Yongmei —— Appreciation of Song Ci

Outside the bridge, the plum blossoms are lonely, no matter what. Twilight arrival, plum blossom is helpless, exhausted, and has to withstand the wind and rain.

Plum blossoms don't want to compete for blooming, and the envy and rejection of flowers don't care. Even after autumn, when it is ground into dirt and turned into dust, plum blossoms still emit fragrance as usual.

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① Symbol: selected from the Song version of the double-shot building shadow in the first volume of Wu's Weinan Ci. "Lexical" thinks that changing the name and meaning is for people who sell divination and fortune telling. Su Shi's ci is the main body in the ci book. Also known as "hundred-foot building", "plum wind wall" and "hanging the moon and thinning trees" Double tone, 44 words, rhyming.

(2) Outside the post: it refers to an inaccessible place: a post station, where people who delivered government documents in ancient times changed horses and rested.

3 broken bridge: a broken bridge.

(4) unowned: no one asked.

⑤ Zhuo: In the same way, this means suffering.

⑥ Bitterness: Do your best.

⑦ One term: Let nature take its course.

8 autumn: wither.

9 grinding: crushing.

Selected from "bo nan manuscript" (Shanghai ancient books publishing house, 1985 edition)

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By the broken bridge outside the post station, plum blossoms bloom and fall, and no one cares. Twilight arrival, plum blossom is helpless, sad enough, but destroyed by wind and rain. Plum blossoms don't want to struggle for beauty, and they don't care about the jealousy and rejection of flowers. Even if it withers, grinds into mud and turns to dust, plum blossoms still exude a faint fragrance as always.

Writing background

Operator Yongmei: There is a broken bridge outside the post, and there is no owner in loneliness. Twilight arrival, plum blossom is helpless, exhausted, and has to withstand the wind and rain. Plum blossoms don't want to compete for blooming, and the envy and rejection of flowers don't care. Even after autumn, when it is ground into dirt and turned into dust, plum blossoms still emit fragrance as usual.

This is a poem written by Yongmei to Lu You, which is actually Lu You's own poem. The first part describes the experience of plum blossom: it takes root outside the desolate postal kiosk, next to the broken bridge. Posthouse is a place where people who delivered official documents and traveled in ancient times rested. Coupled with the ups and downs at dusk, how desolate and desolate this environment is! The experience of writing plum blossoms is also the political experience of the author being excluded from writing.

The next article is about the character of plum blossom: a hundred flowers are blooming, but I have no intention of competing with them for spring. Even if it fades and falls, I still keep that fragrance. The last two sentences are Li Sao. I don't know it's embarrassing, but I think I believe Fang. Although I haven't changed, I can't spare the spirit of punishment. It is more profound than Wang Anshi's yongxing sentence: even if it is blown into snow by the east wind, it is better than the dust of Nanmo.

Lu You's political career: he was recommended to be the first in the exam in his early years and was jealous of Qin Gui; Filial piety was excluded by a group of villains such as Long Dayuan and Zeng Yi. When I was in the shogunate of Wang Yan in Sichuan, I had to go through the Central Plains and saw that I was entangled in the ruling clique and could not fulfill my ambition. In his later years, he was in favor of the northern expedition of Han Biaozhou, who was framed after his failure. When we read his first poem, we can see that it is the epitome of his life experience and political experience. The plum blossom in his ci is the embodiment of his noble character.

The literati in Tang and Song Dynasties praised the character of plum blossom, which was different from the literati in Six Dynasties. Lin Hejing's famous poems such as Dimfragrance and Thin Shadow are just the feelings of a master and a hermit. Although some writers borrow plum blossoms to write their own words, they can only say: How could they be together without spring breeze? Haitang said. (Su Tailai's "first frost Corner Yongmei" in Southern Song Dynasty) This is just one side of Lu You's ci, and everyone is jealous. Chen Liang, a good friend of Lu You, has four plum blossom poems: a flower changes suddenly first, and ten thousand flowers are fragrant later. If you want to spread the message of spring, you are not afraid of snow burial. It is the embodiment of Chen Liang's whole personality to write his own vision, not afraid of attack and uphold justice in politics. The word Lu You is the proud image of a frustrated hero. In my opinion, in the Song Dynasty, these were two outstanding works of writing plum blossom poems.

Distinguish and appreciate

The name of this book is "The Diviner" and it is Yongmei. It sings things and expresses its ambition, expressing its lonely, elegant and clean interest. This is exactly the same as Mr. Lian Xi (Zhou Dunyi) who only loves lotus flowers, which are clear and not evil, and uses lotus flowers as a metaphor. The author also uses plum blossoms as a metaphor. Lu You once praised the Plum Blossom Ice and Snow Festival, with the highest integrity (falling plums). Plum blossoms are so beautiful and unique that many flowers are produced, but now they are outside the country post. The broken bridge is naturally inaccessible, lonely and cold, and plum blossoms have been left out in the cold. From this sentence, we can know that it is neither a plum in the government nor a plum in a famous garden, but a wild plum growing in a remote suburb. It can't get the care it deserves, let alone be appreciated. With the metabolism of the four seasons, it opens silently and withers silently. They're all alone and at a loss-who's in charge? This is a plum without a master. Loneliness is the first sentence, and the author pours his feelings into the objective scenery. The first sentence is a scene language, which is already a love story.

