The verses about cotton are as follows:
1. When the cold comes, the children will have great ambitions, and the snow and ice in winter will warm thousands of families. ——"Qijue·Yong of Cotton" Zuo Heshui
Appreciation: The cotton seeds must be separated from the cotton fiber before use, so that it can be spun, weaved or made into cotton clothes and quilts. The image in the poem is that cotton must serve people from all over the country, or that it must have "big ambitions". In order to warm thousands of households, it must bear to "give up its son" and separate from its "beloved son", so as to rush to the land of China. in all directions.
This is such a touching spirit of great love and selflessness. This is exactly the dedication of many people with lofty ideals in our country for thousands of years. But in the real society, there are some people who not only have no "ambition", but are greedy for money and harm the people for the sake of their children, and they do not hesitate to test the law, which makes people feel sad. The last sentence is the ultimate value of cotton, and it is also the "ambition" of cotton. It is its lifelong destination and goal.
2. Remember that on the fourth day in the south of the city, the kapok fell and the eryngium tree bloomed. ——"Hainan Shangsi Xun Fu Xiucai Drink" Su Shi
Appreciation: "Memory" means to remember. Ge is a particle with no real meaning, just like Xin Qiji's usage of "Listen to the sound of frogs". "Chengnan" is better understood as the south of the city of my hometown in Meishan, Sichuan, because this poem expresses the theme of Shangsi's homesickness. However, it also makes sense to understand it as the south of the city in Danzhou, Hainan, that is, the south of the city where the poet is located at this moment.
These two sentences return to the present, open-minded and magnanimous, and issue an appeal, hoping that everyone can enjoy the beauty of kapok falls and eryngium flowers in bloom, and stop worrying about the gains and losses of life. It is written in a wide-open and wide-open manner, yet at the same time distant, and it is also philosophically profound and thought-provoking. It should be ranked among the top seven chapters of Shangsi.
3. The crane's cloak is sparse and has no real meaning, and the kapok has a false reputation. ——"The new damask coat is full of feelings and chants" Bai Juyi
Appreciation: These two sentences express the advantages of the damask coat from the side. Crane cloak was a fashionable dress for ancient bureaucrats and nobles, and kapok was also a rare item at that time. They have a false name and are not as good as silk floss, which further highlights the practical comfort of the poet's silk coat. These sentences show the extraordinaryness of this new coat in terms of the materials used, the effect of keeping out the cold, and the comparison with crane cloaks and kapok.