At the age of thirty-two, the Tang Dynasty poet Dai Shulun was appreciated by Liu Yan, then the official Shangshu and the envoy of salt and iron transport. Therefore, Liu Yan wrote to recommend Dai Shulun as the secretary of Jiupin and invited him to work in his own shogunate. On an autumn night, Dai Shulun happened to meet his old friends who had been separated for many years, and while rejoicing, he wrote a poem "Guest Night and the Collection of Deceased Dolls", the original text is as follows:
The sky is full again in autumn, and the city is full of nights.
Also do Jiangnan meeting, turning over doubts in dreams.
The wind branches frighten the magpies, and the dew grass weeps cold.
The brigade commander was drunk and stayed with Xiao Zhong.
"The sky is full in autumn and the moon is full, and the city is full of nights", on this autumn night, the moon is once again full, and the night in the city is getting thicker and thicker. At this time, the poet was responsible for transporting salt and iron, often traveling during the journey. On this day, the poet temporarily stayed in a guest house and waited for dawn to leave. Late at night, the city gradually quieted down, and when there was a full moon, the silver moonlight made the autumn night more quiet. At this time, the poet has not yet fallen asleep, because he has met an old friend of his country who has not been seen for many years in this guest house, and the two of them will reminisce about the past and renew their friendship on the autumn night.
"Still doing Jiangnan meeting, turning over doubts in dreams", we actually met in Jiangnan, and I still suspect that we met in dreams. In this conjunction, the poet mainly writes about his feelings when he first met his deceased friend. In the guest house in Jiangnan, the poet meets his former friends, and although they have not seen each other for many years, they can still recognize each other. The encounter of this moment makes the memories rush into the heart in a moment and warms each other's hearts. The poet could not believe that the god of fate would take such care of himself, even if his friend sat in front of him, still suspecting that he was dreaming, euphemistically expressing the joy of his friends when they met.
"The wind branches frighten the magpies, the dew grass weeps cold cockroaches", the evening wind blows the branches to startle the perched magpie birds, and the dew-stained grass hears the sad song of autumn insects. In this union, the poet opens a stroke and does not write about the meeting of old friends, but instead writes about the autumn scene at the time of the encounter. It was a windy autumn night, and the evening wind blew the branches and woke up the perched magpie birds, who from time to time let out a startled cry. This autumn night is already quite cold, the cold dew condenses on the autumn grass, and the autumn insects are still singing like weeping. In the poet's pen, the autumn night in Jiangnan looks desolate and cold, but it reflects the preciousness of meeting in a foreign land.
"The brigade commander is drunk, and he is afraid of the bell when he stays together", you and I are all living in a foreign country, and we should be drunk tonight; I will leave you to drink and reminisce about the past, only worried about the dawn of the bell. Today is different from the past, poets and friends meet in a foreign land, each has a period of bondage in their hearts, even if they are reunited, the heart is also full of sorrow and joy, only a big drunk can soothe this sad and happy heart. Therefore, the poet and his friends drank wine in the guest house at night, and repeatedly advised the wine. Because they all knew that they would be separated after dawn, this short time together was particularly precious.
As adults, people go their separate ways to make ends meet, and they gradually lose contact with their former friends. Meeting each other in another country by chance is really a great joy in life. On this autumn night, the poet met his old friend in the guest house in Jiangnan, and naturally he was very happy, but after dawn, he had to go his separate ways, making this encounter more precious. So, at the moment of the encounter, the poet and his friends drank heavily and drank heavily. In this way, I hope to prolong the time of reunion and forget the reality of the imminent separation.
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