A gift from my brother
Author: Liu Zhen
The pavilion is loose on the mountain and caressed in the valley.
When the wind is strong, pine branches are strong.
First frost is miserable and always right at the end of the year.
Don't suffer from cold, pine and cypress have sex.
"Brother's gift" refers to:
Pine trees stand upright on the mountain, facing the cold wind whistling in the valley.
The wind is so strong and the pine branches are so strong!
Let it be frosty all over the sky, and the pine waist is straight all year round.
Is the pine tree not suffering from the majestic chill? No, pine and cypress are born with cold tolerance!
Notes on My Brother's Gift;
1 slim: towering. .
2 rustle: describes the sound of cold wind.
3 what: how much.
4 miserable: cold and harsh.
5 suffering from severe cold: suffering from severe cold. Suffer ...
6. "Don't you catch cold? The phrase "pine and cypress have sex" means that the pine and cypress have not been attacked by the cold? (But it's still as green as ever. ) This is determined by its nature.
This article is selected from Poems of Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties in Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, Volume III. Liu Zhen (? -2 17), a poet in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and one of the seven sons of Jian 'an, is famous for his five-character poems. The three poems "To Brother" are all comparative rhetorical devices. This is the second song. The author takes pine and cypress as a metaphor, praising that pine and cypress can stand upright in the wind without falling down, and survive in the cold without withering. Encourage his cousin to be loyal and self-controlled and not change his nature because of external oppression.
Brother: Cousin.
Appreciation of Brother's Gift:
Serina Liu's poems are vigorous, tall and straight, and extraordinary. Cao Pi said that "his five-character poems are excellent and wonderful". There are three * * * poems, which are his representative works, especially the second one is famous all over the world.
"To My Brother" (Part II) seems to be a poem about objects, but in fact it is an expression of ambition, with the help of pine trees, showing the firmness of ambition. The whole poem from the outside to the inside, from here to there, implies lofty, vigorous and refined.
The first two sentences, that is, moving feelings with a loose and noble attitude, the sound of cold wind makes people wake up. Use "pavilions" to mark the proud posture of pine trees, and use "rustling" to imitate the biting cold wind. The painting is full of sound, concise and vivid. It also sets off the "mountain" with "in the valley", highlighting the pride of the pine tree in the center of the whole poem.
The first two sentences focus on objective description, while the third and fourth sentences strengthen the lyrical atmosphere. Moreover, the seemingly unrelated conflict between pine trees and the wind suddenly rises, which scares the listeners and broadens the viewers. The two "harmony" emphasize the intensity of the poet's feelings, while "prosperity" and "gold" show the intensity of conflict and the poet's emotional tendency. The third poem follows the second sentence, and the fourth sentence echoes the first sentence, which is dense and orderly.
Five or six sentences, from strong wind to frost, from the stiffness of pine branches to the regularity all year round, show the harsh environment and the cold and never withering characteristics of pine trees. The artistic conception of the poem is particularly lofty, and the style is tragic and lofty. The contrast between pine trees and the environment is more vivid, and the individual value of pine trees is more prominent.
The last two sentences change the sentence pattern and end with a powerful question and answer. From the surface to the inside, from the surface to the depth, the poet looks at the readers from the "slim" and "straight" appearance of pine trees, indicating that pine trees are not afraid of the cold because of their unyielding integrity.
The whole poem is centered on pine trees and written in a concentrated and compact way. Singing songs repeatedly, but not dull and monotonous. The writing is unpretentious and vigorous. It does not pay attention to meticulous description, and is good at going deep into the core of things layer by layer.
This poem is called "To a Brother", but it has no language and brotherhood. When we read it, we felt very affectionate and could resonate with the poet. This is because poets use symbolism and pine trees to symbolize their interests, sentiments and hopes. Natural things have nothing to do with people. However, once the poet injects the landscape trees, wind, frost and lightning with affectionate eyes and collides with some characteristics in nature that are connected with human beings, the spark of dispatching people will erupt. The use of this symbolism is common before and after Qu Yuan's Liu Zhen Fu, which has become one of the traditional features of China's classical poetry.
If Serina Liu expresses his inner feelings directly, it is easy to show them directly, so he hints at his feelings with the nobility of pine trees to encourage himself and his younger brother. Although the whole poem is about brotherhood, its meaning is more palatable.