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The common images in ancient poems are 1, plants 2, animals 3, musical instruments 4, nature 5, places 1, plants (metaphors or symbols): herbs, plantain, phoenix tree, pine and cypress, bamboo, plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum, peony, peach blossom and flowering. 1, Cao Fang: (1) The endless and ubiquitous spring grass is far away from the horizon, which is a metaphor for the sadness of parting. Yuefu Poems: Grass by the Qingqing River and Philip Burkart Road. (2) Expressed endless hope: Bai Juyi: The vast grass crosses the plain and comes and goes with the four seasons. Wildfire can't burn it out, but the spring breeze can revive it. 2. Lotus: Because "lotus" and "pity" are homonyms, there are many poems about lotus in ancient poetry to express love. For example, "Xizhou Qu" by Yuefu in the Southern Dynasties: "Lotus is picked in autumn in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the lotus is over the head; Bow your head and get lotus seeds, green as water. 3. Plum blossom: totally, indomitable character. Wang Anshi's plum blossom "is far from snow, because it has a delicate fragrance." "The poem not only describes the reasons why plum blossoms are scattered by the wind, but also implicitly shows the purity and whiteness of plum blossoms, and receives the artistic effect of good fragrance and lewdness. Lu you's "operator": scattered into mud, crushed into dust, only the fragrance remains. Plum blossom is used to describe a person's unfortunate experience of being destroyed and his noble sentiment of not wanting to go with the flow. 4. Pine and cypress: It symbolizes loneliness, tenacity and unyielding. "The Analects of Confucius": "When the cold comes and the summer goes, you will know that the pine and cypress are withered. "5. Bamboo: green and straight, thriving and indomitable. Zheng Banqiao: "I insist that the green hills are not relaxed, because the roots are breaking the rocks. Thousands of blows are still strong, and the wind is east, west, north and south. "6. The image of" Liu "(1) The word" Liu "is homophonic with" Liu ",which is often compared to parting. "Where to wake up tonight? Yang Liuan and Xiao Feng's "Canyue" three sentences express Liu Yong's nostalgia for his lover. (2) The eaves are often used as a symbol of hometown. "A tall building Wan Li sorrow, like tingzhou. "Expressed Xu Hun's infinite concern for his hometown. (3) "Willow" catkins are erratic and often make people sad.
2. Collection of Images in Ancient Poetry (50) Some common images in ancient poetry mainly include: 1. Tree: the straightness of the tree: the ups and downs of career and life or the smoothness of yellow leaves: withering, maturity, beautiful withering, metabolic green leaves: vitality, hope, vitality, bamboo: integrity, willow: farewell, nostalgia, sadness, and so on.
After the implication, there is a meaning of farewell and nostalgia. "Liu": Mourning the feeling of parting: it can trigger the past like smoke, and is often used to express the feeling of rise and fall.
Red leaves: it is called the thing that conveys feelings, and later refers to poetry to convey feelings. Pine and cypress: firm, proud, strong and loose vitality: pine is a model to fight frost and snow, and naturally it is the object of praise.
Li Bai's "Book for Huang Shang": "I hope you are loose, but be careful not to be peaches and plums." Wei always flatters powerful people, and Li Bai writes poems to persuade him to be an upright person.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Serina Liu gave it to my brother: "If you don't suffer from cold, pine and cypress are sexual." The poet used this sentence to encourage his cousin to be as loyal as a pine and cypress, and to maintain a noble quality under any circumstances.
Indus River: The Indus River is a symbol of desolation, bitterness and sadness. For example, Wang Changling's Poem of Long Letters in Autumn says, "The phoenix tree in Jinjing is yellow with autumn leaves, and the bead curtain does not frost at night.
Jade pillow jade pillow looks like a withered face, lying on your back and worrying about listening to the south temple-style leaking face. "This is about a girl who has been deprived of youth, freedom and happiness. In a desolate and lonely palace, she was alone, lying listening to the palace leak.
The first sentence of the poem begins with a phoenix tree with yellow leaves by the well, which sets off a bleak and cold atmosphere. Ren Yuan Xu Zaisi "Double Narcissus? Rain at night: "A sound of Ye Qiu, a little banana and a little sorrow, and a dream after three nights. "
Use buttonwood leaves to fall, rain to hit banana, and write down all your worries. Others, such as "One leaf makes a sound, and the empty steps drip to the light" (Tang Wen and Ting Yun's "More Leaky"), "The phoenix tree is raining even more until dusk" (Li Qingzhao's "Slow Voice") and so on.
