The meaning of "the setting sun is red" is: the sun still rises and sets.
"Red Sunset" is from "Linjiang Xian - The Rolling Yangtze River Passing East", a poem written by Yang Shen, a writer in the Ming Dynasty. 原文：
《临江仙-滚滚长江东逝水》
明代：杨慎
滚滚长江东逝水，浪花淘尽英雄。 The waves of the Yangtze River have exhausted the heroes, and the heads of the heroes have turned empty. The green mountains are still there, and the setting sun is red for several times.
The white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the river, accustomed to see the autumn moon and spring breeze. A jug of wine is a good way to meet people. I'm not sure how many things I've done in the past and present, but I'm sure I'll be able to tell them all.
Translation:
The Yangtze River flows eastward, and how many heroes have passed away like fluttering waves. Whether right or wrong, or success or failure (the achievements of ancient and modern heroes), it is all empty now, and has all faded away with the passing of the years. The green hills (rivers and mountains) of those days still exist, and the sun still rises and sets.
The gray-haired hermit by the river has long been accustomed to seeing the changes of the years. It is rare to meet with an old friend and drink a cup of wine in a painful way. How many things of the past and present have been put into (people's) talk and laughter.
Expanded Information:
. p>Background:
In 1511 (the sixth year of Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty), Yang Shen won the first place in the Imperial Examination. 1524, because of the offense of the Shizong Zhu Houzhong, Yang Shenan was sent to Yunnan to serve as a soldier. He often traveled around, observing the people's customs. Everywhere he went, he would talk about poems with local scholars, leaving behind a large number of poems describing Yunnan. This is one of them.
The first two lines of the poem remind us of Du Fu's "The boundless fallen trees are under Xiao Xiao, the Yangtze River rolls on" and Su Shi's "The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the heroes of the past", which compares the course of history with the river that never returns, and pushes the front waves with the latter to compare the heroes' powerful and heroic behavior with the former. The hero's great achievements are compared to the great achievements of the heroes. However, all of this will eventually be taken away by the river of history.
"Right and wrong, success and failure" is a summary of the historical phenomenon of the last two sentences, from which we can also see the author's open-minded outlook on life. "
The green hills and the setting sun symbolize the eternity of nature and the universe, and despite the rise and fall of successive generations, the green hills and the setting sun will not change, and the sadness of a life that passes away will creep in.
The words "Yangtze River", "passing water", "waves", "heroes", "green hills", "sunset", "fishermen and woodcutters", "river islets"," Autumn Moon", "Spring Breeze", "turbid wine", the mood is lofty and indifferent.
These images are also set off by "rolling", "amassed", "head empty", "still in the ", "a few times", "used to seeing", "happy to meet", "laughing about" These vivid words add a few more dynamics to the serene atmosphere of this lyric.
Author introduction:
Yang Shen (December 8, 1488-August 8, 1559), the word with Xiu, the first name Yuexi, Shengan, but also the name of Yat Shi Shi, Bonan mountain man, Dongtian Zhenyi, Diannan Gushu Shi, the Golden Horse Biji veterans, etc.. He was a native of Xindu, Sichuan (now Xindu District, Chengdu), and his ancestral home was Luling. Ming dynasty famous literati, Ming dynasty three talented son of the first, east cabinet university scholar Yang Tinghe's son.
Yang Shen in Zhengde six years (1511) and the first scholar, the official Hanlin Academy compiler, involved in the compilation and repair of the "Wuzong real record". He was involved in the compilation of the Records of Emperor Wuzong. When Emperor Wuzong traveled out of Juyongguan, he submitted a petition to protest. When Emperor Shizong succeeded to the throne, he resumed his work as a Hanlin compiler, and became a lecturer on the scripture feast. Jiajing three years (1524), because of the "big rituals" by the court cane, banished in yunnan yongchangwei.
The rate of family slaves to help Ping Xundian Anquan, Wuding Feng Chaowen rebellion, and since then, although round-trip in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, is still the old man in Yongchang Wei. Jiajing 38 (1559), Yang Shen died in the garrison, seventy-two years. Ming Mu Zong posthumously awarded the young secretary of the Temple of Light and Lu, Ming Xi Zong posthumously awarded the "Wen Xian", known as "Yang Wen Xian".
Yang Shen in Diannan thirty years, read a lot of books. The later on the recitation of the Ming Dynasty, the richness of the writings, push Yang Shen for the first. He was also capable of writing, lyrics and prose songs, and his works on ancient evidence were quite wide-ranging. His poems were written in the Six Dynasties and in the Late Tang Dynasty, and he created a wide range of words with deep attainments, which were independent of the prevailing trend. His writings amounted to more than four hundred titles, which were later edited into the Shengan Collection.