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Yongwu is a major genre in ancient poetry, and the poems of the past generations can be described as numerous, and the famous sentences are endless. For example, He Zhizhang'e's "Wing Liu", Luo Binwang's "Wing Goose", Lin Kui's "Mountain Garden Xiaomei", Lu You's "Bu Operator Yongmei", Su Dongpo's "Water Dragon Yin • Ciyun Zhang Zhifu Yong Yang Hua" and so on are all ancient masterpieces in the poetry of Yongwu.
The ancients wrote poems and chants, and the things they chanted can be described as all-encompassing, and the sun, moon, mountains, flowers, plants, willows, meilan bamboo chrysanthemums, chickens, horses, livestock, etc. can be included in the poems, and the things they chant are used to pin personal feelings, character, ambitions, and so on. There are even poems that chant insects.
For example, the works of Yong Cicada include the three masterpieces of Tang poetry Yong Cicada: Yu Shinan's "Cicada", Luo Binwang's "Wing Cicada" and Li Shangyin's "Cicada", Yong Cricket's "Qi Tianle Cricket" by Jiang Kui, And Luo Yin's "Bee" by Yong Bee, etc. are all famous works of chanting insects in previous generations.
Today I am introducing you to two poems about insects, which are about a very common and fascinating insect, the firefly. And first of all, let's enjoy the "Wing Ying" by the early Tang Dynasty poet Yu Shinan:
Wing Chun
Don Yu Shi Nan
The calendar is small,
Fluttering weak wings light.
Fear of no one,
Alone in the dark.
Fireflies are known to be a glowing insect that is common on summer nights. But there are very few works in ancient poetry that chant about this insect. There are only a few masterpieces, among which the Southern Liang Emperor Xiao Xuan during the Southern and Northern Dynasties had "Yong Firefly" and Xiao Gang had "Yong Ying Poems", which are rare masterpieces of YongWu poems. In the Tang poems, only Yu Shinan's "Wing Ying" can be called a famous piece.
The poet Yu Shinan was the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty and one of the twenty-four heroes of LingYange. As early as the chaotic era at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he followed Li Shimin (Tang Taizong), the king of Qin, and was one of the "Eighteen Scholars" of the Qin Dynasty, and was deeply respected. Yu Shinan is a noble and fierce man, and whenever he talks about political affairs, he will have some rules and irony, touching the wrath of the king. Most of his poems are also entrusted with the zhi of the object, and this small poem of "Wing Ying" is to borrow the poem to pin his own wind and bone.
The first two sentences of the poem describe the form of the fireflies flying and the luminous posture: "The light of the calendar is small, and the fluttering is weak and the wings are light." A "small" a "weak" and a "light" set off the weakness of the fireflies. Immediately after that, the last two sentences are substituted from the surface and the inside into the heart of the firefly: "Fear no one knows, alone and secretly bright"! Despite being small and weak, the fireflies stubbornly and persistently use this shimmer to express their existence, which has the meaning of "everyone is drunk and I am awake", which is awe-inspiring.
The poet suppresses first and then rises, and sets off the tenacity and fortitude of his character with the weakness of the firefly, which is not only a praise for the spirit of the firefly, but also a pinning on the poet's wind and bone: even if the strength is thin, even if it is alone and helpless, it must be invincible!
The famous works of the Firefly in the Tang poems are only Yu Shinan's poems, and the rest are all ordinary. Let's look at a famous song in the Song Ci:
Qi Tianle Firefly
Southern Song Dynasty Wang Yisun
The green traces first transform the pond grass, and the light of the field is taken advantage of. Fan thin star stream, disc clear dew drops, scattered Akihara fly phosphorus. Practice dress dark near. Remember that the willow is raw and cool, and the degree of lotus is divided. Mistakenly I was crippled, and Cui Nang sighed that the dream was inaccurate.
When the building was a few o'clock, the people who leaned on the people did not sleep, and they were endowed with hatred. Hanyuan drifting moss, Qinling falling leaves, desolate throughout the ages. Who is the province? But the afterglow of the water, the remnants of the forest. I have felt that I am already sparse, and I am even more able to bear the autumn night forever!
There are even fewer words of chanting fireflies in the Song Dynasty, among which Wang Yisun's "Qi Tianle" is a famous piece. Wang Yisun was a lyricist in the late Southern Song Dynasty, one of the four major lyricists of the late Song Dynasty, whose word style was close to that of Zhou Bangyan and Jiang Kui, and was subtle and profound, especially good at chanting sustenance. Wang Yisun was in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty and experienced the changes of the subjugation of the country, so most of his lyrics and compositions were based on the sorrow of his life and the thoughts of his homeland. This song "Qi Tianle Firefly" is a typical example.
The word begins with the birth of a firefly, depicting its fluttering situation in the wilderness: flying in the wilderness, chasing each other, and playing without worry. With real details, the pen is bright and vivid, and the posture of the fireflies is depicted lively and amiable. Immediately after the firefly and people, they use the allusion of "sac firefly" and laugh at themselves for their own deeds.
The next pen turns to the reality of the subjugation of the country, and the opening set of sentences describes that the writers see the firefly and hate, the people write and write, and the situation turns with the situation. Immediately after that, the sentence "Hanyuan drifts moss, Qinling falls leaves, and the eternity is desolate" gives birth to the lament of the rise and fall of eternity! Who can save this sadness? Only the fireflies in the forest accompanied them, and turned back to the wing fireflies again. The last sentence, "I have felt xiao sparse, and I am more worthy of the autumn night forever", with the fireflies being sparse and unbearable the long cold of the autumn night, alluding to the sadness of the human life and the thought of the destruction of the country.
This "Qi Tianle" chant is properly written, sending the kingdom to mourn, and the voice is full of emotion. Reading throughout it is depressed and melancholy, savoring it, and bringing people to tears. This word has also been well received by generations of lyricists and is a well-deserved masterpiece of Wing Ying.
Although the fireflies are small, they have a lot of articles in the pen of the literati, and this poem shows the work of the ancients! What other poems have you read about fireflies? You may wish to leave a message to enjoy together!