How to Understand Purple Soul

First, from the rhetorical point of view, The Purple Soul uses tone sandhi. The transfer of words used to describe things A to explain or describe things B plays an ingenious and intriguing expression role, which is called "word transfer" in rhetoric. In The Origin of Rhetoric, Mr. Chen Wangdao cited such examples as "Happy Green Trees", "Sleepy Bed" and "Lonely Fuchun Water" to illustrate this figure of speech. "Soul" refers to "immaterial things attached to a person's body as a master", which was originally a very abstract concept, but now it is chic, vivid and vivid when decorated with words expressing color. Second, the connotation of "Purple Soul" is a noble soul, which is a generalization and praise of great research and good moral character. Purple is a symbol of nobility. Ancient emperors were called "purple stars", imperial cities were called "Forbidden City", palaces were called "Zitai", and "purple gas" was used to refer to the emperor's gas. Not only that, the color of ancient costumes is also purple. For example, the article "Purple Clothes" in Ci Hai wrote: "Purple clothes, purple robes, ancient public service. Du pre-note:' purple clothes, royal clothes.' Tang system, prince and three products take purple. In ancient poetry, it is said that "Zhu Xi is a nobleman" and "Zhu Xi" refers to the costumes of princes and nobles. People also often use "turning blue into purple robe" to describe someone's promotion. In aesthetics, different colors have different connotations. Mr. Chen Wangdao thinks: "Purple is noble, sacred, elegant and gentle." Ai Qing, an artistic poet, went to France to study painting in 1929, and joined the "China Left-wing Artists Union" after returning home. In his eyes, the "purple soul" is naturally the most beautiful and noble soul. Contact the last article to see. The poem reads: "Dayan River, today, your baby is in prison, writing a hymn for you and offering you a purple soul under the loess." The author intends to sing a "hymn", using two colors of "yellow" and "purple" to express his incomparable reverence and nostalgia for the wet nurse, with deep praise between the lines. To sum up, "Purple Soul" is actually a noble soul and a holy soul.