What does Yingying Yanyan mean (he wrote poems to satirize Yingying Yanyan and this is where it comes from)

"Yingying Yanyan" originally described the time in spring when the birds all flew back and chirped gracefully on the branches to describe the infinite spring. Du Mu wrote a poem, "The orioles are talking in the green trees, and the swallows are flying in the flat river."

Later, people thought that the chirping of orioles and swallows was very nice and sounded like a woman talking, so they used the word yingyingyanyan to describe young people. woman. These are considered good intentions.

Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) eating

When did the word Yingyingyanyan start to be used to describe the charming wives and concubines, or the many "girlfriends" around men? We have to start with this poem by Su Shi a thousand years ago.

"In his eighty-fifth year, Zhang Ziye still heard that he bought a concubine and wrote a poem about the ancient order"

Song Dynasty: Su Shi

Mr. Jinli laughed so hard at himself, don't deceive him. The temples and eyebrows are pale.

The poet is old and the Yingying is still there, and the young master is busy when he returns.

The prime minister under the pillar still has teeth, but the governor of Jiangnan has no intestines.

He was a guest of Anchang all his life, so he sent Peng Xuan to the back hall.

Zhang Ziye is Zhang Xian, and everyone may have heard of him. When Zhang Xian was 85 years old, he married an 18-year-old concubine. Su Shi went to attend a family dinner and saw this scene, so he wrote a very dirty poem "A pear tree crushes a begonia." Zhang Xian is the pear tree (because his hair has turned white)

And the hero of this poem is also Zhang Xian, and the thing is still the same. Although communication in the Song Dynasty was not developed and there was no circle of friends, many friends still heard about this incident. One of them, Chen Xiang, who wrote about ancient times, said to Su Shi: Write a poem about this incident, so Su Shi wrote this poem.

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)

Mr. Jinli refers to Zhang Xian.

Yingying is Cui Yingying who was good with Zhang Sheng, and Yanyan is Guan Yanyan, the concubine of Zhang Jian, the prefect of Xuzhou in the Tang Dynasty.

The Prime Minister under the Pillar is Zhang Cang, the Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty. When he was old, he had more than a hundred wives and concubines. At this time, he had lost all his teeth and relied on human milk to survive.

Blue-eared kingfisher in Phatthalung

"Jiangnan Governor" refers to a man named Zhang Youxin in the Tang Dynasty. He was very talented and once "won three yuan in a row". But he said: I don’t have any big wishes in this life, my only wish is to marry a beautiful wife. Later, he did marry a beautiful wife, but unfortunately she didn't speak the same language.

"Anchangke" refers to Zhang Yu, the teacher of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. He had two proud disciples, Peng Xuan and Dai Chong. However, the treatment of these two disciples was different. When Peng Xuan came, Zhang Yu sat upright and acted as a role model. But when Dai Chong, whom he liked more, came, Zhang Yu often took him to the inner hall to eat at the same table with his wives and concubines and enjoy entertainment.

Have you noticed? Su Shi is very good at using allusions when writing poems, and all the allusions used in this poem are people named "Zhang" who love beauty. It can be seen that Su Shi has a lot in his belly!

After understanding these allusions, this poem is easy to understand.

Nice hummingbird with brilliant green crown, Heliodoxa operating jacula, next to beautiful orange flowers with background, La Paz

This poem means:

Zhang Xian laughed proudly and said: Don't think that my eyebrows and beard have turned white, I am still a nine-foot man!

Although Zhang Sheng is old, you see Yingying is still very young. Every time Zhang Jian comes back, Guan Yanyan starts to be busy.

You are like the toothy Zhang Cang who has many wives and concubines, and you are like Zhang Youxin who has no sorrow.

I misjudged you before, thinking that you were as sanctimonious as Zhang Yu treated Peng Xuan. In fact, you secretly asked your favorite apprentice to go to the back hall with you to eat, sing and dance.

Birds on the Grassland

After Zhang Xian saw this poem, he was not angry at all. Instead, he wrote a couplet: "Sorrow is like a fish knowing that the night will last forever, and laziness is the same." Butterflies are busy for spring." responded Su Shi.

Meaning: You don’t know my troubles. I’m like that fish that opens its eyes at any time. I can’t sleep all night long. I’ve been flying like a butterfly in spring all my life. Flying away, I don’t know what I was busy with. (The subtext is: Now I can finally take a good rest and enjoy it.)

animal wildlife

Later, it is said that this concubine gave Mr. Zhang four children, two boys. Two women. There is a 60-year age difference between Zhang Xian’s oldest child and his youngest child!

Feelings are really a matter of two people. As long as you don't hurt others, there is no right or wrong.

From this poem by Su Shi, "Yingying Yanyan" has been described as groups of wives and concubines, the many women surrounding men.

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