Gao Chan: Green peaches and dew seeds are planted in the sky, and red apricots are planted against the clouds by the sun.
The hibiscus was born on the Qiu River, and does not complain to the east wind. To appreciate this poem, first read the title to understand its main idea. It is a letter written by Gao Chan to the Minister Yong Gao after he was defeated. Then it is time to translate the poem and then look for the images that appear in the poem, including green peach and dew. , red apricots, clouds, hibiscus, autumn river, east wind, combine the creative background of this poem to further understand the poet's inner feelings. There are appreciations online, and they are very good, so I won’t go into too much nonsense. There is a story about this poem, which can be found in "The Biography of Talented Scholars of the Tang Dynasty": "(Gao Chan) couldn't do it at the beginning, so he wrote a poem on the wall and said: 'A few icicles scratch the sun, and a few doors of the sky are locked. When the sun shines, spring will come. There is no foundation, relying on the east wind to blow, and the resentment is overwhelming. It is the injustice of the young people, and they are ranked lower. The minister on the horse said (the poem is omitted), "There are many shortcomings in the imperial examination in the late Tang Dynasty, and there are a lot of reflections in the poems." This poem is one of the famous ones. The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty paid special attention to Jinshi, so the treatment for new Jinshi was extremely generous. Every year, the Qujiang Meeting was crowded with spectators, and it was extremely honorable. At the beginning of this poem, "green peach in the sky" and "red apricot in the sun" are used as metaphors. "Heaven" and "Sunbian" symbolize that the winner will be worth ten times as soon as he climbs the dragon gate, which is an unusual status; "Heluzhong" and "Yunzhong" are metaphors that they have something to rely on and receive special favor; "Peach" and "red apricot" flowers are in full bloom, which means they are happy and have a bright future. These two sentences are not only magnificent in terms of words, but also in harmony with the neatness and precision of workmanship, which is exactly the same as the extraordinary phenomenon described by the winners. The 80th chapter of "Flowers in the Mirror" is about playing lantern riddles. One of the riddles about the name of a flower borrowed this combination to form a poem. The answer is "Lingxiao Flower". Very relevant. "Peach in the sky" and "red apricot on the edge of the sun" are extraordinary, isn't it because of the "high sky" where they are located? Here you can experience another hidden meaning of the poem. According to the practice of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, before taking the examination, the candidate must first submit his own papers (submit poems and essays) to high-ranking officials for recommendation, otherwise there is no hope of being admitted. This so-called method of combining recommendation and selection later became very harmful, especially in the late Tang Dynasty. When Gao Chan was promoted to junior high school, he said that he "had no roots in youth", which shows that there were many people who became famous by relying on personnel "relationships" at that time. This is exactly the situation where "Bitao" is in the sky, and "Red Apricot" has recently become "harmony with dew" and "leaning on the clouds". How can it be compared to the helpless "Hibiscus" living alone on the Qiujiang River? The autumn river hibiscus in the third sentence is obviously the author's own comparison. As a figurative image, hibiscus is derived from the metaphor of peach and apricot. Although they are both famous flowers, their status in "Heaven", "Sunbian" and "Qiujiang" is extremely different. This contrast is similar to the famous sentence in Zuo Si's "Ode to History", "The pines at the bottom of the gloomy stream, the seedlings on the Lili Mountains", which implies that the difference between high and low is "made by the terrain." There is another layer of meaning here. The beauty of the hibiscus on the Qiujiang River lies in the style of Fengshen, which is different from the beauty of the peach and apricot in the spring breeze on the coquettish color. "The Biography of Talented Scholars of the Tang Dynasty" states that "Toad was a poor man... he was suave and isolated from the crowd, and he had a little respect for his integrity. He had nothing to do with his daughter, even if he died," it was also said that "his chest was second to none" and so on. The aloof style of Qiujiang Furong is consistent with the author's character. The last sentence, "If you don't complain to the east wind, you won't complain", the words are thorny. On the surface, it is just that Furong was born in the wrong place (on the Qiu River) and at the wrong time (in the east wind), but it also implies the sadness that he was not born at the right time. It is the same as "Yangchun has no roots, relying on the east wind to blow one after another", which is "resentful and full of resentment", but this poem is all in metaphorical style, with profound meaning. The poet wrote to the "big man", neither humble nor arrogant, without any flattery or flattery, which was rare in the feudal era. We say "not blooming" instead of "not blooming" because hibiscus has to wait until autumn to bloom. This seems to show the author's confidence in his own talents. By the way, Gao Chan finally won the title of Chan Palace in the second year after writing the poem, and he got his wish.