poetic sentiment
The lotus flower withered, even the lotus leaf holding the rain withered, and only the flower branch that defeated the chrysanthemum stood proudly in the frost. You must remember the best scenery of the year. The most beautiful scenery is in late autumn and early winter, orange and green.
original text
The lotus flower withered, so did the lotus leaf holding the rain, and only the branches of chrysanthemum stood proudly against the frost.
You must remember the best scenery in a year, which is in the late autumn and early winter of orange and green.
source
To Liu Jingwen is a seven-character quatrain written by Su Shi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. This poem was written in the 5th year of Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1090), and it is a poem to encourage my good friend Liu Jingwen. The first half of this poem says "the lotus is exhausted", but it is still necessary to keep the snow and frost intact.
In the second half, it is only a temporary difficulty to encourage friends through "orange orange green". Be optimistic, not depressed. Express the author's broad mind, encourage and support friends in the same predicament, and express their feelings with lofty artistic conception.
Creation background
This poem was written by Su Shi when he was the magistrate of Hangzhou in the fifth year of Yuan You, Song Zhezong (1090). When Su Shi met Liu in Hangzhou, Liu was 58 years old. After Su Shi tried his best to protect the imperial court, Liu Cai got a little promotion. I don't want Wen Jing to die in just two years. Su Shi felt that Liu Yisheng was bumpy, so he wrote this poem according to the scenery.
Make an appreciative comment
This poem is about the scenery in early winter. In order to highlight "orange, orange and green, the best scenery in a year", the poet painted the picture of the last autumn with highly summarized pen and ink.
In China culture, the four seasons are often used as a metaphor for life. When people reach middle age, they are often compared to autumn and winter. However, Su Dongpo told Liu Jingwen here that late autumn and early winter can also be called the best season of the year. Although there may be some dilapidated scenes, it is also a harvest season.