2, flowers: flowers: hope, youth, brilliant flowers in life: withering, setbacks, life, career setbacks, cherish spring, miss beautiful things, nostalgia. Peach blossom: a symbol of beauty: orchid: noble peony: wealth, beautiful grass: exuberant vitality, endless life, hope, desolation, remoteness, hatred, humble status and position: sadness from millet (the prosperity of the country is at present, but it is declining in the past), three friends (pine, bamboo and plum) and chrysanthemum symbolize people's noble character: red beans, that is, acacia beans.
From Wang Wei's poem "Acacia": "When those red berries come in spring, they flush on your southern branches, and I advise you to collect more as a symbol of our love." The poet expressed his affection for his friends through red beans born in the south.
Chrysanthemum: Quiet, noble and refined chrysanthemum: Although chrysanthemum can't be compared with peony or orchid, as the flower of Ao Shuang, it has always been favored by literati. Some people praise its strong character, while others appreciate its lofty temperament. Qu Yuan's Lisao: "Drinking Mulan Dew in the morning and eating Qiuju in the evening are not beautiful."
The poet symbolizes his noble character by drinking dew and eating flowers. Tang Yuanzhen's Chrysanthemum: "Autumn bushes are like Taoist priests, and the more they surround, the more inclined they are.
It's not that chrysanthemums are favored among flowers, but that this flower is even more flowerless. "Expressed the poet's pursuit of loyalty and noble character.
Other poems, such as "I'd rather hold incense in the branches and die than blow it in the flowers" (Cold Chrysanthemum by Zheng Songxiaosi), "Dew in the Lonely East, Sand shines before the gold" (Two Chrysanthemums after Chongyang by Song Fan Chengda), all use chrysanthemums to express the poet's spiritual quality, and the chrysanthemums here undoubtedly become a portrayal of the poet's personality. May: Aoxue is strong and indomitable in the face of adversity. Plum blossoms are the first to bloom in the cold, and then it leads to the fragrance of blooming flowers. Therefore, plum blossoms, like chrysanthemums, have always been admired and praised by poets.
"Plum Blossom" by Chen Liang, a poet in the Song Dynasty: "A flower changes suddenly first, and ten thousand flowers are fragrant later." The poet grasped the characteristic that plum blossoms are the first to bloom, and wrote the quality of being the first in the world and not afraid of setbacks. This is not only Yongmei, but also praising himself.
Wang Anshi's plum blossom: "It's not snow when you know it from afar, because it has a delicate fragrance." The poem not only describes the reasons why plum blossoms are scattered by the wind, but also implicitly shows the purity and whiteness of plum blossoms, which has received the artistic effect of good fragrance and lewdness.
Lu You's famous sentence "Yongmei": "Scattered into mud, crushed into dust, only fragrance remains." Plum blossom is used to describe a person's unfortunate experience of being destroyed and his noble sentiment of not wanting to go with the flow.
"Mo Mei" by Wang Mian in Yuan Dynasty: "Don't boast of its lewdness, just leave the air fresh and dry." It is also the plum blossom that shows that it is unwilling to go with the flow, shallow and profound.
Lotus: Because "lotus" and "cherish" are homonyms, there are many poems about lotus in ancient poetry to express love. For example, "Xizhou Qu" by Yuefu in the Southern Dynasties: "Lotus is picked in autumn in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the lotus is over the head; Bow your head to get lotus seeds, which are as green as water. "
"Lotus seed" means "Reiko Kobayakawa" and "green" means "clear". There are both real and imaginary here, which means pun. The rhetorical device of homophonic pun is used to express a woman's deep yearning for the man she loves and the purity of love.
Thirty-five songs in Jin's "Forty-two Midnight Songs": "The fog reveals the lotus, but the lotus is unclear." The dew in the fog hides the true face of the lotus, but the lotus leaf is not very clear. This is also a way of homophonic pun, writing about a woman who vaguely feels that the man loves her.
