Zhu Xi's Poems about Writing 1. Zhu Xi's Poems about the Relationship between Writing and Life
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Song Dynasty: Zhu Xi
When a square pond of half an acre is opened, the sky is shining and clouds are hovering.
what's so clear about asking the canal? Because there is an inexhaustible source of constant flow of living water for it.
A half acre square pond is displayed like a mirror, in which the brilliance of the sky and the shadow of floating clouds move together. Why is the water in that square pond so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source that continuously delivers living water for it.
2. "Two Thoughts on Reading Books (Part II)"
Song Dynasty: Zhu Xi
Last night, the river was full of spring water, and the huge ship was light.
I've been wasting my time, but I'm free today.
Last night, spring tides rose by the river, and the huge ship was as light as a feather. It has always been a waste of effort to push and pull, but today it can drift freely in the middle of the river.
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"Feeling from Reading Books" is an interesting poem that Zhu Xi talks about his feelings from reading books by metaphor. Influenced by Zen Buddhism, there are many reasoners in Song poetry. But there are not many people who can explain the truth well and have literary interest. Zhu Xi's two "Thoughts on Reading Books" can be regarded as works with good reason and interest.
Zhu Xi, whether right or wrong, has a great influence on China culture. There is a couplet, the first couplet is: eyeball, nostril, Zhu Xi is higher than Confucius.
Liang Qichao criticized Cheng Zhu, a great scholar who was attached to the imperial power in Qing Dynasty, and respected Zhu more than Confucius, which was manifested in the following aspects: Zhou Kong was wrong rather than Cheng Zhu Fei.
these statements seem strange, but they are all real things. Although there was a confrontation between Lu Wang School and Cheng Zhu, it was still Zhu Xi's influence. Wang Yangming was superstitious about Zhu Xi in his early years, and later opposed Zhu Xi's sui generis. Finally, he inevitably wrote Zhu Xi's Conclusion in His Later Years.
Not to mention Zhu Xi's academic achievements, his two "Thoughts on Reading Books" are really excellent works.
The first book uses a square pond as a metaphor (the round one is a pool, and the square one is a pond), reflecting everything. The water in the pool is clear, precisely because there is running water at the source. This flowing water, of course, is a steady stream of knowledge.
However, if this poem is with the ancestor of Yunmen Sect, it can only be considered unqualified. As the saying goes, "He who enters through the door is not a treasure", and the water flowing in is not his own treasure after all.
The second song is about the size and timing of energy. When spring water comes, the big ship becomes like a feather and floats gently. When the water was small before, a lot of effort was wasted; He can run freely in the water.
Kun Peng's soaring needs the strength of the horn wind; Middling freely requires the buoyancy of spring water. This is a matter of energy and timing.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Two Thoughts on Reading
2. Zhu Xi's poem expressing the relationship between writing and life
"It's so clear to ask the canal, because there is flowing water from the source" vividly expresses a subtle and unspeakable reading feeling compared with the square pond. The pond is not a stagnant water, but often filled with flowing water, so it is as clear as a mirror, reflecting the sky and clouds. This kind of The situation of the same person in reading is quite similar when he gets through problems, gains new knowledge and gains great benefits, and improves his understanding. The aura flow, clear thinking, fresh and lively spirit and self-satisfaction of this poem are exactly the author's personal reading feelings as a university scholar. Although this feeling expressed in the poem is only about reading, it has profound implications and rich connotations. It can be widely understood. In particular, the sentence "Ask the canal to be so clear, so as to have flowing water from the source", which is clear because flowing water from the source is constantly injected, implying that if people want to have a clear mind, they must study hard and always add new knowledge. Therefore, people often use these two poems as a metaphor to praise a person's academic or artistic achievements, which has its own deep roots. Only when the mind is always active, open-minded and broad-minded, accepting all kinds of different ideas and fresh knowledge, and being broad-minded, can we keep thinking, and the new water will flow forever. These two poems have been condensed into the common idiom "flowing water from the source", which is used to describe the source and motive force of things' development.
