家書 A letter to all family

【作者介紹】

黃庭堅，字魯直，號涪翁，又號山谷，分寧人。生於宋仁宗慶曆五年，卒於徽宗崇寧四年，享年六十一歲。為江詩西派的領袖人物，更是東坡的好友。門人諡曰「文節先生」。魯直自幼聰穎，讀書幾可過目不忘。蘇東坡曾見其詩文，以為超軼絕塵，為蘇門四學士之一。舉進士，官至起居舍人，但因黨爭之故，先後被眨謫至黔州、涪州、鄂州，最後客死宜州。忠賢而不得志，這點和東坡相同，實在可惜。書亦為北宋四大家之一。

Inside Story

This was a letter sent to home. Huang Tingchien named every member of his family in the letter. He also talked about the loneliness in his journey and that his thoughts were with the family. He did not want them to worry him, he was sound and safe. In addition, he reminded them to keep harmony and follow rules; children must be diligent, they were not allowed to miss school by pretending sick. As for kids who were too young to go to school, they must be well taken care of and could not get involved in accidents.