Compare the maturity of plum to a girl's desire for love, such as "looking back by the door, but smelling plum fragrance" (Li Qingzhao's "Dianjiang Lip"). Lilac refers to melancholy or complex, such as "since Nanpu Bie, seeing lilac knot, I have been worried" (Tang Niuqiao's Thanksgiving) 3. Animal apes: sadness, screaming, Du Fu's Ascending the Mountain, apes whimpering in the high wind, Red Pigeon:: Ideal, Pursuing Fish: Freedom, Comfort Eagle: fortitude, freedom, life fighting, career.
Later, literati used "blowing" and "blowing thinking" to describe homesickness. Double carp: refers to letters.
Han Yuefu's poem "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Grottoes" said: "Guests come from afar and leave me a pair of carp. Hu Er cooks carp with books in it. "
Later, I wrote a distant letter with double carp. Zhuang Zhou Mengdie: The language comes from Zhuangzi? The theory of everything: "Qianzhuang Zhou Meng is a Hu (butterfly), a lifelike Hu (butterfly).
I don't know what day it is. If you suddenly feel it, you will suddenly feel it.
I wonder if Zhou Zhimeng is a fool.
3. What words are used to describe the imagery atmosphere of poetry? 1, Mingyue: In China's ancient poems, it is generally synonymous with homesickness.
Quiet night thinking is self-evident. However, there are also people who are relaxed and quiet: moonlight in the pine forest and crystal stone in the stream.
2. Pine, plum, bamboo and chrysanthemum are called "four gentlemen of the poor", which are the image incarnations of high morality and respect for evil. The ancients often used these four images to express their ambitions and integrity. Pine trees are often used to symbolize isolated and straight products.
Most of these flowers and plants have special meanings. You can collect it slowly if you are interested. 3. Chrysanthemum: As the flower of Ao Shuang, it has always been favored by scholars. Some people praise its strong character, while others appreciate its lofty temperament.
4. Plum blossom: Plum blossom blooms first, and then flowers bloom. Therefore, plum blossoms, like chrysanthemums, are admired and praised by poets. 5. Pine tree: Pine tree is a model of fighting frost and snow, and it is naturally the object of eulogy.
6. Lotus: Because "lotus" and "pity" are homonyms, there are many poems about lotus in ancient poetry to express love. However, Ailian also said: With the only Ailian, sludge will not stick, and ripples will not be evil.
7. Indus: "Lonely Indus" is generally a symbol of desolation and sadness. 8. Partridge, Zigui and Du Fu: This kind of bird image also has a specific connotation in ancient poetry.
The partridge's singing sounds like "I can't go with my brother", while the classification is "Zigui". These images are very easy to evoke the association of trekking and parting. 9. Cold cicada: "Cold cicada mourns, and it is Changting at night."
Chilling is synonymous with sadness. 10, Hongyan, Double Carp: The migration of Hongyan to the south often makes wanderers homesick and sad on the journey.
There are also letters referred to by Hongyan. Hongyan sends books, and double carp is also synonymous with letters.
There seems to be a bluebird with only letters. Speaking of letters, I like a sentence very much: drifting away, the book is lost.
1 1, Cao Fang: "Cao Fang is thriving". In China's classical poems, how much Cao Fang hated. 12, Changting: It is a farewell place on land.
"Outside the pavilion, beside the ancient road" and "Where to return?" The pavilion is shorter. "Nature is a special farewell image.
13, crow; According to superstition, it is an ominous bird, which often haunts graves and other desolate places. China's classical poems are often associated with decadent and desolate things.
Sometimes it also refers to a villain. 14, ape cry: Appearing in poetry often symbolizes a sad feeling.
What "apes whimper in the fierce wind coming from the wide sky" and "apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying" 15, Guanshan: He Shan Guansai.
Frontier poems either show soldiers' weariness of fighting or their desire for death. It corresponds to a poem that misses a woman.
"Loulan" is also a common image in frontier poems: Loulan is broken but not returned. Lonely smoke in the desert and sunset in the long river.
16, Lianlizhi, two-winged bird: I won't elaborate on this. 17, red beans: also known as acacia beans.
"When those red berries come in spring, they flush on your southern branches; For me, take a hug home as a symbol of our love. " Often used to symbolize love or lovesickness.
