Being far away from the mundane and independent, he dared to cross without drifting with the current
Basically, Qu Yuan expressed his noble character ... I guess he kept saying this all the time: I am noble and noble
Brief introduction
It was written by Qu Yuan of Chu State at the end of the Warring States Period. According to Wang Yi's Songs of the South, it was called "Nine Years".
Ode to an Orange, the first object-chanting poem written by a China scholar, was written by citrus reticulata to praise her unswerving character. The author thinks that citrus reticulata is the most beautiful tree between heaven and earth, because it is not only beautiful in appearance, "white in color" and "bad in writing", but also has very precious connotations, such as it is naturally non-portable and only willing to grow in the south, which is a kind of single-minded loyalty and loyalty, and it is also "deep-rooted and difficult to migrate, with nothing to ask for" and "Soviet independence, horizontal but not flowing", which makes it firm itself. Finally, the author expresses his desire to learn from citrus reticulata and to live and die with him, which is also the expression of the author's ambition.
The original poem
Ode to oranges
After the Emperor's noble tree, oranges are attractive.
if you are ordered not to move, you will be born in the south.
it's hard to move, but it's more determined.
the green leaves are full of splendor, but they are full of joy.
once a branch pricked a thorn, it was full of round fruit.
it's a mixture of green and yellow, and the article sucks.
the fine color is white inside, and the class is arbitrary.
disputes should be repaired, but they are not ugly.
there are differences in your ambition.
wouldn't it be nice to be independent and not move?
it's hard to migrate, but there's nothing to ask for.
Su Shi is independent, horizontal but not flowing.
close your heart and be careful, and you will never lose your mind.
bingde is selfless and towering.
I wish you a happy new year.
Shu is inseparable from prostitution, which makes sense.
although you are young, you can be a teacher.
the line is better than Boyi's, and it looks like it.
Translation
Orange, you are a good tree between heaven and earth, and you were born to adapt to the local water and soil.
Your quality remains unchanged, and you grew up in a country south of the Yangtze River.
it's hard to migrate because of your single-minded will.
The green leaves are set against the white flowers, which makes people happy.
the branches are layered, the thorns are sharp, and the fruit is perfect.
yellow in the green, and blue in the yellow. How gorgeous the colors are.
beautiful appearance and clean heart, similar to a moral gentleman.
He is luxuriant and beautiful, graceful and flawless.
ah, your childhood ambition is different.
independence will never change, so how can it not be respected?
you have an unshakable quality, and you are open-minded and have nothing to ask for.
you are far away from the secular world, and you dare to swim without going with the flow.
be careful, never be rash, and never make mistakes from beginning to end.
observing morality is unselfish, which is really comparable to heaven and earth.
May I become a bosom friend with you in the season when everything is dying.
How honest and liberal you are without debauchery.
Although you are young, you can be a good teacher for people.
The character is like the ancient Boyi, planted here to set an example for me.
Note
[Houhuang] means Houtu, Huangtian, which refers to the earth and the sky.
[Tanglaifuxi] is suitable for southern water and soil. Come, pass "come". Clothing, habits. These two sentences mean that the beautiful citrus reticulata is only suitable for growing in the land of Chu.
Being ordered by heaven and earth means temperament and nature.
[One ambition] is single-minded. One, single-minded. These two sentences mean that citrus reticulata is rooted in the south and single-minded.
[Su Rong] is a white flower.
[Zeng zhi] numerous branches.
a sharp thorn.
[tu (á n)] It's round.
[article] pattern color.
[rotten] gorgeous and bright. [Fine color] Bright skin color.
it's like holding a road. Class, like. Ren, hug.
[disputes should be repaired] are luxuriant and well decorated.
[love (ku ā)] beautiful.
〕 〕〕praise words.
[profile] open-minded.
[Su Shi independence] Be independent of the world and stay awake. Sue, waking up means awakening to the troubled times.
[Bingde] Keep good moral character.
[Don't flow horizontally] Stand horizontally in the water and don't go with the flow.
[Close your heart] Be quiet and be wary.
[miss] means "fault".
[May the year be over and thank you] swear to live and die together. Years old, years old Thanks, die.
Shu Li is beautiful, kind and self-controlled. Leave and pass "Li".
integrity.
[Mr. Ke] can be a teacher.
[like] a role model.
