What are the poems praising gentlemen in The Book of Songs?

Guofeng Feng Weiqiao

Looking forward to the Olympics, bamboo is embarrassed. There are bandits and gentlemen, such as cutting, cutting and grinding. She is awkward, she is awkward. There are bandits and gentlemen, so you can't be embarrassed.

Looking forward to the Olympics, green bamboo. There are bandits, gentlemen. They will be as good as stars. She's embarrassed. She's embarrassed. There are bandits and gentlemen, so you can't be embarrassed.

Looking forward to the Olympics, green bamboo is like a basket. There are bandits, such as gold, tin, jade, jade. Wide and wide, heavy and heavy. Be good at joking, not abusing.

Folding vernacular translation

Look at the curved waterfront, and the green bamboo forests are connected one by one. Mr. Ruya is a gentleman with more exquisite knowledge and better moral character. Look solemn, broad-minded, prominent majesty. Mr. Elegance is a real gentleman. It's hard to forget his heart at first sight.

Look at the icy water bending the bank, the bamboo is graceful. Mr. Elegance is a real gentleman. Mei-yu's ears are drooping, and jewels are capped like stars. It looks solemn, broad-minded, prominent and more dignified. Mr. Elegance is a real gentleman. It's hard to forget his heart at first sight.

Look at the winding shore of ice water, green bamboo is lush. Mr. Elegance is a real gentleman. He is as strong as bronze and as solemn as jade. It's really broad-minded, generous and moving forward by car. Humor is really funny, and jokers don't complain.

"Qi Ao" repeatedly eulogizes the outstanding performance of scholar-officials in several aspects: First, appearance. The official is handsome, dignified, tall and neatly dressed. "Full ears" and "meeting like a star", even the decorations on the crown clothes are exquisite. The description of appearance is very important for shaping an elegant gentleman image. This is the first impression for readers. The second is talent. "If you are incisive, if you are incisive, if you are grinding", article study wrote very well. In fact, this is a compliment to the gentleman's administrative ability. Because Dr. Qing is in politics, the drafting and formulation of official documents is the main work content. As for "more important than funny" and "good at joking", it highlights the gentleman's ability to communicate with foreign countries. There were many vassal States in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was a test for every scholar-bureaucrat to be able to correspond to them without losing their national style. It seems that poetry expresses the outstanding ability of a gentleman to deal with internal affairs and diplomacy from two aspects: writing articles and communication, and highlights the image of a good minister. Finally, the most important aspect is to praise this gentleman's noble character. "Beautiful as jade, generous", he is determined, honest, broad-minded and approachable, and is indeed a saint. It is precisely because he is a sage and a good minister in politics, coupled with the solemn and luxurious appearance decoration, it is even more awe-inspiring Therefore, the two sentences at the end of the first and second chapters are straightforward: "There are bandits and gentlemen, but you can't be embarrassed! "From the inner world to the exterior decoration, from internal affairs official documents to foreign affairs negotiations, this scholar-bureaucrat was a typical virtuous minister at that time, and it was inevitable that he was praised by people. This poem highlights the image of a gentleman from three aspects, from the outside to the inside. Some sentences in the poem, such as "as incisive as A Cuo, as polished as a millstone" and "good at joking but not cruel", have become words for later generations to praise a certain character or character, which shows that the poem "Seven Aos" has far-reaching influence.