18, Falling Flowers: The ancients said that "falling flowers are intentional" and lamented the impermanence of life from falling flowers. This is a typical theme of China's ancient poems, and the utilization rate of "Moon" should not be too high. "Falling Flowers" is often used to lament the impermanence of life, the sadness of cherishing spring, and the anxiety and sadness of death.
19, Yi Dao: In classical poetry, it often represents the melancholy and confusion of the boudoir missing her husband. Autumn has arrived, and the husband who is far away from home has no clothes to keep out the cold, and he has placed endless worries in the sound of rags.
20, cold clothes: related to the anvil, through the cold clothes to express love and miss their loved ones. I recommend listening to "Cold Clothes Tune" _ 2 1. Historical sites: often use the ancient to satirize the present or use historical events to express the meaning of vicissitudes.
I don't remember that poem ... what "I crossed the female wall at night" 22. Liu: The homonym "stay", the ancients have always had the habit of folding willows to send each other away, and naturally it is farewell and parting.
23, boat, boat: mostly used to express feelings of freedom, free and easy, casual, and also have a sense of desolation and loneliness in some poems. 24. Autumn: "Autumn has been sad and lonely since ancient times", so I won't go into details.
25. Dongfeng: something that shows optimism and beauty. "Drink the east wind and be calm with * * *." 26. West wind: Compared with the east wind, it shows an atmosphere of loneliness and depression.
27. River water: It means that time has passed and the dead are gone. 28. Dogs and chickens: the comfort of rural life.
Similarly, in Tao Yuanming's poems, there are words like picking chrysanthemums under the hedge, and there are many intentions. He was originally a representative of pastoral poetry. Isn't it _ 29? Meiyu: It means more girls' boudoir thoughts and a touch of sadness.
Plum refers to girlish amorous feelings. Li Qingzhao's song "Walking with shame, leaning against the door and looking back, but smelling of childhood friends" is perfect! Similarly, "childhood friends" goes without saying: when you, my love, ride a bamboo horse, run in circles and throw your childhood.
30. Wine: We can't have more artistic conception in our poems ... Li Bai's glasses are free and easy. If we give them to teenagers for good wine, we will drown the sorrows of generations! . But he also said, "Sadness has returned, although we drowned them with wine" ... It all depends on the mood.
Finally, I want to talk about my favorite song and give my friend Liu a suggestion: the newly brewed wine is green, and there is a red commotion in the static stove. It feels like snow outside at dusk. How about a glass of wine inside? .
It is very kind and warm to read. _ Wine not only spreads sadness, but also shows friendship, blessing and so on. There are many doors, wine and meat stink, Xie Wang, former King Xie Tang, and so on.
Flowers and plants, all kinds of animals, heavy rain and light rain ... typing can't move, hope to adopt _.
4. Words to describe the artistic conception of ancient poetry The ancients often used the word "can't get together" to describe the exquisiteness of poetic artistic conception.
Song Lu You's Postscript Lu Chengjia: "The words are delicate and there is no far-fetched disease."
Yuan Mei's Poems with the Garden in Qing Dynasty Volume 1: "How to restrain one or two rhymes?" If it is constrained, it must be put together; Now that we are together, how can we have temperament? "
Liang Qichao's "Reading the Imperial Decree of October 3rd": "In fact, it's just an inorganic collection, and it's not a unified purpose to park occasionally."
Appreciation of "artistic conception" in ancient poetry;
First, grasp the integrity.
Any poem or word is a complete work of art. When we appreciate it, if we only see a single "image" picture in the work, we can't accurately grasp the emotional intention expressed by the poet and lyricist in the work. "Artistic conception" is often an emotional atmosphere and artistic world composed of many "images". That is, many individuals are interconnected as a whole. Compared with "artistic conception", "image" is local and concrete; The scope of "artistic conception" is relatively large. Usually refers to the realm formed by the whole poem or word, which is holistic and conveys the overall emotional intention of poets and lyricists in their works. Appreciating "artistic conception" means starting with the specific scenery and scenes described in the works, and then grasping the author's thoughts and feelings throughout the works as a whole.
Second, highlight the level.
Through the fusion of events, images and scenes, "artistic conception" creates a poetic picture of unity of emotion, reason, form and spirit, forming a whole connected by multiple individuals, but its hierarchy is very obvious. In the aesthetic activities of "artistic conception" appreciation, we can appreciate its characteristics from both content and form.
