Mo Mei (1)
Wang Mian
The first tree in my home, West Wild Goose Lake, is full of flowers and light ink marks.
Don't boast about the good color, just let the air be full of dried Kun.
Translation:
My family painted plum trees near Xiyan Lake, with pale ink flowers. It doesn't need others to praise its beautiful color, as long as it leaves a fragrance full of dried Kun.
Notes on Important and Difficult Points: ① Mo Mei: Plum Blossom in Ink Painting. ② Xiyan Lake: a pool for washing pens and inkstones after writing and drawing. Wang Xizhi has a legend that "the middle school books in the pool are all black". This is the allusion used here. The poet has the same surname as Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in Jin Dynasty, so he says "my home".
Appreciation and inspiration:
This is a poem. Poets praise Mo Mei and Dont Ask For Help, just to leave a fragrance of virtue to the world. In fact, he used Mei as a metaphor to express his life attitude and noble sentiment.
The greatest feature of this poem is to support people with things. The poem first depicts the image of Mo Mei in one or two sentences, and then writes Mo Mei's wish in three or four sentences. Although the appearance is not beautiful, it presents us with an image of refined temperament, dignity, tranquility and detachment. It doesn't want to attract people, please people and get people's praise with bright colors. It just wants to send out a fragrance and let it stay between heaven and earth. These two sentences are the poet's self-portrayal. Wang Mian grew up in a poor family, herding cattle during the day and studying hard under the ever-burning lamps of Buddhist temples at night. Finally, he learned a lot. He is good at poetry and painting, and he is versatile. However, he tried every time and didn't want to curry favor with the powerful, so he decided to be rich and famous, and lived in seclusion in Jiulishan, East Zhejiang, drawing rice for a living. The phrase "don't be praised by lewdness, just stay dry for nothing" shows the poet's character of disdain, independence and self-appreciation. Poets organically combine painting style, poetic style and personality, literally praising plum blossoms, but actually appreciating their own virtue of establishing a person.
Takeishi
Zheng Xie
Bamboo is not relaxed at all, its roots are firmly embedded in the cracks in the rocks.
After thousands of tortures and blows, it is still strong, whether it is the southeast wind or the northwest wind in winter, it can bear it and will still be tough and straight.
[Notes]
1. Bamboo stone is an inscribed poem.
2. Assertion: metaphor is rooted firmly, just like biting.
3. grinding: torture. Perseverance: firm and strong.
4. Joel: That. It means: the wind in the southeast and northwest blows fiercely, but it can't be blown down.
[explanation]
This is a poem with profound implications. The first two sentences say that bamboo is rooted in broken rocks and has a solid foundation. The second sentence says that no matter how the wind blows from all directions, the bamboo stone is still strong. While praising Zhu Shi's firm and tenacious spirit, the author also implies the strength of his own character. "Endure all kinds of hardships, stay strong, and let the east, west, north and south prevail" is often used to describe revolutionaries' firm stance in struggle and unshakable character when the enemy attacks.
[Introduction to the author]
Zheng Xie (Yin Xie) (1693- 1765), born in Xinghua (now Xinghua County, Jiangsu Province), was a famous painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty.
Lime Song (Yu Qian)
A thousand hammers cut deep mountains,
When the fire started, it was idle.
I'm not afraid of fractures,
Leave your innocence in the world.
The general idea is: the stones mined from the deep mountains, after thousands of chisels, have an ordinary scene of fire burning. As long as you can leave your innocence in the world, you are not afraid of death. The whole poem shows the poet's noble sentiment of being an incorruptible person, not afraid of hardships and dangers on the road of life, being brave in sacrifice.