亭上秋风，记去年袅袅，曾到吾庐。山河举目虽异，风景非殊。功成者去，觉团扇、便与人疏。吹不断，斜阳依旧，茫茫禹迹都无。
千古茂陵词在，甚风流章句，解拟相如。只今木落江冷，眇眇愁余。故人书报，莫因循、忘却蓴鲈。谁念我，新凉灯火，一编太史公书。
起句化用《九歌·湘君》“袅袅兮秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风”句。“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山河举目虽异”二句，是用《世说新语·言语》中HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/diangu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>典故。东晋时南渡士大夫常到新亭聚游HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yinyan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>饮宴，周侯中坐而叹，说：“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风景不殊，正自有河HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山之异”。皆相视流泪。作者登秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风亭时与东晋士大夫有同感，看到HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风景依旧，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山河破碎，西HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风苍凉，因而无限HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/gankai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>感慨。以下“功成者去”二句也连用典。《战国策·秦策》：“蔡泽谓应侯日：‘四时之序，成功者去’。”“团扇”句出自《汉书·外戚传》，载班婕妤《怨歌行》：“新裂齐纨素，鲜洁如霜HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xue/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雪。裁为合欢扇，团团似HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/mingyue/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>明月。出入君怀袖，动摇微HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风发。常恐秋节至，凉HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风夺炎热。弃捐箧笥中，恩情中道绝。”这二句作者借以对宋廷排挤抗金HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiguo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱国将领的作法表示HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/buman/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>不满。接下去作者看到，秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风中HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xiyang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>夕阳西下，可是当年大禹治水的遗迹已茫茫不见，无处寻觅了。据《史记·夏本纪》载，舜、禹时，洪水滔天，大禹与众决九川而致四海，天下为治，大禹即帝位后，东巡狩，至会稽而崩，至今绍兴会稽HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山有禹陵、禹庙。明末陈子龙曾有诗句：“禹陵HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨思王会，越国HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山川出霸才。”（《钱塘东望有感》）HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sinian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思念大禹的功迹，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aitan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>哀叹明之将亡。辛弃疾言外之意也是HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zhuiyi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>追忆大禹拯救陆沉的勋业，慨叹南宋无HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yingxiong/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>英雄HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/renwu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>人物能力挽狂澜。
下片依然在HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/huaigu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>怀古，又提及HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/lishi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>历史上一位HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yingxiong/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>英雄HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/junzhu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>君主。汉武帝巡行河东时作有《秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风辞》，说：“秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风起兮白云飞，草木黄落兮雁南归……”辛弃疾在秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风亭上HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/lianxiang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>联想《秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风辞》，不仅只是节令上的偶合。他借以HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/mianhuai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>缅怀汉武帝为抗击匈奴、强盛帝国所作的杰出功绩。这三句表面是说，汉武帝传颂千古的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风流辞章，足可以与司HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/ma/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>马相如的辞赋媲美。这里似是HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zanyang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>赞扬汉武的文采，实是HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/gesong/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>歌颂他的武略，暗指宋廷的懦弱无能。以下亦用《九歌》句：“帝子降兮北渚，目眇眇兮愁予。嫡娟兮秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风，洞庭波兮木叶下。”作者用此怅望HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jiangnan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>江南半壁河HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/mianhuai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>缅怀大禹、汉武帝，情绪依然十分HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/fenkai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>愤慨。以下句意一转，说：HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/pengyou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>朋友们来信HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/quangao/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>劝告我，不要HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/liulian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>留恋官场而忘记HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/guiyin/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>归隐。“莼鲈”用东晋张翰因秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风起HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sigui/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思归HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/guxiang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>故乡的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/diangu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>典故，这里以HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/youren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>友人来信的口气说出，还是弃官HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/tuiyin/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>退隐吧。这是作者回顾HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/lishi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>历史以后，面对冷酷的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xianshi2/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>现实所产生的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xinli/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>心理HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/maodun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>矛盾。HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jiewei/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>结尾却并不回答HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/pengyou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>朋友，只是说：谁曾想到在这清凉的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qiuye/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>秋夜，我正挑灯攻读太史公书。《史记》其中一HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xilie/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>系列HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiguo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱国HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yingxiong/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>英雄的纪传，如廉颇、李广等，效命疆场、威震敌胆且HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/wannian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>晚年倍受压抑，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/beifen/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>悲愤壮烈，曾深深激动辛弃疾夜读之心。这时辛弃疾64岁，其老骥伏枥之志不衰。
词中运用HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/diangu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>典故描绘HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qiutian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>秋天景象，并表现了HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/huainian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>怀念北方的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiguo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱国HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sixiang2/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思想和在HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zhengzhi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>政治上遭受打击的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/beiliang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>悲凉情绪。篇末通过对HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/youren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>友人的答话，表现自己不甘心于长期HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/tuiyin/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>退隐，而HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jiji/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>积极HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/guanxin/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>关心HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zhengzhi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>政治，准备有所作为。