Su Shi, a poet in the Song Dynasty, encouraged his friends to work hard in his letter to Liu Jingwen. It's just a poem that should be optimistic for a while and should not be depressed.

You must remember the best scenery in a year, which is in the late autumn and early winter of orange and green.

To Liu Jingwen is a seven-character quatrain written by Su Shi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. This poem was written in the fifth year of Yuan You (A.D. 1090) and is an encouraging poem for my good friend Liu Jingwen.

In the first half of this poem, it is said that "the lotus flower is exhausted" or it is necessary to maintain the integrity of pride and frost. In the second half, it is only temporary to encourage friends to be optimistic and not depressed through "orange, orange and green". Express the author's broad mind, encourage and support friends in the same predicament, and express their feelings with lofty artistic conception.

Full text: Lotus has no rain cover, but chrysanthemum still has Ao Shuang branches. You must remember the best scenery in a year, which is in the late autumn and early winter of orange and green.

The lotus flower withered, even the lotus leaf holding the rain withered, only to defeat the chrysanthemum flower branch and stand proudly in the frost. You must remember that the best scenery in a year is in the late autumn and early winter when oranges are golden and green.

Extended data:

This poem is about the scenery in early winter. In order to highlight "orange, orange and green, the best scenery in a year", the poet first painted a picture of late autumn with highly summarized pen and ink: the lotus pond, which once had green leaves and red flowers reflecting the sun, has long withered, and the withered stems and leaves can no longer support the green umbrella to shelter from the wind and rain.

The residual chrysanthemum under the independent hedge, although the stem is fragrant, has no leaves, and only the tall and straight branches are still strong against the wind in Ao Shuang. There are many kinds of nature, and flowers bloom and fall in a year. It can be said that the seasons are different and the months are different.

Here, the poet only chose the lotus and chrysanthemum that won the competition in summer and autumn respectively, and wrote their withering to set off the cold heart of orange. The genius of the poet is that he did not simply write about the decline of lotus and chrysanthemum, but extended the brushwork of description to lotus leaves and chrysanthemum branches.