In just a few short dialogues, this article in The Book of Songs vividly shows us the scene of lovers playing with each other. In addition to writing in a female tone, poems written in a male tone can also reflect the lovely interest of women in love. For example, the poem "Tai Feng Jing Nv" writes about the pleasure of a secret appointment in a man's tone.
how can we read and appreciate this work today? On how to read The Book of Songs, Wen Yiduo once put forward two principles: one is to bring readers into the era of The Book of Songs, and the other is to bring the Book of Songs into the era of readers. The former principle is to remind everyone to pay attention to the folk cultural background of the works of The Book of Songs; The latter principle requires everyone to get involved in the works and regard the works of The Book of Songs as events they participated in or witnessed. Perhaps some readers think that The Book of Songs is too old from our time and too difficult to understand. Actually, it is not. We find the Book of Songs difficult, often because of the obstacles in writing. But as long as we break through this obstacle, it is not difficult to understand the Book of Songs. Not only is it not difficult, but it is easier to understand than the literati poems in Tang and Song Dynasties. Because the works of The Book of Songs are closer to the original ecology of life, after reading it, we are often surprised at why the works of The Book of Songs are so close to our own lives. To do this, the most important thing is to get involved in the work.
In fact, The Quiet Girl is the best work to get involved in, and its story is very simple, so we can regard it as a scene of "Guo Jing Huang Rong first met". Guo Jing and Huang Rong are well-known figures, Guo Jing is simple and honest, and Huang Rong is clever and sharp. This is exactly the character of the hero and heroine in this article. Therefore, it is very possible to replace the protagonist of the work with Guo Jing and Huang Rong. It will be much easier and more interesting to understand in this way.
This article is nothing more than a story about "Guo Jing" (me) and "Huang Rong" ("Jing Nv") meeting at the city wall. Narration is from the perspective of "Guo Jing". They should be dating for the first time. Before the date, they met and had a good impression on each other. Think how smart Huang Rong is, and naturally he has a good judgment on life. Guo Jing is so simple and honest, and he will never bully or betray himself in the future, and Guo Jing's clumsiness has aroused Huang Rong's hidden maternal care in a certain way. These two people are really a match made in heaven. Huang Rong is well aware, and has already made plans to trust each other for life. Guo Jing may not have such an IQ, but everyone has a love of beauty. How can he be indifferent in the face of such a smart and lovely woman? This date should be initiated by "Huang Rong". In their world, Huang Rong always holds the initiative. Guo Jing's personality is used to responding, but this response is extremely deep.
"Quiet girl, as soon as I am in the corner!" Look at how cheerful and joyful these two sentences are. "That lovely girl! She is waiting for me at the corner of the city wall! " ("hey", beautiful. "as soon as possible", etc. ) split empty to these two sentences, it is Guo Jing tone without incident. Imagine: a person who has never been in love suddenly has a lovely person to date, and his heart is not more beautiful than "a sister Lin fell from the sky"! It is estimated that since the last time I met Huang Rong and proposed a date, Guo Jing's mind was full of "quiet girl, as soon as I am in the corner!" Yes.
The next two sentences are "Love but not seeing, scratching your head." Suddenly it had a dramatic effect. Full of joy, "Guo Jing" closed on empty air. The girl who asked for a date generously didn't come! With Guo Jing as a person, it is conceivable that he must have made a lot of arrangements for this appointment, must have clumsily cleaned himself up, and must have arrived at the appointment site half a day early. He must have thought of giving Rong Er's sister a surprise: I arrived here a long time ago, and I packed up beautifully! It is estimated that half an hour before the scheduled time, Guo Jing was looking in all directions. He wanted to see which direction the lovely Rong Er sister came from. He had an idea in his heart and ran over when he saw her from a distance. But time went by, and Rong Er's sister didn't come. It's time for a date. Poor jing elder brother is blindsided: What's going on? Why didn't Sister Rong Er come? Did something happen to her and she couldn't come? Could it be that I misremembered the time and place of the appointment? If tomorrow is recorded as today, there is still hope; One thousand is about yesterday as today, isn't it finished! Could it be said that the south corner of the city wall was written as the north corner itself? Silly jing elder brother must have broken himself in this vain waiting. He must have slapped his head from time to time, stretched his neck on tiptoe for a while, climbed to the height of the wall for a while, and ran far in the direction where Rong Er's sister might come to see if Rong Er's sister was on the road. The word "scratching" is really good! Very vividly shows the "Guo Jing" in a hurry. This silly boy must have been tossing himself for a long time. He was so tired that he dozed off against the wall in the sunshine.
