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Contributed by TO Zhuomi Poetry Vocabulary
For thousands of years, some literati have borrowed the meaning or homophony of medicine names to express certain This specific meaning is euphemistic and interesting, making it easier for us to know the names of Chinese medicines. These ingenious poems with the names of medicines have a more implicit beauty of literature, complementing each other and bringing out the best in each other.
Reminds me of the wise metaphorical question and answer in Stephen Chow’s movie, “I’m here to buy medicine. Is there any Angelica sinensis? I have a man I like, but he didn’t come to me. I just want to buy Angelica sinensis. I hope he comes back that night."
"Girl, I suggest you live alone and stop being so busy." "Angelica" means you should come back, and "living alone" means living alone. , the questions and answers were tit-for-tat, provoking with "Angelica" and counterattacking with "Independent Life", beautiful!
Maybe you don’t know the appearance and characteristics of Chinese herbal medicines, nor do you understand the therapeutic effects of Chinese herbal medicines, but holding these names in your mouth and chewing them slowly, just from the literal understanding, it is already a It is an enjoyment of literary beauty. Bai Letian's "Rehmannia Rehmanniae Pickers" describes the mining process of Rehmannia glutinosa, a medicine, so that we can truly understand the hardships of the diggers:
When the wheat dies and there is no rain in spring, the crops are lost. Early autumn frost. Suiyan has no food to eat, so he picks Rehmannia glutinosa in the fields. What will be the use of collecting it? It is easy to make grains.
The hoe goes out in the early morning, but the basket is not full at dusk. Bring it to Zhumen's house and sell it to the white-faced man. Feeding a fat horse with you can bring light to the earth.
I would like to change my horse and scraps of millet to save this suffering and hungry intestine.
It didn’t rain when it was supposed to rain, and it frosted early when it wasn’t supposed to. I really couldn’t get any food, and I couldn’t even get enough food to fill my stomach. I went to pick some rehmannia glutinosa for replacement. Order something to eat.
I went there early, but when I came back in the evening, I couldn't even collect enough for a small basket, so I took it to the door of a wealthy family to exchange for feed for other people's horses to fill my stomach. Rehmannia glutinosa is bitter, but why are the working people who rely on picking it to satisfy their hunger not suffer? But no matter how hard it is, you have to find a way to survive. This emotionless vegetation has its own unique vitality and vitality.
The feeling of lovesickness can also be used as medicine. The longing expressed in this way is much more sad than the autumn wind and bright moon. Xin Qiji and his wife separated after their wedding, and they had to go to the battlefield to defend their family and country, and were bloody on the battlefield. In the only quiet night, his whole heart was thinking of his wife:
Mica Pingkai , the pearl curtain is closed to prevent the wind from blowing away the agarwood. Separation and depression are like golden threads woven with sulfur. The shadows of the cypress trees and the osmanthus branches complement each other, and you can start calmly and enjoy the Shuiyintang. The head of forsythia is frightened by the midsummer, and it is cool through the mint clothes.
An uncaria rose to the moon, an ordinary mountain night, dreaming of sleeping on the battlefield. Already light pink and white, living alone in an empty room. I want to repair the broken string, but I can't get it. The aconite is white, and the most popular one is Sophora flavescens. Angelica also! The dogwood is ripe and the chrysanthemums are yellow.
Use the names of medicines to fill in the lyrics. There are twenty-four names of Chinese medicines in one word. Each medicine is the sorrow of parting and the unconcealed lovesickness; The last name of the medicine is just a love word, and warmth will overflow from the heart, eyes, and mouth.
Looking at his "Partridge Sky" again, there is no longer the pain of parting that scratches the heart and lungs. The Chinese medicines in the words have turned into symbols of tranquility, fresh and natural, tranquil and beautiful, a city and a mountain. , a few herbs, a few jackdaws, it is not easy for an armed general to write something as beautiful as a pastoral:
The soft mulberries on the road are broken, and some silkworm seeds are already growing in the east. . The fine grass in the plain hills calls yellow calves, and the cold forest spots the dusk crows in the setting sun.
The mountains are far and near, the roads are sloping, and there are people selling wine in Qingqi. The peaches and plums in the city are worried about the wind and rain, and the shepherd's purse flowers are blooming in the spring at Xitou.
"Mulberry" may be green mulberry leaves, soft mulberry branches, or mulberry white bark or mulberry seeds. The bezoars and buffalo horns on "Yellow Calf" can be used as medicine, and peach kernels, Peach blossom and shepherd's purse make people's hearts calm just by reading it.
Using herbal medicine to express longing is tenderness and care, using herbal medicine to depict the peaceful life of leisurely and quiet life is leisurely and contented, but using Chinese herbal medicine to portray the iron-clad perseverance and unyieldingness, Poems that express aspirations and medicines that express feelings cannot help but make people bow down:
It has been nine years since I lived alone in a foreign country, and my intestines and liver have just been severed. I know my old mother loves her son from afar, myrrh can cure my old age.
This is a letter from home. At this time, Hong Hao has been detained by the Jin people for more than ten years. For some people, "living alone" is the pride of self-reliance, but Hong Hao's living alone has a sense of desolation, because he had to stay alone in a foreign country for more than ten years.
What is "severed" is the severed liver and intestines, but we still have to grit our teeth and persist in living. "Zhimu" understands the old mother's heart longing for the return of her son, and "Lovesickness" wanders away. Why don't the wanderers miss their loved ones, and why don't they worry about the health of their elderly mothers? But what can I do? I want to go back but I can't. I just hate that there is no medicine that can cure "white heads".
I have to admire the exquisite thinking of the ancients and the breadth of their knowledge. The writing of poems and songs was just standard. They traveled thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, read thousands of books, and understood the realm from life. Pay attention to everything, and there is something everywhere. feel. I was amazed by the erudition and versatility of Kong Pingzhong during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. He "has a long history, a professional literary style, a continuation of the world, and an interpretation of barnyard poems." These few words alone are excellence that we can only dream of.
He once wrote two poems called "Medicine Name Style", using medicinal names as skeletons to create a picture of a paradise.
One:
Despicable nature is often found in mountains and fields, especially in licorice sheds. The hook curtain is shaded by Selaginella cypress, and the barrier is built to protect against the wind.
The guest soil is based on the clouds, and the flowing springs are covered with trees. It's time to go back to the clouds, and I've forced the white-headed man.
The second one:
Here in the Longshu country, there is still blood from the yellow beast in the pond. There are many wild oranges with wood fragrance, and stone milk is the best for fish.
The pines and pines in ancient tiles are cold, and the hemp and wheat are sparse in dry weather. The poem is not written by Du Ruo, and the paper is greasy and powdery and difficult to write.
To be honest, I don’t know most of the medicines here, but I’m lucky enough to know two or three of them. It's enough for me to realize the author's pure nature, living in a thatched house, watching clouds, listening to springs, and wandering around with cranes.
Earth dragon, Xueyu, woody incense, milkstone, vas pine, gastrodia elata, duruo, wild oranges, stone milk in the cave, towering pine and fir trees, mulberry in the fields What a rich product and wheat, what a rich heart, how can the worldly chores compare to such a paradise life!
Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty said, "The names of medicines are included in poems, and there are many of them in three hundred poems." The ancient literati were indeed very good at combining the names of Chinese medicines with poems, allowing Chinese medicines to pass through another kind of poetry. The way enters people's lives, and what they read is poetry, Chinese herbal medicine, and all kinds of tastes of life.