The wonderful use of poetry - "Two Modern Poems"
When language was just born, poetry was also born. Maybe it didn’t have neat words or complicated vocabulary at first, but poetry has many advantages: it can express emotions, it can provide a comprehensive view of the world, people can learn to get along with others through poetry, learn how to serve their parents, and they can also understand birds and beasts through poetry. Plants and trees...
1. How much do you know about beauties?
The world is colorful. We like the world to be full of colors, full of vitality and vitality, and we also hope that life will be colorful and full of fun. and happiness. However, when you smile because of the colorful colors of the world, have you ever thought about the meaning of these words expressing colors when combined with other words?
For example, when the bright red "红" is combined with the color "Yan", does it represent the color red? Of course not. In the Chinese context, "红色" mostly refers to a beautiful woman. For example, there is a sentence in the poet Bai Juyi's "Harem Ci": "The beauty is cut off before she gets old, and she will sit leaning against the smoked cage until the dawn." The "beauty" in it refers to the beautiful woman in the king's harem; while the Qing Dynasty poet Wu Weiye's " In "Yuan Yuan Qu", the sentence "A moment of anger becomes a beauty" is even more famous, linking the charm of a beautiful woman with the fate of the country.
What’s more interesting is that in addition to referring to women, “红色” can also be interpreted as a boy. There is a sentence in "Gift to Meng Haoran" written by Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty: "A beauty abandons her crown, and her white head lies in the pine clouds." This sentence is intended to praise the young Meng Haoran who despised fame and did not love official titles, carriages and horses. She also abandoned the world and returned to the mountains and forests. The word "beauty" corresponds to Meng Haoran in his youth.
From this point of view, Chinese characters are really broad and profound. Have you discovered other words for colors that have different meanings? You might as well use your brain to think about it!
2. Why prune autumn flowers
Throughout the year, countless plants stretch out in nature and feel the beauty of the world. When the spring breeze blows, you can see the jasmine flowers waving to you; when the summer rain falls, you can count the round water drops on the lotus leaves; when the autumn breeze blows, you can appreciate the dazzling red of the maple leaves; when the winter snow is flying , you can smell the faint fragrance of winter plums. In addition to these common plants in all four seasons, have you ever heard of the famous name of Jianqiu Dilan?
In fact, Jianqiuluo can be found in many areas of China. It can be seen in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places. It is 50-80 centimeters tall. The whole plant is covered with soft fine hairs. The flowers are mostly orange-red. The petals are like small heart shapes, clustered together, and they are as bright as a ball of flame. Moreover, the legendary Jianqiu Luo is really related to fire.
More than 2,700 years ago, King Zhou You, the ruler of the Western Zhou Dynasty, married a beautiful woman named Bao Si. Since entering King Zhou You's harem, Bao Si has been frowning and has never smiled. For this reason, King Zhou You used various methods in the hope of getting Bao Si's smile, but unfortunately he never succeeded. Once, someone heard that the sound of tearing silk was very charming and would definitely make Bao Si frown and smile. So King You of Zhou asked people to prepare fine silk fabrics and place them in front of Bao Si, and ordered his men to tear all the silks, but Bao Si remained unmoved. Later, someone came up with another plan called "playing with the princes with beacon fire". After hearing this, King You of Zhou lit the beacon to convey military news.
The beacon fire soared into the sky. The princes from all sides thought that King Zhou You was in trouble and came to support him one after another. However, when they arrived at the city gate, they realized that all this was a farce to make Bao Si laugh. And when Bao Si saw the angry expressions of the people in the city, she really smiled.
Perhaps because there was a scene about cutting silk, people later associated cutting autumn flowers with this story. In many flower languages, the cut autumn rose represents wit, resentment and the beauty of loneliness. It may also have some similarities with the beauty Baosi!
3. The predecessor of the quill pen
As we all know, the more famous writing instrument in Western history is the quill pen. The white goose feathers often appear in dramas from British and American countries. However, there is another pen that has a longer history than the quill pen and is considered the predecessor of the quill pen. What kind of pen is it?
When we walk by the lake, we can always see the raw materials of this pen swaying in the wind. Yes, it is a reed pen! Compared with other writing tools, the reed pen is the earliest real water writing pen currently recorded, and it is also the longest-used pen in the history of human pens.
Compared with other plants, reed stalks are hard in texture, hollow inside, and of appropriate thickness. As long as the writing end of the reed stalk is sharpened with three bevels, a simple reed pen will be roughly formed. It is the most natural gift that nature provides for human writing.
Of course, this kind of pen also has shortcomings. It is easy to wear, easy to scratch the paper, unsightly, and smells bad. Therefore, when people began to use parchment, the rough reed pens were no longer worthy of the delicate and delicate parchment. Therefore, people invented the quill pen to replace the reed pen. Gradually, the reed pen lost people's favor and disappeared in the torrent of history.
4. One Sun, Hundreds of Names
In the early morning, a red sun rises slowly from the east, helping people dispel the darkness and bringing light and warmth to the earth.
In addition to "sun" and "red sun", do you know how many other names it has?
According to incomplete statistics, including folk slang, local dialects, classical Chinese vocabulary and other forms, there are about a hundred names for the sun. This shows that people really pay attention to and love the sun!
Among them, words related to light or red such as Yang, Yan, Xi, Ming, Zhu, and Hong are always used in combination with other words to refer to the sun, while Three-legged Crow, Red Dragon, and Red Feather Animals or gods in myths and legends such as the Sun, the Feathered Serpent, the Eastern King, and the Mother of the Sun are often equated with the sun. As for the names related to the sun chariot, they can be seen everywhere in Eastern and Western myths, and there are so many of them. Your imagination.
Interestingly, the sun gives us the impression of mostly gold or red, but people also use white to describe it, such as Bairi, Suri, Baijing, etc., which are also names for the sun. In addition, Xuanhui is also a relatively rare name for the sun. The character "Xuan" is originally red-black, which means black with red or black. However, when combined with the character "Hui", it becomes another name for the sun, and sometimes it also refers to the sun. Moonlight, doesn’t it feel amazing?
5. Little-known identity of editor
For Xu Zhimo, the world has always valued him as a poet and writer, but few people know that he is actually an editor.
In 1925, Xu Zhimo took charge of editing the Morning Post Supplement, which was very influential in the literary world at that time. His editorial policy was very much like a hundred schools of thought contending and a hundred flowers blooming. No matter how close the author is to him or whether his views are the same as his own, as long as the article focuses on social issues and has excellent content, Xu Zhimo can accept it with an open mind.
But perhaps due to his temperament as a poet, Xu Zhimo is also a bit "erratic" in his work and often makes mistakes. However, Xu Zhimo must record these mistakes every time and conduct self-examination in newspapers and periodicals.
However, such a note was not emphasized when it was sent, and was ignored by Xu Zhimo. He regarded the published article as the first one and placed it in his own newspaper. Such repeated publications immediately aroused people's attention, and some readers even wrote to Xu Zhimo specifically, advising him, "Next time when you don't have enough manuscripts, you might as well use blank paper for readers to use for other purposes, so as not to mix in bad stuff." It makes people feel sad and upset when they see it."
It can be seen that no matter who you are, you will make mistakes, but what is important is your attitude towards mistakes.
If it were you, would you review your mistakes and laugh at yourself humorously like Xu Zhimo in front of the public?