There are many excellent works describing love in ancient poetry, whether it is Li Shangyin and Du Mu in the late Tang Dynasty, or Su Shi and Liu Yong in the Song Dynasty, they have created many masterpieces praising beautiful love. However, the love between men and women has never had an important position in traditional culture, and can only be attached to society with its social function.
However, the love sung in the folk songs of the Southern and Northern Dynasties has abandoned these invisible shackles, and has no scruples and no repression to exude the most natural emotions of life. With frank and innocent, sincere and warm writing, the author boldly and vividly shows the various situations of love life.
Among them, there is sincere admiration and the joy of the party, as well as the sorrow of parting and the pain of lovesickness. The following introduces two love poems by Anonymous, with a harmonic pun, simple and vivid, and even more admirable.
Silk (Part 1)
Southern and Northern Dynasties: Anon
Spring silkworms should not be old, and they are often pregnant day and night.
What a pity, lingering on the body sometimes.
The working people of ancient times were industrious and simple, and they raised silkworm reeling, both to keep warm and to exchange them for goods. The author captures this common material in life and uses metaphorical techniques that are refreshing.
The first two sentences express the spring silkworm huaisi, it seems that they are not willing to leave this earthly world, nor do they want their own efforts to be easily taken away. And "silk" and "thought" are harmonious, euphemistically conveying the woman's thoughts about her lover. The word "day and night" shows that the emotion is endless, unable to be discharged, and it is even more haggard day and night, and no one pities it.
The last two sentences further express endless thoughts, the spring silkworm is old, it does not hesitate to cocoon itself, that is, "micro-body", this kind of conscious and voluntary martyrdom, seemingly incomprehensible, but it is a sublimation of life, but also a unique way for women to express love.
The word "lingering" is also a pun, which not only describes the entangled silk, but also alludes to beautiful love. "Since sometimes", it shows a persistent spirit, the woman for love, but also do not hesitate to martyr, and believe that the lover will not fail herself. Although the whole story is full of tragedy, it is very touching.
Silk (Part 2)
The silkworm has just become a cocoon, and the acacia strip is a female secret.
Plunge into the soup water, it is expensive to become a horse.
Cultivating mulberry silkworms is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people in ancient times, and it is also a symbol of the people living and working in peace and contentment. The life of men and women weaving is harmonious and beautiful, but the ancient feudal society was often turbulent, and such a simple and simple day is difficult to last.
In particular, the burden of women is heavier, men do not know when to return, they have to work, but also to take care of the family, but also in their hearts silently miss their husbands.
The first two sentences say that the cocoon is just beginning to grow and is about to reap the fruits of labor, but it is also the moment when the woman misses it the most. If the husband is around, he can not only help himself, but also share the joy of the harvest, so the feelings of the silkworm girl will also increase day by day.
"Performance" refers to the hemp fibers being draped out and then connected and rolled into a line. "Strip women", that is, women who raise silkworms. A "secret" word not only expresses the dense layers of silkworm cocoons, but also describes the continuous enhancement of women's lovesickness, just like the cocoon.
The last two sentences more eagerly express the woman's bold pursuit of beautiful love, in order to "become a horse together", the cocoon does not hesitate to "throw herself into the soup water". The author uses a "noble" word to praise this precious spirit of going to the soup and going to the fire.
The author is cleverly conceived, with the "horse" of the cloth and the "horse" of the pun puppet; and with the dedication of the cocoon, he alludes to his life and also wants to obtain a perfect love.
These two poems are based on life, wonderfully combined with nature, natural metaphors, and have the characteristics of folk songs. The author uses a harmonic pun, emotional sincerity, and superb technique. Although the whole poem is emotionally sad, it gives people hope, people will surely applaud the woman's heroic behavior, and even more bless the lover to eventually become a family.