"Silkworms will weave until they die in spring, and candles will drain the wick every night." What does this poem mean?

Silkworms in spring will weave until they die, and candles will drain the wick every night? From Untitled by Li Shangyin. Li Shangyin was a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty. He is good at poetry creation, rich in rhetoric, unique in conception and style. He is a poet who especially likes to pursue poetic beauty. Known together with Du Mu? Little Du Li? .

The poem Untitled is said to have been written by Li Shangyin to commemorate his second love. Because the ending of this relationship is not happy, it makes him feel particularly guilty and unforgettable.

First, the poetic background

It is said that when Li Shangyin was fifteen or sixteen years old, she was sent to Yuyangshan by her family to learn Taoism, where she met a female Taoist-Song Huayang. Song Huayang turned out to be a princess's personal maid. The princess has a soft spot for Taoism. In order to concentrate on monasticism, all the spirits who went straight to Yuyang Mountain became monks. Song Huayang, as her handmaid, can't just become a monk together.

Li Shangyin met Song Huayang while studying Taoism in Yuyang Mountain. Because they are similar in age, the two often secretly go back and forth, and they like each other for a long time. But because Song Huayang was a Taoist, this relationship could not be accepted by the secular. After the two met secretly, Li Shangyin was driven down the mountain, and this relationship ended in vain.

Second, poetic interpretation.

Later, Li Shangyin wrote Untitled to commemorate this untimely love affair. One of the most famous words is? Silkworms in spring will weave until they die, and candles will drain the wick every night? These two sentences. Poets use silkworms to describe their yearning for their lovers until death, and use candles to describe the pain of not meeting their lovers. The wax tears didn't dry until the candle burned out, and he missed each other all his life. These two poems fully express the poet's desperate sadness and pain, but they persist in their pursuit without regrets, just like silkworms spinning silk and burning candles, devoting themselves to the tragic ending.

Third, the poetic extension.

This poem was originally about love, but now many times, people will use these two sentences to describe the teacher, regard it as a high evaluation of the teacher's selfless dedication, and use candles to burn themselves to illuminate others to describe the teacher's teaching and educating people, silently imparting knowledge to students and illuminating their future.