Victory Shen'ao, crushing the wind and waves, carrying Penglai Island lightly on my spine. Thousands of miles of sunset, the brocade is high on my back, I turn over and still hate the small East, how can I catch Taigong?
Wang Heqing is humorous, and his Sanqu works make good use of exaggeration to depict objects and scenes. This piece embodies this feature.
The full text is deeply influenced by Liezi, with unique imagination and full of fantastic ideas. "Victory Shen'ao, crushing the wind and waves" describes the majestic momentum of the big fish. The author compares the fish with the giant Ao, which shows how huge the fish is, and the author even goes so far as to say, "Victory the Divine Ao, crushing the wind and waves." Using the word "victory", he boasts that the power of the fish is far greater than that of the Divine Ao. "Penglai Island is carried lightly on the back" shows that this fish is not only huge, but also extremely powerful. The author vividly describes the unparalleled magical power of the big fish by comparing the ease with which the big fish carries Penglai on its back with the heaviness of the divine turtle "pounding the wind and waves". In the first three sentences, the author writes in the air, trying his best to boast about the magical power of the big fish without describing its specific shape, so as to suspense people's thoughts. The fourth sentence depicts its shape: "The setting sun of thousands of miles is high on the back." This fish is so unusual that even the setting sun of thousands of miles cannot illuminate its back, let alone its head and tail. The size of its whole body is simply unimaginable. The exaggeration of the author's pen, ink and paper has reached its peak and cannot be repeated. The next sentence is even more whimsical, and goes up another level: "I still hate the Japanese when I turn over." What a whimsical and witty line. The East Ocean has become unfathomably large. Even the huge East Ocean is too small. The body of a fish is so big that it can support the heaven and earth. At this point, the big fish has its spiritual form, and it is quite difficult to figure out how to conclude it. However, the author unexpectedly uses "How does Taigong fish" as the leopard's tail, which instantly doubles the spirit of the whole song. It is said that Jiang Taigong can catch fish with a straight hook, but even Jiang Taigong cannot catch it. In ancient times, the gods and beasts were mainly gods and humans, but this big fish is uncharacteristically different. It means that this fish is unfettered and free. This is undoubtedly the highest state of "god" and "greatness".
This little order uses a big fish as a metaphor for a person with great ambitions and extraordinary ambitions. Penglai Island is a fairyland in mythology, with good weather and abundant food and clothing. The sentence "Penglai Island is carried lightly on the back" not only exaggerates the size of the big fish, but also shows that the big fish has the talent and strategy to govern the country. At the same time, it also Have a mind that is not swayed by fame and fortune. The author may have some sustenance in creating such an image of infinite strength, size and unrestrainedness. It may be regarded as a reflection of the unrestrained, unrestrained and unrestrained spirit of a group of literati in the early Yuan Dynasty.
In terms of artistic techniques, this song has novel and unique imagination, humorous writing style, witty language, and is particularly outstanding in conveying the spirit. That is to say, the real thing is written in form, but also the real thing is turned into virtual reality. It uses an over-finite metaphor to say that fish is better than a giant turtle. It hates the East Ocean for being small. It is deliberately vague to say how big it is. There is no limit to the poop of fish. In this way, readers' imagination can be fully developed, thus greatly improving the plasticity and re-creation ability in the appreciation of works. This is a very distinctive technique in ancient poetry. This little order can be regarded as one of the excellent examples.
Reference materials: 1. Jiang Xingyu et al. Appreciation Dictionary of Yuan Opera. Shanghai: Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House, 1990: 18-19