Follow the bees around the green hui, avoid the birds and hide the green weeping flowers.
There was a sudden quarrel in the sun, and the wind suddenly returned.
You can see it in the flowers, flying among the leaves.
Don’t be grateful for the youthful beauty, and the noble trees want to depend on each other.
This poem about butterflies is meticulous in style and vivid in description. It is a rare masterpiece.
In the first six lines of the poem, the poet depicts the moving image of Su Die with delicate brushwork. These verses are like shots in a movie. Along with the continuous changing of the background composed of green hui, green ivy, sunshine, spring breeze, red flowers and green trees, they show the light and graceful figure of the butterfly in various poses. Not only that, the poet also incorporated emotions when expressing the plain butterfly, not only writing about its joy of flying flowers and dancing leaves, but also about its joy in reflecting the sun and the wind, and also about its sadness when being chased by birds, thus giving the plain butterfly a sense of emotion. Lifelike expression. Although these vivid descriptions are due to the exquisite techniques of expression, if the poet did not make careful observations and experience the situation, he might not be able to express the grace of the plain butterfly so beautifully.
But if it stops there, it is just a sketch of a butterfly. However, the poet did not stop at an exhaustive description of the plain butterfly, but made progress in dynamic description. One writes the "destiny" of Butterfly. Don't look at it as a butterfly, it also has joys and sorrows, ups and downs, and pursuits. It has to follow the bees and avoid the birds, reflect the sun and the wind, have the struggle of "fighting", and the retreat of "final return", flying back and forth among the flowers and leaves, where is its destination. The two lines of "youth are fortunate to be withheld, and the noble trees want to depend on each other" further demonstrate its emotions. The poem expresses the hope that the flowers will not wither in the tone of Su Die's self-complaint. This emotional expression reveals Sudie's inner uneasiness about the future and her pursuit of life, making the whole poem more profound. At the same time, in these two sentences, the poet pretends to be a butterfly and gives an answer to the future of the butterfly: what it yearns for is a "good tree" with lush flowers and leaves and unlimited vitality for protection and support. Therefore, we can also understand why the poet prefers "plain butterfly" rather than "colored butterfly". Obviously, "plain butterfly" is a symbol. "Su" means both noble character and rough fate. It cannot be as complacent as a colorful butterfly, but must find a powerful protector to have a future. Liu Xiaochuo's life was not smooth. "Five exemptions before and after" has been hit many times. This "Poetry on Su Die" may be his self-confession.
Shen Xianglong once pointed out: "The works of chanting objects are to borrow objects to express one's temperament. All the feelings of one's life experience and the worries of the country are implicitly contained in them. They are placed far away and deep, and there is no way to chant one thing without touching them. "Exactly." From the life of the poet Liu Xiaochuo, it can be seen that this poem is not a general poem about butterflies, but a reflection of the poet's life experience. According to "The Biography of Liu Xiaochuo in Southern History", Xiaochuo was extremely intelligent since he was a child and was highly regarded by Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty Xiao Yan and Prince Zhaoming Xiao Tong. However, he was a arrogant person and was dissatisfied with his talents. If he didn't agree with him, he would slander him. As a result, he was a treacherous person in the world, and his official career had many ups and downs. In the end, he was "sitting on a bundle of silk, receiving a lawsuit from a salaryman, and moved to the left." The king of Xinwei has a long history, but in his later years he suddenly failed to achieve his goals." In this poem, on the one hand, the poet uses the white butterfly to express his nobility and purity of character, and on the other hand, he uses the mouth of the butterfly to express his desire and pursuit of officialdom after suffering many ups and downs. However, the poet has integrated the object image and the idea into one by looking for the meaning of the object. Therefore, he has both the essence of the title and the far-reaching meaning beyond the topic. Readers can appreciate it by chanting about butterflies or expressing their feelings. , which is something that ordinary poetry about things cannot achieve.
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