Translated by Ma Wei and Li Shangyin.

Author: Li Shangyin

In vain, I heard the legend that overseas Kyushu, the afterlife is unpredictable, and this life will not stop.

When they heard the guards guarding them, they fought swords at night, and there were no more chickens in the palace.

The Sixth Army has agreed that they will all be stationed in Malaysia. On the old Qixi Festival, we also laughed at the Weaver Girl.

How did I spend the fourth period? I was an emperor, but not a son-in-law. I was with Mochow at night.

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In vain, I heard that there is Kyushu overseas, and the afterlife is unpredictable. This life will stop here.

Empty heard the words of the guards, and fought a knife fight at night. There were no more phoenix people in the palace, and they fought more at dawn.

The Sixth Legion has agreed that they will all stay in Malaysia. Looking back on Tanabata, we still laugh at the Weaver Cowherd.

How to be the son of heaven after four years, but not as good as the husband of the Lu family, accompanying Mochow day and night.

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Wéi: Place name, where Yang Guifei hanged herself. "Tongzhi": "Mayipo, 25 miles in Anxingping County. "Biography of Yang Guifei in the Old Tang Dynasty": "The Anshi rebellion, the fall of Tongguan, from luck to Ma Wei. General Chen secretly instructed the prince to punish the father and son, and then the four armies did not leave, saying, "The thief is still there." Refers to the imperial concubine. The emperor couldn't get himself, so he consulted with the imperial concubine and hanged himself in the Buddhist temple at the age of 38. "

Overseas disciples heard more about Kyushu: This sentence means that Yang Guifei in Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow lived on an overseas fairy mountain after her death. Although she heard the news of the restoration of Kyushu in the Tang Dynasty, she was isolated from God and could never reunite with Xuanzong again.

Twain: Kong Wen, what I heard is groundless. "More" again, and.

Kyushu: The original note of this poem: "Zou: Besides Kyushu, there is Kyushu." During the Warring States Period, Zou Yan, a Qi native, created the theory of "Nine States", saying that China is famous for Chixian Shenzhou, and there are nine places as big as Chixian Shenzhou outside China.

Unknown: one is "to be determined". Tiger brigade: refers to the imperial army that followed Xuanzong into Shu.

Chuan: One is "Ming".

Tu:, also known as Jin, reports for the night shift.

Chicken man: the guard who tells the time in the palace. In the Han dynasty, chickens were not allowed in the palace, and the guards waited outside Suzaku Gate to preach chickens and sing songs.

Chip: timing equipment.

"Today" sentence: Describe Maweipo incident. Bai Juyi's "Song of Eternal Sorrow": "All the soldiers are motionless until the horseshoe steps on the moth eyebrow. "

Altair: Altair, namely Altair. This refers to the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

Four periods: 48 years. In the twelfth year of Sui and Xing Dynasties, every day was a period, and Xuanzong reigned for forty-five years, which was probably four periods.

Mochow: An ancient Luoyang woman married a Lujia woman and lived happily after marriage. Xiao Yan's Song of the River: "The river flows eastward, and the daughter's name is Mochow. Mochow could weave beautiful flowers at the age of thirteen and pick mulberry heads at the age of fourteen. Fifteen married into the Lu family, sixteen born with Hou. Lu's room is a beam with turmeric and storax in it. " .