"Give me a plum and give it to Joan Jiu." What does the whole poem mean?

You give me papaya, and I give it to Joan in return. Not just thanking, but cherishing feelings and being friends forever. You give me Mu Tao, and I will give Qiong Yao in return. Not just thanking, but cherishing feelings and being friends forever. You give me Muli, and I'll take Joan Jiu in return. Not just thanking, but cherishing feelings and being friends forever.

From "Phoenix Papaya", "Phoenix Papaya" is a poem in the Book of Songs, the first collection of poems in ancient China.

Original text:

You give me papaya. I'll pay for Joan. It is always good to repay bandits.

You want to send me a peach, and I want to give it back to Qiong Yao. It is always good to repay bandits.

You give me wood, and I'll take Joan Jiu in return. It is always good to repay bandits.

1, "vote", give it away.

2. "Papaya", the fruit of deciduous shrubs, is rectangular, yellow and fragrant. But it's not the common papaya we see now.

3, "Qiongju", living in seclusion, Meiyu. The following "Qiong Yao" and "Qiong Jiu" also refer to Meiyu.

4. "Mutao" is also the fruit of a deciduous shrub with round or oval fruit, also known as "hawthorn".

5. "Muli", the fruit of deciduous shrubs, also known as Muli, has a round or pear-shaped fruit.

Extended data

Creation background

There are many different explanations about the creation background of Feng Wei Papaya, an ancient poem in pre-Qin dynasty. According to the statistics of Zhang Shubo's Collection of National Styles, there are mainly seven kinds of statements.

The Preface to Mao Poetry in the Han Dynasty said: "Papaya is beautiful now. Tijen was defeated by Cao in Wei, but Qi Huangong saved him and sealed him, leaving only his chariots and horses. Wei people think about it, want to report it thick, and make poems. "

This view was supported by Yan Gan and others in the Song Dynasty, and by Wei Yuan and others in the Qing Dynasty. According to the textual research of three poems about the same period as Mao Dawei, Chen Qiaozong's Textual Research on Lu's Legacy, Lu's "writing this article to reward the courtiers' thoughts" and Wang Xianqian's "The Collection of Three Poets' Righteousness" also have the same opinion.

Since Zhu in the Song Dynasty, the theory of "men and women answering each other" has become popular. "Biography of Poetry" said: "I want to repay you with a little thing. Although it is not enough to repay you, I want to think it is good and don't forget my ears. Doubt is also a word that men and women give answers to, such as "fine woman."

This reflects the innovative spirit and the spirit of doubting the ancient times of the school of poetic abandonment in Song Dynasty. However, this statement was refuted by Yao Jiheng, one of the important representatives of the independent thought poetry school in Qing Dynasty. "The Book of Songs General Theory" said: "It is ridiculous to be a friend, why should it be a man or a woman!" Modern scholars generally draw lessons from Zhu's theory and point out more clearly that this poem is a love poem and the author should be a young man.