Mei Mei's Poems
(Yuan) Wang Mian
My home is Xiyan Hutou Tree,
All the flowers are pale and inky.
Don't boast that the color is beautiful,
Just keep it fresh and full of Kun.
Vernacular:
A Chimonanthus praecox, with knotted branches, is growing magnificently beside my West Weir Lake.
Every plum blossom has a faint ink mark, and every plum blossom petal reveals a faint floral fragrance.
I don't want others to praise its beautiful color;
I just hope it can give off the fragrance between heaven and earth.
Appreciation: This is a poem. Mo Mei is the plum blossom of ink painting. The poet praised Mo Mei and Dont Ask For Help for their boasting, just wanting to leave the world with a fragrance of virtue. In fact, he used plum as a metaphor to express his attitude towards life, his outstanding spirit and his noble sentiment of not flattering the world. The first two sentences, "My first tree, Xiyan Lake, is full of flowers and light ink marks", directly describe Mo Mei. In the painting, the plum trees by the pond are in full bloom, and the plum blossoms are stained with a faint ink color. "West Wild Goose Lake" is the allusion of Wang Xizhi's "middle school books in the pool, and the water in the pool is all black". The poet has the same surname as Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in Jin Dynasty, so he said "my home". Three or four sentences praise Mo Mei's moral integrity. It is painted in light ink, and although its appearance is not exquisite, it has a beautiful, noble and dignified, secluded and detached inner temperament; 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 boast of lewdness, just leave one breath to dry Kun" shows the poet's character of disdain, independence and self-appreciation. This poem, titled Mo Mei, is intended to express one's ambition. The poet organically integrates painting style, poetic style and personality. Literally praising plum blossoms is actually appreciating the virtue of a person standing. "Meme Picture Scroll" is a horizontal branch of Meme, with simple brushwork, beautiful branches and fresh and pleasing composition. With proper ink, flowers bloom, unfold and sprout clearly and freely, full of vitality. His pen is very strong, and crochet has created a unique frustration method. Although it is not colored, it can vividly depict the smiling branches of plum blossoms. It not only shows the natural charm of plum blossom, but also reflects the painter's thoughts and feelings of high standards and seeking defeat alone. Coupled with the author's well-known seven-character painting poem, poetry and painting complement each other, making this painting an immortal work. Unfortunately, the inscription of Emperor Qianlong was inserted between the poem and the painting, which destroyed the integrity of the picture. "Plum blossom painting must have plum blossom spirit, and people are as clear as plum blossoms." That's how people praise Wang Mian. Wang Mian in reality, just like the plum blossom in his works, is unyielding and narcissistic. According to legend, Wang Mian's paintings are particularly good. The local county magistrate and a powerful rich man longed for his name, but several attempts to meet him were rejected. Finally, the county magistrate personally went to the countryside to see him. When he heard the news, he quickly hid and let the county magistrate eat the door. Therefore, the poem Mo Mei not only embodies the style of plum blossom he painted, but also embodies the author's noble taste and indifferent mind to fame and fortune, and clearly shows his firmness and pure integrity of not flattering the world.