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Preamble:
Luoyang City East and West, long and long.
In the past, the snow was like flowers, and now the flowers are like snow. ——Northern and Southern Dynasties Fan Yun "Two Other Poems: Part I"
Fan Yun and Shen Yue both live in Luoyang City, but one lives in the north of the city and the other in the south of the city, but they often only get together once every few months.
When we met last year, it was still a cold winter, and when we parted, snowflakes flew all over the sky, and when we met again, it was already spring when a hundred flowers bloomed.
There is no simple word in the adult world, there are always many people who can't help themselves, even if relatives and friends live in the same city, it is not that they can meet each other.
Therefore, we must cherish the time together, because we don't know when we will see each other again, and the ones who can grow old with us are true friends.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Fan Xiu and Shen Yue were like-minded friends, and this friendship from their youth accompanied them throughout their lives.
Fan Ancheng is Shen Yue's friend Fan Xiu, because he is about to become An Cheng Neishi (An Cheng County), so Shen Yue calls him Fan An Cheng.
"If you don't know the way in your dreams, how can you comfort your lovesickness?" , farewell in the twilight years, especially sad, so, Shen Yue made "Farewell Fan Ancheng" as a farewell.
Life and youth, easy to break up in the early stage.
and the same decline and twilight, not the time of parting.
Don't say a bottle of wine, it's hard to hold it again tomorrow.
If you don't know the road in your dreams, how can you comfort your lovesickness? - Northern and Southern Dynasties, Shen Yue, "Farewell Fan Ancheng"
Short translation:
When we were young, we didn't care about parting, because the coming days were long, and it was easy to say goodbye.
Now that we are all old, our lives are twilight, and we are no longer free and easy in the face of parting.
Therefore, you should not refuse this small glass of wine, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to have a chance to meet again after saying goodbye.
When I miss you, I look for you in my dreams, but I don't know where you are and how to comfort my thoughts.
Analysis:
Friends are still good old. Therefore, Wang Wei saw that he painted a portrait of Cui Xingzong when he was a teenager, and sighed "New acquaintances now, good old times".
Shen Yue, Fan Yun, and Fan Xiu, when they were young, served in the shogunate of the Anxi general Cai Xingzong, and Fan Xiuwen was not as talented as Shen Yue and Fan Yun, but he was well-informed.
The friendships formed when they were young often accompany each other for a lifetime, and this is the case between Shen Yue, Fan Yun, and Fan Xiu, although Fan Yun is more than ten years older.
Time flies, the years do not live, in the blink of an eye they have reached the twilight of their lives, in the past, time is counted by years, and at that time, it is calculated by days.
At that time, Fan Xiu was appointed as the county guard of Ancheng and was about to go to Ancheng County (Anfu, Jiangxi) to take up his post, while Shen Yue was still an official in the capital Jiankang (Nanjing).
The mountains are high and the rivers are long, and the two places are far apart, in that era when the carriages and horses are slow, how difficult it should be for two good friends who have reached the twilight of their lives to meet again.
Therefore, when Shen Yue said goodbye to Fan Xiu, he was so reluctant to write such sad words as "Harmony with the twilight, not when parting again".
Knowing that the sunset is going to the evening in the West Mountain, I cherish the companionship more and more, just like Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi, "Only the gentleman is better than daylily, and you can forget your worries when you see each other".
"Don't say a bottle of wine, it's hard to hold it again tomorrow", so don't care about this cup of delicious wine, goodbye is indefinite, I don't know if there is a chance to drink together.
The world is impermanent, maybe, saying goodbye will be forever, perhaps, when each other turns around, the mountains and rivers are long, I am afraid that it will be difficult to see each other again in this life.
Every sentence is sad and tear-jerking, only because of the deep friendship and the friendship that accompanies each other for a lifetime, so they will hold hands and look at each other, and part.
"If you don't know the way in your dreams, how can you comfort your lovesickness?" , I don't want to say goodbye, but I have to say goodbye, when I miss you in the future, I can only see you in my dreams.
These two sentences are exemplified in "Han Feizi", Zhang Min and Gao Hui are friends with each other, and Gao Hui has not been seen for a long time, he is easy to find in his dreams, but it is always difficult to see him when he is always lost in the middle of the road.
"It's hard to say goodbye when you meet", Shen Yue quoted this classic, implicitly, which not only shows the depth of mutual friendship, but also shows Shen Yue's reluctance to Fan Xiu's departure.
Postscript:
Shen Youzhi is studious, well-read, good at poetry and writing, is a famous historian and writer in the Southern Dynasties, and has served in the Song, Qi, and Liang dynasties.
"Shen Ji is a teacher, and it is appropriate to be a good teacher", Cai Xingzong, the general of Anxi, admired Shen Yue's character and talent, and educated his sons in this way.
Shen Yuegong's poetry and writing, his achievements were remarkable, and most of the edicts at that time came from him, and he occupied a pivotal position in the literary world of Qi Liangjian.
Shen Yue's parting poems have the meaning of "clear resentment", such as "Farewell Fan Cheng'an", parting from young people, unbearable farewell in old age, and deep sentimentality.
The reason why Shen Yue's poem has been passed down through the ages and is praised by the world is because of its simplicity and nature, and it is the true expression of inner emotions.
"The world is different, how can a new person be like an old person", it is not that new friends are bad, but old friends know their joys, sorrows and sorrows better.
Therefore, Shen Yue, Fan Xiu, and Fan Yun are lucky, from holding hands in their youth to relying on each other in old age, they have been walking together like this for the rest of their lives.
"If you don't know the way in your dreams, how can you comfort your lovesickness?" , Shen Yue's parting poem, with simple language, writes the thickest affection and touching heartstrings. #宝藏兴趣攻略#
Bibliography:
The Book of Liang, The Biography of Shen Yue