When is the moon? Don't bother me—those Mid-Autumn Words of Mr. Dongpo

When is the moon? Don't bother me

——Those Mid-Autumn Festival words of Mr. Dongpo

In the mid-autumn of 1076, Su Shi wrote to his brother: When is the bright moon?

In the mid-autumn of 1077, Su Shi wrote to his brother: Where will Mingyue look next year?

From 1076 to the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1082, Su Shi wrote five Mid-Autumn Festival poems, three of which were given to Ziyu by name, and the two brothers were also true love.

1076 When is the bright moon

In the Mid-Autumn Festival of the ninth year (1076) of the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, Su Shi was in Mizhou, "In the Mid-Autumn Festival, drinking da dan and getting drunk, I wrote this chapter and also wrote this chapter. The "this article" he composed is the "Water Tune Song Head • When the Bright Moon" was brushed by the WeChat circle of friends nearly 1,000 years later. Prior to this, Su Shi had not spent six Mid-Autumn Festivals with Su Rui.

Why? Because Wang Anshi changed the law.

In 1069, Emperor Shenzong of Song used Wang Anshi and began to implement the Xining Transformation Law, which was later infinitely controversial.

In 1070, because of his opposition to the change of law, Su Rui became a scholar of Chen Prefecture and left Fenjing.

In 1071, after the elder brother was demoted from Beijing, the elder brother was also demoted from Beijing and went to Hangzhou to make a general judgment. This year, the brothers met in Chenzhou.

In 1072, Su Shi was in Hangzhou and Su Rui was in Chenzhou.

In 1073, Su Shi was in Hangzhou, and Su Rui was transferred from Chen Prefecture to Qi Prefecture. The failure to meet in the past two years has tormented Su Shi, and Su Shi began to find a way to move closer to Su Rui.

In 1074, Su Shi finally took a small step and moved to Mizhou, which was slightly closer to Su Rui. As soon as he arrived in Mizhou, Su Shi took a fancy to an abandoned high platform in the north of Mizhou City, and he cut down "An Qiu and Gao Mi's wood to repair the ruins", and whenever there was "a rain and snow dynasty, a night of wind and moon", he drank and watched the scenery on the stage.

This high platform is the transcendent platform, and the name is given by Su Rui. The "Water Tune Song Head, When is the Bright Moon" written to Su Rui was written on the transcendent stage. At that time, Su Shi was in Mizhou, Su Rui was in Qizhou, and the same was in Shandong.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1076, Su Shi, as usual, called on friends to drink and admire the moon at the Transcendental Terrace, and could not help but think of his younger brother Su Rui, and a drinking friend said that Kong Zhouhan, a descendant of the Kong family, also had an inscription on this ruined platform five years ago, lamenting the separation from relatives and friends for seventeen years: Seventeen years have never been heard, and the friendship is scattered. Chan Juan said goodbye to the Mid-Autumn Moon, still clear and bright.

So Su Shi angrily raised his pen and wrote two poems impromptuly:

It has been five years since the bad wall inscription poem, so the people and the wind are still there.

I know that in the coming year, I will sleep on my pillow.

He also invited Mingyue to explain the year and remembered the lonely Yin Meng Haoran.

This eunuch travels like a house, picking branches and frightening magpies to sleep for a few hours.

Su Shi's alcohol consumption is not large. He himself said in "Dongpo Zhilin": My brother Ziming, drinking alcohol is only three banana leaves. When I was young, I saw the wine cup and was drunk, and now I can also see the three banana leaves. Banana leaf is a synonym for the smallest wine glass by the ancients. Among the drinkers, Zhong Ding is the largest and the pear blossom banana leaves are the smallest. That night, it is estimated that he did not drink much, but he was drunk. So the Mid-Autumn Festival lyric "Water Tune Song Head" that brushed the screen came out.

When is the moon? Ask the wine to qingtian. I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace. I want to go home by the wind, and I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the high places are cold. Dancing to clarify the shadow, how does it seem to be in the human world?

Turn zhu ge, low Qi household, no sleep. There should be no hatred, why should it be long to go to the other time? People have sorrows and joys, and the moon has clouds and sunshine, and this matter is difficult to complete. May people be long-lasting, and thousands of miles will be cherished together.

1077 Where to look at the bright moon next year

At the end of 1076, Su Shi moved again and was ordered to be transferred to Hezhong Province, and later to Xuzhou.

In 1077, Su Rui also changed his position to Shu Zuolang (佐郎), and then served with Zhang Fangping, who remained in Nanjing, as a judge of the Tianfu Government. At that time, Su Shi was out of Xuzhou, and the two brothers met between Pupu and went to Xuzhou together, where Su Rui stayed for more than 100 days, leaving Xuzhou on August 16 and signing a decree in Nanjing (present-day Shangqiu, Henan).

This is the first time in the seven years since the farewell that the brothers have met and spent the Mid-Autumn Festival together. These seven years are the third time in the lives of the two brothers that they have been apart, and they have also been separated for the longest time. Away from the Mid-Autumn Festival of Ding Wei, who gathered more and less, Su Shi and Su Rui both wrote words.

