Original text:

Dongpo is in Hainan, and he eats oysters beautifully. Uncle Yishu said, "If you don't let the Chinese and Korean scholars know, you may try to migrate south to share this taste." If you make a scholar-bureaucrat happy to migrate to the south, you will avoid making your trip. Or Dongpo said this, looking at people with a virtuous gentleman.

Translation:

When Su Dongpo was in Hainan, he liked to eat oysters from Hainan and thought they were delicious. So he wrote to his son Su Guo, saying, "Don't let the literati in the imperial court know about this, or those officials will try to be transferred to Hainan as officials to share the delicious oysters."

If all the scholar-officials really like to come to Hainan and are willing to move to the south, so that the scholar-officials can enjoy moving to the south, then those who hate to exclude Su Dongpo will not let him go to Hainan. Some people think that when Su Dongpo wrote this kind of words, he looked at others with the demeanor of a wise gentleman.

Extended information:

Hainan is an important place for the imperial court to send political prisoners. In ancient times, that place was not an international tourist island, with no meat, no medicine and no room to live in. Su Dongpo was relegated to Hainan, which is the year of the flower.

One day when Dongpo was sent to Hainan, he found that eating oysters was delicious, so he wrote to his youngest son Su Guo excitedly, "There are such delicious oysters in Hainan, so don't let the court officials know, or they will divide my delicious food if they try to come to Hainan." In Danzhou, his real life is very bleak. In such a harsh environment and state of mind, he can still "eat oysters and be beautiful." Such optimism and open-mindedness are really treasures of life.

Dongpo's anecdote mentioned in the article fully reflects Dongpo's philosophy and humor. His career has been bumpy and full of worries, but after all, he is an extraordinary person who adapts to his fate, is optimistic and bold, is good at self-dismissal, and forgets his worries with joy.