Source: Komatsu
Original text:
Komatsu
Author Du Xunhe? the Tang Dynasty
When pine trees were young, they grew in deep, deep grass and could not be seen. Now they are found to be much taller than weeds.
Those trees that don't recognize that they can soar into the sky, until it enters the sky, people say it is tall.
Translation:
Pine trees grew in deep grass when they were young, so they were invisible when they were buried. Until now, it was found to be much higher than those weeds (chrysanthemum morifolium). At that time, those people didn't know that the tree could soar to the sky, and people didn't say it was tall until it soared to the sky.
Extended data:
Appreciate:
This little poem is rambling, profound and meaningful. Pine trees, heroes and soldiers on the trees. It's freezing, paraquat withers, thousands of trees wither, but it's green and lingyun, facing the wind and snow, poised. However, Lingyun Giant Pine grew from the newly unearthed Komatsu.
Although Komatsu is small, it has shown signs of being "Lingyun". Komatsu's first two sentences vividly describe this feature. Komatsu has just been unearthed in the deep grass since childhood. It is really tiny, and the weeds on the roadside are taller than it, so that it is buried in the "deep grass".
But small but not weak. Surrounded by "deep grass", it does not bow its head, but is a "thorn head"-the head covered with pine needles is straight and hard, sprinting upward and unstoppable.
Those fragile grasses are not comparable. The "thorn" of "thorn" is a thousand words, which not only accurately outlines Komatsu's appearance characteristics, but also vividly outlines Komatsu's indomitable character and brave fighting spirit.
The word "thorn" shows that Komatsu has strong vitality; Its "small" is only temporary and relative. With the passage of time, it will inevitably change from small to large. Isn't it?
Now I feel like Artemisia capillaris gradually. Artemisia capillaris, that is, Erigeron breviscapus, Artemisia capillaris, grows taller in the grass. Komatsu was originally trampled by a hundred herbs, and now it has exceeded the height of Artemisia capillaris; Of course, not to mention other grasses.
The word "Chu" is used accurately, which not only shows the scene of Komatsu's development and change from small to large, but also plays a role in connecting the past with the future in structure: "Chu" is the inevitable result of "thorn" and a harbinger of "Lingyun" in the future.
Things always develop step by step, and it is impossible to reach the sky in one step. Therefore, Komatsu can only "gradually realize" from "sticking his head in the grass" to "growing out of Artemisia". "Awakening" is measured and implicit.
Who "gradually realized"? Only those who care about and cherish Komatsu can observe and compare from time to time, thus "gradually feeling"; As for those who don't care about Komatsu's growth and turn a blind eye, how can they talk about "gradual awakening"? Therefore, at a turn of the pen, the author let out a deep sigh:
Those trees that don't recognize that they can soar into the sky, until it enters the sky, people say it is tall. There are two "Lingyun" here, the former refers to Komatsu and the latter refers to Dasong. Dasong's "Lingyun" has become a reality. It doesn't mean that it has a vision to praise its height, and it doesn't make much sense.
Komatsu is still young and plain as grass. It will be insightful and meaningful if we can recognize it as "Lingyunmu" and cherish and cultivate it.
However, it is this word "knowledge" that people of the times and customs lack, so the poet lamented that short-sighted "people of the times" would not regard Komatsu as a pillar, and how many Komatsu were destroyed and killed because "people of the times didn't know"! Didn't these Komatsu, like Han Yu's swift horse, suffer the tragic fate of dying in the trough?
Du Xunhe was born in poverty. Although he was brilliant when he was young, he failed again and again because no one appreciated him. He was unable to serve his country and was down and out all his life. Burying Komatsu in the deep grass is not entirely the poet's self-portrayal.
Because of the poet's keen observation and profound experience, the description of Komatsu in the poem is refined and vivid; Description and discussion, poetry and philosophy, humor and seriousness are organically unified in this poem, and the lines between them are full of rational interest and intriguing.