First, it is read as "chòu, and there are frozen bones on the road." "China Dictionary of Ancient Literature" Note: The delicacies of aristocratic families can't be eaten, so they have to rot and stink; Limin people were hungry and cold, and they died on the roadside.
Second, it is pronounced as "Zhumen wine stinks (repairs), and there are frozen bones on the road." To read like this, first of all, there is a Modern Chinese Dictionary as evidence; Secondly, in the footnotes of Du Fu's translation of Selected Poems, we can also find a passage that can be used as a basis: "Smell, when you say reading, you smell. The fragrance of wine and meat is the fragrance of wine and meat. " According to the sound and meaning of the word "smelly", the annotation of this poem should be: the red painted gate of the famous family smells of wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the roadside.
Background explanation
In the fifth year of Tianbao (746), Du Fu came to Chang 'an with the lofty ideal of "to be a gentleman, to be a gentleman, and then to make the customs pure", eager to "stand on the Tao and Tianjin". However, contrary to expectations, I have been frustrated repeatedly, and even my life is difficult to maintain. "I kowtow to the rich, and I follow the fat horse dust at dusk, and I am sad everywhere." Through personal experience and extensive contact with the sufferings of the lower classes, I have gained insight into the social contradiction of "the loss of Zhu Men and Wu Men, and the suffering of the red people", and my poetry creation has made an unprecedented leap.
In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), he visited his wife in Fengxian and wrote this epoch-making masterpiece.