“Looking at Jiangnan·Written at Chaoran Terrace” is a ci poem written by Su Shi, a writer in the Song Dynasty. The first part of the poem describes the scenery, while the second part expresses emotions. By describing the spring scene and the complex changes in the author’s emotions and demeanor, it expresses the author’s helplessness and disappointment about having a hard time returning home and having a hard time fulfilling his ambitions. At the same time, it expresses the author’s open-minded and detached mind and the life attitude of “use it if you can, hide it if you can’t”. The whole poem is implicit and profound, short and exquisite, and it is unique in that it is a poem. The witty words seem to come out at random, fresh and natural, showing the poet’s profound artistic skills.
《望江南·超然台作》是宋代文学家苏轼的词作。此词上片写景，下片抒情，通过描绘春日景象和作者感情、神态的复杂变化，寄寓了作者对有家难回、有志难酬的无奈与怅惘，同时表达了作者豁达超脱的襟怀和“用之则行，舍之则藏”的人生态度。全词含蓄深沉，短小玲珑，以诗为词，独树一帜，连珠妙语似随意而出，清新自然，显示出词人深厚的艺术功力。
《望江南·超然台作》 苏轼
春未老，
风细柳斜斜。
试上超然台上看，
半壕春水一城花。
烟雨暗千家。
寒食后，
酒醒却咨嗟。
休对故人思故国，
且将新火试新茶。
诗酒趁年华。
Yearning for the South
Composed at the Detachment Tower
Spring still in its prime,
Waving in the breeze are the willows trim.
To take a look at the Detached Platform I climb:
Th’ town’s full of spring and th’ trench is about to brim,
Though countless households th’ mist and th’ rain bedim.
After Cold-Food Day,
I sign and lament when sobre from wine.
About old home to old friends you just nothing say,
To start a new fire and make new tea ’tis fine:
It is to youth that verse and wine incline.
