Pork ode
Song Dynasty: Su Shi
Clean the pot, no water, no firewood. Don't rush him when he is ripe, he will be beautiful when the heat is enough. Huangzhou good pork, the price is as cheap as dirt. If you refuse to eat, the poor can't cook. When you get up in the morning, you make two bowls, which are full, and you can't care.
Translation:
Wash the pot, put a little water, burn firewood and weeds to contain the fire, and simmer with a virtual fire that does not emit flames. Don't rush it when it matures. If you have enough calories, it will be delicious naturally.
Huangzhou has such good pork, but the price is as cheap as dirt; Rich people refuse to eat and poor people can't cook. I get up in the morning to make two bowls. Never mind that I'm full.
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Appreciation of the whole poem Ode to Pork
"Cleaning clank, no water, firewood can't afford it." Although "clean washing" means preparing for cooking, it is actually a manifestation of piety and seriousness when doing things or cultivating one's morality. Cook the meat is like this, everything has to be like this. Readers can get a glimpse of Su Shi's rigorous and sincere cultivation from this careful "clean washing".
"Wood can't burn without water." Put a lot of water and a small fire, so that the meat can be boiled and it is delicious. Su Shi told us that in concrete practice, every link should be done safely and carefully, and there should be no carelessness.
Through this careful preparation and practical operation, we can see not only the cooking itself, but also a spirit of taking life seriously and cultivating self-cultivation.
"Don't wait for him to be cooked before urging him. If the heat is enough, he will be beautiful." Boiled pork, as long as it is cooked slowly and properly, will taste naturally mellow when the time is up. These two sentences are about cooking meat, and when we think about life, don't we find that it hits the nail on the head for the social life of quick success and instant benefit?
A mature understanding of life takes time. If you are ambitious and impetuous, you may get a temporary "victory", but it is actually the end of failure.
"Huangzhou good pork, cheap as dirt. If you refuse to eat, the poor don't know how to cook. " The splendor of life often lies in ordinary daily life. As an ordinary food like pork, people don't think there is any mystery in it; It is also easy to overlook the possibility of perfection in household items such as stewed pork.
Su Shi's exclamation, besides the pork itself, has another regrettable significance for Lenovo-people are either unwilling or unwilling to deeply understand and tap its potential when facing all kinds of things in life. Readers should understand the deep meaning beyond pork from his exclamation-truth, goodness and beauty are in our daily life.
Discovering and creating beauty is our mission in life, and it is also a happiness with great potential. Associated with Su Shi's philosophical thinking that eating pork is a symbol of self-cultivation in the above-mentioned answer to Bi Zhongju's book, we may be able to understand the other flavor of these four poems "Huangzhou Good Pork" more deeply.
"Get up and play two bowls in the morning, full, and don't worry." It is precisely because he is very satisfied with the cooking art he created that the author actually ate two bowls. "Two Bowls" not only describes the satisfaction of appetite, but also the comfort of the soul. The author seems to have anticipated other people's comments and surprises. He said humorously, I eat pork, and my stomach is full of satisfaction, just like fish drinking water, and I know it.
The praise and criticism of the outside world are beyond the limit. Readers who know Buddhism know that Buddhism stresses "peace of mind", emphasizes belittling external things (including other people's comments) and pays attention to inner stability. Therefore, it can be said that Dongpo's dull ending of "too full for her husband" actually shows his Buddhist cultivation and contains profound life feelings.
It is worth noting that when Su Shi recited Ode to Pork, he did not deliberately interpret and explain his life thinking of "Pork View", but between pen and ink, intentionally or unintentionally revealed his Buddhist cultivation and his reference and transformation to Buddhism, which needs to be supplemented.
Su Shi's poem "Ode to Pork" seems funny, but in fact it contains serious themes in humor. The author's praise, of course, includes the enjoyment of taste and self-satisfaction with his own cooking innovation; But when we understand Su Dongpo's difficult situation at that time, we will see an unyielding soul after the poet enjoys delicious food.
Philosopher who always pursues higher and deeper feelings in communication with people and achieves the ideal of "unity of knowledge and action" in daily life and rational thinking. In particular, the author organically combines the art of cooking with the transcendental ideal of life, setting an example for us-pork, pork itself, and others.
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