《年 • 初六》 Bad news first, I feel like I'm on the edge of not being able to dig out more meaningful red things... Then good news, next week is the lecturer vacation, there'll be more time for some illustration. Let's talk about the ancient Chinese poetry. "ShiJing", or the "Classic of Poetry". It is the oldest collection of Ancient Chinese poetry, created during 11th to 7th century b.c.. The edition of the total of 305 poems we read was complied by Confucius. He tried to categorise these poems according to their rhythmic and musical system - which was already lost or messed up during his era. What I love about the Ancient Chinese poetry is that each one of the single character, not even a "vocabulary" can contain a wealth of meaning. One of my favourites pieces, "Tuo xi (Leaves falling from the tree)", although it contains only 32 characters, it slightly reveals feelings of sorrow, gloom and lament by describing leaves falling from the trees and the singing that is echoing one another. / 書店裡找到了一小冊《詩經》的法文譯本。當然，不是305篇的全冊，而是主要從《風》與些許《小雅》、《大雅》中擷取的49篇。 大家最琅琅上口的便是第一首「關關雎鳩，在河之洲」。雖然昨天才稱自己浪漫，情詩戀歌也固然優美，最喜歡的詩詞卻往往是那些帶有傷感情懷，像是《蘀兮》這般的詩。 蘀兮蘀兮，風其吹女。 叔兮伯兮，倡予和女。 蘀兮蘀兮，風其漂女。 叔兮伯兮，倡予要女。 瞧著吹落的枯葉，歌者不禁想要透過與他人應和的歌聲傾洩心中的感傷。但讓他憂愁的是什麼？讀者卻無從知曉。 當然，我也承認，喜歡這篇是因為他，特短。 #nereidmurmurinparis #LNYredchallenge #chinesepoetry #darkacademiabooks #classicalpoetry