Melodies of the Dust Land Chapter 36

Emotions, in the final analysis, are always abstract. If we try to express this abstract emotion, it will inevitably be dry. For example, "The south wind is blowing and the sky is cloudy, Da Ganzi. It's difficult but for me to miss others." The husband was far away from home and had no contact with her. The wife missed her husband at home and was upset. Suddenly she saw a gust of yellow wind blowing and a heavy rain was coming. She missed her husband even more: Where is he now? In the house, or walking in the wilderness? Don't get caught in the rain or get sick... The song does not explain the content of the wife's "missing" about her husband and the intensity of her feelings. However, the previous line, "The south wind is blowing and the sky is cloudy" not only explains the content of the feelings (longing, concern, etc.), but also reveals the bitterness. If you let her shout "I miss you!" "I care about you!" Although it is very clear, it is very boring. Among the folk songs of northern Shaanxi, there is only one kind called "Xintianyou", and there are many such good lines. For example: "The stone in the mountain

The water in the ditch, the heartless person, you have forgotten your sister." ------Seeing the hard stone and the water in the ditch, I thought of my steadfastness in love and the "flowing love" of the "heartless person" ; "Tie a red horse to the horse post, and my brother who is a member of the Red Army comes to my house..." Using a red horse belonging to the "brother" in the courtyard, I express my passionate love for my brother who is a member of the Red Army;" one after another The water comes from one mountain to another, and a mule rides up three sides..." With the scenery of the magnificent mountains and rivers in northern Shaanxi, he expresses his boldness of carrying salt for the revolution; "The blue sky is blue and the heroes are beautiful. Oh my God, who left behind a kind of foreign cigarette? ! ..." He shouted out his full resentment to the clear sky.

"Speaking directly is easy to exhaust, but difficult to inspire." ① Emotions can only be fully expressed in the blending of the same scenery. "Entrust objects to express feelings, describe and copy them, and chant them repeatedly to wait for people to feel satisfied." ② Only when feelings are contained can they be profound, and only when the meaning is attached can they be continuous. Therefore, Wang Fuzhi of the Qing Dynasty said: "Scenes are two names, but they are inseparable." Liu Xie also said: "Emotions are transferred to objects, and words are expressed by emotions." They all emphasize the importance of embedding emotions in scenes and borrowing objects to express emotions.

① Fang Shu: "Zhao Mei Zhan Yan".

② Same as above.