What does cicada tell us?

Yu Shinan's "Cicada" tells us the truth of being a man: a person should be famous by noble character, not by the strength of others.

This little poem with symbolic meaning is the earliest poem chanting cicadas in Tang Dynasty, which is highly praised by later generations.

On the surface, the first sentence, "Drink clear dew", is about the shape and feeding habits of cicadas. In fact, it is to use the method of comparison to imply their prominent position and clean quality. Cicada's head has two tentacles, which look like a hat band tied by an official under his neck; The ancients thought that cicadas lived in tall trees and only drank clean dew, so they used "drinking clean dew" to symbolize people's noble character. In fact, cicadas live by sucking the juice of plants. Where can they only drink dew?

The second sentence, "Flowing as a sparse tree", writes cicadas. Why is the continuous cicada singing coming from the sparse plane tree? This is because the phoenix tree is a noble and spiritual tree in the eyes of the ancients. It is said that birds such as couples are not phoenix trees. "If you appoint a sage, Wutong was born in the East Palace." Poets compare themselves to cicadas, and their singing is extraordinary. Adding a word "sparse" before "tong" not only makes people feel that "the sound of travel" is easy to spread, but also corresponds to the last sentence "autumn wind".

"Keep your voice high and don't be blown by the autumn wind" is the crowning touch of the whole article, which is the discussion triggered by the above two sentences. It means "cicadas live in high places, and their voices will naturally spread far away." Isn't this flying with the help of the autumn wind? "Shen Deqian said:" Life is so high that every cicada sings its voice and respects its nature. "This famous sentence contains a token, which is not only a description of the scenery, but also an expression of feelings. It is the earliest chant in Tang poetry, which is highly praised by later generations. Yu Shinan is an old minister in Sui Chen. After entering the Tang Dynasty, he was highly valued by Emperor Taizong because of his literary talent and virtue. He was born with honesty, frankness, aloof and aloof, aloof from the world, showing introverted, withdrawn and deep character. Yu Shinan praised his chest with cicadas, showing that he is tall and clean, and he can make a name for himself without any reference. The scenes blend together and are very harmonious and natural. These two sentences are metaphors. The cicada's distant transmission is not through the autumn wind. What stands out here is the beauty of the poet's personality, which expresses the poet's warm praise for his inner character and shows his graceful demeanor and charm. Readers can imagine the high-standard charm of Tsinghua's personalized cicada, which is extremely ingenious. As xelloss in the code? The article says, "If you are not a good minister, you will not rely on the situation to fly, and your reputation will spread later." "Said from a distance. Don't be moved by the autumn wind shows the image of a scholar-bureaucrat who is conceited and full of ambition.

Shi Puhua's poem "On Servants" said: "Three hundred poems are more interesting than others, and the Tang people still get their meaning. The same chanting, Yu Shinan's "high voice comes from a distance, not from the autumn wind", is Tsinghua people language; Wang Luobin's "his flight through the fog, his pure voice submerged in the wind world" is a much-needed language; Li Shangyin's' clear heart and hunger, you sing all night' is a grumbling language, which is different from Bi Xing. " Both of them are from the Tang Dynasty, and they all express their feelings by chanting cicadas. Due to the differences in status, experience and temperament, the two authors, although equally committed to expressing their feelings, presented different faces and formed artistic images full of individual characteristics.