3. On Zhu Xi's famous poems and analysis
On Zhu Xi's famous poems and analysis, there are:
1. Everyone can see the face of spring, the spring breeze blowing flowers open, thousands of purple, everywhere is the scene of spring. -
Analysis of "Spring Day": Literally, this poem seems to write about the feelings of traveling in spring, but the place to find fragrance is the shore of Surabaya, which was occupied by the Jin people when crossing the Song Dynasty. Zhu Xi did not go north, of course, it is impossible to swim in the spring of Surabaya. In fact, the word "Surabaya" in the poem alludes to Confucius, because in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius used to string songs between Zhu and Si to give lectures and teach disciples. Therefore, the so-called "search" refers to the way to seek saints. "Colorful" is a metaphor for the richness of Confucianism. The poet compares the sage's way to the spring breeze that urges the machine and ignites everything.
2. As soon as the half-acre square pond is opened, the sky is full of clouds and shadows. Ask the canal to be so clear, because there is flowing water from the source. -
analysis of
reading a book
: this is an extremely artistic and philosophical poem. When people taste calligraphy works, they often have an artistic feeling of flying high. In poetry, this inner feeling is turned into a concrete image that can be touched by symbolic means, so that readers can appreciate the mystery themselves. The so-called "flowing water from the source" refers to the inexhaustible artistic inspiration in the writer's heart. Poetry has a profound meaning. The vivid metaphor of the rich inspiration of calligraphy art from the source is the real inexhaustible source of calligraphy art works, which clarifies the author's unique reading experience, conforms to the characteristics of calligraphy art creation and reflects the essence of general art creation.3. It's easy for teenagers to learn from old age, but it's hard to learn from old age, and an inch of time can't be wasted. I didn't feel the dream of spring grass in the pond, and I realized that the leaves were autumn in front of the steps. -
analysis of
this is an escape poem, the specific writing date is unknown, about the last year of Shaoxing (1162). This poem is widely circulated in Japan, and it has spread widely in mainland China, thinking that it was written by Zhu Xi, so let's keep it for reference. Its main purpose is to persuade young people to cherish their time and study hard, both for persuasion and self-warning. The language of the poem is easy to understand, the image is vivid and vivid, and the degree to which time flies and the years are easy to pass is compared with the dream of spring grass in the pond and the sudden autumn sound of phoenix trees in front of the steps, which is very appropriate and doubles the power of exhortation.
4. Don't feel sorry for yourself in the evening rain, let spring rise and the sky float. It only makes the painting pavilion have no land, and the new poems of the past are full of boats. Outside the bluebird and in front of Bai Ou, there are several old karma for incense. The moon in Jiulan Mountain moves to carve the sill, and the river breeze blows the feast. -"Partridge Sky"
Analysis: This is a small word to drown one's sorrows with wine, which was written before and after the death of Yu Jinyuan. At that time, Yuan Haowen, as an orphan of Jinyuan, lived for a long time, lived late and scattered, and was full of grief and indignation. He had to drown his sorrows in wine and seek a moment's comfort in the drunken hometown. This word is produced under this background and mood.
5. The cold river in the dusk is a long road, and the long road is a cold river in the dusk. The sunset in the flower dock is oblique, and the flowers in the sunset dock. There are no worries about customers, and there are no worries about customers. Wake up like drunk and affectionate, and feel more drunk and awake. -
Analysis of Bodhisattva Man: The upper and lower parts of this word adopt different techniques. The upper part is biased towards the rendering of objective scenery, while the lower part focuses on the description of subjective psychology. However, the rendering of the scenery has a strong subjective color, and the description of subjective psychology is mixed with the objective scenery. Therefore, on the whole, emotion and scenery, subjectivity and objectivity are integrated.