In Xuemei's poem, the contrast between snow and plum is that Mei Xuxun's snow is white, but the snow loses a piece of plum fragrance.
Introduction of Xuemei:
Xuemei's two poems are a set of seven-character quatrains written by Lu Meipo, a controversial poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. These two poems explain the relationship between plum, snow and poetry, and they are indispensable. Only when they are combined can they form beautiful spring scenery. The first two sentences of the first poem are about Mei Xue's striving for spring, which is for the poet to judge. The last two sentences are the poet's comments on Mei and Xue.
The first sentence of the second poem is about the relationship between plum and snow, and the second sentence is about the relationship between snow and poetry. The last two sentences describe the relationship between plum blossom, snow and poetry. Plum blossom is open but it hasn't snowed yet, so it still lacks poetry. The two poems are full of fun and charm.
Appreciation of literature:
The first two sentences of the first poem are about Mei Xue's striving for spring, which is for the poet to judge. The first sentence uses anthropomorphic methods to write that plum blossom and snowflake compete with each other, and both think that they are the most early spring features, and they don't admit defeat, which shows the beauty of plum blossom and snowflake in early spring creatively and vividly. It is difficult for a poet to judge between the two.
The poet thought it was a stroke of the pen, but because it was difficult to judge, he had to stop writing and think. "Comment on chapter" means evaluation. I thought it was a stroke of the pen, but because it was difficult to judge, I had to stop writing and think.
The last two sentences are the poet's comments on Mei and Xue. As far as whiteness is concerned, plum is worse than snow, but snow has no smell of plum blossoms. "Three points" is not much difference, "one paragraph" materializes the aroma, making people feel that the aroma can be measured. Predecessors have noticed these characteristics of Mei and Xue, such as Cen Can's a Song of White Snow in Farewell to Field-Clerk Wu Going Home: "is like a spring gale, come up in the night, blowing open the petals of ten thousand pear trees."
Wang Anshi's poem "Plum Blossoms" says: "There are several plums in the corner, and Ling Han opens them alone. I know from afar that it is not snow, because there is a faint fragrance. " However, this poem summarizes the different characteristics of Mei and Xue in two poems, which is interesting and has a certain influence.
The last poem mainly focuses on the characteristics of plum and snow, while the second poem mainly focuses on plum and snow and their relationship with poetry. The first sentence describes the relationship between plum and snow, because the main admirable feature of plum is that it is not afraid of cold, and the greater the snow, the more it can show this feature of plum. On the contrary, it is difficult to show this feature of plum in the case of sunny weather, so it is said that "plum without snow is not spiritual."
The relationship between snow and poetry. When it snows, it is difficult for laymen to find the poetry and create poetry; Even a poet can't write a poem if he lacks elegance, which is no different from that of a layman, so it is said that "there is snow without poetry."
The last two sentences describe the relationship between plum blossom, snow and poetry. Plum blossom has been in bloom for a long time, and it lacks poetry because it doesn't snow. Until dusk, snowflakes floated in the sky, plum blossoms became refreshed against the backdrop of snowflakes, and snowflakes became colorful and interesting with the embellishment of plum blossoms. In the face of this situation, the poet is also full of poetry, and two poems are in one stroke.
Plum, snow and poetry make spring come alive. It should be noted that the third sentence is easy to be misunderstood as "after the poem was finished, it just snowed heavily". The actual situation is that it was touched by the scene and it snowed heavily before it was written as a poem. The title of the poem is "Xuemei". We can't say that the poem about snow has been written before it snows. The reason why "poetic success" is placed in front of "sky and snow" is because it is limited by poetic meter.
These two poems illustrate the relationship among plum, snow and poetry, and they are indispensable. Only when they are combined can they form the most beautiful spring scenery. The poet thinks that if only plum blossoms bloom alone without falling snow, they will not show the charm of spring; If there is plum and snow without poetry, it will also make people feel indecent. From this poem, we can see the poet's obsession with snow, plum and poetry, and his elegant aesthetic taste.