There is a loquat tree in the yard, which was planted when my wife died. Now it is as graceful as a building.

There is a loquat tree in the courtyard, which was planted when my wife died, and now it is as graceful as a cover.

There is a loquat tree in the yard, which was planted by my wife when she died. Now it is as tall and lush as an umbrella.

From Gui Youguang's Ji Xiang Proclamation (Ming Dynasty)

original text

I have this ambition. In the next five years, I admire my wife coming back to the porch, asking me about the past, or learning from several books. When the lady returned to Ning, she said to the younger sisters, "I heard that the younger sister has a pavilion. What is a pavilion?" In the following six years, my wife died, and I never regretted it. Two years later, I was ill in bed for a long time without any sustenance, and I sent someone to repair the South Pavilion. The pattern was slightly different from the past. However, after that, I was more outside than living here.

There is a loquat tree in the yard, which was planted by my wife when she died. Now it stands tall and luxuriant like an umbrella.

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After I finished writing this article, my wife came to my house five years later. She often comes to the porch to ask me some old things. Sometimes she learns to write at her desk. My wife went back to her parents' house to visit relatives, and came back to relay the words of the younger sisters: "I heard that there is a small attic in my sister's house. What is that small attic?"

Six years later, my wife died, and Ji Xiangxuan was dilapidated and not renovated. Two years later, I was ill in bed for a long time and had no (spiritual) sustenance, so I sent someone to repair the South Pavilion, and the pattern was slightly different from the past. However, after that, I spent most of my time outside and didn't often live here.

There is a loquat tree in the yard, which was planted by my wife and brother Hong Shenzi when they died. Now it is as tall and lush as an umbrella.

Working background

Selected Records of Ji Xiang is a reminiscence essay by Gui Youguang, a writer in Ming Dynasty.

This paper takes Xiang Jixuan, the study where the author lived day and night in his youth, as a lesson, and takes the personnel changes in his hometown for the latitude, which truly reproduces the voice and smile of his grandmother, mother and wife, and also expresses the author's deep memory of three deceased relatives.

works appreciation

The last sentence, "There was a loquat tree in the imperial court, which was planted by my wife when she died. Now it is as elegant as the cover. " Expressing emotion by borrowing things shows the author's deep nostalgia for his wife, and also shows the author's long years in Xiangjixuan.

The author is good at describing the disintegration of a feudal family with distinctive details and reflecting the decline of the returning family. Go home, the original courtyard and the sail mill are connected north and south, which is a whole. Since the "half-brother", many small doors have been set up and walls are everywhere. Fence off first, and then block it with a wall ("fence first, wall already"). In particular, "East dogs bark in the west, guests have a feast, chickens live in the hall", and a few strokes show the decadent, declining and chaotic situation caused by the disintegration of a feudal family to the fullest. In addition, writing about my grandmother's visit to Xiang Jixuan, encouraging the author to study and seek official positions, praising ancestors, can also dialysis the decline of the way to return home. Gui Youguang's grandmother's grandfather was an official in the imperial court during the Xuande period. Now, "my family's study has been ineffective for a long time", and their children have no hope of imperial examinations. But with the function of separation, resulting in a divided and malodorous family, so we had to pin our hopes on our grandson Gui Youguang.

Brief introduction of the author

Gui Youguang (1506 ~ 157 1 year). Prose writer, litterateur and ancient prose writer in Ming Dynasty. Are the words Xifu, Kaifu, Zhenchuan and Xiangjisheng [8] "Eight Great Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" or "Qing Dynasty"? Bridges of Tongcheng School, and? Where is Wang? Tang Shunzhi? Mao Kun is also called "? Tang and Song School ". Its text is called "pure text first" and "today's?" Ouyang Xiuzan is called "Mr. Zhenchuan". In the Ming Dynasty, people from Kunshan (now Kunshan, Jiangsu) moved to Jiading (now Jiading, Shanghai). I studied in health school in my early years. Jiajing Jinshi, official to Nanjing Taibu Temple Cheng. He died at the age of 66. In literature, Gui Youguang is mainly engaged in prose creation, and his prose inherits the styles of Ouyang Xiu and Ceng Gong. His style is simple and natural, natural, with no deliberate traces of carving and sincere feelings. His selection of materials is mainly based on family chores, expressing the affection between mother and child, husband and wife, brothers and so on. His writing is light and simple, natural and cordial, with sincere feelings and vivid details.