The verses about persimmons are as follows:
1. The stars are shining out at dawn, and the sun is hanging in the evening. This is due to the collection of inheritance, and it is necessary to turn it over to protect one's life. ——"Yong Red Persimmon" by Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty.
Appreciation: This poem describes an old man’s later life. "The stars are out in the morning, and the sun is hanging in the evening", which means that the old man gets up in the early morning and goes home at dusk. Although his life was ordinary, it was still worth cherishing and being grateful for.
"Benyin Caipao" means that the old man originally planned to travel around and collect places of interest in various places after retirement, but he canceled this plan because of his age. "Turn oneself to protect one's life" means that the elderly no longer pay attention to the troubles of the world, but pay more attention to health and longevity. The whole poem expresses the old man's perception of life and his cherishing of life.
2. Persimmons have suffered frost this year, so pomegranates must be picked early. ——Tang Dynasty? Anonymous "Selection of People".
Appreciation: "Persimmons have suffered frost this year, so pomegranates must be picked early", which expresses the importance of timing and opportunities. The image of persimmons suffering from frost suggests the transience and fragility of opportunity, while the pomegranate symbolizes opportunity. The author calls on people to seize the right opportunity and pick pomegranates as early as possible to make full use of the time and opportunities.
3. The sand gulls are full of fish along the path, and the wild birds are calling each other. The persimmons are red. ——Zheng Gangzhong, Song Dynasty, "Wang Wangfei".
Appreciation: This poem uses natural scenery as the background. Sand gulls fly by, birds call each other, and the red color of persimmons becomes the highlight of the whole scene, highlighting the changes of seasons and the vitality of life. Temples and bells, caves and clouds form a deep and mysterious picture of virtuality and reality, making the scenery in the poem more symbolic.
4. The village is dark with mulberry branches and red persimmon trees. ——Fan Zongyin of Song Dynasty, "Visiting Longhua Temple".
Appreciation: The village is dark with mulberry branches and the forest is red with persimmons. This sentence expresses the scenery and vitality in two different environments through the description of natural scenes. The branches of the mulberry trees in the village are intertwined to form a darkness, suggesting the poverty or isolation of the village, while the persimmon trees in the forest grow luxuriantly, and their red fruits bring a sense of vitality and abundance.
5. The trees harvest tomatoes when the stairs are sloping in the evening, and white fish are harvested by the cold current. ——"Four Miscellaneous Poems" by Lin Bu in the Song Dynasty.
Appreciation: This poem is based on the natural landscape. The trees are harvesting tomatoes at night and the cold current is catching white fish. By describing the scenes of harvesting tomatoes and catching white fish, it expresses the richness of nature. and generosity. It expresses the poet's praise of the beauty of nature and his boredom with worldly things, and shows his yearning and pursuit of nature.