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秋日

An Autumn Day

宗臣

Zong Chen

感怀reflection 山水landscape

清风何处问吾庐，落日他乡泪满裾。
胡马频年为客计，塞鸿八月故人书。
白蘋江上共谁把，紫蕨山中好自锄。
只恐凌云称赋者，汉家久矣待相如。

Where in the clear wind shall I ask after my thatched hut? At sunset, in a stranger land, my lapels are wet with tears.
Year on year the northern horse reckons my exile; the frontier wild-goose in the eighth month brings a friend's letter.
By the river, who shall I gather the white duckweed with? In the hills, better to hoe my own purple fern.
I only fear that the one who claims the soaring cloud of fu — the Han court has long awaited a man like Xiangru.

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Meaning

In the autumn wind, where can he ask after his own cottage? At sunset in a foreign land his tears soak his lapels. The northern horse reckons, year after year, his time as a guest; the frontier wild-goose brings a friend's letter in the eighth month. With whom by the river shall he share the white duckweed, and in the hills it is better to hoe his own purple fern. He only fears that the man of soaring fu talent — the Han court has long been waiting for one like Sima Xiangru.

秋风里何处去寻问我的草庐？落日下流落他乡，眼泪沾满衣襟。胡地之马连年为客子算计归期，塞上大雁八月捎来故人书信。白蘋江上能与谁同赏？紫蕨山中正好独自锄耘。只怕那凌云逞赋的才士，汉家早已久待如相如般的人物。全诗以秋日羁宦为背景，融客愁、友情与自负于一炉，章法跌宕，由悲入淡、由淡入豪，是明代「后七子」宗臣律诗中清健有骨的名篇。

Appreciation

Zong Chen's regulated poem moves from scene to feeling with a clear, upright bone. It opens on a question — 'Where in the clear wind shall I ask after my thatched hut?' — already tinted with sorrow as the sunset fills a stranger's lapels with tears. The second couplet sets the northern horse against the frontier wild-goose: one figures the long exile, the other a friend's word, real and imagined breeding life. The third couplet suddenly brightens into a freer thought — by the river who shares the duckweed, in the hills better to hoe one's own fern — turning grief toward the wish to retire. The close, 'I only fear that the one who claims the soaring cloud of fu,' comparing himself to Sima Xiangru, hides a complaint of unrecognized worth beneath his self-confidence; the structure rises and falls, handsome and clean.

【白话串讲】 “清风何处问吾庐，落日他乡泪满裾”——宗臣在异乡的秋日落泪。“白蘋江上共谁把，紫蕨山中好自锄”——他劝自己：不如归隐山中。【意象与手法】首联「清风何处问吾庐，落日他乡泪满裾」以问起笔，景中带情，落日泪裾已定悲调；颔联「胡马频年为客计，塞鸿八月故人书」以胡马、塞鸿对举，一写羁留之久，一写故人音书，虚实相生；颈联忽作旷想，「白蘋江上共谁把，紫蕨山中好自锄」由悲转淡，见归隐之愿；尾联「只恐凌云称赋者，汉家久矣待相如」以相如自况，自负中藏不遇之慨，章法跌宕，俊爽有骨。【情感与主旨】宗臣（1525—1560），字子相，号方城山人，兴化人，嘉靖二十九年进士，官至福建提学副使。性耿介，因赙金助杨继盛丧而触怒严嵩，出为福建参议，以御倭功升迁，三十六岁卒官，为「嘉靖七子」（后七子）之一。此诗写于其羁宦他乡、值秋感怀之时，融客愁、友情与自负于一炉。【名句点睛】中高考常从「羁旅思乡」「用典抒情」设题：一、首联问句起笔的表达效果；二、颔联胡马塞鸿对举的虚实相生；三、尾联「凌云赋」「待相如」用典所见的自负与不遇之慨。

Background

Zong Chen (1525-1560), courtesy Zixiang, style Fangcheng Shanren, was a native of Xinghua, a 1550 jinshi who rose to Assistant Education Commissioner of Fujian. Frank by nature, he angered Yan Song by helping pay for Yang Jisheng's funeral and was sent out as a Fujian judge; he rose through merits against the Japanese pirates and died in office at thirty-six. One of the 'Seven Masters of the Jiajing era' (the Later Seven Masters), he advocated literary revival. This poem was written when, an official far from home in autumn, he sent it to a friend, blending travel-sorrow, friendship, and self-assurance.

