This poem came from Su Shi's " Self-inscribed Golden Mountain Portrait " of the Song Dynasty.
Su Shi had great achievements in Huangzhou, Huizhou and Danzhou. During his stay in Huangzhou, he wrote "Nian Nujiao·Remembering the Ancient Red Cliff" and "Fu on the Red Cliff" before and after, and began to write "Yi Zhuan" and "The Analects of Confucius." In Huizhou, he improved the level of medicine, spread transplanting techniques, improved taxes, tightened military discipline, and spread the delicacies of Huizhou to the entire Song Dynasty. In Danzhou, despite the poor living conditions, Su Shi discovered delicious raw oyster and devoted himself to spreading the culture of the Central Plains. Generally speaking, Huangzhou, Huizhou and Danzhou had an important influence on Su Shi's achievements.
Su Shi wrote in his poem," Self-Inscribed Jinshan Portrait ":" I ask you about your achievements in life, Huangzhou, Huizhou, Danzhou." This poem expressed Su Shi's thoughts and recollection of his life's achievements. Su Shi spent a long period of banishment in these three places. Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou were all places where he was banished, and his achievements were continuously belittled. This poem showed Su Shi's self-mockery and helplessness towards his life experience, and also reflected his thoughts on his achievements and his reflection on his fate. In general, Su Shi did not mention his specific achievements in this poem. Instead, he used these three places as symbols to express his feelings and thoughts about his life.
Asking you about your achievements in Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou meant that Su Shi had spent a long period of banishment in these three places. Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou were all places where he was exiled. In Huangzhou, Su Shi created a large number of Ci works, which occupied nearly one-third of his life's Ci works. These three places became the important experiences and backgrounds of Su Shi's life.
Huangzhou is now Huanggang City in Hubei Province, Huizhou is now Huizhou City in Guangdong Province, and Danzhou is now Danzhou City in Hainan Province.
The correct pronunciation of Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou was: huángzhōuhuīzhōuudānzhōu.
Huangzhou was located in Hubei Province, Huizhou in Guangdong Province, and Danzhou in Hainan Province.
Huangzhou was located in Hubei Province, Huizhou in Guangdong Province, and Danzhou in Hainan Province.
The correct pronunciation of Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou was: huángzhōuhuïzhōudānzhōu.
I asked you about your achievements in life. Huangzhou, Huizhou, Danzhou. This was a poem from Su Shi's " Self-Inscribed Jinshan Portrait ". In this poem, Su Shi expressed his life experience and banishment. He opposed Wang Anshi's new law, so he was banished to Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou. In these places, Su Shi spent a long period of banishment. This poem also reflected Su Shi's self-deprecation and summary of his life.