Daily poems - (Tang) Kong Shao'an's "Banquet Song of Pomegranate".
Pomegranate at the feast.
It's a pity that the tree in the courtyard has moved its roots to chase Hanchen.
It's just that it's too late, and the flowers don't bloom as well as spring.
This poem rhymes with the true rhyme of the voice: minister, spring).
Kong Shao'an, a young and studious boy, and his brother Shaoxin are famous for their literary words. During the Sui Dynasty, he served as the supervisor of the imperial history, and was ordered by Emperor Yang to supervise the army of Li Yuan in Taiyuan. After entering the Tang Dynasty, he served as a member of the Shi She, and was ordered to revise the "History of Liang", but died before it was completed.
Fun Fact] Ji Yougong's "Tang Poetry Chronicle" Volume 3: At the end of Shao'an's great cause, he supervised the imperial history, when Gaozu (Li Yuan) was a thief in Hedong, and Zhao Shao'an supervised Gaozu's army, and he was deeply encountered. and Gaozu received Zen, Shao'an ran from Luoyang. Gaozu was very pleased to see it, worshiped the people of Shishe, and gave a house area, two good horses, money, rice, silk cloth, etc. When Xiahou Duan also tasted the imperial history, supervised Gao Zujun, returned to the dynasty first, and was awarded the secretary and supervisor. Shao'an because of the banquet, should be edicted to sing pomegranate poems, saying: "It's just that the time is late, and the flowering is not as good as spring." ”
Press: Pomegranates bloom in summer, so it is said that "the time comes late" and "not as good as spring", which also refers to their return to the Tang Dynasty after Xiahou.
Extended reading] Song pomegranate.
Southern Dynasty Liang) Xiao Yi.
Tu Lin did not respond, and the spring twilight turned to urge.
However, the lights are suspicious of the night fire, and the pearls are better than the early plums.
The Western Regions moved to the roots, and the South made wine.
The leaves are as fresh as new, and the flowers are as red as they were cut.
Pomegranate. Tang) Li Shangyin.
The durian branches are graceful and multitude, and the pomegranate film is light and bright, and the pomegranate is fresh.
You can envy the peach tree in Yao Pond, and the peach cheeks are red for a thousand years.