"Bee" is a poem about things written by Luo Yin, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty. It is also an allegorical poem. This poem praises the noble character of the hard work of bees, and also metaphors the author's hatred and dissatisfaction with people who get something for nothing.
Bees and butterflies have become symbols of charm in the writings of poets and poets. However, bees are different from butterflies after all. They work hard all their lives to make honey, accumulating a lot but enjoying little. The poet Luo Yin focused on this point and wrote such a profound poem "Animal Story". The meaning alone is refreshing. There are three points worth noting in terms of the artistic expression of this poem:
1. If you want to seize it, you give it, but when you fall, you are powerful. The meaning of this poem is concentrated in the last two sentences, which express the feeling that bees have nothing but "hard work" in their lifetime business. However, the first two sentences use an almost boastful tone, saying that wherever flowers bloom, whether it is plain fields or mountains, it is the territory of bees, and bees appear there. Here the author uses extreme adverbs and adjectives - "regardless", "infinite", "exhaustible", etc., as well as unconditional sentence patterns, and calls bees "all the scenery", which seems to contradict the title. In fact, this is just a way of saying what you want to say, and if you want to take it, give it to you, setting the stage for the last two sentences. As the saying goes: If you lift high, you will fall hard. Therefore, the last two sentences are a slight deviation from the first two sentences, saying that bees collect flowers and turn them into nectar, but it is not known who owns it. The expression effect is stronger if the word "all occupied" is wiped out. If it were written head on from the beginning, it would not be so effective.
The meaning is profound and can be interpreted in two ways. This poem captures the characteristics of bees. It is not artificial, sculptural, or eloquent. It is plain but thoughtful, so that readers can gain some understanding from this "animal story" and feel that it contains a sense of life. Some people say that this poem is actually a lament for people in the world who work hard for profit; others think that it uses bees to praise hard workers and ruthlessly satirizes those exploiters who get something for nothing. The two interpretations may seem at odds with each other, but in fact both are acceptable. Because there are two situations in "allegorical" poems: one is when the author sets up metaphors for some kind of preaching, and the meaning is relatively simple and certain; the other is when the author views things with strong emotions and makes the things look like the master, among which there are also It can lead to lessons, but the "meaning" is not so simple and certain. In such a poem, the author probably saw the shadow of the hard life at that time from the bee's "story", but he only wrote down the "story" without directly preaching or making specific comparisons, so the image he created has greater flexibility. In real life, there are different meanings of hard life. There are two main types that are similar to bees: one is the so-called "the pain accumulated in the end is not much, and when it is too long, the eyes are closed" ("A Dream of Red Mansions" "Good Song" ); one is "the hoe and the plow invade the stars" and "in the end the grain belongs to others". This allows readers to understand it differently in two senses. However, as the times progress, the glory of labor has become a common concept, and "bee" has increasingly become a symbol of virtue. When people read Luo Yin's poem, they are naturally more inclined to the latter interpretation. It can be seen that the meaning of "fables" is not static, and ancient "fables" will also change with each passing day.