"The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·I Walk in the Wilderness": The mud that cannot hold up the wall
I walk in the wild and hide the wild grass. Because of the marriage, I will stay here as promised. You are no longer my beast, please return to my country.
I walk in the wilderness and pick up the roots of my words. Because of the faint marriage, let's stay together. If you are not my beast, I will return to my words.
I walk in the wild and pick up my words. Don't think about the old marriage, seek your new specialness. Success is not achieved by wealth, but only by diversity.
The thing about hating iron and not being able to make it into steel has been ubiquitous throughout the ages.
"The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Walking in the Wild" is written about a ball of mud that cannot hold up the wall. The poet's inner resentment of hating iron for not being able to become steel is beyond words.
The whole poem has three stanzas, each of which has six sentences, all starting with "I am walking in the wild". From "covering Fu Qiqi" in the first section to "talking about picking up its stems" in the second section, and "talking about picking up its stems" in the third section, the most impressive thing is the poet's extensive knowledge and strong memory in the field of botany. "樗" is a bad tree. The big branches are not in good shape, and the small branches are curled in an irregular manner, so it is completely useless. "Pork" is a bad vegetable. Although it can be eaten reluctantly, it is really unpopular. "Cat" is also a bad vegetable, and few people are willing to eat it until there is a famine.
In "The Analects of Confucius·Yang Huo No. 17", Confucius said: "Why should I, young man, learn from my husband's poetry? Poetry can be exciting, watchable, group, and complain. What is near is for the father, and what is far away is for the father. Jun. I know more about the names of birds, animals, and trees. "It is really a great thing to find three specific unpopular plants and trees, and they have the same rhyme, which matches the rhythm and beauty of the poem. Especially from the completely useless evil trees to the evil vegetables that are barely edible and should not be eaten unless absolutely necessary. It accurately reflects the poet's feelings towards the person he married.
From being useless with sores on the top of his head and pus on the soles of his feet, to barely being able to hold his nose and use it, to being hungry as a last resort, the poet is emotionally devoted to the person he marries. From useless to slightly useful, what is hidden in the process is the poet's emotional efforts. Why make such a sacrifice? There is only one reason, and that is - "because of the dark marriage."
However, there is a kind of person who can't stand up to the wall. The nicer you are to him, the less he knows what is good and what is good. The more you suppress your inner dislike and accept him, the more inexplicably he will move in the opposite direction.
Different from the poet's efforts to accept, tolerate and treat her kindly, the other party has changed from "I am not a beast" to "I don't think about my old marriage, but I am looking for something new". First, he failed to fulfill his responsibility to support me and love me, and then he fell in love with me and found a new love.
The final result was of course a breakup. The poet wrote "Return to my country and home" and "Return to my homeland". The implication is that you walk on your Yangguan Road, and I cross my single-plank bridge, each going back to his own home, each looking for his own mother. It can be seen that both men and women in the marriage at that time had strong independence.
Finally, the poet ends with the very philosophical "Success is not based on wealth, but only on differences".
In "The Analects of Confucius·Yan Yuan No. 12", there is an article "Zizhang asked about advocating virtue and discriminating doubts". At that time, Confucius told him that "the Lord is loyal and trustworthy, moves towards righteousness, and respects virtue. Love wants to live." , The evil one desires his death, he desires his life, but also his death, and is confused." This was already a complete answer, and at the end it added "the dog's tail continues the mink", quoting the sentence "Success cannot be achieved by getting rich. With difference". It's really baffling.
"The Analects of Confucius: The Sixteenth Anniversary of Ji's Family" states: "Qi Jinggong had thousands of horses. On the day of his death, the people were without virtue and were praised as Yan. Boyi and Shuqi were hungry under Shou Yang, and the people are still here today. It’s called. Qisi means and!” This “Qisi means and” obviously refers to something unclear here. Mr. Qian Mu boldly integrated this inexplicable connection and believed that "Success is not based on wealth, but also on differences" in "The Analects of Confucius·Yan Yuan No.12" is the comment on Qi Jinggong and Boyi, "The Analects of Confucius·Ji Shi16" Wrongly simplified version of the Shu Qi chapter.
The reason why Confucius quoted "Success is not based on wealth, but only on differences" was to compare Qi Jinggong with Boyi and Shuqi to illustrate whether a person's virtues are praised by others and how rich he is. Completely irrelevant. The virtues of Qi Jinggong, who had thousands of horses, are not praised by anyone. The virtues of Boyi and Shuqi who starved to death at the foot of Shouyang Mountain are praised to this day.
Returning to "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·I Walk in the Wild", in the poet's view, for the mud that cannot be supported on the wall, whether he is rich or poor, he is the mud that cannot be supported on the wall. . Because the moral character of a person is not enough, it makes no difference to him whether he is rich or poor.
Walking on the wilderness road, you can see useless trees. Just because of marriage, I will live with you. If you don't treat me well, I have no choice but to return to my hometown.
Walking on the wilderness road, lettuce comes to satisfy my hunger. I only sleep with you because of my marriage. If you don't treat me well, I have no choice but to return to my hometown.
Walk on the wilderness road and collect weeds every day. You don't miss your old love, it's abominable to seek pleasure. It has nothing to do with poverty or wealth, virtue and evil are the reasons.