Jingkou
Lu Guimeng
The ancient crossing by the river is sad and separated, and the broken mountains are scattered and the spring tide is flat.
The east wind is sharp, the sails are far away, the leaves are falling, the sunset is bright, and the sky is bright.
In the past, a thousand horses were riding on the fighting boat, but now the fishing boat is carrying only one young man.
Poor Emperor Song was planning his strategy, the greenery was growing without tobacco.
Appreciation:
The first couplet describes the desolation of the Jingkou River, the scattered broken mountains, and the spring tide has subsided. The couplet depicts a picture of farewell by the river in early spring. The spring breeze is slightly cold, the sun is setting, the fallen leaves are falling, and a passenger ship is drifting away on the river. It expresses the feelings of farewell and melancholy. The poet reminds Liu Yu, the second historical figure related to Jingkou. When writing about Sun Quan, one first thinks of his achievements and then looks for his relics; when writing about Liu Yu, one thinks of his relics and then thinks of his achievements. Then recall Liu Yu's achievements in the last three sentences. Using Jingkou as his base, Liu Yu suppressed the civil strife and replaced the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He twice launched the Northern Expedition, annihilating Southern Yan and Later Qin successively, regaining Luoyang and Chang'an, and almost regaining the Central Plains. The author thought of Liu Yu's achievements and admired him very much. The last three sentences express the poet's infinite admiration. "The green grass grows without tobacco" is similar to "the grass and trees in the setting sun, the ordinary alleys, where the slaves of humanity once lived". This sentence uses contrast - using a happy scene to express sadness; using lush growing weeds to contrast the desolation of the ancient ferry, expressing the author's regret and helplessness about the rise and fall of history.