Of course, "Huang Rong" didn't stand me up. It's just that the Grinch is so tricky that she deliberately wants to torture silly Guo Jing. She may have arrived earlier than Guo Jing, and she took advantage of the favorable terrain to watch the fun. I am determined to marry you, no matter whether you are rich or poor in the future, I will follow you all my life and treat you well. How can I take advantage of you now? A clever woman is mostly a good wife and mother after marriage, but when she is in love, she has to try her best to toss others. Only after tossing your lover enough, will you be dead set in return in the future. "Huang Rong" is the cleverest of all, and she deliberately wants "Guo Jing" to look good. I'll hide so that you can't find it, and see what a hurry you silly boy are! Among the four sentences, there is only one word "love" that writes "Huang Rong" (a generic word, which means hiding), but we can restore the situation and restore the personality and psychology of the parties. Poetry is always simple, and the works of The Book of Songs are even more simple. Numerous situations and spaces need to be filled by our own imagination. Only when we get involved in the work itself, participate in and witness the events of the work, can we truly achieve "no separation".
Silly "Guo Jing" is fast asleep under the city wall, perhaps dreaming a beautiful dream and drooling with happiness. When "Huang Rong" sees it, she is both happy and painful. Her inner maternal love rises and rushes over regardless. In front of him, Huang Rong slowed down again, pulled out a grass and scratched it in Guo Jing's nostrils. Guo Jing sneezed and jumped up. When I opened my eyes, Rong Er's sister was right in front of me. Silly Guo Jing must have thought she was still dreaming, and she must have squeezed herself to know that she was not dreaming. After the meeting, what Guo Jing said, the author did not explain; We don't know what Huang Rong said. "A quiet woman is a good girl, and I am in charge." ("win", beauty. "Yi", a gift. There are different opinions about "Tongguan". According to the expression habits in the Book of Songs, it should be the same as the following "fat" and should be understood as grassroots. ) All we know is that Huang Rong gave Guo Jing the grass he pulled at will. "I am embarrassed to say that I am beautiful." ("Wei", shiny. "Say", Tongyue, like. I like it. "Female" means "Ru", which means "Tongguan" here. ) In Guo Jing's eyes, this little grass root is so beautiful that it shines brightly.
The author's cleverness lies in not giving any explanation to the meeting scene except sending grass. Just after the meeting, and only from the "Guo Jing" side. "It's beautiful and different to return from grazing." ("grazing", in the wild. "Return" means "feed" and give away. "fat", grassroots. Yes, indeed. ) is a tautology of the second chapter. "The bandit girl is beautiful, and the beauty is embarrassing." ("female" means "you" and means "fat". ) "Grass, grass, not because you are beautiful, but because you are a gift from my lovely sister in Rong Er, I think you are so beautiful!" After the meeting, the two men parted and went back to their own places. Silly Guo Jing was still immersed in the happiness of meeting. In fact, it's an ordinary grass, but Guo Jing has been holding it in his hand, looking at it affectionately, and the grass is shining and shining more and more, and the whole grass has become like Huang Rong, joking at Guo Jing. Silly Guo Jing probably hasn't been in love and has never been so happy. He looked at the grass again and again, and at the end of the day, he said, "A bandit girl is beautiful, and a beauty is a hindrance." Only a sincere person like Guo Jing must say this message in such a sincere way. If Ling Huchong's EQ and IQ are both high, he won't say anything if he is killed. This is the author's mystery. If the protagonist is a character like Ling Huchong, who has a heart in mind, but also to say, "The bandit girl is beautiful, and the beauty is a hindrance", it is a great evil to the scenery. But the hero is Guo Jing, who is honest and sincere. He must say so. Only when he says so is Guo Jing.
The success of this work is a characterization of the character. Although it is only a few words that the hero talks to himself, it shows his simplicity and sincerity to the fullest. While portraying men, the clever and sharp image of the heroine comes to the fore. Although the work itself is simple, it leaves countless imagination spaces for readers, and we can even restore the scene at that time according to the character's personality, which is so dramatic and life-like. One of the striking features of The Book of Songs, which is different from Tang and Song literati's poems, lies in its dramatic sense of scene and rich flavor of life.
I'll say a few more words here: First, how to say the word "Jing" for "Jing Nv"? Readers can't agree with the explanation of "Zhen Jing". Quiet and "Huang Rong" are so predestined. My great teacher, Mr. Wu Xiaoru, once said half jokingly that the "quiet girl" here is what we are talking about now. In fact, the book of songs itself has internal evidence. It is said in Zheng Feng's Woman's cock crow that "when the lute is in the imperial court, it is always quiet and good". "Quiet and good" is a tautology, and "quiet" means "good". It is said in Mo Shang Sang written by Han Yuefu that "Qin has a good girl", and the "good" of this "good girl" probably only means that she looks good. Translating "Jing Nv" into "Jing Nv" can't be more vivid.
one more question: in what season did this work take place? I thought it was spring. The reasons are "I am in charge" and "self-grazing". Scholars in the Han Dynasty said that "Tongguan" was a red pen for women's history, and the whole thing was a lie. As I said before, "Tongguan" means "Fat", that is, small grass roots. When I was a child, I often pulled out grass roots to chew. In spring, small grass roots are white and red, and it is just right to chew them and give them to others as a token of love. Let's look at this work. It doesn't bear the word "spring", but it is permeated with the breath of spring everywhere. It is clearly a picture of youth. The so-called "no words, all romantic", that's it.