The first sentence of "The breeze sings cicadas in the middle of the night" is: The bright moon surprises the magpies.

Source: Xijiang Moon Walking Night in the Yellow Sand Road by Xin Qiji in Song Dynasty

Full text:

The bright moon surprises the magpies, and the breeze sings cicadas in the middle of the night. The cool night breeze seemed to spread to the distant cicada. ?

seven or eight stars are out of the sky, and two or three points are in front of the rainy mountain. In the old days, Maodian was near the forest, and the road turned to the stream bridge. (Xiqiao I: Xitou)

Translation:

The bright moonlight swept through the branches, scaring the magpies off the branches, and the cool evening breeze blew as if I heard cicadas in the distance. In the aroma of rice flowers, there were waves of frogs' cries in my ears, as if discussing that this year is a good harvest year.

The sky is overcast, the stars are shining and flickering, and there is a light rain in front of the mountain. The old thatched cottage was still beside the Woods of the earth temple. When the road turned the source of the stream, it suddenly appeared in front of you.

Extended information:

1. Creative background

In 1181 (the eighth year of Chunxi in Song Xiaozong), Xin Qiji was excluded from office because of the treacherous court official, and returned to Shangrao to live with the lake, and lived in this life for nearly fifteen years. This word was written when it passed Huangshaling Road in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province in the middle age.

2. About the author:

Xin Qiji (114-127), a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. The word Youan, No.Jiaxuan, was born in Licheng (now Jinan, Shandong). They are called "the dragon in the word", Su Xin together with Su Shi, and Er 'an in Jinan together with Li Qingzhao. At the age of twenty-one, he joined the anti-Jin army. He was once the palm secretary of Geng Jingjun, and soon returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. He has successively signed a sentence in Jiangyin, passed a sentence in Jiankang, raised a prison in Jiangxi, served as a transshipment ambassador in Hunan and Hubei, and served as an appeasement ambassador in Hunan and Jiangxi.

All his life, he argued against the Northern Expedition of Jin Dynasty, and put forward relevant strategies, such as Ten Treatises on Meiqin, which were not adopted. His words are passionate, impassioned and full of patriotic feelings. There are "Jia Xuan's Long and Short Sentences" and "Xin Jia Xuan's Poems and Notes".

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