Ninth Day Ninth Lunar Month
九 日
一 为 吴 郡 守
不 觉 菊 花 开。
始 有 故 园 思
且 喜 众 宾 来。
Jiu Ri
Yi wei wu jun shou
Bu jue ju hua kai.
Shi you gu yuan si
Qie xi zhong bin lai.
Ninth Day Ninth Lunar Month
Since I arrived as a government official in this Wu prefecture
Not aware that the chrysanthemum buds have opened.
Only then begin to think of my hometown
For a while happy because many guests have arrived.
Notes:
Ninth day ninth lunar month: Also known as the Mid-Autumn and the Chrysanthemum Festival.
Wu state and region: Founded during the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was located at the mouth of the Changjiang (Yangzi River) inside Zhejiang Province.
