"Poetry on the Greedy Spring" - The ancients Wu Yinzhi of Jin Dynasty said that this water is worth a thousand gold.
Try to make the barbarians drink together, but they will not change their minds in the end.
"Song of Lime" Yu Qian carved out the deep mountains with thousands of hammers, and the fire burned them as if nothing happened.
Don’t be afraid of being shattered into pieces, you must remain innocent in this world.
Poem appreciation: "The Spring of Drinking Greed" is a five-character quatrain written by Wu Yinzhi, a poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The whole poem uses contrasting techniques to highlight Wu Yinzhi's integrity as an official.
The first two sentences describe the legend of drinking from the Greedy Spring and becoming greedy.
The last two sentences describe Wu Yinzhi's ambition to become an honest official after drinking the water from Tanquan.
"The ancients said that this water is worth a fortune.
" Let's first state the long-standing legend.
The ancients said that whoever drinks from this spring of greed will have the desire to gain a thousand pieces of gold.
"惃" means to drink slightly through the mouth, which means to drink only a little, which is extremely small.
The contrast between "one" and "thousand" strengthens the greed of greed.
With just one sip, you will be greedy for money. If you drink a few more sips, it goes without saying that you will be even more greedy.
"Try to make the barbarians drink together, but they will not change their minds in the end.
" Wu Yinzhi finally did not believe in this ancient legend and did not believe that Tanquan had such a huge magical power. He bravely drank in Tanquan. He drank from the spring and prepared himself for the coming test.
He used Boyi and Shuqi to compare himself to express his determination to govern with integrity.
This legend caused the poet to think.
He thought of two noble men in history who regarded wealth as floating clouds - Boyi and Shuqi, the two sons of Lord Guzhu in the late Shang Dynasty.
The greatest wealth in the world is the throne of an emperor.
However, the two brothers gave in to each other.
After Lord Guzhu died, Shu Qi was asked to inherit the throne according to his will, but Shu Qi was determined to give way to his brother Boyi.
Bo Yi avoided it and ran away.
Shu Qi still refused to take the throne and ran away. As a result, the two brothers fled the Guzhu Kingdom in order to give up the throne to each other.
They abandoned the greatest wealth in the world like nothing.
Thinking of this, Wu Yinzhi sighed deeply in the last two sentences of the poem, "This greedy spring water, try asking Boyi Shuqi to drink it. I believe they will never change their noble thoughts and sentiments."
Greed and integrity depend on the level of a person's spiritual state, and indeed have nothing to do with whether to drink the fountain of greed.
This narrative poem by Wu Yinzhi expresses his heart directly, is concise and concise, simple and moving.
The poem expresses the poet's determination and ambition to be an honest official through the legend of Greedy Spring and Boyi Shuqi's sentiment of not being greedy for money and power.
The author's words and deeds are consistent. He has been in office in Guangzhou for several years and his moral character is still upright and noble.
"Ode of Lime" is generally considered to be a poem by Yu Qian, a politician in the Ming Dynasty, to express his ambitions.
This poem of chanting objects uses symbolic techniques. It is literally chanting lime. It actually uses objects to metaphor people and expresses the poet's noble ideals.
The writing style of the whole poem is concise and coherent, the language is simple and natural, without elaboration, and has a strong appeal; especially the author's positive and enterprising attitude towards life and his fearless and awe-inspiring righteousness are more enlightening and inspiring. .
This is a poem that expresses ambition. If it is just a mechanical record of things without conveying the author's deep meaning, it will not be of much value.
The value of this poem lies in the use of lime to describe itself everywhere. To chant lime is to praise one's own upright mind and noble personality.
The first sentence "It takes thousands of hammers to carve out the deep mountains" describes the difficulty of mining limestone.
The second sentence is "The fire burns as if it were nothing."
"Burned with fire", of course, refers to the smelting of limestone.
The addition of the three words "ruo take it easy" makes people feel that it is not only writing about smelting limestone, it also seems to symbolize that people with lofty ideals and benevolence take it easy no matter what severe test they face.
The third sentence is "Don't be afraid of being broken into pieces."
"Broken into pieces" vividly describes burning limestone into lime powder, and the words "not afraid at all" remind us that it may contain the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice.
As for the last sentence "to keep innocence in the world", the author expresses his feelings directly and is determined to be a pure and innocent person.
The author Yu Qian was an honest and upright official. He once redressed injustices and provided relief for disasters and famines, and was deeply loved by the people.
During the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Wala invaded and Yingzong was captured.
Yu Qian proposed the establishment of Emperor Jing, and personally led his troops to defend Beijing and repel the Oara, thus protecting the people from another barbaric rule by the Mongolian aristocrats.
However, after the restoration of Emperor Yingzong, he framed and killed this national hero for "treason".
This song "Lime Song" can be said to be a true portrayal of Yu Qian's life and personality.