Cicada hangs down its tentacles like a hat tassel and sucks the sweet dew. The sound comes from the tall branches of the phoenix tree.
Cicadas spread far because they live in tall trees, not by autumn wind.
Original text:
Cicada droops like a tassel on a hat, its tentacles suck the clear dew, and its voice spreads from the branches of the straight Shulang tree.
Cicada is far away from cicada because cicada is on a tall tree, not relying on autumn wind.
Precautions:
Rui: Hanging tentacles. Alas, the drooping part of the hat band tied under the chin by the ancients. Cicada's head has prominent tentacles, which look like drooping tassels, so it is called "drooping".
Drinking clear dew: the ancients thought cicadas were noble and drank dew high.
Flowing sound: the sound that spreads, also refers to the sound that comes out. Here, cicadas have been singing.
Sparse paulownia: a luxuriant phoenix tree. Sparse, help.
Gao: it means to live in a high place, which means pun.
Jiè: Shit.
Autumn wind: alluding to the power of the emperor.
About the author:
Yu Shinan (558-638) was born in Yuyao, Yuezhou (now Zhejiang). One of the twenty-four outstanding figures of Lingyange. Father Li Yu, brother Yu Shiqi and uncle Yu Ji all have the same fame. Yu Ji had no children and Shinan adopted him, so the word "Bo Shi" was used. Yang Di was an official living in Sheren. In the Tang Dynasty, he served as a secretary supervisor and a bachelor's degree in Hongwen Museum. He was awarded the title of yongxing county magistrate and Dr. yin Lu, and was called "Yu secret supervisor" or "Yu yongxing" Can write, can calligraphy. Book Tide in Beitang (total 160). "All Tang Poems" includes one volume of his poems.
Creative background:
Yu Shinan's character is relatively quiet and has always been detached. He didn't show his talent in the Sui Dynasty. After entering the Tang Dynasty, he was not involved in the power struggle between Wu Zetian and Tang Zhongzong because of his personality and life principles. Finally, in the period of Emperor Taizong, he was gradually reused and promoted by his own abilities and talents, and became one of the important aides of Emperor Taizong.
Appreciate:
The cicada described by the poet is a personalized cicada. Three or four sentences: people with noble moral character can be famous far and near without external help.
The first sentence is "hang down and drink clear dew", and "hang down" is the part of the hat belt tied under the chin of the ancients. Cicada's head has prominent tentacles, which look like a drooping crown tassel, so it is called "drooping". The ancients thought that cicadas were noble and drank dew, so they said "drink clear dew". This sentence is ostensibly about the shape and feeding habits of cicadas, but in fact it contains metaphors everywhere. "Hang" means official position (in ancient times, "crown tassel" was often used to refer to your official position). In the eyes of ordinary people, this dignitary's position is contradictory and even incompatible with "Qing", but in the author's pen, they are unified in the image of "hanging their heads and drinking clear dew". This unity of "Gui" and "Qing" is precisely because the "Qing" in three or four sentences does not need to be contrasted with "Gui", and the brushwork is quite clever.
The second sentence, "cicadas sing far and wide." Platanus acerifolia is a tall tree with sparse characters and clear branches. Corresponding to the last sentence "autumn wind", the flowing cicada has a pleasant long sound, and the word "Chu" is used to visualize the meaning conveyed by cicada singing, which seems to make people feel the loudness and strength of cicada singing. Although this sentence is only written by voice, readers can imagine the high level and elegant rhyme of the anthropomorphic cicada in Tsinghua. With this vivid description of the spread of cicadas in the distance, the drama of three or four sentences has taken root.
"A high voice is not affected by the autumn wind" is the crowning touch of the whole article. It is a discussion of poetry on the basis of the last two sentences. Cicadas spread in all directions. Most people often think that it is the autumn wind, but poets have different understandings, emphasizing that this is because of "high". This unique feeling contains a truth: people with noble moral character can be famous far and near without some external support (such as power and status, the help of powerful people), just as Cao Pi wrote in Dian Lun. As the "Thesis" said, "it is not a false good historical statement, nor does it rely on the trend of flying, but the reputation is autobiographical." What is emphasized here is the beauty and strength of personality. The word "self" and the word "non" in the two sentences echo each other, expressing warm praise and high self-confidence for people's inner character and showing a graceful demeanor. Emperor Taizong praised Yu Shinan's "Five Musts" for many times (virtue, loyalty, erudition, writing style and writing style). The poet's personalized "cicada" may have its own meaning. Shen Deqian said: "Every time a cicada sings, it respects its sex alone." (Tang Poetry) This is really a broken theory.