《秋日》为明代诗人宗臣（1525—1560）所作，是一首写羁宦秋愁的七律。宗臣字子相，号方城山人，扬州兴化人，嘉靖二十九年（1550）进士，历任刑部主事、吏部考功郎中等职，官至福建提学副使，为「嘉靖七子」（后七子）之一，与李攀龙、王世贞、谢榛等并称。宗臣为人刚直耿介，嘉靖三十四年（1555），杨继盛因劾严嵩十大罪而被处死，宗臣不顾株连之险，出资赙赠其丧，遂触怒权相严嵩，被出为福建参议；在闽期间，他整饬吏治、组织抗倭，以御倭功擢升按察副使，然不久病卒于官，年仅三十六。此诗即写于其羁宦他乡、值秋感怀之时：诗人客居闽地（或赴任途中），秋风起而思故园，落日下而泪满衣襟，遂作此诗寄怀。诗中「清风何处问吾庐」的故园之思、「落日他乡泪满裾」的客愁、「塞鸿八月故人书」的友人之念，皆其羁旅生活的真实写照；而「紫蕨山中好自锄」的归隐之想与「汉家久矣待相如」的自负，又见其身在江湖、心存魏阙的复杂心态——他既因触怒权臣而远放，又自负才学、渴望见用，归隐与用世的两端，在秋日的客愁中交织成一曲复杂的心曲。此诗作于明中叶复古运动盛行之际，「后七子」主张「文必秦汉，诗必盛唐」，宗臣此诗正是其「拟唐而自具面目」的代表：格律严整、气象高华，有盛唐七律的俊爽，而其客愁自负的骨子里，又带着明代士人特有的耿介之气。

Art

The first couplet opens on a question, feeling within scene; sunset and tears already set a mournful key. The second couplet sets the northern horse and the frontier wild-goose in parallel — one the long exile (year on year a guest), the other a friend's letter (eighth month) — real and imagined breeding. The third couplet turns from grief to a lighter thought, 'who shall I gather the duckweed with / better to hoe my own fern,' showing the wish to retire, broad and faint. The last couplet, 'I only fear that the one who claims the soaring cloud of fu,' comparing himself to Xiangru, hides unrecognized talent beneath confidence; the composition rises and falls, handsome and bony.

此诗艺术上最见功力处，在于章法的跌宕与情感的多重转折，全诗四联，一联一境，由悲入淡、由淡入豪，起伏有致。首联「清风何处问吾庐，落日他乡泪满裾」以问起笔，定下悲调：「清风何处问吾庐」写秋风起而思故园——秋风本无家，何处去问我的草庐？一问之中，故园之思与身世之浮俱见；「落日他乡泪满裾」写落日西沉、他乡流落，泪满衣襟，「泪满裾」三字以泪之多写愁之深，落日映泪，悲情具象。颔联「胡马频年为客计，塞鸿八月故人书」转入客愁的展开：「胡马频年为客计」以胡马代指羁旅——胡马本恋北风（古诗「胡马依北风」），却连年为客计归程，马犹如此，人何以堪；「塞鸿八月故人书」以塞鸿写故人音书——八月塞鸿南来，捎来故人书信，一慰乡愁，虚实相生，客愁与友情交织。颈联「白蘋江上共谁把，紫蕨山中好自锄」忽作旷想，由悲转淡：江上白蘋，无人共赏；山中紫蕨，正好自锄——归隐之愿，在「共谁把」「好自锄」的一问一答中透出，笔调由沉郁转清旷。尾联「只恐凌云称赋者，汉家久矣待相如」由淡转豪，以相如自况：只怕那凌云逞赋的才士，汉家早已久待——自负之语，暗藏不遇之慨。四联一悲一愁一淡一豪，章法跌宕，如江河之流转，正是「后七子」复古诗「格高调响」而自具情致的体现。

Allusions

The last couplet uses the story of Sima Xiangru, who presented his 'Zixu' and 'Shanglin' fu; Emperor Wu read them with delight and sighed that he could not have lived with such a man, so later ages call a favoured man of letters 'awaited like Xiangru.' Zong Chen compares himself to Xiangru, both confident in his fu talent and hinting that, though the court 'awaits a Xiangru,' he is still cast down. 'White duckweed' and 'purple fern' transform the Chu Ci and retirement imagery — gathering duckweed on the river, hoeing fern in the hills — quietly carrying on the reclusive ease of Zhang Han's water-shield and Tao Qian's farming; the allusions sit naturally.

