Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - "People are good in their hometown, and the moon is bright in their hometown." What's the next sentence?

"People are good in their hometown, and the moon is bright in their hometown." What's the next sentence?

There is no next sentence in this sentence.

"People are good in their hometown, and the moon is bright in their hometown." It's a sentence from a person far away from home, not a poem. He probably means that everything in his hometown is better than outside, which is a special feeling for his hometown and shows his special yearning for his hometown.

He knows that the dew tonight will be frost, and the moonlight at home will be how bright! Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, remembers his brothers on a moonlit night.

Think of my brothers on a moonlit night.

Du Fu

The drums of the defenders cut off people's communication, and a lonely goose was singing in autumn in the frontier.

The dew turns to frost tonight, and the moonlight at home is bright!

Brothers are scattered, and no one can ask about life and death.

Letters sent to Luoyang city are often not delivered, and wars often do not stop.

Translation:

The drums on the garrison building cut off people's communication. In autumn, a lonely goose is singing. Starting from tonight, I entered the Millennium solar term, and the moon in my hometown is still the brightest. Brothers are scattered, and life and death are homeless. Letters sent to Luoyang city are often not delivered, not to mention frequent wars.

Creation background

This poem was written by Du Fu in Qin Zhou in the autumn of 759 AD. In September this year, during the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan and Shi Siming led troops from Fan Yang to the south, captured Bianzhou and entered Luoyang in the west. Shandong and Henan are at war. At that time, Du Fu's younger brothers were scattered in this area, and because of the war, there was no communication, which made him feel intense anxiety and yearning. Remembering Brothers on a Moonlit Night is a true record of his thoughts and feelings at that time. In the poem, the two brothers were separated by the war and never heard from each other. Watching the autumn night and the moon dew in a foreign land with drums and lonely geese can only double the feeling of homesickness and missing my brother. Du Fu, an exiled poet, is even more sad for his country when he sees the broken mountains and rivers and misses his brother who doesn't know life and death.