Shīrén xiě jìn jiāngnányǔjiāngběi de lí qíng bié xù.
The poet has captured every parting sentiment of 'the Yangtze's south and north.'
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history
From 王安石's 《泊船瓜洲》 (Northern Song, 1075), written at Guazhou just before crossing the Yangtze on a return journey: 春风又绿江南岸，明月何时照我还 (The spring wind has again greened Jiangnan's shore; when will the bright moon see me home?). The phrase 江南与江北 recurs widely in classical verse as shorthand for 'both sides of the Yangtze.'
usage
江南 = south of the Yangtze: soft, lush, cultured (Suzhou, Hangzhou). 江北 = north of the Yangtze: often rougher, agricultural. The pairing is geographic and cultural, an old Chinese shorthand for 'two worlds, one river.' 与 = and (formal).
