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"There is a loquat tree in the yard, which was planted when my wife died. What do you mean, slim and graceful now? Cut it off today to make a smiling face for the little lady?

It means:

There used to be a loquat tree in the yard. I planted it myself the year my wife died, and now it has grown as high as the roof. Now I cut it out just to make the little lady smile.

This is a passage from Gui Youguang's The Story of a Ridge. He cut down a tree he planted and gave it to his wife as a wedding gift for his daughter. I want to make my daughter laugh, because my daughter is the most like a wife when she is young. I also hope that my daughter will be as loving as he and his wife after marriage.

Appreciation of works:

The original text of Selected Records of Ji Xiang can be divided into two parts, and before Yu Shi Ben Zhi, it was Selected Records. A few years later, a postscript was added, that is, "I take this as my goal". So the whole article can be divided into four paragraphs.

The first paragraph, from "Ji Xiang Xuan, the old South Pavilion" to "The wind is moving and the mountains are lovely", is the part of the article that deliberately describes the environment of the Xuan room and records the situation before and after the renovation of Ji Xiang Xuan. This section first reminds me of the "predecessor" of Xuan and the dilapidated scene of the old South Pavilion.

First, it is very small: "there is only an abbot in the room, and one person can live in it"; Second, it is very old: "a century-old house is full of dust and mud"; Third, the rain leaks: "The rain is betting"; Fourth, darkness: "The north can't get the sun, and it is already faint in the afternoon." In a word, Xiang is a humble room. The author added a window to check the leak and repaired it, without leakage or darkness; Because of the flowers and trees, the small porch room has become a scenic spot and an elegant study.