"A pear tree hits a begonia" is beautiful in literal terms, but it's hard to say after thorough research!

People in China always pay attention to artistic conception when writing poems. Therefore, many classic poems are often praised as "inexhaustible" by people at that time and later generations. For example, "Looking at Nanshan leisurely under the chrysanthemum fence" appears to be a poet looking at Nanshan, but in fact it describes Tao Yuanming's noble character of caring about mountains and rivers and indifferent to fame and fortune; "White hair and three thousands of feet, like long hair." On the surface, it is written that the hair is very long. In fact, Li Bai said that there are many sorrows in his heart, as long as hair.

To understand the beauty of ancient poetry, we should not only look at the literal meaning, but also delve into the meaning behind the poetry. Because some poems, literally, have beautiful pictures, but combined with the author's background and writing intention at that time, they are not so beautiful, and even some are hard to say. Su Shi's To Zhang Xian, a famous poet in the Song Dynasty, is one of the representatives.

Just from the literal meaning of the poem, many readers will regard this sentence as a poem describing spring: spring is coming, flowers are in full bloom, pear flowers and begonia flowers are competing to open. Pears full of trees look like snow from a distance. The red begonia flower is more delicate and dazzling against the white pear flower. Red and white, beautiful as a cloud!

How's it going? Is this picture nice?

However, if you know the writing background and reasons of this poem, you will not only be surprised, but also blush. Because its true meaning is really hard to say.

Su Shi, the author of this poem, will know from his readers that he is not only a talented poet, but also a senior performer, with an open-minded personality, a love of eating and drinking, making friends and joking. He has experienced ups and downs in his life, but he is always optimistic and open-minded, and he is a veritable "optimist".

It is precisely because of this talent and temperament that Su Shi left behind not only good words and excellent works, but also many interesting stories in history. This song "To Zhang Xian" was written by Su Shi at the wedding of a friend named Zhang Xian who married a little wife when he was 80 years old. Zhang Xian, a native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, was a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. Poetry is exquisite and ingenious, describing the life of literati and the love between men and women. For the rest of my life, I will be proud of "clouds come and flowers shadow the moon", "soft and lazy curtains roll shadows" and "willow paths are empty and catkins have no falling marks" Later, people called him "Zhang Sanying".

According to historical records, Zhang had many concubines. At the age of 80, she married a beautiful young concubine. This concubine is 18, one jiazi less than Zhang Xian. At that time, many ci friends were invited to visit him and asked the old-timers what they thought of this beauty. Zhang Xian casually read: "I am 80 years old, 18 years old, and your beauty is my white hair. The same age as Qing, only separated by a flower. " Hearing this, Su Dongpo, who was present, made a joke, so he turned to write this poem, "Eighteen brides and eighty lang, with white hair and red makeup. Two nights in the quilt, a pear tree pressed Haitang. "

Therefore, combined with the writing background at that time and the author's writing intention, in "A Tree of Pear Flowers on the Crabapple", "Pear Flower" is white, indicating white-haired Zhang Xian, and "Crabapple" is red, indicating a beautiful concubine of 18 years old. Therefore, the real meaning of "a pear tree hits a begonia" is to talk about "the love of the old and the young", which is a euphemism for "the old cow eats the young grass". And a word "stress", although used skillfully, is really hard to say and can't be said.

China people have always paid attention to subtlety and euphemism, and in the love between men and women, they "talk if they want to, and half hide and half hide". This poem "To Zhang Xian" uses "Pear Blossom Begonia" as a metaphor for "the love between the old and the young", while "White and Red" is an allusion to "the age when both men and women are happy", which has to be said to be extremely ingenious and impressive.

In addition to this poem, there are many ancient poems and allusions describing the love between men and women, such as the most famous "Wushan Yu Yun" and "The clouds of her hair when she moves, the petals on her cheeks, the golden ripples on her crown, and the warm lotus curtains cover her in the spring night". But the night in spring is very short, the sun rises too fast, and from then on, the emperor gave up his early hearing "and so on."

Therefore, when we study classical poetry, we should not only understand the meaning of poetry literally, but also learn and appreciate it in combination with the author's creative intention, writing background, author's experience, allusions in poetry, rhetorical devices and many other factors. Only in this way can we better understand the beauty of China's classical poems and accurately inherit the charm of China's classical poems.

Otherwise, it is not good to make a joke of "a pear hits a begonia" to describe the beauty of spring and express the author's love for spring.

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