"Autumn in the Old Capital" is a prose written in August 1934 by Yu Dafu, a famous modern Chinese novelist, essayist, poet, and revolutionary martyr. In order to avoid the terrorist threat from the Kuomintang, Yu Dafu moved from Shanghai to Hangzhou in April 1933. In July 1934, Yu Dafu traveled from Hangzhou to Peiping (today's Beijing) via Qingdao. He once again tasted the "flavor of autumn" in his old capital and wrote this article. The full text of "Autumn in the Old Capital" has more than 1,500 words, using 42 words of autumn to embellish the "qing", "quiet" and "sadness" of autumn in the northern country. It also contains traces of the entanglement and struggle between Yu Dafu's negative and positive emotions everywhere.
It is quite difficult to rewrite it into ancient poetry. It is difficult to cover a famous work in just a few lines of ancient poetry, so when rewriting it, we focus on the artistic conception and don't dwell on the rhetoric.
Autumn in the old capital
It has been rare to see autumn in the northern country for ten years.
I often recall the fluttering reeds and flying flowers.
The morning glory in the small courtyard conveys the feeling of autumn,
The cicadas sing softly in the cool evening.
Autumn rain pours down the mountains and rivers,
On the autumn night, I feel pregnant with my child.
Autumn feelings bring endless homesickness and tears,
The trumpets of the old capital are blowing in the heart of autumn.