Appreciation of Liu Zongyuan's "Biography of The Scorpion"

The cockroach (fù bǎn) is also a good bearer. When encountering things, zhé is held, and (áng) (3) its head is negative. The back is heavy, although the trapped drama is more than that. Its back is very astringent, the accumulation of materials is not scattered, and the pawns cannot afford it. Man or mercy, for the sake of his guilt. He can do it, and he holds on to it as he always did. It's so good and high, it's extremely powerful. Finally fell to the ground and died.

The addicts of this world do not shy away from the goods, so as to thicken their rooms. I don't know if I am tired for myself, lest I not accumulate it. and its slackness, abandonment, and migration, and illness. Gou can rise, and does not love (yì), day by day to think of its high position, great Qilu, and greedy to even more, to the point of danger, to see the death of the former does not know the precepts. Although its shape is large, its celebrities are also, and the wisdom is also a small worm. Enough mourning!

—— Liu Zongyuan (from the "Liuhe East Collection")

Translations

A scorpion is a small insect that is good at carrying things. When you encounter something while crawling, you grab it and lift your head to carry it. Things get heavier and heavier on their backs, even if they are exhausted to the extreme. Its back is not smooth, so things will not be scattered on the pile, and finally it will not be overwhelmed and cannot be climbed. Some people pity it and remove the things on its back for it. (Cockroaches) If they can crawl, they grab things like before. This little worm likes to climb to a high place, and after exhausting its strength, it refuses to stop until it falls to the ground (from a high place) and dies.

Those who are insatiable in the world today, when they see money, they will take a handful of money and use it to fill their family property, not knowing that the goods have become their burden, and only afraid that the wealth will not accumulate enough. When they collapsed due to negligence, some were dismissed from office, and some were relegated to remote areas, and they also suffered hardships. If, once they are used, they do not think of repentance, they think every day about improving their status, increasing their own money, and they are becoming greedy for money and wealth, so that they are close to the point of falling to death, and they do not know how to accept the lesson of those who have committed suicide because they have tried their best to be greedy for money. Although their appearance is huge, their names are human, but the knowledge is the same as the scorpion, it is also very sad!

Appreciation of works

understand

This is a parable that uses the words of a small worm and a scorpion to satirize the ugly features and mentality of some people ("the addicts of this world") who have amassed wealth, are insatiable, and will not realize until death. Although the article is short, it is like a mirror, reflecting the dark reality of the society at that time. The author is good at observing life, writing about the scene of the insect holding the weight of the object as witnessing; the narrative of the article is vivid, the meaning is profound, and has a strong critical spirit.

implied meaning

It satirizes the stupid people who make mistakes again and again, and they want to go to the end of the road.

revelation

On the road of life, if you see that you want to get everything, then the load on your body will become heavier and heavier, walking will become more and more difficult, once you exceed your own ability to bear, not only can not move forward half a step, but also will be overwhelmed by the load on the ground, can not get up, can not move forward. Therefore, in the journey of life, it is necessary to take something and give up, and some people are wrong again and again, that is, to go to the desperate road, how like a scorpion!