Mao Zedong
Sitting alone in the pond is like a tiger sitting in the shade to recuperate.
If I don't speak first in spring, which bug dares to speak?
Seven ancient singing frogs
Mao Zedong
Sitting alone in a pond is like sitting in a tiger house, resting in the shade.
If I don't speak first in spring, which bug dares to speak?
It is unheard of for Mao Zedong to sublimate the image of the frog itself to such a lofty level. The poet passed a little frog with relaxed and interesting pen and ink, but he showed touching heroic feelings and strong grand ambitions. He saw the big picture from the small and lifted the heavy object as easily as possible. However, all this is so natural and appropriate, and you can't see the affectation of "playing tricks" at all. It is very vivid to write the frog crouching posture as "like a tiger crouching posture", because the frog crouching posture is really similar to the tiger crouching posture. While "sitting on a tiger" highlights the "tiger spirit" of the frog, and the poet endows it with the temperament of "tiger". This connection is really a genius. Taking other "insects" as foil objects conforms to the rules of frog activities, making the image of frog "the king of all insects" leap from the page, making people sigh "unexpected, reasonable".