此诗用典集中于尾联，而典故的运用深得「古为今用」之妙，是理解全诗的关键。「凌云称赋者」「待相如」用司马相如之典：《史记·司马相如列传》载，汉武帝读司马相如《子虚赋》而善之，叹曰「朕独不得与此人同时哉」，后相如因狗监杨得意之荐得见武帝，复作《上林赋》，武帝大悦，拜为郎；又《汉书·扬雄传》载扬雄作赋，以为「赋莫深于《离骚》，反而广之……辞莫丽于相如」，「凌云」一词出《史记》「相如既奏《大人》之颂，天子大悦，飘飘有凌云之气，似游天地之间意」，后世遂以「凌云之笔」「凌云赋」称超逸的辞赋之才，以「待相如」喻朝廷求才若渴、思得文士。宗臣以相如自况，其意有二：其一，自负——我亦有凌云之才、相如之赋，正如当年汉武帝待相如，朝廷（汉家）也当有识才待士之人；其二，自伤——「只恐」二字一转，写不遇之慨：只怕有凌云之才者，而「汉家久矣待相如」却无人荐引，相如幸遇杨得意，而我之「杨得意」何在？自负与自伤，一线之隔。此外，「胡马」「塞鸿」用古诗「胡马依北风，越鸟巢南枝」与「鸿雁传书」之典意，「白蘋」「紫蕨」化用《楚辞》「登白蘋兮骋望」及隐逸采蕨（伯夷叔齐采薇、张翰莼鲈）的意象，江上采蘋、山中锄蕨，暗承归隐传统。诸典皆化用无迹，为抒怀服务，正见宗臣「拟唐而自具面目」的功力。

Commentary

The Ming Shi·Wenyuan biography says Zong Chen and his fellows held that 'poetry must be High Tang'; Wang Shizhen praised his 'spirit high and air issuing forth.' The modern Qian Jibo judged his regulated poems 'often have fine lines'; couplets like 'at sunset in a stranger land my lapels are wet with tears' and 'who shall I gather the white duckweed with' are clear and strong, and even amid the Later Seven Masters' archaism show individual spirit — thus though he imitates Tang he keeps his own face.

此诗历来被视为明代「后七子」律诗的代表作之一，其清健俊爽的风格颇受推许。《明史·文苑传》载宗臣「诗文主张复古」「诗必盛唐」，而王世贞评其诗「意气风发」；近人钱基博《明代文学》论后七子，谓宗臣律诗「常有隽句」，此诗「落日他乡泪满裾」「白蘋江上共谁把」诸联，清健流转，于复古摹唐的风气中犹能见出性灵与真情，故虽拟唐而自具面目。就「后七子」群体而言，李攀龙之诗雄杰而或失之粗、王世贞之诗宏富而或失之杂，宗臣之诗则清俊有骨，此诗正其代表：它既有盛唐七律的格律气象（对仗工整、声调铿锵），又有明代士人特有的耿介之气与身世之感（触忤权臣、远放他乡），复古而不失自我。就诗史意义言，此诗体现了明代中期「诗必盛唐」主张下的创作实绩——拟唐而不蹈袭，取盛唐之气格而注以自家之情，是复古运动中「得其神」而非「袭其貌」的典范；其「羁旅感怀」的主题与「由悲入豪」的章法，亦为明清七律的抒情传统提供了一个清健的范本。

Prosody

Form Seven-character regulated poem (seven-character lü)七言律诗（近体）

Rhyme Ping-shui rhyme, upper-level six yu group (hut, lapels, letter, hoe, like)庐、裾、书、锄、如，押平声鱼韵（平水韵上平六鱼），首句入韵。

Tone pattern First line enters rhyme, level-onset level-close; middle two couplets neatly antithetical平起首句入韵式。首句「清风何处问吾庐」为平平平仄仄平平，次句「落日他乡泪满裾」为仄仄平平仄仄平，三句「胡马频年为客计」为平仄平平平仄仄，四句「塞鸿八月故人书」为仄平仄仄仄平平，中二联对仗工整，平仄合律。

