It comes from "On the 20th of the first lunar month, I went out to the suburbs with Pan Guo Ersheng to look for spring, but I remembered that we went to the Queen's City on the same day last year to compose poems and preface rhymes", also known as "Queen's City and Poems" 》.
The whole poem is as follows:
The east wind refuses to enter the east gate, and the horse is still looking for the old village.
People are like Qiuhong and have letters, and things are like spring dreams without leaving a trace.
Three glasses of Jiangcheng liquor, the wild old man smiled warmly.
We have made an appointment to hold this meeting every year, so there is no need for old friends to summon their spirits.
The translation is as follows:
The spring east wind is still unwilling to blow through the east city gate. You two and I have already ridden out of the city to look for the villages we visited last year. .
People are like wild geese in autumn. There are traces of news when they come and go, but the past is like a big dream in spring, leaving no trace at all.
Let's go to the tavern on the edge of Jiangcheng and have three glasses of good home-brewed wine. The folk customs here are simple and honest, and the old people in the countryside will welcome you with warm smiles on their weather-beaten faces.
We have agreed that we will go out to the East Gate for an outing every spring, so, my old friends, you don’t have to worry about this.
Extended information:
Creative background
On the twentieth day of the first month of the fourth year of Yuanfeng (AD 1081), I went to Qiting to visit Chen Zhen, Pan Bing, Gu Gengdao and Guo Tao sent him to the Queen's City East Zen Temple. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng (AD 1082), Su Shi was forty-seven years old. On the 20th of the first lunar month of this year, he went out to the city with Pan and Guo to find spring, and wrote a poem in harmony with the poem he had written in the Queen's City on the same day a year ago.
Appreciation of works
Revisiting the old place is like a spring dream; three glasses of white wine, a smile on the face. The poet is not willing to spend his days boringly like this, but if he is not willing, what can he do? It is impossible for the author to find the correct answer to this question, so it is impossible to eliminate the depression. Sometimes he adopts a self-adapted and open-minded attitude and writes heroic and bold poems, but it still cannot be concealed. Inner melancholy.
About the author
Su Shi (AD 1037-AD 1101), also known as Zizhan, also known as Hezhong, also known as Dongpo Jushi, was a native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Sichuan). . Son of Su Xun. During the Jiayou period (1056 AD - 1063 AD), he was a Jinshi. He is knowledgeable and likes to reward those who are advanced. Together with his father Su Xun and his younger brother Su Zhe, they are collectively known as "Three Su". His writing is vertical and horizontal, and he is one of the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".
His poems have broad themes, are fresh and bold, are good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, he is also known as "Su Huang". He is a bold and unrestrained poet, and is called "Su Xin" together with Xin Qiji. He also works in calligraphy and painting. There are "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Shu Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu" and so on.
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