Third, pay attention to diversity.
Wang Guowei emphatically pointed out in Ci on Earth that "the realm has size", "the realm has me" and "the realm has no me". This is indeed an incisive insight. He wrote a lot of poems, both magnificent and extraordinary, lively and fresh, small and elegant. As a reader, to appreciate the "artistic conception" of poetry, we should broaden our horizons, be eclectic, absorb the artistic essence of various schools and styles in many ways, and then try to figure out another thing from one thing by comparison to peep into the mystery of poetry art.
Fourth, explore creativity.
With the continuous development of society, people's thoughts and feelings are constantly changing, so the artistic conception of poetry will never be exhausted by predecessors. Generally speaking, talented poets often stick to the old tradition and follow the old path of their predecessors. They can start from the changed real life, create their own unique new "artistic conception" with true feelings and sincerity, and give their poems new life and vitality. When we read poetry, we should pay special attention to exploring the creativity of poetry "artistic conception".
5. About common poetic images, 1. Bright Moon: In China's ancient poems, it is a common brushwork to use the moon to set off feelings.
Generally speaking, the moon in ancient poems is synonymous with homesickness. For example, Li Bai's "Thinking about a Quiet Night" said: "My foot of the bed is so bright, is there frost already? Looking up, I found that it was moonlight, sinking again, and I suddenly thought of home. "
2. Pine, plum, bamboo and chrysanthemum are called "four gentlemen of the poor", which are the image incarnations of high morality and respect for evil. The ancients often used these four images to express their ambitions and integrity. Pine trees are often used to symbolize isolated and straight products.
3. Chrysanthemum: As the flower of Ao Shuang, it has always been favored by scholars. Some people praise its strong character, while others appreciate its lofty temperament. Example: Tang Yuanzhen's Chrysanthemum: "Autumn bushes are like potters, and the more they bypass the fence, the more inclined they are.
It's not that chrysanthemums are favored among flowers, but that this flower is even more flowerless. "Expressed the poet's pursuit of loyalty and noble character.
4. Plum blossom: Plum blossom blooms first, and then flowers bloom. Therefore, plum blossoms, like chrysanthemums, are admired and praised by poets. Example: Plum Blossom by Chen Liang in Song Dynasty: "A flower suddenly changes and a hundred flowers blossom."
The poet grasped the characteristic that plum blossoms are the first to bloom, and wrote the quality of being the first in the world and not afraid of setbacks. This is not only Yongmei, but also praising himself. 5. Pine tree: Pine tree is a model of fighting frost and snow, and it is naturally the object of eulogy.
Example: Serina Liu in the Three Kingdoms period gave a gift to his younger brother: "Don't suffer from cold, pine and cypress are sexual." The poet used this sentence to encourage his cousin to be as loyal as sending pines and cypresses, and to maintain noble quality under any circumstances.
6. Lotus: Because "lotus" and "pity" are homonyms, there are many poems about lotus in ancient poetry to express love. Example: "Xizhou Qu" by Yuefu in the Southern Dynasties: "In autumn, lotus is picked in Nantang, and the lotus is over the head; Bow your head to get lotus seeds, which are as green as water. "
7. Indus River: The Indus River is a symbol of desolation and sadness. Example: Wang Changling's Poem on Long Letters in Autumn: "The phoenix tree in Jinjing is yellow in autumn leaves, and the pearl curtain does not roll frost at night.
Jade pillow jade pillow looks like a withered face, lying on your back and worrying about listening to the south temple-style leaking face. "This is about a girl who has been deprived of youth, freedom and happiness. In a desolate and lonely palace, she was alone, lying listening to the palace leak.
8. Partridge: The image of partridge also has a specific connotation in ancient poetry. The song of partridge makes people sound like "I can't live without my brother", which is very easy to evoke the association of hard journey and full of parting.
Examples: "When the sun sets in the west, the grass is bright and the autumn colors are bright, and the partridges are far away" (Li Qunyu's Jiuzipo Smells the partridges in the Tang Dynasty), "When the river is worried in the evening, the mountains are deep and the partridges are heard" (Xin Qiji's Bodhisattva Man, Writing a Wall in Jiangxi) and so on. 9. Chill: Qiu Chan won't live long. After the autumn rain, cicadas will make several intermittent moans, and their lives are at stake.
