[Song] Li Qingzhao
To be an outstanding person,
Death is also a ghost man.
I'm still thinking about Xiang Yu,
Refuse to cross the river east. [ 1]
Translation of works
Living in a crowd like a hero,
Dead should also be a hero among ghosts.
People still miss Xiang Yu,
Because he refused to drag out an ignoble existence and went back to Jiangdong.
Annotation of works
1 outstanding people: heroes among people. Emperor Gaozu once praised the founding heroes Sean, Xiao He and Han Xin as "outstanding figures".
2 also: also.
Ghost hero: the hero in the ghost. Qu Yuan's "Mourning the Nation": "When you die, your soul is a ghost."
④ Xiang Yu (232- 202 BC): Born in the late Qin Dynasty (now Suqian, Jiangsu). He led the rebel army to destroy the main force of Qin Jun and became the overlord of Chu. After being defeated by Liu Bang, he broke through to Wujiang (now Hexian County, Anhui Province) and died because he was ashamed to see his elders in Jiangdong.
⑤ Jiangdong: The place where Xiang Yu fought with his uncle Xiang Liang, that is, Huiji Uprising in Huiji County, that is, the present location of Huiji County in Qin Dynasty.
Full text appreciation
You should be a beloved hero when you are alive.
Be a hero in ghosts when you die.
Today, I still miss Xiang Yu.
After his fiasco, he would rather commit suicide than flee to Jiangdong.
Version 2
Summer quatrains
Living as an outstanding person,
Death is also a ghost.
So far, Sichuan Satellite TV,
Refuse to cross the river [2] to the east.
Annotation of works
1 also: also.
(2) Chuanwei: He is also the son of Chuanwei, the youngest son of Qu Wugong, and the half-brother of Qu. In the later period of Qu Zhao Gong, he cheated Zhao Gong's trust and mastered the military and political power of Qu Guo. When Zhao Feng Gong was dying, he abolished the prince and became king himself. Later defeated by the prince, he refused to go to the east of the canal. After his death, there was no posthumous title, so he was called Yang Peijun Chuanwei or Gongzi Chuanwei. The author of Yang Peijun's Book.
③ Jiangdong: refers to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is the hometown and base of Xiang Yu.