Reading note Standard seven-lü; the Later Seven Masters' high, handsome, clean manner此诗为七言律诗正格，平起首句入韵，押上平六鱼韵，韵脚「庐、裾、书、锄、如」皆清亮悠长，正合秋日感怀的萧疏情调，一韵到底而声调流转。格律上，此诗严守近体规范：平仄合律，中二联（颔联、颈联）对仗工整——「胡马频年为客计，塞鸿八月故人书」以胡马对塞鸿、频年对八月、为客计对故人书，虚实相生；「白蘋江上共谁把，紫蕨山中好自锄」以白蘋对紫蕨、江上对山中、共谁把对好自锄，工稳而自然。章法上，四联起承转合分明：首联以问起笔定悲调，颔联承写客愁，颈联转写归隐之想，尾联合以相如自况，由悲入淡、由淡入豪，跌宕有致，正是「后七子」所宗盛唐七律「气格高华、章法谨严」的体现。此诗的语言兼有盛唐的气象与明代士人的骨力：「泪满裾」「频年」「好自锄」「待相如」等语，既有唐人律诗的凝练，又带着宗臣个人的身世之感，拟唐而不蹈袭。诵读此诗，宜以清朗顿挫之音出之，首联沉郁、颔联低回、颈联旷淡、尾联昂扬，四联声情各异，方能传达其章法跌宕、情感起伏之致，体会明代复古诗「格高调响而情真」的风貌。

Line by line

清风何处问吾庐，落日他乡泪满裾。

In the clear wind, where can I ask after my cottage? At sunset in a strange land, my tears wet the lapels.

秋风里何处去寻问我的草庐？落日下流落他乡，眼泪沾满衣襟

In the clear wind, where shall I ask for my cottage? At sunset in a foreign place, tears soak my lapels.

首联以问起笔，景中带情，是全诗的定调之联，悲凉之音自此而出。「清风何处问吾庐」写秋风与故园——秋风起于何处？我的草庐又在何处？一问之中，两重怅惘：身在异乡，秋风吹不到故园，故园在何处亦不可问，「何处」二字把客居的漂泊与故园的渺远写得既空灵又沉痛；「落日他乡泪满裾」写落日与乡泪——落日西沉，正是「日暮乡关何处是」的断肠之时，而他乡游子，泪满衣襟，「泪满裾」三字以泪之多写愁之深，不说「思乡」而思乡之痛尽在「满」字之中。两句一写「问」、一写「泪」，一问一泪，由问而泪，把秋日客愁写得层层加深：清风引愁、落日催泪，景与情在首联即已交融，为全诗定下悲凉的基调，也为后文「频年」「八月」的客愁展开与「好自锄」「待相如」的转折蓄势，是典型的「以景起情、情因景深」的开篇。

The wind. In the clear wind, where can I ask after my cottage? At sunset in a strange land, my tears wet the lapels. The where-is-my-cottage question and the sunset tears are the opening. To have asked after the cottage would be a question; the in-the-clear-wind-where-can-I-ask-after-my-cottage-at-sunset-in-a-strange-land-my-tears-wet-the-lapels is the question.

胡马频年为客计，塞鸿八月故人书。

Barbarian horses year by year reckon the traveler's stay; frontier geese in August bring letters from old friends.

胡马连年为客子算计归期，塞鸿八月捎来故人书信

Barbarian horses, year after year, reckon the wanderer's stay; frontier geese in August bring letters from old friends.

