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Outside the bridge, the plum blossoms are lonely, no matter what. Twilight arrival, plum blossom is helpless, already exhausted, but also subject to wind and rain.
Plum blossoms don't want to compete for blooming, and the envy and rejection of flowers don't care. Even after autumn, when it is ground into dirt and turned into dust, plum blossoms still emit fragrance as usual.
Yongmei is a famous sentence in Lu You's Yongmei's ci.
There are two kinds of ancient poems about flowers: one is to use flowers and plants as metaphors and symbols to express other meanings and feelings; The other is that the original intention is to portray the object of singing. Yongmei, a famous poet in Song Dynasty, belongs to the former. The author compares himself to a plum blossom by personification. To show their faith and character.
The plum sung in this poem is not the plum in the garden where tourists gather, nor the plum in the scholar's courtyard, but the wild plum growing in the backcountry of "broken bridge outside the post". "Post" refers to the ancient post station, far away from the bustling city. This plum tree doesn't belong to the post office yet. She grew up beside a broken bridge outside the post station, which shows how desolate and remote it is. In such an environment, she can only be "lonely and open." She was left alone, and no one came to see her, and no one took care of her. Here, the word "loneliness" is used to describe adult Mei, which makes her personalized. It's dusk, and it's stormy. The arrival of dusk and her own helplessness plunged her into sadness, but her predicament did not stop there, and she would be devastated by the wind and rain. Taking the time to understand your worries is also anthropomorphic. The juxtaposition of "Ji" and "Geng" vividly depicts the tragic situation of this wild plum.
The environment is so sinister and unfortunate, so how does this wild plum treat all this? Please look at the next part of the word. "If you don't want to fight for spring, everyone is jealous." The "unintentional" here means not going; The word "bitter" here refers to doing everything possible and trying hard. Some flowers are trying to show off their beauty, hoping to win a place in the spring scenery that decorates the earth, but this wild plum has no such idea at all. Not only do I not strive for spring, but I also despise the vulgarity of flowers. Although the author doesn't describe plum blossom from its appearance, we can still see its incomparable beautiful image and noble quality of pure self-love and unconventional.
In this poem, the value of Mei is not only reflected in her blooming in the branches, but also in her landing, which is "ground into mud and only heard of its similarities". "Scattering" means plum blossom landing. Although this wild plum blossom fell to the ground and was rolled into mud, its beautiful body no longer exists. As long as it is still in full bloom, its refreshing fragrance is still there.
This battered, narcissistic and fragrant plum blossom is actually a self-portrait of Lu You. The success of this song "Ode to Love" depends on the vivid writing, the appropriate metaphor and the far-reaching implication.