A brief analysis
Ode to Orange is a lyric poem about things. In the first half, things are eulogized by love, and description is the main part; The second half is lyrical, mainly lyrical. The two parts have their own emphasis, but they are linked and integrated with each other. The poet created a beautiful image of citrus reticulata by personification, describing and praising it from all sides. The image of citrus reticulata is an example for the poet to inspire himself to stick to moral integrity.
Background knowledge
There are many oranges in the south, and Chu can be called the hometown of citrus reticulata. "Hanshu" is called "Jiangling Thousand Trees and Oranges", so it can be seen that Jiangling in Chu was famous for producing oranges long before the Han Dynasty. However, citrus reticulata has a strange habit: only when he grows in the south can he bear sweet fruit, and if he wants to migrate to the north, he can only get bitter and astringent bitter orange. "Yanzi Chunqiu" recorded that "oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and those born in Huaibei are oranges", which is the case. Isn't this a big regret? However, in the view of Qu Yuan, who deeply loves his native land, this kind of nature of "being ordered not to move and being born in the south" can be connected with his unswerving patriotism. Therefore, during his exile and idleness in Yingdu, he took citrus reticulata in the south of China as an example to strive for the festival, and wrote this famous poem "Ode to an Orange" with deep affection.
Ode to Orange can be divided into two sections. The first section focuses on describing citrus reticulata's elegant and touching external beauty. Three sentences, such as "after the emperor, the tree is beautiful, and the orange is attractive", are extraordinary: a firm green orange suddenly rises between the vast world, and it is deeply rooted in the "southern land", and no force can make it migrate. The spirit of standing in the air and the determination of "being ordered not to move" have raised the readers' infinite respect! Citrus reticulata is respectable and handsome at the same time. The poet then painted it with exquisite brushwork, sketching its vibrant "green leaves" and smudging its snowflake-like "Su Rong". Although there are "thorns" between its branches and leaves, it is only to prevent foreign invasion; What it has contributed to the world is "pure color with white inside" and countless "round fruits" that shine brilliantly! Qu Yuan's "Orange of the South" is so "suitable for repair" and so worthy of great responsibility! Although this section focuses on description, between the lines, people can strongly feel the poet's pride and praise for the "Jiashu" of the motherland.
the beauty of citrus reticulata lies not only in its external form, but also in its internal spirit. The second section of this poem, that is, from the description of citrus reticulata's external beauty to the enthusiastic eulogy of its internal spirit. In Li Sao, Qu Yuan once expressed his disdain for the generation of Lan and Jiao (referring to the courtiers in charge of the state affairs) by saying that Qiang is tolerant without reality (good looking in appearance, but without good inner quality). Citrus reticulata is not so. Although it is young, it has set a firm ambition of "independence and not moving"; When it grows up, it is even more "horizontal but not flowing" and "Shu can't leave prostitution", showing a strong and upright character; Even in the face of the "blooming flowers", it is still lush and will never give in to the cold. In the poem, the phrase "I wish to thank you at the age of 2, and be friends with you for a long time" is a stroke of genius to communicate "things and me": it suddenly embraces the poet himself in ode to oranges, and is willing to be friends with citrus reticulata's appearance. In the face of severe years, this makes the image of citrus reticulata, who is proud of frost and snow, and Qu Yuan himself, who has been ruined and has not changed his ethics, superimposed together. Then, after a thousand years of thinking, the whole poetic realm was sublimated with the conclusion that "the line is better than that of Bo Yi, and it is like Xi". In the distant reflection of two ancient and modern people, the spirit of citrus reticulata praised in the previous article has all flowed and converged, and it has become a symbol of the spirit of great people who are in adversity and do not change their ethics, and it is reflected on the historical awning!
judging from the poems we can see now. Ode to an Orange is the first object-chanting poem in the history of China's poetry. Qu Yuan skillfully grasped citrus reticulata's ecology and habits, connected it with human spirit and character by analogy and association, and gave warm praise. Expressing ambition by things and writing people by things not only communicate things with me, but also integrate ancient and modern times, thus creating a strange realm praised by Lin Yunming, a Qing dynasty, "It seems that every sentence in two paragraphs is an ode to orange, but seeing (bending) the original and the orange can not be divided into one or two, reflecting each other and having a wonderful mirror" ("Chu Ci Deng"). Since then, the Orange of the South China has contained the rich cultural connotation of "independence and love for the motherland" with lofty ideals, which has always been sung and imitated by people. Undoubtedly, this unique contribution belongs only to Qu Yuan, so Liu Chenweng in Song Dynasty also called Qu Yuan the "ancestor of chanting things" through the ages.