden to sign books for business". As a result, Mr. Dongpo lingered in the mountains and rivers, observed the mountains and rivers, and had a deep love for Lingnan. Even litchi, which is very common in Lingnan, is so persistent.
This kind of anxiety is manifested more incisively and vividly in the poem Litchi Tan. First of all, he criticized the ruling class in Han and Tang dynasties for their own enjoyment and ignoring the ugly nature of people's livelihood: "A flying dust in ten miles, a fire in five miles." I know it's litchi and longan. Flying over the mountains and seas, the leaves and branches of the wind are as fresh as new ones. The beauty in the palace broke her face, and the dust spilled blood for thousands of years. "
Thousands of years later, we can especially see Sue crying and praying to God: "I hope God will have mercy on this child and I won't get sores." Rain and wind adjust gold, and the people are not hungry and cold. "
Su Dongpo once wanted to escape from the world because of his bumpy career, and finally failed to retire from the mountains because he was obsessed with the national luck and people's livelihood. When Mr. Dongpo was in Lingnan, he was in a dilemma between being born and joining the WTO. "300 lychees a day, I will grow up to be a Lingnan person" is an image description of this dilemma.