Orchid ode
1, by Zhang Yu, a beginner in the late Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
2. The original text of this poem is as follows:
Can be white or yellow, no one is fragrant.
A small heart can hold a lot of incense.
3. Appreciates the following:
"White and yellow", blue petals are white and yellow, plain and beautiful; "No one is fragrant", praising the "fragrance" of orchids from a personalized point of view, and advancing from formal beauty to inner beauty.
"The heart is not big", two strokes and one writing, both writing flowers and writing people. Yang Wanli's "Wood Xi in Ning Lou Tang" said, "It seems to be a big one. Why does it smell a lot?" Zhang Yu used Yang Wanli's poems, but they are more accurate, sophisticated and vivid. A narrow-minded, modest gentleman has little demand on society. The metaphor of "holding a lot of incense" is endless and can contribute a lot to people.
This poem praises orchids and focuses on two characteristics of orchids: color and fragrance. The whole poem uses the quiet, pure and lasting fragrance of orchids to write the unique character of orchids and the interest of literati, which is a good structure in poetry about objects.
Extended data
Zhang Yu (1333- 1385) was a scholar in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. The word to the instrument, more attached to the phoenix, lived quietly in Xunyang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and then moved to Xing Wu (now Huzhou, Zhejiang). Together with Gao Qi, Yang Ji and Xu Ben, they were called "Four Outstanding Persons in Wuzhong", and together with Gao Qi, Wang Xing and Xu Ben, they were also called "Ten Outstanding Persons in the Northland", which was also one of the ten outstanding persons in the early Ming Dynasty.
The official is too common, and the Mi's father and son are magnificent and elegant, and they have the collection of quiet houses. Zhang Yu's writing style is good, his words are refined and elegant, and his poems are thoughtful and refined, simple and elegant.
Calligraphy is delicate and interesting, just like Yuefu in Xie Zhuang. Li Shu imitated Han Zemu and copied Wang Xizhi's Cao E Monument in regular script. Although not refined, it can be refined into elegance. Painting mountains and rivers, Fami and his son, tall, light and beautiful brushwork, the product is in the square.
Zhang Yu's Ode to Orchids is actually a portrayal of his life. "It can be white or yellow." Although it looks like an orchid, it also tells me that his life is bumpy, flexible, poor and rich. "No one is fragrant" is not only the spirit of praising orchids, but also the imagination of book poets. Changyu is melancholy, willing to be lonely, and doesn't want Wen Da.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Zhang Yu