Notes on Nalan Xingde's Poem "Butterfly Lovers (Discovering Cicada in Dewing Pavilion)".

Recent flowers (showing off in the yard)

Summer night

Let's go to the stadium next door and have a rest. Shabi is like smoke, and the smell of smoke is delicate. With fragrant shoulders, there is nothing to say. Cherry secretly untied the lilac knot. Laugh at frivolous shirts and caviar. Try to pounce on fireflies and start amphibious butterflies. Fine jade waist stained with powder leaves. Life is not lovesick.

To annotate ...

Linglong: clear and bright. Cherry: It means that a beautiful woman's lips are as rosy and small as a cherry. Lilac knot: metaphor sadness is like lilac bud. Cherry secretly unties the lilac knot: a metaphor for a woman who is considerate and solves her worries. Valeriana officinalis: Tie-dyeing, a special dyeing method, is generally named after patterns. Caviar chiffon: A silk fabric with caviar patterns.

Jade waist: butterfly.

Comment and analysis

As can be seen from the conclusion, this word is a reminiscence of the marriage and love life of that year, and the image of "Amphibious Butterfly" is also consistent with the memory of his wife Lu, and there is a saying of "full court butterfly", so the person who works side by side with the poet at night and secretly relieves his worries is also Lu. Shangcheng focuses on the description of scenery, focusing on the quiet and serene scenery in summer nights, and combining the "cicada singing" in hearing with the "exquisite moon" in vision, which won the artistic conception. The phrase "shoulder to shoulder" frames the vision from a broad summer night to two people, but the quiet scene brings intractable worries. The author focuses on expressing women's intelligence and understanding, which makes the poet full of meditation and release, and the feeling of bosom friend arises spontaneously. Xia Kun, however, because of her melancholy, turned to write about a woman who rolled her clothes lightly, trying to pounce on fireflies and spread her butterflies, showing the interest of her life in those days. Different from Shangque's emphasis on static scenery, Xiaque's emphasis on dynamic scenery is due to different moods. The conclusion shows that this word is not about the present reality, but only about memories. And write the present mood with "acacia", and then write all kinds of happiness before, which is suitable for the sad background of the present situation. Sadness and joy are mixed, and feelings are deep.