Li Shangyin's Untitled and Spring Silkworm Woven Until Death, every night candles will make the wick cry ("silk" and "thinking").
Liu Yuxi's "Zhi Zhu Ci" "Willow Green Jiang Shuiping, I listen to the songs on the Langjiang River. Sunrise in the east and rain in the west, the road is sunny but sunny. " (Qing and Qing)
The folk song "Midnight Song (I)" written by Yuefu in the Jin Dynasty says: "When you first want to know Yue, your two hearts are one. If you put silk in the scrap machine, why can't it be a horse? " ("Silk" and "Thinking" are in harmony; "Enlightenment" and "error" are harmonious)
Yuefu poetry collection "Xizhou Qu": "Bow your head and get lotus seeds, as blue as water. In the lotus chest sleeve, the lotus heart is all red. " ("Lotus seed" and "Reiko Kobayakawa" are harmonious, and "lotus heart" and "compassion" are harmonious)
There are many examples of puns in classical poetry, some of which are very representative.
First, "lotus" and "hibiscus", "lotus" and "cherish", "lotus" and "even" are homophonic puns.
This pun often appears in the folk song Wu Ge in the Southern Dynasties. For example:
"Lotus is planted in the mountains and passes through Huangpi dock. It is difficult to get a lotus flower. " "I've thought about it for a long time, and I don't love the single lotus, but cherish the concentric lotus root." (Reading Quge) Lotus is a kind of plant in nature, and lotus root is the rhizome of lotus. These two examples use the homonym of "hibiscus" to mean "hibiscus", "lotus" to mean "pity" and "lotus" to mean "even", which constitutes a pun and implicitly expresses the feelings of missing lovers.
Second, "Si" and "Xiang" are homophonic puns.
In the poem "Untitled", Li Shangyin puns "When the silkworm dies, the candle at night will be exhausted", "Silk" and "Thinking", which means that as long as there is breath left, the infatuation will not change, and it is really faithful love. "Spring silkworm should not be old, often pregnant day and night. What a pity! When you are exhausted, it is time to be lingering. " This poem also skillfully uses puns to express the desire and persistence of working women for love.
Third, "Liu" and "Liu" are homophonic puns
In ancient times, when parting, people often bid farewell to willow trees from the roadside to express their reluctant feelings. Those "willows" also "stayed" For example, Li Bai's "Smelling the flute in Los Angeles on a Spring Night": "Who can't stand home!" The flute plays a song "Folding Willow", which belongs to the ancient music of Han Yuefu and expresses the pain of parting. Listening to the distant flute, Li Bai fell into homesickness involuntarily. Another example is Wang Wei's "Send Yuan Er Shi An Xi": "Weicheng is rainy and dusty, and the guest house is green and willow." "Liu" not only writes about scenery, but also has the meaning of "staying", which shows the author's nostalgia for his friends.
Fourth, "period" and "chess" are homophonic puns.
"Midnight Song (Part 2)": "We broke up tonight. When shall we meet again? It's not long before the bright light shines on the empty bureau! " "Period" is the homonym of "chess", which means I don't know when I will meet you after "farewell", just like an endless game of chess. Its bitterness and sadness are vividly on the paper. "Two New Poems of Yang Liuzhi" written in the Tang Dynasty said: "A candle at the bottom of a well cannot grow long." Long-distance travel is one of the ancient games. The homonym of "go" is "against the date", and "don't go" means "not against the date", which is skillfully used and meaningful.
"Skin" is a semantic pun on "cloth" and "puppet"
"Midnight Song": "I want to know Lang at first, and my heart is one. If you put silk in the scrap machine, why can't it be a horse? " The word "horse" in the poem refers to both cloth and puppet. This woman expected two of a kind to have a happy ending, but I didn't expect the man to be ungrateful, leaving her a tangled silk thread to express her painful condemnation of the man's betrayal. The folk song "Making Silk" in the Southern Dynasties: "Silkworms newly cocoon, and acacia is a female secret. Throwing yourself into the soup is very expensive. " "Horse" also contains the moral of two of a kind, and entrusts a woman with a good wish to get married with her lover.