The popular version of this poem is like this. This has been a dream for 50 years, but now it's time to give up. He thinks cigarettes are the back of his body. This poem has always been called mystery, mainly because the water in the third sentence contains dragons. Mr. Bu Jian thinks it is difficult to understand this poem if it is wrong twice.
The poem you are seeing now is basically from Meng Sen's History of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which I read in an article. However, when Mr. Meng Sen was writing this article, he mentioned this poem in A Record of Korea. The Records of Korea and Historical Materials of China in the Records of the Li Dynasty in Korea edited by Mr. Wu Han record dragons in the flood season.
The first time that dragons were included in the flood season was caused by Mr. Meng Sen, and more importantly, by Koreans at that time. In fact, the dragon in flood season should be the dragon in flood season. It may be that the North Korean ambassador to China at that time recorded and wrote this poem incorrectly, or that the Li Dynasty recorded and made a misjudgment because it did not understand the major events at that time.
What Mr. Bu Jian said is by no means aimless. In fact, there are other versions of this poem, but no one has paid attention to it. Liang Zhangju, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty, also mentioned this poem of Xiao Shenyang. The last two sentences of Mr. Liang Zhangju's version are as follows: He will always remember An Lan Day and cigarettes are the back.
The so-called "Shuilong at the age of 20" and "An Lan at the age of 20" actually refer to an important event at that time: the Yellow River burst in Suizhou section, where there is an ancient place name "Shuikou at the age of 20", so officials often use the words "Shuikou at the age of 20" and "Shuikou at the age of 20" when reporting the breach to the court. As for sealing dragons, of course, it is to block breaches. Every time the Yellow River breaches, it is a great news for the imperial court. As usual, Beijing will send 12 pieces of Tibetan incense to Heshen.
Looking back on this poem by Xiao Shenyang, he thinks that cigarettes are the back of his body. It means waiting for the day when your mouth is shut, you will see my loyal soul offering sacrifices to God in the curling cigarette. As for the so-called evil opium of Cixi, this poem is Xiao Shenyang's prediction of the demise of the Qing Dynasty. This is far-fetched. Mr. Meng Sen himself said it was nonsense, but it's a pity that so many experts in literature and history still believe it.