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superborb ([personal profile] superborb) wrote in [community profile] dankodes 2022-01-29 08:44 pm (UTC)

Re: 3.6 咏白菊 On the White Chrysanthemum

I was wondering if I was reading this poem as sharp critique because of the previous sections where she's critiquing people directly, but Baike agrees that she is expressing contempt of vulgarity.

Also an expression of how LQZ feels that a poem must have allusion to have deeper meanings. I guess with the footnotes and Baike gloss the references are there, but it's not quite as expressive as it could be otherwise.

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