Sunset dusk, twilight hazy, this lonely plum blossom, how to bear this desolation? It is only sad-and lonely, echoing the loneliness of the previous sentence. The broken bridge, dusk and dusk outside the post are already lonely and sad, adding more melancholy rain and deepening loneliness. What's more, these two words are very powerful The first three sentences seem to describe the plight of plum blossoms, but the second sentence is more stormy, like a heavy hammer that breaks the limit ahead. This kind of sadness seems unbearable. So far, emotional rendering has reached its climax, but it is still open despite the cold environment. Cold is colorless, and the south branch has a unique flower (Daoyuan); It, Xiang Xuehai dares to produce ten thousand flowers, and one tree leads the world in spring (Yang Weizhen). The last four sentences only say that the plum blossom situation is not good, but its stubbornness is self-evident.

Shang Kun focuses on the difficult situation of Meihua, and it does have worries. From an artistic point of view, when the author writes about sorrow, he doesn't use the usual metaphors of poets, but uses environment, time and natural phenomena as a foil. Kuang Zhouyi said: words take god from a distance and only describe the scenery, while god speaks for himself. This is a master. ("Hui Feng Hua Ci") That is to say, the author describes so many scenery in order to get the divine inspiration of plum blossom; Those who are deeper than love are good at writing scenery (Tian Tongzhi's xipu Ci Shuo). The four sentences of Shangque can be said to be a double painting of the scene. Let readers feel the author's mood in a specific environment-feel sadness from a series of landscapes. It also allows readers to gradually step into the author's state of mind.

Send me a message. Plum blossom, it blooms the earliest. Thousands of trees are frozen and ready to fold, and the solitary roots are warm and alone (qi has been); I don't know if water spraying will start soon, but I doubt it will disappear after winter snow (Zhang said). It is it that ushered in spring. But it has no intention of struggling for spring. In spring, flowers are in full bloom, competing for novelty, plum blossoms are not competing for spring, and the cold comes first, only the sincerity of welcoming the spring. Those who suffer, try their best, try their best. Satire the square group from the side. Plum blossoms are not meant to compete with each other. Even if everyone is jealous, it's their own business. Make them jealous. In writing, writing and writing are completely intertwined. It is a natural phenomenon that plants and trees are ruthless and flowers bloom and fall. However, it implies that the author's unfortunate experience exposes the shameless behavior of those who steal peace. Debating on spring is a metaphor for personnel; Envy is beyond the reach of vegetation. These two sentences show Lu You's aloof character, his character of never interacting with flatterers and flatterers, and his unyielding pride of not being afraid of slander and preserving himself.

The last few words take the unique style of plum blossom a step further: mashed into mud, ground into ash, and only the fragrance remains. The previous sentence inherited Shang Kun's miserable situation of loneliness, no ownership, sunset at dusk and wind and rain. These seven words were frustrated four times: scattered, unable to withstand the sudden wind and rain, plum blossoms have withered, this is the first floor. It's the second floor. Mud and water are mixed. There is no argument about which is the flower and which is the mud. From the grinding point of view, it shows the ruthlessness of the saboteur and the tragic situation of the saboteur, which is the third layer. As a result, the plum blossom was destroyed and trampled to ashes. This is the fourth floor. You see, the fate of Meihua is so tragic that it is unimaginable. The reader has integrated the feelings revealed between the lines. But the author's purpose is not just to write about the tragic experience of plum blossoms and arouse people's sympathy; In terms of writing techniques, it is still paving the way, ready to go, in order to push the meaning of the next sentence to the highest peak. Although the plum blossom has fallen, it has been trampled into dirt and crushed into dust. Only the fragrance will remain unchanged, but its unique fragrance will never change. It will not succumb to the threat of loneliness and wind and rain, but will do its best and will not change at all. Even if it withers and turns to dust, it should smell as good as before.

The last sentence has the power to carry the tripod, which awakens the whole article and puts the unfortunate situation of plum blossom being attacked by wind and rain, withered and scattered, desolate and desolate in front. The last sentence is that I want to see Jin Jie (Erythrina written by Zhuo Renyue). It is precisely because of the successful use of the word "Bi Xing" that the author uses plum blossom and its natural metabolism to describe himself and personify plum blossom. Yongmei truly expressed his thoughts and feelings, left a deep impression on people and became Yongmei's masterpiece.