The Content of Su Shi's Ancient Poem Spring Night

Spring Night is a seven-character quatrain written by Su Shi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. This poem implicitly and euphemistically reveals the author's deep condemnation of those who lead a drunken life, indulge in pleasure and spare no effort.

Name of the work

Spring night

Alias of works

Spring night

Year of creation

Northern Song Dynasty

Source of works

Complete works of Su Dongpo

Literary genre

Seven-syllable/seven-syllable quatrain

Spring night

Spring night is worth a thousand dollars, and the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy.

Song Guan balcony sound fine, swinging yard night heavy.

Vernacular translation

Spring nights, even for a short time, are very precious. The flowers exude a faint fragrance, and the moonlight casts a dim shadow under the flowers. Deep in the balcony, rich people are still singing and dancing, and gentle songs and wind music are scattered in the intoxicating night from time to time. The night is already deep, and the yard with swings is quiet.