颔联以胡马、塞鸿对举，是全诗客愁的具体展开，虚实相生，情味深长。「胡马频年为客计」写羁留之久——「胡马」用古诗「胡马依北风」之典意，胡马生于北地而恋北风，此处借指久客他乡的自己；「频年」写连年之久，不是一载两载，而是年复一年；「为客计」写算计归期——胡马尚且依恋北风、计算归程，而我连年为客，归期何时？马犹如此，人何以堪，以马写人，含而不露。「塞鸿八月故人书」写故人音书——八月塞鸿南来，捎来故人的书信，一慰乡愁。「八月」与「频年」对举，一是具体之时（今年八月），一是长久之期（连年），时间的一短一长、音书的一得一盼，虚实相生：音书虽至而相见无期，故人之书愈慰愈愁。两句以「胡马」写己之羁、「塞鸿」写人之念，一客一友、一归一寄，把羁旅的孤寂与友情的温暖交织在一起，正是「后七子」律诗对仗工整而情韵流转的典型。

The geese. Barbarian horses year by year reckon the traveler's stay; frontier geese in August bring letters from old friends. The horses reckoning the stay and the August geese with letters are the couplet. To have paired the horse and the goose would be a couplet; the barbarian-horses-year-by-year-reckon-the-traveler's-stay-frontier-geese-in-August-bring-letters-from-old-friends is the couplet.

白蘋江上共谁把，紫蕨山中好自锄。

With whom shall I gather the white duckweed on the river? The purple bracken in the hills is good to dig alone.

江上白蘋能与谁同赏？山中紫蕨正好独自锄耘

With whom shall I pluck the white duckweed by the river? The purple bracken in the hills is best dug for oneself.

颈联忽作旷想，由悲转淡，是全诗的转捩之联，也是宗臣归隐心绪的流露，笔调最见清旷。「白蘋江上共谁把」写江上之思——白蘋生于江畔，采蘋本是《楚辞》「登白蘋兮骋望」的传统意象，兼有「采芳赠远」的相思意味，此处以问句发之：江上白蘋，能与谁共赏共采？一问之中，知音难觅的孤独与故人远隔的怅惘俱见；「紫蕨山中好自锄」写山中之事——紫蕨生于山中，蕨可食，采蕨锄蕨本是隐逸生活的内容（承伯夷叔齐采薇、陶渊明躬耕的传统），「好自锄」三字以「好」字写对山中隐耕的向往，旷淡中有真趣：无人共赏白蘋，不如山中自锄紫蕨。「共谁把」与「好自锄」一问一答，由「无人共」的寂寞转为「独自锄」的自安，情感由悲转淡、由外转内：既然客途知音难觅，不如归隐山中，自耕自食。两句以白蘋、紫蕨两个植物意象写两种人生选择，对仗工整而笔致清婉，是「后七子」诗中少见的旷淡之联，也为尾联「待相如」的自负转出作了情绪上的铺垫。

The bracken. With whom shall I gather the white duckweed on the river? The purple bracken in the hills is good to dig alone. The with-whom duckweed and the good-to-dig bracken are the turn to retirement. To have turned to digging bracken would be a turn; the with-whom-shall-I-gather-the-white-duckweed-on-the-river-the-purple-bracken-in-the-hills-is-good-to-dig-alone is the turn.

只恐凌云称赋者，汉家久矣待相如。

I only fear the rhapsodist who would scale the clouds—long has the Han court waited for a Sima Xiangru.

只怕那凌云逞赋的才士，汉家早已久待如相如般的人物

I only fear the rhapsodist fit to ride the clouds; long has the Han court waited for a Xiangru.

尾联用司马相如之典，由淡转豪，是全诗情感的落点，自负与自伤并存，最见宗臣的个性与心境。「只恐凌云称赋者」写才士之自负——「凌云」用汉武帝读相如赋「飘飘有凌云之气」之典，「凌云称赋者」即如相如般有凌云之才的辞赋家，诗人以之自况，自负其才；「汉家久矣待相如」写朝廷之待才——「汉家」代指当朝，「久矣」写等待之长久，谓朝廷久已思得相如式的人才。两句合观，其意有三层：其一，自负——我即凌云之才，朝廷正需相如式的人物，用世之心未泯；其二，自伤——「只恐」二字一转：只怕我这凌云之才，空有「汉家久矣待相如」的际遇期待，而无人荐引，如相如未遇杨得意之前，才名空悬；其三，自解——归隐之想（前联「好自锄」）与用世之志（此联「待相如」）的冲突，正在这「只恐」的犹疑中：想归隐，又恐辜负了凌云之才；想用世，又恐无人识才。全诗在自负与自伤的微妙张力中收束，由悲入淡、由淡入豪，结句余味悠长，正是宗臣「耿介自负、才高不遇」心态的诗化写照。

The Xiangru. I only fear the rhapsodist who would scale the clouds—long has the Han court waited for a Sima Xiangru. The Sima Xiangru Lingyun-fu allusion and the Han-court-waited are the self-estimate. To have invoked Sima Xiangru would be an allusion; the I-only-fear-the-rhapsodist-who-would-scale-the-clouds-long-has-the-Han-court-waited-for-a-Sima-Xiangru is the allusion.

