Finally, the wait is here, the ginkgo leaves turn golden, and there is a bright season between heaven and earth, in late autumn, early winter, in the gentle time.
Perhaps, we are often surprised by unexpected encounters with objects and flowers, but only for ginkgo, we need to wait patiently and silently. Wait for it to grow leaves in spring, wait for it to bear fruit in summer, wait for it to ripen in autumn, wait for its leaves to turn golden...
This sense of weight of life is like a tear-jerking high-scoring Japanese documentary "The Fruit of Life" The recurring poem in:
Ginkgo, the "world's first living fossil", existed 27000 years ago. From the Mesozoic to the Cretaceous period, it went through the Quaternary period. Glaciers, in their long history, have narrowly escaped the catastrophes of species extinction and have grown up to this day as precious relic plants.
The earliest record of ginkgo in classics was, unsurprisingly, Sima Xiangru’s "Ode to Shanglin", in which there is this passage:
This Ping (píng), That is the Pingzhong tree. The ancients called the ginkgo tree "Pingzhong tree", intending to give it the character of "uprightness". Until modern times, the scholar Guo Moruo would praise ginkgo as "the saint of the East and the living memorial tower of Chinese humanities."
Some people say, "A thousand ren long, Dalian hugs, exaggeratedly straight and straight, solid leaves," which describes the ginkgo tree. It grows as high as a thousand ren, and it takes several people to hug it, and the flowers and branches grow. It stretches freely, and its fruits and leaves are large and dense.
This majestic, majestic, dense and solemn scene of Qiuquqiongqiong is written in poetry, which is the poem "Morning Xing Shu Seeing" written by Ge Shao in the Song Dynasty
It can shock the world It's either about appearance or soul, and this ginkgo has both.
It is the "immortality" that has gone through hundreds of millions of years, it is the "suppression of evil" that symbolizes the uprightness of heaven and earth, and it is the "righteousness and peace" that grows in famous mountains, rivers and ancient temples and nunneries...
< p> Even if you cannot understand the abstract soul of ginkgo, the straight stems and sparse and bright leaves, growing in spring, growing in summer, and yellow in autumn, are enough to make you unforgettable at a glance and fall in love with it in your lifetime.A widely circulated couplet by Su Shi said:
There is nothing better than the fluttering ginkgo leaves in Mr. Dongpo's eyes as "circles and dots of articles" Great praise.
Mr. Ouyang Xiu probably loved this ginkgo very much, so he specially sent the ginkgo root to "Mei Shengyu". The poem said:
Everyone knows that "goose feathers are sent thousands of miles away as gifts." The allusion of "light affection is heavy", but Ouyang Xiu obviously wants to create his own school - Qianliji duck feet. This duck foot is the ginkgo tree, so named because its leaves are shaped like duck feet.
However, I don’t know whether the old gentleman would include the flattened ginkgo leaves in the book when he sent hundreds of ginkgo fruits to his friends, or whether he would write a poem on the golden ginkgo leaves. , to show elegance.
Mei Yaochen of the same period also wrote a poem titled "Repay Uncle Yong's Reward to Ginkgo According to Rhyme", which also uses goose feathers as a metaphor:
What is interesting is the sentence "A close friend never grows old." "Good results are expected to be new." If you have a close friend like this, what else can you ask for?
Wu Kuan of the Ming Dynasty also loved to send ginkgo, and wrote a poem "Xie Ji Zhi Sending Ginkgo". The taste of autumn is mouth-watering:
Not only that, Ouyang Xiu also wrote a poem "He" Shengyu Lihou's duck feet" specifically talks about ginkgo and ginkgo:
Duck feet are native to the south of the Yangtze River, and the name and reality are not superficial.
Jiangnang pays tribute, and Ginkgo is in Zhongzhou.
Zhiyuan has spare energy, and he is curious about Zixianhou.
Because of the roots on the river, Yimenqiu is strong.
Only three or four pieces were picked at the beginning, and the gold dossier was presented in a condensed form.
If the minister fails to recognize it, the emperor will reward him with a hundred gold.
As time goes by, there are more and more children, and they are thick on the branches.
The master is hospitable and gave me a bead throw.
Wherever Bowang moved in the past, there are grapes and pomegranates.
I think when he first came here, the price was as high as this.
Nowadays, it is also found all over China, at the roots of fences and the tops of walls.
Although physical properties are there for a long time, human feelings flow from time to time.
Only the beginning should be remembered, so that future generations will know the origin.
This is also a historical official law, and it is not just a continuation of the king's praise.
I have always felt that ginkgo fruits are not very cute. Although they are fruitful and pleasing when they grow on trees, when they are ripe and fall to the ground, you will smell a putrid smell. breath.
