These two sentences are from Su Shi's "A Play for the Examination of Officials" in the Song Dynasty.

Original text:

On the fifteenth night of August, the moonlight is everywhere. I don't choose the eaves and the city building, and my official residence is like Pengdao. In front of the phoenix hairpin hall, the wild oranges are fragrant, and Hà Thu is old by the Jiantan Bridge. August 18th tide, spectacular world. Kunpeng hit three thousand Li with water, and trained a long drive of one hundred thousand men. The red flag and the green cover fade away from each other, and the black sand and white waves devour each other. Life meets ancient difficulties, and this scene and this trip have two advantages. May you smell this candle, and the white robe outside the door is like a stork.

Translation:

The moonlight is just right on August 15th. Whether I live in a thatched cottage or a building, my place is just like Penglai Island. At this time, the wild oranges in front of the Phoenix Hall wafted with fragrance, and the lotus beside Jiantan Bridge declined and withered when autumn came.

On August 18th, the surging tide of Qiantang River is the most spectacular in the world. At this time, the spring tide of Qiantang River is like the legendary wings of Peng bird flapping on the water surface, stirring up waves of 3, miles, and it is like a hundred thousand people rushing forward constantly, forming a huge white jade belt.

Tide watchers hold blue umbrellas and echo the red flags around them. White waves hit the black river bank, and the black and white colors flash off each other. Unfortunately, we seldom get together, but we can't have both in such beautiful scenery and such a trip. Speed up the examination papers, the students outside the door are jumping on their feet and looking forward to it.

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the origin of su Shi and Qiantang river

because su Shi publicly opposed the new law twice, Wang Anshi's inner anxiety became deeper and deeper. In the third year of Xining (17), Su Shi's Letter to the Emperor clearly demanded the removal of Wang Anshi, but Su Shi's letter failed to regret the firm reform ideals and confidence of Shenzong and Wang Anshi.

not only that, but all those who opposed the new law were dismissed or removed from office in order to promote the reform quickly. In December, Wang Anshi paid homage. At this point, after several rounds of contests, Su Shi faced failure and was in an embarrassing situation. Su Shi resisted the implementation of the law from the heart, and he was deeply worried and confused in the face of his fanatical colleagues in the court.

Su Shi was appointed as Tongdao in Hangzhou from the fourth year of Zhaoning in Song Shenzong (171) to the seventh year of Xizi (174), which lasted nearly three years. He was thirty-six to thirty-nine. This is the three years when Su Shi was in the prime of his life, and it was also the three years when he was deeply in contradiction. This vitality and contradiction make his life in Hangzhou glow with strange colors.

when he first arrived in Hangzhou, Su Shi's anger and rage were like the tide of Qiantang. Qiantang River is the largest river in Zhejiang Province, with a total length of 688 kilometers. On the third and eighteenth day of the lunar calendar every month, the tide is the largest, and the tide on the eighteenth day of the lunar calendar is the most social view. It is said that this day is the "birthday of the tide god", and people are watching the tide in an endless stream. Qiantang river tide is known as "the wonder of the world", with lovely lake scenery in the west and a great view of the river tide in the east, all of which are absolutely beautiful.

Famous poets in Tang and Song Dynasties, such as Meng Haoran, Liu Yuxi, Bai Juyi, Pan Jian, Su Shunqin and Fan Zhongyan, came to Hangzhou to watch the tide, and all of them could not help feeling their breathtaking beauty. The most widely known is Jiuquanzi. Su Shi also loved this word very much and wrote it on the screen of Yutang.

Now that he is in Hangzhou, Su Shi was really shocked by the raging roar of Qiantang, and he was glad that he watched the arrogant tide again and again, as if watching his own destiny in the advance and retreat of those tides and sands.

The tidal current of Qiantang River is just like a white line, which instantly impacts the natural scene with great strength and extremely fast speed, giving all the people who are there with strong visual stimulation, which makes people have to be frightened by the shock. Usually, things that are too powerful will give people a feeling of depression, which makes people feel scared today.

However, a person with a strong heart can overcome this fear of Confucianism, and then appreciate its grandeur, resulting in an incomparably lofty feeling, that is, Su Shi has a strong heart. "Ten thousand people are clamoring for Wu Nong, and he is still an old boy in Fujiang. I want to know how high the tide is, and the mountains are muddy in the waves. "

(From "Five Wonders of Watching Tides on August 15th", it is said that the tide of the river is like the drums of all armies, and its growing prestige makes the people of Wu feel frightened, just like Wang Zhuo led sailors down the river. You know how high the tide is, even the mountains are completely swallowed up in the waves. )

qiantang bore in his "cross wind and rain" seems to be Su Shi's romantic and unrestrained temperament, and he is like the raging tide of thousands of horses, the overwhelming waves are him, and the mountains that can't stand in the waves are also him. Su Shi stood in front of qiantang bore again and again, watching "August 18th tide, spectacular world. Peng shui hit three thousand Li, and the group practiced to drive a hundred thousand men. The red flag and the green cover are mutually extinguished, and the black sand and white waves are swallowed up. "

Kao Ji, an official, plays that his heart is surging like a flood, and it seems that there are 3, crossbowmen on both sides of the roaring waves, and Qian Zhi, king of wuyue, is glaring at Poseidon. At the command of King Wu Yue, the police officers fired straight at qiantang bore. With great courage and belief, Su Shi wrote about qiantang bore and his increasingly frustrated and brave life.

Not afraid of and loving the turbulent qiantang bore, going with the waves, and making waves in the waves, this is exactly Su Shi's basic state of mind about the political fortune at that time. This mind and spirit is the pride of "seeing the silver mountain for twenty times from this tide". (From "Five Wonders of the Night Scenery of Wanghailou", it means that now that the tide is surging, you have to go upstairs again, and then you can watch the silver mountain formed by white waves. It is not too much to see it for twenty times. )

qiantang bore is Su Shi's confidant. When he came to Hangzhou this time, Su Shi came with trauma. In the confrontation with Wang Anshi in Kyoto, Su Shi failed, which was his first political frustration. The talented and enthusiastic Su Shi was immersed in helplessness and anger. However, Su Shi's trauma at this time is not deep, and his heart is still full of hope.

out of the concern for genius, Song Shenzong vetoed Wang Anshi's proposal to release Su Shi to Yingzhou, and ordered Su Shi to go to beautiful and rich Hangzhou. Su went to Hangzhou as a deputy, called Hangzhou. Wang Anshi was worried that Su Shi would resist the new law with the power of knowing the state, so he was only willing to make him an assistant official. This has doubled Su Shi's pain. He has no right to resist and will have to implement the laws he opposes.

I have suffered political setbacks at first, but my heart of helping the world and making contributions is still hot. When it is not relieved, it often shows a profound ridicule. What Su Shi saw and did at that time stung the sensitive nerves of the imperial court.

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