Su Rui wrote "Water Tune Song Head : Xuzhou Mid-Autumn Festival":

Parting for a long time, seven spent the Mid-Autumn Festival. Last year, today's toubu, the bright moon was overwhelmed. Under the pengcheng mountain, with the panqing river gubei, the boat carries Liangzhou. Advocating to help Qing Reward, Hongyan raised Tingzhou.

Sitting guest, Cui Yu Shuai, Zi Qi Qiu. Su'e was a rogue, and went west to not be left behind. Tonight Qingzun is to the guest, tomorrow night the lone sail water station, still shine away from the worry. But fear of the same as Wang Yue, relatively Yong Denglou.

Su Shi wrote "Yangguan Qu • Mid-Autumn Moon":

Twilight clouds overflowed with cold, and the silver man silently turned the jade disk.

This life and this night are not long, where to see the bright moon next year.

Do you feel short? Later, Su Shi also wrote a long song, that is, "Mid-Autumn Moon and Ziyu":

The bright moon is not high in the mountains, and the rays of light are born in white.

A cup of unfinished silver gushed, and the chaotic clouds broke off like a crashing wave.

Whoever washes his eyes for the Heavenly Father, should fei Ming River Qianhu water.

So I ordered me to look at the people of the world coldly, and I couldn't bear it.

Southwest Mars is like a projectile, and the horned tail is like a dragon crab.

Tonight I can't see it, and I am afraid of the fireworks fighting for the cold.

Whoever ships the ancient boat, a thousand lights at night make a fish and dragon change.

Twists and turns do not want to chase the waves, low to the festival with the song board.

Qingying extinguished and did not turn to the front mountain, and the waves and winds returned to the fortifications.

The bright moon is easy to be low and easy to disperse, and the return of the wine is more important.

The moon in front of the hall is getting clearer, and the throat is cold and the grass is singing.

The roller blinds pushed the house into silence, and there was only chu old under the window.

Nandu engaged in Mo Shame Poverty, there are several people on the monthly inscription poems.

Ming Dynasty personnel with the sunrise, suddenly a dream yaotai guest.

This life and this night, even if there is infinite nostalgia, but after all, it is a lonely sail and water station tomorrow night, and it is still away from worry!

1080 The world is a big dream

In the mid-autumn of 1079, Su Shi neither drank the moon with Su Rui, nor did he drink his small banana leaf cup with his friends all night. In the mid-autumn of that year, he was desolately on the way to escort, and three days later he went to Beijing and was imprisoned. It's a long story.

In March, Su Dongpo was transferred from Xuzhou to Huzhou, to write a routine "Huzhou Xie Shang Table", in fact, it is just a formality, the front probably said that Wei Chen had no political achievements in the past, and then thanked the heavens, thanks to the earth, thanks to the emperor, etc. All the way to thank you, but he should not be, at the end said a few more grumbling words: I am old and stupid, the emperor still uses new people. (His Majesty knows that his foolishness is inappropriate, and it is difficult to accompany the new ones; he is old and does not have trouble, or he can shepherd and support the small people)

During Wang Anshi's change of law, the conservatives and the reformists fought fiercely, and the leaders of the two factions were Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, two ministers, respectively, because the former had the word "shengshi" in his long letter to the latter, so "shengshi" became a common term for attacking the change; "xinjin" was Su Shi's derogatory term for the new people introduced by Wang Anshi, who had previously said in the "Emperor Shangshenzong" against the change that Wang Anshi "recruited new and courageous people in order to achieve all quick results."

Therefore, the imperial historians in the Imperial History Terrace quoted phrases such as "new advancement" and "trouble", and said that Su Shi "fooled the imperial court and arrogantly respected himself." Then, after four months of intensive study, Shu Qi, the inspector of Yushitai, sought excerpts from the chapter excerpts from the published "Yuanfeng Continued To Tim Su Zizhan Scholar Qiantang Collection", and played the impeachment of Su Shi to hide evil intentions:

"Win the children's voice well, a year strong and a half in the city" is a satire on the emperor to send green seedling money;

"Reading ten thousand volumes without reading the law, to Jun Yao Shun knows no technique" is a satire on the emperor's class examination county official;

"If the East China Sea knows the idea, it should be taught to rebuke the halogen change mulberry field" is a satire on the emperor's construction of water conservancy;

"Is it better to smell Shao and forget the taste, and to eat without salt in March" is a satire on the emperor's strict salt ban;

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And so on, the imperial historians were indignant, claiming that such a person with a bad stomach could be a minister? Immediate, immediate, immediate beheadings and capital punishment must be imposed. When Wang Yi heard this news, he immediately rushed to send a letter to Su Rui, and Su Rui quickly sent someone to inform Su Shi. Emperor Qincha sent by the imperial court set out at the same time as Su Rui's men, but Su Rui's men arrived first, and Su Shi knew the news and immediately asked for leave, and Zu Wu had no power to take care of the state affairs.

