The Gay Genius-Ch9&10

王安石变法对苏东坡的影响是，在三次上书朝廷痛陈变法弊端后，苏东坡被调离京都，于熙宁四年（1071）七月赴任杭州太守。

This was the period of his great activity as a poet, and he wrote beautiful songs, songs of sadness, of humor, and of anger.

这段时光反而成了苏东坡诗歌创作的活跃期，诗词里有感伤有幽默有愤怒，皆是出于本心，直抒胸臆。而这也是苏东坡最大的缺点，弟弟苏辙常因此忠言告知，要三缄其口。

Su Tungpo's one great fault was his habit of always speaking his mind before guests or in writing.

林语堂先生在第十章里，对苏轼苏辙这两兄弟的对比读来也甚是有趣：两兄弟的外貌性情及文学风格都各自迥异，然而在政治上的立场和态度却相当一致，我想这也是为何在本书开头的时候，林语堂先生会特别指出，这两兄弟之间的情谊是东坡毕生歌咏的题材吧~

The love and devotion between these two brothers and their constant loyalty to each other through all vicissitudes of fortune was a theme song of the poet's entire life. They comforted each other in sorrow, helped each other in distress, and dreamed about each other and wrote poems to each other as a form of communication.

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Words and Expressions:

These show only one hundredth part of what I saw, but I know that even you will shed tears when you see them.

shed, 及物动词，表示 “流，洒，落泪”，其过去时和过去分词也都是 shed，现在分词 shedding;

shed tears, 表示 “流泪，落泪”，[especially literary] to cry；
例句：She had not shed a single tear during the funeral.

本章后文还有一句有关 tears 的表达，也很形象，可以联想记忆。
There are certain people in this world who can turn on the tears at will.

此外，短语 shed light on sth，表示 “阐明，使…清楚地显出”；to make something easier to understand, by providing new or better information;
例句：Recent research has shed light on the causes of the disease.

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As he did later after Tungpo’s release from confinement, Tseyu put his hand across his mouth, which was to tell him to keep still henceforth.

henceforth，副词，常用于书面语，表示 “从今以后”，from this time forward：starting now; 与 from now on 近义；
例句：Henceforth, supervisors will report directly to the manager.
例句：She announced that henceforth she would be running the company.

对比记忆副词 thenceforth，同样见于书面语，表示 “从那时（过去或未来的）起…”，from that time forward：starting then；starting from a particular time;
例句：He was determined thenceforth to dedicate himself to his studies.
例句：He will graduate next year, thenceforth he will do his best to serve the people.