But this poem by Mr. Ouyang Xiu has a kind of magic power. It starts from the past and present life of the ginkgo fruit. It was born in the barbarian land of Jiangnan, but because it paid tribute to the court, it became rare. The most expensive valuables probably refer to old things from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
This ginkgo could only bear three or four knots at first. It was so precious that it had to be packed with gold boxes. The ministers did not recognize it, and the emperor was very surprised when he saw it, so he paid a hundred gold in tribute.
However, as time goes by, the fruits will be exhausted.
Although the physical properties of all things have not changed over time, human feelings and sophistication will indeed be forgotten with the passage of time. Therefore, only by recording the origin at that time can future generations know everything in the past. This has a bit of a philosophical flavor.
This ginkgo, called duck's foot, appears in Lu You's poem: "The leaves of duck's foot are yellow and the leaves are yellow, and the grass smoke shop is windy and rainy."
Appeared in Yuan Dynasty Volume 9 of Wang Zhen's "Nongshu": "The name of Ginkgo comes from its actual white color. It is named duck's foot because of the resemblance of its leaves."
Appeared in Cao Yin of the Qing Dynasty (that is, Cao Xueqin's In the poem "Enter the Linggu Temple" written by my grandfather: "The horse is passing through the mausoleum tunnel, and the duck's feet are flying up to the sky."
At that time, this duck's foot was not that duck's foot, saying All are ginkgo leaves.
However, the most vivid description of ginkgo using duck feet as a metaphor is undoubtedly Zhang Wuwu's "Ode to Ginkgo" in the Song Dynasty.
It is too vivid, especially the last sentence, When this half-ripe and especially green ginkgo fruit was delivered to Han Lin's house in Jiangling City, under the clear breeze and bright moon, what he saw was the slender and lovely appearance of the ginkgo fruit, and after the hard shell was broken, the kernel was as transparent as glass. .
Considering that the glass in ancient times appeared green due to excessive impurities due to its purity, this is a very realistic metaphor.
However, duck feet are not very elegant after all, and literati also gave Ginkgo an elegant name - Wenxing.
This tradition can be traced back to Sima Xiangru. In his "Ode to Changmen", he said, "The carved magnolias are thought of as ridges, and the decorated apricots are thought of as beams."
Wooden beams made of ginkgo carry the most beautiful and righteous blessings in the world.
The classic one is "Wenxing Pavilion" by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty.
This is a Zen poem in which precious apricots and lemongrass are used as roof beams and houses. , it can be seen that you cherish it. "Clouds in the building" and "rain on earth" are both symbols of Buddha's meaning. It can be seen that living under such a roof is an otherworldly and ideal state.
Also with a Zen feel, there is also the sentence "Who planted ginkgo trees, there are several feet of green stripes" in Zhang Shunmin's "Sentences" of the Song Dynasty. This "who" will probably be an eternal mystery;
< p> Shi Huikong's "A flat peach lasts for three thousand years, and a ginkgo lasts for thirty years." There is always a wonderful imagination between fairy peaches and ordinary products, between virtuality and reality;Yang Wanli's "Dark gray and light fire are slightly different, and the slightest bitterness is the most sweet. A chicken head may not be like a duck's feet, but it might as well be with ginkgo and golden peach." The meaning of sweetness and bitterness in the world is expressed through the taste of ginkgo fruit.
To this day, ginkgo is still slightly bitter. Compared with the sweetness of other fruits, this slight bitterness is refreshing and sober. This is probably also the nature of autumn, and it is obviously a good harvest. It's a great time, but it always makes people feel "sad autumn".
Probably, the principle of prosperity and decline also applies here. Then, the harsh winter is coming. This fateful reincarnation is the order and natural movement of the four seasons, but human beings prefer comfortable times.
At this time, you also need a little Zen to brush away the irritability and dust in your mind, just as Liu Ji of the Ming Dynasty said in his "Ci Yun and Silla Master Yan's Qiu Ri Jian Ji (Two Poems)" Words:
Everything is a natural destiny. When the ginkgo is ripe, the wild geese will fly to their destination; when the sweet-scented osmanthus blooms, the wild orioles will fly away.
Don’t be happy with things and don’t be sad with yourself. In the broken bell, there is the compassion of heaven and earth. So as long as your heart is stable and peaceful, even if you hear the singing of autumn insects, just let it go. .
As long as we don’t miss the last breath of surprise in late autumn and early winter, the good times will naturally be intoxicated in our eyes, on the tip of our tongues, and in our hearts...
Because this is the spring blossoms and autumn fruits, because this is the law of heaven and earth, because this is the inheritance of life.