Therefore, chilling has become synonymous with sadness. For example, the first two sentences of Dondero's Chanting the Cicadas: "The cicadas in the west sing, and the guests in the south think."
Singing in silence makes you deeply homesick in prison. Liu Yong, a poet in the Song Dynasty, began: "Cold cicadas are sad, the pavilion is late, and the shower is early."
Parting is not directly described, and the feeling of "sadness" is full of readers' hearts, brewing an atmosphere that can touch parting emotions. Hongyan: Hongyan is a large migratory bird, which moves southward every autumn, often causing wanderers to feel homesick and sad when traveling. There are also letters referred to by Hongyan.
Everyone is familiar with the allusions of Hongyan biography, and the application of Hongyan as a messenger in poetry is also very common. Example: Xue Daoheng, a native of Sui Dynasty, wrote "People miss home every day": "People return to yan zhen and miss flowers before."
I had the idea of going home long before the flowers bloomed. But when the geese returned to the north, people had not returned home. Example: "When the geese cross, they don't answer me, and the river is full of autumn water" (To Li Bai at the End of the Sky by Du Fu) 1 1, Cao Fang: In Chinese classical poetry, it is a metaphor for leaving hate.
Example: "Chu Ci Zhao Yin Di": "Wang Sun swims without returning, and spring grass grows." "Lush" means lush spring grass.
Spring grass is lush, spring scenery is sultry, and Iraqis have not returned, which inevitably makes homesick women stay upstairs. Yuefu's "Harmony Song, Drinking Horses in the Cave of the Great Wall" and "Grass by the Qingqing River in Philip Burkart Road"
Stand up with "grass by the green river" to express your thoughts about the Iraqis in the distance. Li Yu's Qing Ping Le: "If you hate like spring grass, you can go further and live better."
With endless spring grass, far away from the horizon, it is a metaphor for the sadness of parting. 12, Changting: It is a farewell place on land.
Example: Li Bai's Bodhisattva Taoist: "Where is the return journey? The pavilion is shorter. " 13, crow: According to superstition, it is an ominous bird, which often haunts desolate places such as graves.
China's classical poems are often associated with decadent and desolate things. For example, Li Shangyin's Sui Palace: The fireflies have gone and left the weathered grassland, but the crows are still weeping at dusk.
Fang Ting, the man of Qin Guan, said, "Outside the setting sun, there are ten thousand points in west Western jackdaw, and the water flows around the lonely village." Ma Zhiyuan's poem "Tianjingsha Qiu Si": "Old vine, faint crow."
14, ape cry: Appearing in poetry often symbolizes a sad feeling. For example, Du Fu's Ascending the Mountain: "The ape whimpers in the wide sky and the sudden wind" In Li Daoyuan's Jiang Shui in Zhu Xiaojing, the fisherman sings: "The Wuxia of the Three Gorges in Badong is long, and the ape cries three tears and touches his clothes."
Li Duan's "Send a guest to Bajiang Night Ape": "Bashui is far away, crying apes hurts the guests." They all use apes to express this sad mood.
15, Guanshan: Guansai Mountain River. Pass, pass fortress; Mountains and rivers.
Example: Gao Dao's "Plug the flute": "Where does the plum blossom fall? The wind blew all over the mountain overnight. " Plum Blossom Fall is the name of the tune.
Where did the flute go? The wind blew the melodious flute and filled the frontier fortress overnight. 16, connected branch, two-winged bird: connected branch refers to two trees connected together.
Love birds, a legendary bird, is used as a metaphor for loving couples in classical poetry. Legend has it that in old China, King Kang of Song married Han Ping, an official, and imprisoned Han Ping.
Han committed suicide and his wife's clothes were rotten. When she went on stage to play with King Kang, she threw herself under the stage and everyone pulled his clothes. As a result, she fell to her death, leaving a suicide note saying that Han Ping was buried together, but Kang Wang buried them in two places. Soon, a catalpa tree was born on each of the two graves, and it grew very thick in ten days. The roots and branches of two trees are intertwined, and there is a pair of mandarin ducks on the tree, groaning at each other.
Example: Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow: "On the seventh day of July, in the Palace of Eternal Life, we secretly told each other in the quiet midnight world. We want to fly in heaven. Two birds use one wing, yes.