What's the Bixing technique?

Bixing is the traditional expression of China's poetry. In the Song Dynasty, Zhu explained Bixing as a way of expression. Generally speaking, Bixing is a metaphor, and the metaphor of people or things makes its characteristics more distinct and prominent.

Some poems are partial comparisons, and some are overall image comparisons, just like poems describing objects in later generations; "Xing" means rising, that is, using other things as the starting point of poetry to arouse the content to be praised. Some "Xing" has the dual functions of origin and metaphor, so the word "Bi Xing" is often used to refer to the meaning of poetry.

Extended data

Bixing technique first appeared in The Book of Songs. Bixing in The Book of Songs is often just a fragment of a poem, a simple metaphor and association, while Lisao shows its content in a long and huge system.

If the poet compares himself to a woman, taking this as a starting point, he compares the relationship between men and women to the relationship between monarch and minister; It is better to envy beauty than to envy virtue; Ask the media to compare with those who communicate with the king of Chu; A marriage contract is better than a meeting between a monarch and a minister.

Metaphor is also used in other aspects, such as Ma Zhiguo, where rules are used to compare the laws of a country, so that emotions have more specific attachment and sustenance. As far as the image itself is concerned, the comparison and harmony in Li Sao is fictional and imaginary, but it is completely realistic in terms of the content, thoughts and feelings expressed.

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