On "Out of Mud Without Staining"

The article expresses ambition by things and metaphor by lotus. Through the description and praise of lotus, it praises the noble quality of lotus, and shows the author's attitude towards life without seeking fame and wealth.

The most prominent artistic technique is foil, including chrysanthemum foil before and peony foil after.

Title explanation:

"Shuo" is an ancient style. Usually things can be borrowed to describe things, explain things and discuss things, which is equivalent to modern essays, but they all explain the author's views on various issues. Express the author's feelings about a thing, a thing or a phenomenon in an eclectic way, and advocate freedom and liveliness in writing. There are ups and downs, and the length is generally not long. Quite similar to modern prose. "Ailian said" is about the truth of Ailian.

Appreciate "speaking",

It is one of the argumentative ancient literary styles, and it often expresses its feelings by describing things. Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus" is a rare masterpiece in this style.

Appreciation of articles:

Lotus was once the object of admiration by literati in the past dynasties, but most literati were amazed at its beautiful posture and plain appearance and shaped it into a pen; However, this excellent essay has a unique way. Through the description of the image and quality of the lotus, it eulogizes the loyal character of the lotus, thus showing the author's noble personality of leading an honest and clean life, not colluding with the secular world, and despising and hating the world that pursues fame and fortune.

From the content point of view, this paper can be clearly divided into two parts: the first part tries to describe the image of hibiscus noble; The second part reveals the metaphorical meaning of the lotus, comments on three flowers and expresses the author's deep sigh for the lotus itself.

The first part of the article describes the noble quality of lotus. First of all, "Out of the mud but not stained, clear but not demon" wrote the valuable spirit of lotus in the mud, but spotless, not following the secular, self-love naive and natural; Secondly, "straight through the outside, not rambling", wrote its noble quality of straight empty pipe and no climbing; Once again, "you can look at it from a distance, don't play with it", and write that lotus is as sacred as a proud gentleman.

Everything mentioned above is actually a portrayal of the author's personality and a self-evident mind, which can be proved from the second part of the article. As the author said, "Who gave the lotus love?" The subtext is that there are too few people with pure lotus flowers like him.

In the first paragraph of the article, chrysanthemums and peony flowers are used as a foil, which shows that he loves lotus only, portrays the image of lotus and praises its character. In the second paragraph, by comparing with the "seclusion" of chrysanthemum and the "wealth" of peony, it points out the metaphorical meaning of the lotus "gentleman", which shows the author's yearning for the gentleman and his attitude towards life.

Through the description and praise of the lotus, the full text eulogizes the virtue of a gentleman's "emerging from the mud without being stained", and expresses the noble character of the author who does not collude with the secular world and his contempt and disgust for the world that pursues fame and gain.

In terms of writing, the two novels have a common feature, that is, they express their will by supporting things. Starting with "emerging from the mud without staining", the article describes the lotus bearing style with strong colors, which places the author's affirmation and pursuit of ideal personality, and also reflects the author's contempt for the secular mentality of pursuing wealth and fame and his pursuit of a clean and honest life. At the same time, the article also uses the method of comparison and contrast, and compares the beauty of lotus with chrysanthemum and peony several times in the article; It also compares the seclusion of chrysanthemum, the wealth of peony and the nobleness of lotus, thus deepening the theme of "love lotus". Instead of empty preaching, it achieves the purpose of deepening the theme through the ingenious comparison of three images. The word "love" runs through the whole article, putting Ailian's theme into practice and vividly realizing Ailian. This poem is also very distinctive in language, that is, it is beautiful and concise, and it is indeed as beautiful as a lotus flower-"don't ramble" and there is no unnecessary useless language.

Its key point is "out of the mud but not stained, clear and not demon." This sentence is just the opposite of the meaning expressed by "those who are close to ink are black". Its central sentence is: "Lotus is a gentleman of flowers."

The ancients generally used things to express their feelings. The same sentence has two meanings, one is metaphor and the other is expression. Similarly, there is a second meaning to express your feelings, that is, "the mud is not stained, the ripples are clear, but not evil." Metaphorically, the author himself has the noble character of "emerging from mud without staining, being clear without demon". In fact, what he means is that officialdom is dark, so it is as difficult for you to maintain a noble character in officialdom as it is for a lotus to emerge from the mud without being defiled. This is also a summary of his experience as an official, because he doesn't want to go along with it. And "Zhuo Qing Lian has no demon" is just a good wish of the author. Walking by the river often, how can you not wet your shoes? Therefore, it is commendable to be able to stand alone in a hundred flowers. This is also the author's sigh, because he can't be immune to the big environment, except to escape and stay away. Or, like him, guard one of his festivals conscientiously.

Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus" begins with "the flowers of land and water vegetation are very sweet". The opening part is profound and atmospheric, which not only points out that the lotus in Ailian is also a flower of land and water, but also points out that the lotus is lovely, and it is just one of the "extraordinary" people. This laid a logical foreshadowing for his "single love lotus" below. So, the pen is extraordinary and eye-catching. Next, Zhou Dunyi did not entangle in Fan Fan, but simply narrowed down the scene. The sentence "Tao Jin loves chrysanthemums" makes this question more clear. Tao Yuanming can express his feelings by loving chrysanthemums. How can I not love Lotus alone?

The next sentence, "Since Li Tang came, the world loves peonies very much", which seems to be repetitive, but actually deepens the meaning. Moreover, this sentence makes the sense of contrast stronger, and it also paves the way for him to seek the nobility of lotus. Zhou Dunyi's love for lotus flowers is different from Tao Jin Yuanming's love for chrysanthemums. In order to keep a noble and pure life, he would rather die in Nanshan. He wants to be a gentleman in the world. This mentality of staying innocent in a dirty world and seeking truth alone is essentially different from the herd mentality that everyone envies wealth (peony). This paves the way for Ailian's theory of "getting out of the mud without being stained".

In the next sentence, Zhou Dunyi directly got to the point, "Love lotus is not touching, clear lotus is not evil, direct communication with the outside world is not creeping, fragrance is far and clear, and plants are elegant, but you don't play from a distance." Writing the language of lotus, expressing Yu Lian's love for lotus, can be described as one go, which seems to be an intuitive description of lotus, but in fact, every word is the best. The exquisiteness of this pen is amazing. It can be said that the whole reader has no chance to breathe. The language is extraordinary, but the aftertaste is meaningful and long, and the more delicious it is, the more delicious it is.

At the end of the article, Zhou Dunyi first takes flowers as a metaphor, and makes the characteristics of flowers compare with people. Although dull, the metaphor is to the point, which makes people have a different taste. "To call chrysanthemum, the hermit of flowers also; Peony, blooming with wealth; Lotus, the gentleman of flowers. " This plain sentence is followed by "Tao Jin Yuanming loves chrysanthemums alone; Since Li Tang came, people all over the world love peony. Love the lotus alone ... "It is seamless, leaving no trace. More importantly, the metaphor of flowers vividly describes Tao Yuanming's isolation and pursuit of a prosperous life, without a word of direct accusation. At the end of the article, the author laments that there are few real hermits, few noble gentlemen and many vulgar people who are greedy for money, which is intriguing and thought-provoking.

Through this comparison, Zhou Dunyi compared himself to a gentleman. It is better to avoid the world than to be a gentleman. From this perspective, Zhou Dunyi is somewhat narcissistic. However, Zhou Dunyi also had some self-knowledge, and then he sighed deeply, "The love between chrysanthemums and flowers is unknown after pottery;" Who gave the lotus love? Peony love is suitable for all ages. "Yes, the world of mortals is rolling, and how many people can avoid the world for a reason? There was Tao Yuanming in Jin, but I haven't heard of anyone who can do it now. Or, like me, how many people in the world can stay together in a pure and gentlemanly manner like me? Most people just follow the crowd in the world of mortals. It can be seen from this that Zhou Dunyi is arrogant, and his mentality of seeking purity without conformity is commendable in the secular world. He lamented that it was because the world was getting worse and worse, and most people were defiled by it.

This paper expresses the author's attitude of not seeking fame and fortune, being honest and clean, and not colluding with the common customs. At the same time, it also expresses the author's contempt for pursuing fame and fortune and drifting with the tide. Eulogize the gentleman's virtue of "getting out of the mud without staining, lingering without demon" and express the author's noble sentiment of not going with the flow.

This article is elegant and refined, concise, catchy and rhyming. It is really a rare short story in ancient Chinese. Moreover, it has a double interpretation, heavy content and far-reaching artistic conception. In addition, its writing is similar to the vernacular, which is easy to read and understand, so it has become a popular product in later generations. When enjoying this article, if you can be moved by the chronicle in the article, this is the best income from reading this article. The structure of Ailian Shuo can be summarized as follows: a clue, that is, taking Ailian Shuo as a clue; The second foil, with the flowers of land and water vegetation as the total foil of lotus, with chrysanthemum and peony as the side lining and contrast of lotus; Three kinds, namely, love chrysanthemum, love peony and love lotus, refer to three kinds of people chrysanthemum: people who live in seclusion and avoid the world; Lotus: refers to a person with high moral character who is unwilling to follow the crowd; Peony: refers to people who pursue wealth and arrogance.

The main idea of this article

"Love lotus" is the virtue of loving a gentleman.