This poem is Su Zhe's reply to his brother Su Shi, mainly in response to Su Shi's group poem "New Town Road". In Xincheng Road is a set of seven-character poems written by Su Shi. Su Shi asked to be transferred to Hangzhou because he was tired of the party struggle in the imperial court. On the way to the southwest new city of Hangzhou, he wrote these two poems in the face of bright spring and busy spring ploughing. The original poem is as follows:
The first poem mainly describes the scenery, which contains feelings, reflects the author's happy mood at that time, and also shows his dislike of vulgar affairs and love for nature. The second song is mainly lyrical, showing a kind of seclusion and love for nature.
Su Zhe saw what his brother wrote, "How much do you know about different roads in the world? I would like to ask the mulberry field to couple farming. " He immediately understood that his brother was tired of the intrigue of officialdom and felt his brother's seclusion. As a younger brother, he must respond to some things to express his support for his younger brother. So he wrote:
In this poem, Su Zhe first described the quiet life in the mountains for his brother, with few pedestrians and silence all around (otherwise, how can you hear the thunder in the fields? ), the neighborhood is harmonious, the scenery is beautiful and the life is satisfied. This is to prove to my brother that it will be very comfortable to choose seclusion. Su Zhe also kindly asked my brother when he would return to agriculture. Between the lines are support and comfort for my brother. There is brotherhood between Su Zhe and Su Shi. They know each other and support each other. This can be seen from the numerous communications between them. Su Shi's "I wish people a long time, and thousands of miles are beautiful" is a Mid-Autumn Festival poem for Su Zhe. Moreover, in the case of Su Shi's Wutai poetry, Su Zhe learned the news in advance, and he risked his life to send someone to tell his brother and even made three memorials.
Based on this, it is particularly warm to read this song "The Second Rhyme of Xincheng Road".