Thousand Characters

Chapter 49

[Original text]

The loquats are late green, and the sycamores are withered.The roots of Chen are clouded, and the fallen leaves are swaying.You Kun is lucky alone, and Ling Mo Jiangxiao.

【Note】

Loquat: Loquat tree.The loquat here corresponds to winter in all seasons.Late: This refers to winter.Indus: Indus tree, corresponding to autumn.Flea: Tong "early".Chen Gen: old tree roots, here refers to old trees.Wei Yi: withered, desolate.鹍: A kind of big bird like a crane recorded in ancient books, who likes to live alone. The ancients believed that this kind of big bird has a proud personality.Crimson: purple-red.It beautifully depicts the scenery of spring, summer, autumn and winter to us. People live in such a beautiful environment, reading, walking, enjoying flowers, and watching the changing seasons. There is nothing to worry about, let alone how happy they are.

【Interpretation】

The leaves of the loquat tree are still green in the cold winter, and the leaves of the sycamore tree wither early in autumn.At a glance, the old trees are withered and fallen, and the fallen leaves are floating in the air with the autumn wind.The big bird flew high in the sky and rushed straight into the purple-red clouds.

【allusion】

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Yu Boya who was good at playing the piano in the state of Chu.It is said that Yu Boya played the qin with inscrutable skills. Even a horse would listen attentively to the sound of the qin he played.The sentence "Bo Ya drums the qin, while the six horses support the horses" in Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning" is a description of this.Yu Boya liked to travel in mountains and rivers, and often went out to collect folk songs.Once, when he was traveling by boat, he encountered strong winds on the way and could not cross the river, so he had to stop the boat in Hanyang.Zhong Ziqi, a hermit in Hanyang, met Yu Boya by chance. During the conversation, the two felt that they were like-minded, and they both regarded each other as confidantes.One day, Zhong Ziqi listened to Yu Boya playing the piano, and Yu Boya played a song first, which was aimed at the high mountains. Zhong Ziqi couldn't help admiring it silently: "Good music! It makes me feel like I have climbed a lofty mountain." Yu Boya There was a burst of relief in my heart, and I deeply felt that I was like a child.Then, he tried another song, which meant that the thousands of miles of rivers were rushing, Zhong Ziqi couldn't help dancing to the tune, and told Yu Boya that he felt as if he was in a mighty river and felt the majestic momentum of the rushing thousands of miles.From then on, Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi became close friends. They chatted, drank and enjoyed music, and were inseparable.Later, when Zhong Ziqi passed away, Yu Boya felt a emptiness in his heart.The confidant is gone, and no one can understand his music anymore. What's the point of owning this piano?So, in order to thank his bosom friend, Yu Boya held up his qin, which was so precious as his life, and broke it severely, and vowed never to play the qin.Within a few years, Yu Boya passed away in depression.People were moved by the deep friendship between Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi. They built Boya Qintai, also known as Guqin Terrace, on the bank of Yuehu Lake in Hanyang, and wrote two couplets to commemorate the two: aiming at the mountains, aiming at Running water; a guest of Heqiao, and a guest of listening to the piano.The green trees are shaded, and the fragrant grasses are accumulated. It is time to get fun. The narcissus has gone, and the woodcutter is not coming. Why do you move my feelings?

(End of this chapter)