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Du Fu's Xiao Zhi
The days and personnel change quickly every day, and then the winter solstice, after the winter solstice, after the weather gets warmer, spring comes back.
Embroider five elements with weak lines and blow six tubes of floating ash.
The river bank seems to be waiting for the last month to pass, so that the willows can stick out their branches and take out new buds, and the mountains can break through the cold so that the plum blossoms can bloom.
Although I am in a foreign land, the scenery here is no different from my hometown, so let the children pour wine and have a drink.
This poem was written in Kuizhou, the first year of Du Fu's Dali (AD 766). At that time, Du Fu's life was more stable and his mood was more comfortable. "Xiaozhi" describes the seasonal changes from winter to the day before and after. It not only uses embroidery to add lines to write the growth during the day, but also uses the willow trees by the river to turn green and the plum blossoms on the mountain to cool down, vividly writing the scene of winter and spring. The last two sentences of the poem say that he evokes memories of his hometown from the scene in front of him. Although in a foreign land, the cloud is different, so the poet taught his children to pour wine and have a drink. This move is consistent with the tone of the poem that winter breeds spring breath. All reflect the poet's rare comfortable mood.