"Gift to The Younger Brother (Part II)" Liu Zhen at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (eighth grade, volume 1)

Tingting Mountain Pine, Cersei Valley Stroke.

The sound of the wind is strong, and the pine branches are strong!

Frost is miserable, and it is often correct throughout the ages.

Isn't it freezing? Pine cypress has a nature.

This is a poem of poetry, the poet uses contrasting techniques, so that the "mountain pine" and "valley wind" to compete, with the "sound of the wind" of the "sheng" to set off the "strength" of the "pine branches", and then use "Yi Ho" to chant, the praise of the pine cypress overflowing into words. Then, with the harshness of the frost, the "integrity" of the pine cypress is set off, and in a question and answer, the beautiful character of the pine cypress proud of the snow and frost is highlighted, and the firmness of the pine cypress is borrowed, and the firmness of the ambition is clear, and the infinite expectations are placed on the cousin. The language of the whole poem is simple, strong and steep, and the meaning is long.

Excerpted from The Seven Subsets of Jian'an, Volume VII (Zhonghua Bookstore, 1989 edition). From brother, cousin. Liu Zhen (?) –217), courtesy name Gonggan, poet of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an".

Pavilion: Straight look.

Ilho: How.

Freezing: Suffering from severe cold. Suffer, suffer. Freezing, freezing cold.

Content gist

It's a chant. The poet uses contrasting techniques and symbolic techniques to highlight the tenacious vitality of pine cypress, which has endured severe cold and does not wither; borrowing the strength of pine cypress and the firmness of Ming Zhizhi, he expresses the poet's exhortation to his brother, and also shows his character of being steadfast and self-disciplined.

Translations

Pine trees stand tall in the mountains, against the howling winds of the valleys. The first two sentences are mainly objective descriptions. "Pavilion" indicates the proud posture of pine, and "Cersei" simulates the harsh sound of the wind, painting and painting, simple and vivid. With "valley in the middle" against the "mountain", highlighting the proud bones of the green pine. How fierce the wind is, and how strong the pine branches are! The third and fourth sentences reinforce the lyrical atmosphere. The two "One Ho" emphasize the strong feelings of the poet: the former highlights the rapid and fierceness of the valley stroke, and the latter highlights the majestic uprightness and tenacious vitality of the pine cypress. Let it be frosty and cold, and the waist of the pine tree is upright all year round. Using contrasting writing techniques, from the fierce development of the wind to the cold frost, the strength of the pine branches is broadened to be correct throughout the year, which shows the harshness of the environment and the characteristics of the green pine that does not wither. The artistic conception of the poem is particularly lofty, and the style is even more tragic and lofty. Could it be that the pine trees did not suffer from the severe cold? It is the pine that has a hardy nature. The last two sentences are transformed into sentence forms to conclude with a question. From the outside in, from the surface to the depths, the poet transfers the correct appearance of the reader's vision of "pavilion" to the inner nature of the pine tree, thus showing that the pine tree is not afraid of the wind and cold because of the spirit of indomitability.