1. The poet here puts forward the intuitive phenomenon of pearls turning into blood. It turns out that 90% of the material components of pearls are aragonite, and its chemical component is calcium carbonate. In addition, there are organic matter and water based on amino acids. This change is because the chemical composition of aragonite is very unstable, and the luster and color of pearls will also change over time. As the saying goes, "pearls turn yellow with age". In addition, the organic matter of amino acids is an easily decomposed substance. As it decomposes, the pearl will turn into "blood".
2. Original text:
Guests from
Du Fu, Tang Dynasty
Guests from Nanming, leaving behind my spring guest pearl.
There are hidden words in the beads, which cannot be written down if I try to identify them.
The seal is sealed and the head is sealed to wait for the public's beard.
The eyes turn into blood, and now there is no collection.
3. Brief analysis:
The poem "Ke Cong" uses symbolic techniques to condemn the harsh plundering of the ruling group:
Ke Cong Nanming Come, leave me the spring guest pearl. There are hidden words in the beads, and if you want to argue, you can't write a book. Keep the case sealed for a long time, just in case the official needs it. The sight turns into blood, and the sorrow is gone.
The poem seems to tell a fable: a friend came back from the South China Sea and gave the poet a Quanke bead. Quanke is a shark whose eyes can weep beads. This is a precious gift. There are faintly written words in the beads, but they are hard to see clearly and cannot be guessed. There were many taxes at that time, so the pearl might be worth a lot of money, so the owner hid it in the box until the government needed it. But when the tax was really imposed, when the box was opened, the pearl turned into a pool of blood. Through the story of spring beads turning into blood, this poem makes a bloody and tearful accusation against the cruel behavior of the rulers in plundering the people's fat and anointing. Pu Qilong explained this poem and said: "'篧箧' and '翟 Xu' are not only intended to be offered with beads, but are also intended to be offered with beads with the word 'hidden', which means that I will take the opportunity to ask for my life on my behalf." ("Reading Du Du" "Xinjie" Volume 1) This poem was written in the fourth year of the Dali calendar, the year before Du Fu's death. It is obviously impossible to "please for orders on his behalf". Wang Sisi's opinion is more pertinent: "This was done out of eagerness to collect. What was collected above was all the blood of the common people. Now it is nothing but the blood." The word "hidden in the pearl" refers to the hidden feelings of the people, which cannot be defended if they want to. also.
” (Volume 10 of "Du Fu")
From the large number of anti-criticism works written by Du Fu in his later years, it can be seen that the poet's critical edge can be said to be an everlasting sword, and his critical spirit becomes stronger with age