A Letter with Wu Qi, the Order of Chaogao --- Emperor Wen of Wei (The Essentials of Guoxue, Volume 5 -- The Essentials of Ancient Literature, Volume 2)

Original Text

On the 18th of May, Pi Bai. The first day of May 18th, Pi Bai! Although the Tu Road is a limited official position[1], I would like to say that I am not in a position to do so. The foot of the secluded left [2], the book asked to Jane, the more used to increase the labor. Every time I think of the past Nampi tour [3], really can not be forgotten. I have been thinking about the six sutras, and I have been enjoying the freedom of the 100's, and I have been playing wuqi, and I have been enjoying the six blogs[4], and I have been entertaining my heart with high talks, and I have been enjoying the zither with a good ear. Powers (Powers ㄔ ㄔ ㄥ ˇ逞)北场[5]，旅食南馆，浮甘瓜于清泉，沉朱李于寒水。 The sun is hidden (ㄋㄧ?)[6], followed by a clear moon, and the same ride is loaded to tour the back of the garden. The carriages and wheels were moving slowly, and there was no sound from them; the wind rose at night, and a sad whistle was sung, and there was sadness, and pathos, and I was saddened by it; I thought that it would be difficult to enjoy it, and my disciples thought that it would be true. Now, we are separated, each on a different side. Yuan Yu has passed away[7] and has become a foreign body, and every time I think about it, when can I say it? Fang now lewd (risk-taking) Boss Bing Ji time, the scenery fan things [8], the weather and warm, all the fruits with prosperous. The weather is warm and the fruits are abundant. When I was driving and traveling, I followed the river bends in the north, and the followers sounded reed to open the road, and literature was entrusted to the back of the car, and the festival was different at the same time! This time, I sent my horse to Yeh, so I made the road pass by in vain. I am not sure how I will be able to do that.

Notes

[1]The road is close. The first is that the first is a very good one, and the second is a very good one.

[1]Tu road although the bureau: the road is close.

[2] secluded left: people use the right hand as often, the left hand for secluded, so called the remote place for secluded left.

[3] Nampi: "Han Shu": Bohai County has Nampi County. Nampi County is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, south of Cangzhou City, on the banks of the South Canal, southeast of Shandong Province.

[4] Liubo: Liubo is a kind of ancient chess play, which was very popular in the Spring and Autumn, Warring States and Qin-Han periods.

[5] gallop: to ride a horse.

[6] Anonymous: same as "intimate". Close to.

[7] Yuan Yu: Ruan Yu's character.

[8] lexapro: The Book of Rites says: in the month of midsummer, lexapro in the law. Yi Tong Gua Check" said: summer solstice is the Jing Feng to.

Note that this is an article by Cao Pi, included in the Selected Writings, volume 42, and slightly in the Three Kingdoms - Wei Shu - Wang Chuan biography of the note quoted in the Wei Liao. In the book, the author recounts all the pleasures of his trip to Nampi, and laments that "things are different" and "happiness is not always possible" because of the scene in front of him. It is recognized as a masterpiece of the lyrical prose of the Wei and Jin dynasties, as it is written in a graceful and gentle style, with a brilliant literary style. Not only that, but the word "Nampi", like "Xiyuan", was also commonly used by later generations of writers, and became an allusion to the Yecheng scribes' banquets and entertainments.

Author

Cao Pi was the emperor of Wei. He was a famous statesman and writer during the Three Kingdoms period. Temple name Shizu (Wei Shizu), posthumous name Wen Emperor (Wei Wen Di). Zi Huan (子桓). A native of Qiao County, Peiguo (present-day Bozhou City, Anhui Province). Cao Cao's second son. His character was good at strategy and deceit, and he was also good at riding and archery, as well as fencing. In the twenty-second year of Jian'an, Cao Pi utilized a variety of stratagems and, with the help of Sima Yi, Wu Qi and other ministers, defeated his younger brother, Cao Zhi, in the struggle for the succession, and was established as the king's son. In October of the first year of Yankang (220), he forced Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate, changed the name of the state to Wei, and made himself Emperor of Wei. Cao Pi loved literature and had considerable achievements. He wrote some of China's earlier outstanding seven-character poems, such as "Yan Ge Xing" (燕歌行). Among them, "Yan Ge Xing" is the earliest and most complete existing seven-character poem in China, which was described by Wang Fuzhi as "unique in ancient and modern times". He also wrote The Canonical Treatise on Essays, which occupies an important position in the history of Chinese literary criticism.