Study

Word focus

泪满裾 'Full' writes the abundance of a traveller's tears; sunset on tears makes the sorrow concrete. 「落日他乡泪满裾」之「泪满裾」，是首联最见分量的三字，一字「满」写尽客愁之深，是此诗炼字的点睛之笔。「泪」写愁之有形，「满」写泪之多——不是「泪沾裾」「泪湿裾」，而是「泪满裾」，泪水之多，满溢衣襟，仿佛胸中积郁的乡愁全部化作了泪水；「裾」为衣襟、衣前襟，以衣襟之具体写泪之众多，化无形之愁为有形之泪。此三字的妙处有四：其一，写情之深——泪满衣襟，非一滴两滴，而是滂沱难止，愁之深、思之切，尽在「满」字；其二，衬景之悲——「落日」本已苍凉，落日之下，他乡游子，泪满衣襟，景与情交融成最悲凉的一幕，正是「日暮客愁新」的具象化；其三，定全诗之调——首联即以「泪满裾」写足悲情，则后文「频年为客」的愁、「共谁把」的孤、「待相如」的慨，皆由此泪而来，一泪而牵动全篇；其四，见宗臣之真——「后七子」复古诗多尚格调而少真情，宗臣此联以泪写真，于复古风气中独见性情，正是其「清健有骨」之处。一字「满」而情、景、调、性四者兼具，是此诗炼字最精的一笔。

频年 Meaning year after year; it states the long official exile, and with 'eighth month' (the letter) forms a tension of time. 「胡马频年为客计」之「频年」，是全诗写羁旅之久的关键词，二字而见客愁的漫长与无奈。「频年」即连年、年年之意，写时间的连续累积——不是一年两年的客居，而是年复一年的羁旅，「频」字见其频繁不断，如年轮般层层叠加。此词的妙处有三：其一，写时间之久——「频年」与下句「八月」对举，「八月」是具体的当下（今年八月），「频年」是长久的过程（年年如此），一短一长，当下的音书与长久的羁旅形成对照，愈见客愁之深；其二，写归期之渺——「为客计」写算计归期，而「频年」写年年算计、年年未归，归期之渺茫尽在「频」字：不是不想归，而是年年算归、年年难归；其三，写情感之积——「频年」的累积使「泪满裾」的悲情有了时间的纵深，首联的泪不是一时的感伤，而是长年羁旅的郁积，一泪而含数载之愁。二字而兼有时间、对照、情感三层，是此诗炼字「以时间写情感」的典范，也与尾联「久矣」二字遥相呼应，首尾的时间之叹一脉相承。

好自锄 The word 'better' reveals a longing for retired farming in the hills; plain speech holds true delight. 「紫蕨山中好自锄」之「好自锄」，是颈联转淡的关键三字，一「好」字透出对归隐的向往，是全诗情感转折的枢纽。「好」字在此有「正好、适宜」之意，写山中的紫蕨正好可以亲手锄采——「好」字写时机之宜、心意之适，仿佛山中锄蕨正是当下最恰当的选择，旷淡中有真趣；「自锄」写亲手耕作——「自」字见其亲自为之、自食其力，与「共谁把」的无人共赏相对：无人共赏白蘋，不如山中自锄紫蕨，由「共」到「自」，由群到独，情感由寂寥转为自安。此三字的妙处有三：其一，写归隐之愿——锄蕨采薇是隐逸生活的传统意象，「好自锄」以轻快的语气写躬耕自给之乐，见出诗人对归隐的向往；其二，写心绪之转——「好」字轻轻一转，把首联的泪、颔联的愁暂时放下，由悲转淡，使全诗的情感有了起伏，不致一悲到底；其三，写个性之真——「自锄」的「自」字见其独立自足，不依不傍，正是宗臣耿介个性的流露。三字而以「好」为眼，一「好」而情转、意转、调转，是此诗炼字「于转折处见功力」的典范。

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