As soon as the poem "Ode to Goose" came out, how many children began to recite it in a tender voice "Goose Goose Goose" when they babbled? Today, let's talk about this seemingly simple poem "Ode to Goose" with great cultural significance behind it.
Ode to Goose
Goose, Goose, Goose, Xiang Tiange.
white hair floats green water, and red palm stirs clear waves.
the meaning of this poem is not difficult to understand.
Goose, goose, goose, you bend your neck and sing to the sky. White feathers float on the green water, and red goose's feet are rippling in the clear waves.
But even though the last two sentences are amazing, they are just the level of pairs. Why has such an ordinary poem about objects become one of the most widely circulated poems in China? This should start with the "child prodigy culture" from ancient times to the present.
The ancients believed that the imperial power was given by heaven, and naturally, people who achieved success, held prominent positions and learned knowledge were different from ordinary people. They were gifted and distinguished from other children since childhood. Therefore, looking through all kinds of biographies, we can often see that celebrities have made amazing moves at an early age, which I call "prodigy culture".
For example, when Li Bai was seven years old, he sang the sentence "Li Hua is in full bloom and a tree is white", so he was named Li Bai;
When Zhang Jiuling was very young, he could play with adults in pairs.
Wang Bo can write a good article at the age of six and point out the mistakes in Hanshu at the age of nine.
It seems that the ancients especially liked to boast about the uniqueness of their children. However, any different actions will be publicized and relished by their elders and relatives, and sometimes they are suspected of exaggeration, which can only be treated as anecdotes when recorded in the history books.
Closer to home, the poem "Ode to Goose" is the product of the "child prodigy culture". According to folklore, this poem was written by Luo Binwang when he was seven years old. At that time, a guest came to his home and asked him to write a poem to the goose in the pond in order to test him. Therefore, Luo Binwang wrote this poem.
If you look at this story completely, you will find that there are many coincidences. There happened to be a child (King Luo Bin), who just did an unexpected thing (writing a poem), and there happened to be an elder guest present. According to the character of the ancient people in China, this story will be publicized everywhere, and by the way, King Luo Bin will be crowned as a "prodigy". Under heaven and earth, this poem can't be done without fire.
In fact, modern parents, like the ancients, like to brag about their children everywhere, but the requirements for becoming a modern child prodigy are much higher than those in the ancients! In addition, modern prodigies are easy to be falsified, so we seldom hear the saying that whose children are prodigies.
Finally, put on a song "Ode to Cats" for everyone's fun.
Ode to Cats
Cats, cats, cats scratch when they see people.
jumping up and down makes people unable to find it.
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