"A Jie of Huizhou"

Song Dynasty: Su Shi

Original text:

Luofu Mountain is under the four seasons of spring, Lu Orange and Yangmei is new in every order.

Three hundred lychees are eaten every day, so I don't want to quit being a Lingnan man.

Translation:

Spring is in all seasons under Luofu Mountain, loquats and plums are fresh every day, and if I eat three hundred lychees every day, I would like to be a Lingnan man forever.

Which "eat three hundred lychees a day, do not quit long as Lingnan people" two sentences of the most popular, the later generations thought Mr. Dong Po in this praise Lingnan scenery, so as to express the Lingnan feelings of attachment, in fact, this is Mr. Dong Po full of bitterness into a sweet hymn of praise.

Expanded Information:

"Huizhou a great" composition background:

Shaosheng three years (1096) was made in Huizhou, Lingnan, two Guangzhou area in the Song Dynasty for the barbaric land, the sinners were mostly exiled to this. Relocated guests by ministers to this place, often quite a lot of lamentation, and Dongpo is not, he showed in this seven jingles he has always been optimistic and open-minded, the spirit of peace of mind, but also expresses his love for the Lingnan scenery.

Biography of the Author of "Huizhou's Seven Songs"

Su Shi (1037~1101) was a literati of the Song Dynasty. Word Zizhan, a word and Zhong, the number of Dongpo Jushi. Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Sichuan). He was the eldest son of Su Xun. In the second year of Jiayou (1057), he was admitted as a scholar.

He was a general judge of Hangzhou, and a governor of Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou, and Yingzhou. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was relegated to Huangzhou for slandering the new law. Later relegated to Huizhou, Danzhou. When Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was established, he was pardoned and returned. He died in Changzhou. He was posthumously awarded the title of Wenzhong (文忠).

Being a learned man, he was good at writing, poetry, calligraphy and painting. In the word "bold, do not like to cut to the sound of the law", rich in subject matter, open, break through the late Tang Dynasty and early Song Dynasty since the "word for the Yankee" traditional fence, poetry for the word, the creation of bold and open school, the later generation has a great impact. He had a great influence on the later generations. He wrote Dongpo's Seven Collections, Dongpo's Words, Dongpo's Easy Biography, Dongpo's Music, etc. He also wrote a series of poems on the subject of poetry and lyrics.

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