"The official situation is declining. I am ashamed that the green pine can keep its true character even in the cold." It means: the enthusiasm for becoming an official has weakened, and I am ashamed to be inferior to the green pine. The green pine can maintain its true character even in the cold.

From Su Shi's "Reduced Words Mulan Hua·Send Zhao Ling"

Under the Spring Light Pavilion. Where is the flowing water now? Time flies. Prime Minister Bai didn't know what to do.

Old friends meet again. Things have changed over the years. The official situation is declining. Ashamed that the green pines guard the cold weather.

This poem was written in April of the sixth year of Emperor Zongyuan of the Song Dynasty (1091) when Dongpo returned from Hangzhou and passed through Gaoyou. At this time, the poet met Zhao Huizhi, the commander of Gaoyou, again. He was deeply moved, so he wrote this poem and gave it to him.

Extended information:

"Under the Spring Light Pavilion. Where is the flowing water now?" It means that the poet met Zhao Huizhi under the Spring Light Pavilion in his early years, and the flowing water under the pavilion has disappeared. Where is it? I recall the time when we made friends and had deep friendships.

"Time flies. Prime Minister Bai sees what he can do", "under the Spring Pavilion" and so on, which refers to the first time we met in Mizhou, when the poet was just forty years old and still in his prime. , by the time of the third gift of words, the poet was already fifty-six years old, so he was called "Baishou", and it was sixteen years later, which is consistent with "time flies by".

"Old friends meet. Things have changed over the years. The official situation has declined." In front of the "old friend", the poet confided in his ups and downs in officialdom after leaving, just like Zhao Huizhi's early years when he lost his official position and was ordered to do so. He suffered from "the three officials have lost their joy" and other experiences, but he himself was even more miserable. The "official situation" can be described as ups and downs, with several setbacks, which is a reflection of "the world has changed thousands of times over the years."

"Ashamed that the green pine can keep the cold in the cold year" means that it is difficult for me to be as durable as the green pine in keeping the cold in the cold year, and I feel very ashamed.