The theme of "The Book of Songs·Zhou Nan·Taoyao": a beautiful marriage.
Zhou Nan·Peach Blossoms
"The Book of Songs·National Style"
The peach blossoms burn brightly. When the son returns home, it is suitable for his family.
The peaches are actually sweet. When the son returns home, it is suitable for his family.
The peach is young, its leaves are pure. When the son returns home, it will be a good time for his family.
"Zhou Nan·Taoyao" is a poem in the "Book of Songs", the first collection of poems in ancient China. This is a poem to congratulate a young girl on her marriage. The poem consists of three chapters, each with four lines. The whole poem is inspired by peach blossoms, which are used as metaphors for beauty and sing a hymn for the bride. The language of the whole poem is concise and beautiful. It not only cleverly changes "Shi Jia" into various inversions and synonyms, but also repeatedly uses the word "Yi" to reveal the bride's beautiful character of living in harmony with her family and also writes about her beauty. Morality injects fresh blood into the newly built family and brings a harmonious and joyful atmosphere.
The whole poem "Zhou Nan Taoyao" is divided into three chapters. The first chapter uses bright peach blossoms as a metaphor for the bride’s youth and charm. "The Peach Blossom" begins with rich and colorful symbolic connotations. The delicate peach blossoms blowing towards the face give the poem a strong sense of color. "Scorching its beauty", it can be said that the peach blossoms are extremely bright and beautiful, so beautiful that they can dazzle the eyes. From the perspective of the relationship between the metaphor and the metaphor, what is written here is the fresh peach blossoms, blooming one after another, and the newlywed bride who has been dressed up is both excited and shy at the moment, her cheeks are flushed, she is really like a peach blossom, and the two complement each other. flavor. The poem describes both scenes and people, and the scenes blend together to create a joyful and warm atmosphere. This kind of scene can still be seen at rural weddings even today. The second chapter expresses wishes for marriage. After the peach blossoms bloom, they will naturally bear fruit. The poet said that the peach trees are full of fruits and the peaches are fat and big, which symbolizes that the bride will give birth to a son early and the family will be full of children and grandchildren. The third chapter uses the lush peach leaves to wish the bride’s family prosperity. The abundant fruits on the branches of the peach trees and the dense shade of the leaves on the peach branches symbolize the happiness of the newlyweds’ married life. It can be called the most beautiful metaphor and the best eulogy.
Zhu Xi's "Collected Poems" believes that each chapter uses "Xing", which is reasonable, but if you play with the poetic meaning carefully, it is true that there is a comparison between Xing and Xing, and both Xing and Xing are used. There are three chapters in the poem. In each chapter, peach is used as a starting point, and then flowers, fruits, and leaves are used as metaphors. It is very layered: from flowers blooming to fruiting, and then from fruit falling to leaves blooming; the poetic meaning of the metaphor also gradually changes, and is related to The peach blossoms grow in harmony with each other, forming a natural and integrated whole.
After singing about the peach blossoms, the poet also expressed his congratulations in the spoken language of the time. The first chapter says: "When the son returns, it is suitable for his wife and family." In other words, this girl will get married and have a harmonious and beautiful family. Chapters 2 and 3 were changed to "family" and "family" because of the rhyme relationship. In fact, there is little difference in meaning. According to ancient rituals, men consider women as their wives, and women consider their men as their homes. Only the union of men and women forms a family. When a woman gets married, it is the beginning of a family. Zhu Xi's "Collected Poems" explains: "The word "appropriate" means harmony. The room refers to where the couple lives, and the family refers to the same family." In fact, it means that the newlyweds' small home is called the room, and they live in the same place as their parents. For home. Now it is interpreted as family in modern terms, making it easier for general readers to understand.
The language of this article is extremely beautiful and concise. Not only did he cleverly change "Shijia" into various inversions and synonyms, but he also used the word "yi" repeatedly. The word "appropriate" reveals the beautiful character of the newlywed bride living in harmony with her family, and also writes that her beautiful character can inject fresh blood into the newly built family and bring a harmonious and happy atmosphere. This word "appropriate" is so powerful that no other word can replace it.