Lotus-appreciating poems

Lotus has always been a metaphor for a gentleman, and it is an important theme in lotus poems of past dynasties to praise the purity and nobility of a gentleman by praising lotus. The sentence in Qu Yuan's Lisao is one of the classics: "Make lotus flowers as clothes and pick hibiscus as clothes." Poets should dress themselves up with water chestnut leaves and lotus leaves and lotus flowers to express their persistence and pursuit of noble conduct. Li Bai named himself "Qinglian Jushi", and his book "Folding Lotus to Give People" said: "I love this red and fresh. Climb the lotus to get its own plant, and the ripples are not round. In the beautiful clouds, I want to give a gift to the sky. Acacia has no reason to see, looking forward to the breeze. " Words such as "play", "love" and "climb" are used in the poem to express the love for lotus flowers to the fullest. In the sentence, beauty refers to a gentleman, and the poet admires him infinitely, but it is inevitable to be disappointed that "lovesickness has no cause." Lu You's poems about lotus also have a strong beauty of nobleness. He wrote in "Lotus Dream": "There is no wind, the road is endless, and the moon is full of Feng Wang." I only regard thousands of bottles as a month's salary, because they smell of copper and flowers. "The poet dreamed that he was the king of the moon, and he was the official in charge of the lotus in the sky. From then on, he can stay away from "copper smell" and "miscellaneous flowers" and express his noble and free feelings through lotus flowers.

Depicting the beauty of lotus is another theme of lotus poetry in past dynasties. Yang Wanli, a poet in Song Dynasty, was good at discovering beauty from nature. He said, "Why are there new sentences if they are not beautiful?" When visiting the West Lake, he improvised "Dawn and Kindness": "After all, in mid-June, the scenery of the West Lake was different from that at four o'clock. The next day, the lotus leaf is infinitely blue, and the lotus color is different. "

The bright colors and unique fragrance of lotus flowers are also admired by many poets. "Nature is also, especially the standard case of romance. Under the thick green cover, thousands of beautiful people shine on the water, so red and white "(Su Shi); "There are many plain flowers, but don't be cheated. This flower ends in Yaochi "(Lu Guimeng); "To the sun, but it is suspected to be crisp drops, the wind is turbid and the snow is fragrant" (Pi Rixiu); Later Check Bai Lianhua (Bai Juyi); "Ling Boxian is quiet and fragrant, but also drunk in Redology" (Fan Chengda); "Water lotus is burning red" (Wang Wei).

Famous artists also express their meanings by chanting lotus. Facing the lotus flower, Xin Qiji's brushwork takes a different approach. He wrote in the next chapter of the divination operator: "The lotus root is long, but the lotus root in the flower is bitter. Just for romance, it is more beautiful. " The author was a famous anti-gold star in the Southern Song Dynasty, but he was useless after returning to the South. Can he not be "deeply rooted" and "miserable"? Borrowing the allusion of Li Yu's "Golden Lotus is born step by step", he lamented that the imperial court lingered on and failed to cheer up. What's the difference between this and Li Houzhu, the king of national subjugation who only knew feasting in those days? Watching the lotus never forgets the state affairs, and strolling leads to melancholy, revealing the poet's deep patriotic feelings and full of sincerity in serving the country.