Qin Guan and Su Shi are two superstars on the altar of the Northern Song Dynasty, one is the originator of bold words, and the other is the master of euphemisms.
Qin Guan was a student of Su Shi, the two were twelve years apart, and they were also teachers and friends, and they had a very deep friendship with each other. However, their encounter was very bumpy, and the political suppression made the pair of masters and apprentices repeatedly belittled, but in the face of depreciation, Su Shi became more and more frustrated and courageous, while Qin Guan became more and more desolate and pessimistic.
In the third year of Song Zhezong's yuanfu, that is, in 1100 AD, Song Zhezong died, Song Huizong succeeded to the throne, and the world was amnesty, so Su Shi, who was far away in Hainan, was able to move inland, and Qin Guan was moved to Hengzhou. On June 25, the tribrated master and apprentice finally met in Leizhou, and Qin Guan wrote this poem "Jiang Chengzi. South to Fei Yan North Guihong", its words are:
The south came to fly yan and the north returned to Hong, met occasionally, and looked miserable. Green sideburns, re-see the two decaying men. Don't ask, infinite things, don't say anything.
Small troughs of spring wine drop beads red, Mo hurried, full of golden bells. Drink scattered flowers and flowing water from the west to the east. After the will be out of nowhere, the smoke waves are far away, and the twilight clouds are heavy.
At this time, Qin Guan and Su Shi are like the swallows flying south and the hong geese returning from the north, and this metaphor can be described as extremely vivid.
Since the third year of Shaosheng, Qin Guan was demoted to Chenzhou, the following spring was degraded to Hengzhou, and then to Leizhou, and in three years, he was degraded to three places, and each migration south, so there was this ratio.
At this time, Su Shi has been degraded to Hainan for three years, fortunately, this year he met the pardon of the north, so there is this saying.
In fact, one "from the south" and one "returning from the north" are not much different, and they are both frustrated people at the end of the world.
Fortunately, in the vast sea of people, they still have a reunion day, which can be described as a blessing in misfortune.
I thought that when we met, Qin Guan and Su Shi would be extremely excited and happy, but this was not the case, and the moment they met, they stared at each other and looked at each other sadly.
At this time, Su Shi was already sixty-four years old, and Qin Guan was already fifty-two years old, and the spirit of that year had long ceased to exist, so it was not an exaggeration to say that the two were "two decaying men".
Since the two separated, the hardships and helplessness of life can be imagined, twenty years of friendship, twenty years of ups and downs, but the moment they met, they were speechless, and everything was in the glass.
The past encounters and helplessness, heartache and pain, today are all into the cup of wine, since it can not change the past, it is better to drink Dadan, cherish the current short reunion.
In "Dream of the Red Chamber", Lin Daiyu once said: "When people gather, they scatter, and when they gather, they like it, but when they disperse, won't they be cold?" If it is cold, it is sentimental, so it is better not to gather. For example, when the flower blooms, it is loved, and when it is thankful, it increases a lot of sorrow, so it is good not to open it. ”
After a short encounter, they have to run away like falling flowers and flowing water, and when and where they will meet later, the two can only silently stare at the smoke on the river surface, and the twilight clouds overlap and overlap.