From [Song] Li Guazhoudu in Qingpingle. It's just that this city is like a bucket. Flying money meets the horse's head. Also learn from Guan Yu Liu Yu.
Translation of Qingpingle Guazhou Ferry:
Guazhou Ferry is shaped like Beidou, just like Yumenguan in the north, full of flying willows. Although this place is not a frontier fortress, its strategic position can directly control the Jinshan Mountain in Zhenjiang under the specific military situation of confrontation between the north and the south at that time, and it is also an important barrier to the southeast gateway, reminding the people in power to be vigilant and strengthen military defense. This tiny place should not be underestimated, but it is a strategic place to resist the invasion of the nomads from the south and recover the Central Plains.
When the author passed through Guazhou, he saw that the plain sand and grass were shallow and the road was boundless, so he wrote this word because of his feelings. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Guazhoudu was an important place for nomadic people to invade the south. Therefore, this southern town, which spends money like water, has now become the former frontier fortress Yumen Pass. It is said that Guazhou controls Jinshan in the south, and the situation is very important. The author reminds court officials that increasing business does not forget the Central Plains. The whole collection of poems integrates scenery, lyricism and discussion, and the language is beautiful and concise.
Li was a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. Life is unknown. Self-help township tribute exempts Jinshi. "Spring Snow" records that his word is Zhong Min, and he is a monk. Tang Guizhang thinks that there were four or five poets with the same name in those years, so it is impossible to judge their situation.
Qing Yin Ge's book "Yangchun Baixue" contains: "Good old word Zhong Min, originally from Xia Ying (now northeast of Weinan County, Shaanxi Province), can be prepared." According to his account in two poems written in Yangzhou, namely, Basheng Ganzhou and Jiangchengzi, he was active in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty.
Teenagers are ambitious, but they don't get the chance to serve their country. Around the age of 30, they traveled thousands of miles to Yangzhou by boat without seeking fame. According to his "Moon on the Yangtze River": "When a man is forty, he will be rich, and who will be a wanderer", it can be seen that he is still dissatisfied and wandering around in middle age. There is more than one famous Li in Song Dynasty, which refers to Li who wrote Broken Brocade.