"Spring silkworm" refers to a kind of organism, which is silkworms raised in spring. Spring silkworms are used in poetry and literary works to describe teachers and other people who are willing to contribute. Raising silkworms requires sterilization and feeding, and finally produces cocoons.
From: "Untitled·It is difficult to say goodbye when we meet" by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty
Original poem:
Untitled·It is also difficult to say goodbye when we meet
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Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin
It is hard to say goodbye when we meet, the east wind is powerless and the flowers are withered.
Spring silkworms will not run out of silk until they die, and wax torches will not dry until they turn to ashes.
When you look into the mirror at dawn, you are worried about the clouds on your temples. When you sing at night, you should feel the cold moonlight.
There is not much way to get to Pengshan, and the blue bird is diligent in visiting.
Interpretation:
It is difficult to meet, and even more difficult to say goodbye, not to mention in this late spring season when the east wind is weak and the flowers are withered.
The spring silkworm spins its cocoon and spins out the silk only when it dies, and the wax wax like tears can drip dry only when the candle is burned to ashes.
When I dress up and look in the mirror in the morning, I am only worried that my cloudy temple hair will change color and my appearance will no longer look the same. If you spend a long night alone reciting poetry and not falling asleep, you will definitely feel the cold moon encroaching on you.
Penglai Mountain is not too far away from here, but there is no way to get there. I would like to ask an envoy like a blue bird to visit it for me diligently.
Extended information
When Li Shangyin was fifteen or sixteen years old, his family sent him to Yuyang Mountain to learn Taoism. During this period, he met and fell in love with Song Huayang, a woman from Lingduguan in Yuyang Mountain. However, their relationship could not be known to outsiders, so he could only remember his love in poems. Most of the poems written by Li Shangyin titled "Untitled" are A poem describing the love between the two of them. This poem is one of them.
The first two sentences describe the misfortunes of love and the mood of the lyrical protagonist: due to some kind of force, it is difficult for a pair of lovers to meet each other, and the pain of separation makes her unbearable. The word "farewell" in the first sentence does not mean that we are saying goodbye at the moment, but refers to the completed forced separation. Between the two words "difficulty", the first one means difficulty in meeting, and the second one means pain and embarrassment.
Three or four sentences, and then write about the feelings because "it is difficult to meet" and "it is also difficult to say goodbye", which is more tortuous and subtle. The word "silk" in "The silkworm will not stop spinning its silk until it dies" is homophonic with the word "si". The whole sentence means that one's longing for the other person is like a spring silkworm spinning silk that will stop spinning until death. "The tears will dry up when the candle turns to ashes" is a metaphor for the endless pain of not being able to be together, just like the wax tears will not dry up until the candle burns to ashes.
Five or six sentences turn into writing about extroverted mental activities. Write about yourself in the first sentence, and imagine the other person in the second sentence. "Cloud hair changes" means that due to painful torture, one cannot fall asleep at night, causing the hair on the temples to fall off and the face to look haggard.
Li Shangyin’s poetry is unique in the late Tang Dynasty because he is affectionate and passionate. He used many works to express the sad and sad emotions of scholars in the late Tang Dynasty and his persistence in love, creating a new style and new style of poetry. realm. His poems are novel in conception and beautiful in style, especially some of his love poems and untitled poems, which are touching and pathos and are widely read. In addition, Li Shangyin used implicit and hazy expression techniques to the extreme.