The ancients said that snow has four beauties: "silent when you land, quiet, clean when you stain your clothes, even when you are high and low, and bright when you are covered by frozen windows." From the perspective of poetry creation, the two most beautiful images that depict winter scenery are "snow" and "plum". Only plum blossoms have no snowflakes, and the spiritual temperament is missing.
It's snowing and not chanting poetry is just vulgar. After writing a poem in the evening, it happened to snow again, and then I saw the plum blossoms and snowflakes blooming one after another, just like spring: only the fusion of snow, plum, and poetry can play a symphony of winter......
Snow and plum, cold and beautiful, clinging to each other, have intoxicated many literati and inkmen, and left a lot of moving poems. Lu Meipo in the Song Dynasty admired the integration of snow and plum, just for a promise, there was no confusion and sadness, some just waited and fulfilled...... So, he wrote two popular poems "Xuemei (two".
Xuemei (Part 1)
Author: Lu Meipo
Mei Xue did not refuse to descend in the spring, and the pen fee of the Sao Ren Pavilion was commented.
The plum and snow are three points white, but the snow loses the plum and a piece of fragrance.
The first two sentences of the poem, "Mei Xue is not willing to descend in spring, and the pen fee of the Sao Ren Pavilion is commented on", writing Mei Xue is fighting for spring, and the poet is asked to judge. In the eyes of the ancients, both plum blossoms and snowflakes thought that they had taken advantage of the spring, and no one would admit defeat. It was also difficult for the literati to comment on the merits, so they had to put aside their pens and think about it.
The first sentence "plum snow strives for spring is not willing to fall", using anthropomorphic techniques to write plum blossoms and snowflakes competing with each other, both think that they are the most characteristic of early spring, and do not admit defeat to each other, which will be the beauty of plum blossoms and snowflakes in early spring ingenuity, vivid and lively performance.
In the second sentence "Sao Ren Ge Pen Fee Commentary", it is difficult for the poet to judge between the two. The poet thought that he could do it with a wave, but because it was difficult to judge, he had to stop his pen and think. "Commentary" means evaluation. I thought it would be done with a wave, but because it was difficult to judge, I had to stop thinking about it.
The last two sentences "The plum and the snow are three points white, but the snow loses the fragrance of the plum", which is the poet's comment on the plum and the snow. In terms of whiteness, plum is worse than snow, but snow does not have the fragrance of plum blossoms. "Three points" describes the same, and "one paragraph" materializes the aroma, making people feel that the aroma can be measured.
Predecessors have noticed these characteristics of plum and snow, such as Cen Shen's "Bai Xue Ge Sends the Military Judge Back to Beijing": "Suddenly, like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom." Wang Anshi's poem "Plum Blossoms": "There are a few plums in the corner, and Ling Han blooms alone. I know that it is not snow, but there is a dark fragrance. ”
However, Xuemei (1) summarizes the different characteristics of plum and snow in two poems, which is written in a witty and influential way. The plum blossom Xu Xun makes the snowflakes crystal white, but the snowflakes lose a fragrance to the plum blossoms.
Xuemei (Part 2)
Author: Lu Meipo
There is plum without snow and no spirit, and there is snow without poetry and vulgarity.
The sunset poem is full of snow and snow, and the plum is very spring.
If there are only plum blossoms and no snowflakes, it doesn't look spiritual. If it snows but there is no poetry to match, it will also be very cheesy. When the winter evening sun set and I finished writing the poem, it happened to snow in the sky again. Look at the plum blossoms and snowflakes blooming one after another, as gorgeous and colorful as spring, full of vitality.
Plum, snow, and poetry are all indispensable, and only when the three are combined can they form the most beautiful scenery. The poet believes that if only the plum blossoms bloom alone, but there is no snow falling on the plums, there will be no charm of spring, and if there are only plums and snow without poems, it will also make people feel indecent.
The first sentence "there is no snow without plum and no spirit", write the relationship between plum and snow, because the main feature of plum is admirable is that it is not afraid of the cold, the bigger the snow, the more it can show this characteristic of plum blossoms, on the contrary, in the case of wind and sunshine, it is difficult to express this characteristic of plum blossoms, so it is said that "there is plum without snow and no spirit".
The second sentence "There is snow without poetry and vulgar people" writes about the relationship between snow and poetry. When it snows, it is difficult for the laity to find the poetry in it and compose poetry, and even if the poet lacks Yaxing, he will not be able to write poetry, which is no different from the laity, so it is said that "there is snow but no poetry and vulgarity."
The last two sentences "the sunset poem is full of snow and snow, and the plum is very spring", writing the relationship between plum, snow and poetry, the plum blossom has long bloomed, because there is no snow, so it still lacks poetry. Until dusk, the sky flutters with snowflakes, plum blossoms become refreshed against the background of snowflakes, and snowflakes with plum blossom embellishment, but also become colorful, full of fun. In the face of this situation, the poet also flourished in poetry, and the two poems were completed in one wave.
Plums, snow and poetry together make spring high. It should be noted that the third sentence is easy to misunderstand as "After finishing the poem, it happened to be snowing heavily", but the actual situation is that the poem was written after it snowed heavily. The title of the poem is "Snow Plum", and it cannot be said that the poem of Yongxue was written before the snow fell. The reason why "poetry" is placed in front of "sky and snow" is because it is limited by the rhythm of poetry.
These two poems illustrate the relationship between plum, snow and poetry, and the three are indispensable, and only when the three are combined can they form the most beautiful spring. The poet believes that if only the plum blossoms bloom alone and there is no snow falling, the charm of spring will not be revealed, and if there are plums and snow without poems, it will also make people feel indecent. From this poem, we can see the poet's obsessive spirit of appreciating snow, plum blossoms, and chanting poems, as well as his elegant aesthetic taste.
(Material source: WeChat public account A daily ancient poem)