In August and September, the reed flowers fly, and the old man in Nanxi catches fish again. In autumn, mountains loomed, and wild fields loomed through railings. Holding the fishing rod, looking for the path, combing the white hair at sunset. On the other hand, deciding whether the Crown Prince is right or wrong is a matter of being kind and thinking.
Fisherman appreciation
The Fisherman is a beautiful prose with strong readability. Writing Qu Yuan at the beginning and fisherman at the end is both vivid and vivid. Dialogue is adopted in the middle, metaphors and questions are used, which are vivid and philosophical.
Stylistically, only some works of this poem, Buju and Song Yu adopted question-and-answer style, which was close to the writing style of later Han Fu. The predecessors said that Han Fu was "written by poets and extended to Chu Ci" (Liu Xie's Interpretation of Fu by Carving Dragons with Literary Mind). In the history of stylistic development, fisherman undoubtedly has an important position that cannot be ignored.
In the first part, Qu Yuan began to appear. The article explains the background, environment and the specific situation of the protagonist. Time is after "release", that is, after Qu insisted on patriotism and was exiled by the king of Chu.
The locations are "Jiangtan" and "Zepan". Judging from the words "I'd rather go to Xiangliu" below, it should be on a river and Zepan between Yuanjiang and Yuanxiang, which is close to Xiangjiang River. At that time, Qu Yuan was preoccupied, muttering something as he walked. This paper vividly depicts the external image of Qu Yuan's hero with the characters of "withered, withered", exhausted and fragile.
The second part is the main body of the article. In this part, the fisherman stepped onto the stage and began a question and answer with Qu Yuan. Don't describe the fisherman's appearance, just write two questions in his heart. Asked about Qu Yuan's identity: "Isn't Zi a doctor?" Qu Yuan was San Lv's doctor (official name) in Chu. Obviously, the fisherman recognized Qu Yuan and used rhetorical questions to show his identity.
The second question is the focus of the question: "Why?" The fisherman didn't expect to be down and out to this point. Qu Yuan's answer was elicited from this question, and then an ideological confrontation between them was launched.
Qu Yuan explained that the reason why he was exiled was that "the world is cloudy and I am alone, everyone is drunk and I wake up alone", that is, I am different, withdrawn, uncooperative and uncompromising. This leads to the fisherman's further discussion.
In view of Qu Yuan's self-reliance and self-confidence, the fisherman suggested that we should learn from the example of "saints can live with the world without clinging to things", and use three questions to inspire Qu Yuan to "splash out of the mud" and "feed the bad" and take a road of self-protection that is ups and downs with the world and far harms the whole body.
He thought that Qu Yuan did not need to "think deeply and act high", and he was independent from thought to action, which led to his exile. Fisherman is a hermit and a faithful believer of Taoist thought. Qu Yuan once said clearly in Li Sao: "I have a good heart, and I have no regrets even if I die nine times!" "I will live in Peng Xianjia, since I am not satisfied with the beauty of politics!"
Qu Yuan, the fisherman, is such a strong man in life who unswervingly adheres to his ideals and sacrifices his life for righteousness. It is also true that Sima Qian included the word "fisherman" in Biography of Qu Yuan as historical materials, which at least conforms to Qu Yuan's consistent ideological character.