What are the qualities of cicadas? Why did ancient poets like to write about cicadas?

In the ancient cicada culture, the quality of cicadas is that they are noble, capable of transforming the body and sublimating the spirit.

Ancient poets liked to write about cicadas because, as a weak living organism that exists in nature, the cicada drinks manna in the morning, swallows the high branches in the evening, and is born in the summer and dies in the fall, although it seems to be insignificant in the vast universe. However, it is this law of life has won the love of the literati and writers, the cicada was brought into the poetry into the more descriptive objects.

1, Tang Dynasty poet Yu Shinan heard the importance of one's reputation from this cicada song.

"Cicadas" Tang Dynasty: Yu Shinan

Drooping strings drink the clear dew, and streams of sound come out of the sparse tung.

The sound of the cicadas is far away, not through the autumn breeze.

Interpretation:

The cicada hangs down its tassel-like antennae and sucks in the clear and sweet dew, and its loud voice comes out from among the branches of the upright and sparse sycamore tree. It is precisely because the cicada vocalizes from a high place that its voice can carry far, not by the power of the autumn wind.

2. The Song Dynasty lyricist Wang Yisun, on the other hand, heard sadness.

"Qi Tian Le - Cicada" Song Dynasty: Wang Yisun

A lapel of the remaining hatred of the Palace soul broken, year after year, the green shade of the court tree. The first time I swallowed the cool coca, but also move the dark leaves, heavy to the depth of the sadness. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do it. The blame Yao Pei flow empty, jade zheng tuning column. The mirror is dark and the makeup is broken, for whom the temples are still like this.

The copper fairy lead tears seem to wash, sigh with the disk to go far away, it is difficult to store zero dew. The sick wing is shocked by the fall, withered shape read the world, eliminating the slanting sun a few times? The other side of the story is more bitter. I'm not sure if I've ever had a good time, but I'm not sure if I've ever had a good time. I've been thinking about the smoky wind and the willow threads for a long time.

Interpretation:

The palace consort is full of hate, wrathful soul breaks, turned into a cicada, year after year in the courtyard of the green shade bushes wail. It just whimpered on the branches, and then flew to the dark dense foliage whimpering, over and over again, the sorrow of parting to the people of the sorrow of life and death y. Outside the west window, the autumn rain is breaking, the sound of cicadas stirring like a jade pendant in the air, and like a jade zither tuning columns like a beautiful sound.

The mirror of the past has been dimmed, the appearance has been emaciated, but why the cicada wings are still as delicate as before? The gold and copper fairy lead tears like a wash, go to the country to leave home, only to sigh that she took the disk far away, can no longer store clear dew for the mourning cicada.

The cicada's sickly wings are terrified of the arrival of autumn, and its withered form has been in the world for a long time, how many times can it bear the torment of the slanting sun? The cries of the mournful cries of the broken are even more miserable, but why does she still want to sing the mournful tunes alone, so that she can bear the endless sorrows at once? And at that moment, she could only recall in vain the beauty of the year when she laughed in the fuming wind and the willow threads fluttered in ten thousand strands.

3, and Liu Yong even borrowed the cicada to say all the parting sadness.

Rain Lin Bell-Cold Cicada Misery Song Dynasty: Liu Yong

Cicada Misery, the evening of the long pavilion, the first break in the rain. The rain is coming down. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get through this, but I'm sure I'll be able to get through it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a good look at you, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to get a good look at you. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a good deal on the way to the next level, but I'm sure you'll be able to get a good deal on the way.

Since ancient times, many people have been sad to part with each other, and it is even more embarrassing to see the cold fall of the autumn festival! The first thing you need to do is to get a good look at your favorite products and services. The first thing you need to do is to get a good look at your favorite products and services, and you'll be able to get a good look at them. The year gone by, it should be a good time and good scenarios are not set up. Even if I have a thousand kinds of feelings, who can I tell? (Good Scenery 一作：美景)

释义：

秋蝉的叫声凄凉而急促， evening, facing the long pavilion, the sudden rain has just stopped. Set up a tent on the outskirts of Kyoto for a farewell party, but there is no heart to drink freely, being reluctant to part, the boat has urged to depart. Holding each other's hands and looking at each other with tears in their eyes, choking on words. The idea is that this is a long way to go, thousands of miles of smoke, the evening clouds shrouded in the southern sky, deep and vast, do not know the end.

Since ancient times, sentimental people have always been sad for the parting, let alone in this cold, bleak autumn! Who knows where I was when I woke up tonight? I'm afraid I'll only be on the willow bank, facing the harsh morning wind and the waning moon at dawn. I expect that even if I encounter good weather and scenery, it will be like nothing. Even if there is a full of love, and then with who to talk about it

4, the ancient cicada poems more objects, philosophical, the Southern poet Wang Ji's "into the Ruoye River" is one of the most famous of these poems. Wang Ji from the noise of cicadas feel the quiet beauty of summer, sublimated to the "Zen realm", which is "Zen enlightenment" - at this time the "cicadas This is "Zen enlightenment" - at this point, "cicada" and "Zen" have reached the same realization.

"Entering the Ruoye Stream" North and South Dynasties: Wang Ji

The despatch boat is so vast that the empty water is ****ing long. The sunshine is far away, and the sunshine is flowing back to the river.

The cicadas are more quiet than the forest, and the birds are singing in the mountains. I've been traveling to this place for years.

Interpretation:

The boat was sailing along the Ruoye River, which looked as if it was going to meet the sky from afar. Layers of clouds were born on the north side of the distant mountain peaks, and the sun shone on the winding water. Cicadas were in full swing, the forest became more and more silent, and birds were chirping, making the mountains feel even more secluded. Such a beautiful place makes me have the heart to return to the retreat, I am sad because I am tired of the career for many years but did not return to the retreat.

5. In his famous Preface to the Fugue of the Cicadas, Lu Ji, a writer of the Western Jin Dynasty, praised the cicada for its five virtues, i.e., literacy, purity, incorruptibility, thriftiness, and trustworthiness, and likened the cicada to a gentleman.

Preface to the Fugue of the Cicadas (excerpt), Western Jin Dynasty: Lu Ji

The Cicada, with strings on its head, is a man of literature; the Cicada, with air and dew, is a man of purity; the Cicadas, with millet and grain, is a man of integrity; the Cicadas, without nesting in the earth, is a man of thrift; the Cicadas, in the presence of the Husband of the King, is a man of faith.

Interpretation:

The fact that it has a pattern on its head is a reflection of its literary talent. The fact that it swallows mist and drinks dew is a reflection of its innocence. It doesn't eat grain of wheat, it is a manifestation of integrity. It does not live in the nest, is the embodiment of thrift. The fact that it adheres to the climate and abides by its integrity is a reflection of its faithfulness.