He knows that the dew will frost tonight. Which ancient poem is it? How bright the moonlight is at home! Where did it come from?

"He knows that the dew will frost tonight, and how bright the moonlight is at home! "Du Fu's Remembering Brothers on a Moonlit Night in the Tang Dynasty".

I. Original text

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.

Second, translation.

Garrison the drums upstairs to break pedestrians, and the lonely geese sing in autumn night. Starting from tonight, I entered the Millennium solar term, and the moon in my hometown is still the brightest. Although there are brothers, they are all separated, and it is impossible to find out about them. Letters from home to Luoyang have never been delivered, and frequent wars have never stopped.

Creation background

This poem was written by Du Fu in Qin Zhou in the autumn of 759 AD (the second year of Gan Yuan).

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.