Said by: Mo Mei is a seven-character quatrain written by Wang Mian, a poet in Yuan Dynasty. Original text:
Mo mei
Yuan Dynasty: Wang Mian
The first tree in my Xiyan Lake is light ink.
Don't praise the good color, as long as it is clear and full of dried Kun.
Translation:
A plum blossom growing in Xiyan Lake seems to be a trace of no bright color left after washing the pen with light ink.
It doesn't need others to praise its color, but only cares about filling the faint fragrance between heaven and earth.
Extended data:
Creative background:
This poem was written in about nine to ten years from Yuan Shundi to Zheng Zheng (1349- 1350). Wang Mian returned to Shaoxing after a long-distance roaming, and there was a plum blossom house in Jiulishan, Huiji, claiming to be the owner of the plum blossom house.
This poem is written here. At this time, on the eve of the peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty, facing the insoluble contradictions in real life, the author wrote this poem emotionally.
Appreciate:
Mo Mei is a poem by Wang Mian, a poet and painter in Yuan Dynasty, dedicated to the plum blossoms he painted. The ink plum described in the poem is beautiful, fragrant and unique. This poem not only reflects the style of plum blossoms he painted.
It also reflects the author's noble taste and indifferent mind to fame and fortune, and clearly shows his firm and pure ethics of not flattering the world. One or two sentences are exquisitely conceived, and the plum blossom in the painting blends with the Bian Mei tree by the pool, just like the faint ink halo of the plum blossom in the painting.
It is the plum that absorbs the ink color in the water. Three or four sentences is a slap in the face, praising Mo Mei for being fresh and elegant, although there is no eye-catching color, in order to express her independent personality ideal that she is unwilling to be kitsch.
The whole poem is based on painting, which is a masterpiece of poetry with profound meaning and thought-provoking. This is a poem. The poet praised Mo Mei and Dont Ask For Help, but only wanted to leave the fragrance of virtue to the world. Actually, he borrowed his plum.
This is a poem with simple language and extraordinary characteristics. Plum blossoms are originally colored and will not turn black because of Mo Chi's watering. Obviously, this ink plum is not all in reality, but comes from the poet's brush.
At the same time, this is not a description of the beauty of plum blossom appearance, but a poet's praise of plum blossom character. Imagine, plum blossom, even without delicate and charming colors, her tenacious fighting spirit and the noble character of Ling Lengguang are not worthy of praise.
This is in line with the poet's noble feelings of not being afraid of powerful people and despising fame and fortune. Therefore, in the poet's view, the plum blossoms in his works don't need to have beautiful colors, as long as they can retain her fragrance for a long time.