This is the seven-character quatrain "Xin Lei" written by Zhang Weiping, a writer of the Qing Dynasty. It means: Although nature is silent, it is affectionate. When the cold ends, it brings spring and quietly arranges a variety of colors. The flowers are in bud and waiting to be enlarged. Nature has already arranged for them to be colorful and colorful. Just waiting for the spring thunder to sound, the flowers will bloom one after another.
The original text of the poem is as follows:
Creation is speechless but has feelings. Every time the cold comes, spring is born.
Thousands of red and purple arrangements are waiting for the first sound of new thunder.
The poem expresses the poet's joy for the coming spring by praising nature and calling for the beautiful spring and the vitality of new thunder, and expresses the poet's expectation for a new society and new life. urgent desire. It can be seen from the poem that the poet on the eve of a great historical change has been dimly aware of the requirements of the times to get rid of the old and welcome the new.
Extended information
About the author: Zhang Weiping (1780-1859), named Zishu, also known as Nanshan, also known as Songxinzi, later known as Zhuhai Laoyu, Panyu, Guangdong (now Guangdong) (Guangzhou City, Guangzhou Province). In the ninth year of Jiaqing (1804), he won the imperial examination and in the second year of Daoguang (1822), he was promoted to Jinshi. Because he was tired of the darkness of officialdom, he resigned and returned home in the sixteenth year of Daoguang (1836), living in seclusion in "Tingsongyuan".
Creative background: This quatrain was written in the early spring of the fourth year of Daoguang (1824), more than ten years before the Opium War. At that time, the Qing regime was corrupt and dark, reaching a desperate situation; and the opium trade in the West was increasing. Wise scholar-bureaucrats, seeing this situation of internal and external difficulties, were filled with anxiety and anxiety; they were also eager for the arrival of a new situation. "New Thunder" is the product of such complex emotions.
The poem "Xin Lei" writes about the scene of welcoming spring. "Creation" is nature. Although nature is silent, it has feelings. The winter cold has not yet receded, and spring has quietly arrived. The colorful flowers in the garden are all ready, waiting for the spring thunder to burst into bloom. This poem not only expresses the poet's infinite praise for nature, but more importantly, expresses his eager expectation for social change.
The poet uses empathy to endow the natural world with human emotional activities and thinking abilities. "Creation is speechless but has emotions." As the creator, heaven, that is, nature, does not originally have human emotions and thoughts. In the poet's writings, nature can not only think, but also contain feelings for human beings without words.
Because creation is sentient, spring comes into being after the cold, and colorful flowers are in bud, and nature seems to be in a state of stillness and waiting for a while. This is the calm on the eve of great changes, the silence before the first spring thunder. The poet seized this fertile moment on the eve of the first spring thunder, which can better express his desire for spring and his desire for a new living environment.