The last sentence I sent to the Longtou people was: folding flowers meets the messenger.

The original text of the work was given to Fan Ye, who folded flowers and sent them to the people of Longtou.

Jiangnan has nothing, just give me a spring branch.

Notes on translation word notes ⑴ Fan Ye (yè): a native of Shunyang (now Guanghua County, Hubei Province) in the Southern Song Dynasty, a historian, and the author of "Book of the Later Han".

⑵Meet: Encounter.

Post messenger: A person who delivered official documents in ancient times.

⑶Longtou people: refers to Fan Ye.

Longtou: Longshan is located in the northwest of Long County, Shaanxi Province.

⑷Chat: For now.

A branch of spring: Here I borrow a branch of spring flower.

Vernacular translation: I happened to meet a messenger when I was folding plum blossoms, so I sent the flowers to you, a good friend in Longtou.

There is nothing good in the south of the Yangtze River, so let me give you a spring plum blossom.

The creative background is quoted from the "Jingzhou Ji" written by Shenghong of the Southern Song Dynasty from "Taiping Yulan": Lu Kai and Fan Ye were on good terms, and sent a plum blossom from the south of the Yangtze River to Chang'an and Ye, and presented this poem to him.

According to Fan Ye's native place, Shunyang (now Xichuan County, Henan), he moved to Danyang (now Xiaodanyang Town, northeast of Dangtu County, Anhui) since his grandfather's time. After becoming an official, he has been an official in the Liu Song Dynasty. In the eighth year of Yuanjia, he accompanied Tan Daoji in the Northern Expedition, but

Did not arrive in Chang'an.

Lu Kaishi was an official in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Chang'an belonged to the Northern Wei Dynasty. Lu Kai should have the opportunity to be in Chang'an.

This poem is suspected to have been given to Lu Kai by Fan Hua.

For example, Tang Ru'e's "Interpretation of Ancient Poems" of the Ming Dynasty noted that Ye was from Jiangnan.

Kai's courtesy name is Zhijun, and he is from the north.

It should be Fan Jilu Er.

Kai is in Chang'an, and the plum blossoms are there to send you greetings?

Cao Daoheng, a modern person, believes that Lu Kai and Fan Ye in the Northern Wei Dynasty were of different ages and were far apart. Perhaps there was another Lu Kai in the Southern Dynasty who was gifted to someone named Fan.

Yu Guanying designated this poem as a Song poem, which is adopted from now on.

Appreciation of Works Literature Appreciation The poem's opening paragraph points out that the poet and his friends are thousands of miles away and it is difficult to get together, so they can only exchange greetings by messenger.

But this time, the poet sent plum blossoms instead of letters, which shows that the relationship between the two is close and they no longer adhere to formal emotional expressions.

The word "meeting" seems casual, but in fact it is intentional; it reminds me of friends because of the messenger, so I send plum greetings, which reflects my deep concern for my friends.

If the first two lines of the poem are straightforward and plain, then the last two lines reveal deep blessings in a light greeting.

Jiangnan not only has nothing, but also the sincere feelings of the poet, and all of this is condensed in a small plum blossom.

This shows how elegant the poet's taste is and how rich his imagination is.

"A branch of spring" is a method of borrowing from generation to generation, symbolizing the coming of spring and also implying the expectation for the moment of reunion.

Although this poem is short, it contains infinite poetic interest and emotion.

When Lu Kai missed Fan Ye, in order to express his noble and pure feelings, he specially picked a plum blossom and asked the messenger to bring it to Fan Ye. He was called a Longtou person because Fan Ye was in Chang'an, Shaanxi, and Longshan is in Shaanxi.

Long County, so Longtou people were used to replace it.

It goes without saying that the place where Lu Kai folded the flowers and gave them away was Jiangnan, and the plum blossoms in Jiangnan are world-famous.

Lin Bu, who lived in seclusion in the West Lake, had a poem about plum blossoms: "The sparse shadows are slanting across the clear water, and the faint fragrance floats in the moonlight at dusk." This is a portrayal of the charm of plum blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan is a country of cultural relics, rich in cultural relics, but Lu Kai believes that other gifts are not enough to express his feelings for Fan Ye, so there is nothing valuable in Jiangnan to give to each other, and the only way to announce the spring is to come before spring.

The plum blossoms are the most appropriate for sending messages, so they are thousands of miles away to express their longing, and the plum blossoms also symbolize the noble friendship between them.

Ever since Lu Kai presented his poem, "One Branch of Spring" has become synonymous with plum blossoms and gifts.

It can be seen that the impact is far-reaching.

Poets from the Tang and Song Dynasties have similar chants. Liu Kezhuang wrote: "Walking alone in the light smoke and snow, folding the plum blossoms and sending them to a branch", which copied Lu Kai's artistic conception; Gao Qi wrote: "Infinite spring sorrow in a branch", which is

Lu Kai was used to express his feelings.

Later, even the lyrics of the song also took the title of "One Branch of Spring".

There is a story recorded in "Old Wulin Stories": "On New Year's Eve, children play all night long and cannot sleep, which is called staying up. Although there are many words about staying up, it is extremely difficult to choose. Du Yang Shouchi's "Yizhichun" is the most famous in modern times." It can be seen that.

A small poem also has artistic charm that has been handed down from generation to generation.

Its artistic beauty lies in its simplicity, nature and metaphor. In a specific season and a specific environment, it expresses the feelings of cherishing friends through a plum blossom that is recognized by the world as having noble sentiments, and combines abstract feelings and images.

The plum blossoms have become one.

Famous experts commented on Tang Huaquan, professor of the Chinese Department of Anhui University: The last two lines of the quatrain in "Meeting Envoys Entering the Capital" written by Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty, "We will meet immediately without paper and pen, and rely on your message to report peace", which means something similar to this.