When the emperor arrived, the people who were too guarded by the official court panicked. Su Shi did not dare to come out and consulted with tongjue, who said: "The matter has reached this point, there is no choice, I have to go out and talk again." As soon as Su Shi heard this, he was ready to go out. Zu Wupo hurriedly prompted: clothes, clothes. So Su Shi hurriedly put on his official clothes and boots, came out to see Emperor Fuzun, and said, "Beggars to say goodbye to his family." Emperor Fuzun said calmly, "Not so much." "But su shi is asked to leave immediately."

While passing through yangzhou and Taihu Lake, Su Shi thought of committing suicide by diving into the water. Thinking about it again, if you really jump into the water, it will cause trouble for your brother. So I was worried all the way to the Kyoshi.

At first, Su Shi was only willing to admit that "winning children's voices is good, one and a half years strong in the city" is a satire of the Green Shoots Method, and "It is a satire of the Salt Law to smell Shao to solve the taste, and it is ironic that there is no salt in March". Dragged on to the twenty-fourth day, acknowledging that "if the East China Sea knows the idea, it should be taught to rebuke the halogen change mulberry field" is a satire on the water conservancy of the imperial court. Dragged to the twenty-eighth day, he also admitted that "reading ten thousand volumes without reading the law, to Jun Yao Shun knows no technique" is a satire of the class test county official...

The Imperial Historians interrogated them all night. Unable to withstand the tremendous mental pressure, Su Shi wrote a tragic poem to Su Rui in a trance, "Brothers with the Junshi World, and Then Tie the Cause of the Next Life". After Su Rui received the poem and the letter, he fell on the book and cried, but resolutely refused to accept the poem. According to the Laws of the Song Dynasty, poetry letters like Su Shi's, if Su Rui did not receive them, they had to be reported to the emperor.

After the Divine Sect read the letter, his heart was also tortured. At the same time, Empress Cao, who was seriously ill, also intervened. Wang Anshi, who had already retired to Jinling, wrote in a letter: "An has a holy world and kills talents? Ministers of the Law-Changing Sect, such as Zhang Huan, who had previously been called "traitorous and evil" by Su Shi, "villains," and "new advances", wrote to Su Shi to intercede. Prime Minister Wu Chong said bluntly: With Cao Cao's suspicions still able to tolerate You Heng, can't Your Majesty tolerate the next Su Shi?

So on December 29, a conclusion was finally reached: Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou and trained as a deputy envoy, but he was not allowed to leave the area without permission, and he had no right to sign official documents. This is the famous "Wutai Poetry Case" in Su Shi's life.

In the mid-autumn of 1080, Su Shi wrote "Xijiang Yue, A Big Dream in the World" in Huangzhou, and the deep feelings at this time were really not comparable to the past.

The world is a big dream, how many autumn coolness will life be? At night, the wind leaves have sounded in the gallery. Look at the sideburns of the brow.

Liquor is often worried about the few customers, and the moon is more hindered by clouds. Mid-Autumn Festival who with the common lone light. Look north.

1082 In the Crystal Palace, a flute was blown

For the next five years, Su Shi was in Huangzhou.

In 1082, Su Shi built the "Dongpo Snow Hall", which was the beginning of his self-proclaimed Dongpo resident, and this year, he was forty-seven years old. The resentment and pain in the hearts of the Dongpo residents cannot be said to be deep, and the famous "Cold Food Post" in the history of calligraphy was written in this year's cold food:

Since I came to Huangzhou, I have passed three cold foods. Every year wants to cherish the spring, and the spring is not to be regretted. ...... The king's gate is nine times deep, and the tomb is in the thousands of miles. I also want to cry poorly, and I can't afford to blow ashes.

The Gate of the King is nine times deep, and the Grace of the King is thousands of miles away! But what can be done?

In the Mid-Autumn Festival of the fifth year of Yuanfeng (1082), Su Shi wrote "Nian Nu Jiao Mid-Autumn Festival" in Huangzhou:

With a high view, you can see the long sky and the clouds have no trace. Gui Luo flew in, the light shot out, cold soaked in autumn for a day. Yuyu Qionglou, riding luans to and fro, people in the cool country. The country and mountains are picturesque, and the smoke trees in the hope are all over the place.

I drunkenly clapped my hands and sang wildly, raised a glass to invite the moon, and made three guests to the film. Dancing and wandering under the wind, I don't know what night it is? He wanted to ride the wind, turn around, and ride the wings. In the Crystal Palace, a blow broke the transverse flute.

The same is Yuyu Qionglou, the same dancing wandering, the same toast to the moon, the same is the wind to return. However, the Dongpo residents six years later were more desolate and open than Su Zizhan six years ago. He can finally understand the parting, no longer clinging to perfection; finally able to accept the plain, no longer obsessed with the brilliant.

He says goodbye to his thorn-stinged self and reconciles with the imperfect world. This is a lucky gift to him by the unfortunate "Wutai Poetry Case". Since then, in the face of ups and downs of life, he can finally say lightly: there is no wind and rain and no sunshine.

Text and courtesy of photo/Ren Tanru

Source: Beijing Youth Daily