The crab poem written by Lin Daiyu is like a golden sword and an iron armor, a solitary wok, and a hundred cups of yellow wine and red ginger. After the banquet, the autumn moon fell drunkenly, and the city was filled with osmanthus mist and green frost.
Detailed introduction:
It comes from "A Dream of Red Mansions" written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty. It is a seven-character poem written by the novel character Lin Daiyu. In the first couplet of this poem, crabs are described in terms of armor, long arms, and color, which is vivid; the chin couplet describes the most delicious parts of crabs; in the neck couplet, Lin Daiyu affectionately calls the crab "Qing" and claims to love it. , to get drunk and drink a thousand cups.
The last couplet ends with the sentence "The osmanthus blows in the clear wind and the chrysanthemums carry frost", which brings a poetic end to this "crab-eating war". The style of the whole poem is straightforward and bright. This poem uses anthropomorphic techniques to give the crab an unswerving fighting spirit until death, making the image of the poem more vivid.
Creative background:
From the 38th chapter of "A Dream of Red Mansions", it is a poetic battle between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai by chanting crab meal. This poem is Written by Lin Daiyu. "Crab Ode" follows "Chrysanthemum Poetry". They are works from the same poetry meeting (Chrysanthemum Poetry Meeting). The first one is Lin Daiyu's "Chrysanthemum Poem", and the latter one is Xue Baochai's "Satire and Crab Ode".
At this time, it seems that the Grand View Garden is still a "peaceful and prosperous age", but fierce battles between orthodoxy and heresy, and life-and-death struggles between concubines and concubines, have occurred continuously. The feudal aristocracy and its younger generation enjoy flowers and drinks in this "paradise" that is actually full of dangers, and the premonition of decline is also invading their hedonistic life.
The same crab has completely opposite meanings for people with different political stances and different ideological views. In the works of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, the feudal bottle rebels, the "rampant" crab is an image with positive meaning. Therefore, Lin Daiyu used this poem to express her rebellious spirit of never giving in under the pressure of feudal ethics and fighting to the death to control her own destiny.
Baoyu talks about himself as a crab and praises the crabs passionately and passionately for their unbridled behavior. Daiyu also praises crabs passionately in her "Crab Ode". They once again showed their like-mindedness through their own poems. Their poems should be read together.