What is snow like? It can simulate the air difference of salt spraying. If catkins weren't for the wind.
Explanation:
What is this spinning snow like? Sprinkling salt in the air is similar. It is better to compare catkins to flying with the wind.
Liu Yiqing, a Southern Dynasty writer, recorded an impromptu conversation in Xie An, Xie Lang and Xie Daowen's home in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Shi Shuo Xin Yu.
Original text:
Ode to Snow/Ode to Snow Northern and Southern Dynasties: Liu Yiqing
Xie An held a family reunion on a cold snowy day, explaining poetry with his son and nephew. Soon, it snowed heavily, and the guardian said happily, "What kind of snow is this?" ? "Xie Lang, his brother's eldest son, said," The air in the air is almost comparable. "."His eldest brother's daughter said, "Catkin can dance with the wind better than the wind." . "Guardian of the empire laughed. She is the daughter of Xie An, the daughter of Xie An, and the wife of the left-wing general Wang Ningzhi.
Explanation:
Xie An held a family gathering on a cold snowy day to explain poetry to his son and nephew. Soon, it snowed heavily, and the teacher said happily, "What is this snow like?" Xie Lang, his elder brother, said, "It's almost as good to sprinkle salt in the air." Another brother's daughter said, "It's better to fly catkins with the wind." A teacher burst out laughing. She is the daughter of Xie Yi and the wife of General Zuo.
Extended data:
This is an eternal story, which shows Xie Daowen's outstanding poetic talent, meticulous observation of things and flexible imagination.
Xie An's joy lies in the fact that the skirt hairpin does not let people, and the niece's poem is above the nephew. According to Xie Lang's rare literary title, Shi Shuo Xin Yu quoted Xu Jinyang Qiu as saying that he was "brilliant in literary talent", while literature quoted Zhongxing Shu as saying that he was "knowledgeable and versatile". So my uncle rhymes and my nephew is a chorus, which shows that he has a quick mind.
In all fairness, "sprinkling salt in the air" can also be regarded as a analogy. Snow floated down with its white crystal, and Xie Lang made an analogy nearby and painted it in the air without salt. Although not smart, but also poor beyond description.
However, the clever sister is not superstitious about her brother's talent. She thinks it's good to imitate snow with salt, but she doesn't use six petals to describe the basic characteristics of snowflakes, which dance with the wind, surging and endless. So, in response to her brother's original words, she made a bold amendment: "If catkins are not caused by the wind (interpretation: it is better to compare catkins to style)."
Baidu Encyclopedia-Yinxue (a passage in Liu Yiqing's Shi Shuo Xin Yu)