Lyrics of Lime is generally regarded as a poem by Yu Qian, a politician in Ming Dynasty.
This poem, which uses symbolism, literally praises lime, but actually describes people with things, expressing the poet's lofty ideals. Praise the spirit that lime would rather be a broken jade than a full tile, and express the author's thoughts and feelings of unyielding secularity and ugliness.
The whole poem has concise brushwork, simple and natural language and strong appeal; In particular, the author's positive attitude towards life and fearless integrity inspire and inspire people.
Yu Qian's Poems of Lime
Original poem:
It can only be extracted from the deep mountains after being struck by thousands of hammers. It regards the burning of the burning fire as a very common thing.
Even if it is smashed to pieces, I am not afraid, and I am willing to leave a clean one in the world.
Translation:
(Limestone) can only be mined from the deep mountains after thousands of hammering. It regards the burning of blazing fire as a very common thing.
Even if it is shattered, it is not afraid. It is willing to leave a clean body in the world.
On the surface, this four-line poem is just a work of chanting things, that is, the poet uses the method of drawing lines to highlight the characteristics that lime is not afraid of collision, fire and giving people white powder. But after careful scrutiny, it is not difficult to see the poet's ingenuity-reciting things is actually expressing his will. That is to say, using personification and metonymy, using Lyme's words as a pun, to express his noble sentiment of being an upright and honest person forever on the road of life without fear of hardship and sacrifice.
Yu Qian studied hard since childhood and was ambitious. According to legend, one day, he wandered into a lime kiln and watched the master sing and ask people to calcine lime. I saw piles of blue-black rocks, which were burned by the raging fire and turned into white lime. He was deeply moved, and after a little thinking, he sang the well-known article Ode to Lyme. Therefore, this poem written by Yu Qian at the age of 12 is not only a portrayal of lime image, but also his pursuit of life.
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