What names did Chinese historical literati give the moon?
1. Nicknames derived from the characteristics of the moon itself
1. Direct name
The moon travels in the sky at night, bright and shining, illuminating the earth, and is round and round. Missing, missing and then re-rounded, the profit and loss alternate, and the cycle begins again and again, so it has the following nicknames: night light, lonely light, night light, xuandu, xuanhui, xuanzhu, suhui, huisu, suying, xiaohui, haocai, Round light, round scene, round shadow, round lack, clear brilliance and so on. Such as:
①The circular scene is not full of light, but the stars are shining brightly. (Cao Zhi's "Gift to Xu Qian")
②The round light is full and missing, and the sun moves to the center. (Li Bai's "A Gentleman Thinks and Actions")
③What virtue is there in the night light, and death makes one blind? ("Songs of Chu·Tianwen")
Moon Soul: The rising or beginning of the moon The part that is not bright when it is missing.
The moon that appears at the beginning of each month in the lunar calendar is called "Po" (the original character is "Ba"). Later, it was called the moon instead, and gradually formed another name with "Po" as the basic morpheme - Yue Po, Po Yue, Jin Po, Jade Po, Hao Po, Su Po, New Po, Yuan Po, Decadent Po, Xian Po, Fine Po, Ye Po, Wan Po, Xiao Po, Xiao Po, Can Po, Ying Po, Po Bao , Po Yuan...such as:
①The sky is full in the jade soul, and the clear light is close to the water. (He Jingming's "Confronting the Moon")
②The sun is stationed in the frost, and the moon is hanging from the carved bow. (Gao Shi's "Song of the Past")
2. Metaphor
The full moon is like a mirror (mirror), like a wheel, like a rule, like a ring, like a pill, and the crescent moon is like a hook , like a string, like a bow, thus a series of metaphorical nicknames were produced - flying mirror, sky mirror, golden mirror, golden mirror, jade mirror, jade mirror, ice mirror, water mirror, round mirror, round mirror, treasure mirror , Moon wheel, moon wheel, Qiong wheel, white wheel, silver wheel, ice wheel, solitary wheel, round wheel, wheel glow, jade plate, silver plate, crystal plate, clear rules, golden pills, plain pills, jade ring, jade bow, bright bow , Jade hook, Qiong hook, silver hook, jade curtain hook and so on. In addition, there are also metaphors such as jade sheep, jade pot, jade bowl, bihua, silver garden, and gold cake. Such as:
①Ye Qinghui, a round ice mirror. (Kong Pingzhong's "Wanying with the Moon")
②The ice of Jianghe River is bright, and the moon of the zodiac is majestic. (Yuan Zhen's "Moon")
③The rabbit lying on the moon has just ascended, and the iron net coral has no branches. (Li Shangyin's "Bicheng")
④The pavement is clear and green with sweat, and the jade plate is blurred. (Li Qunyu's "Looking at the Moon at Junshan in the Mid-Autumn Festival")
⑤The wind was high last night, and the peaches on the well were exposed, and the moon was high in the front hall of Weiyang. (Wang Changling's "Spring Palace Song")
⑥In the middle of the night, the old monk got up to call for guests, and an ice wheel emerged from the gap in the cloud peak. (Su Shi's "Su Shi Jiuxian Mountain")
⑦ Looking for a chapter and excerpting a sentence from an old vulture, a jade bow hangs as a curtain under the dawn moon. (Li He's "South Garden")
⑧Guide to the south tower to play with the crescent moon, with jade hooks and slender hands. (Bai Juyi's "March 3")
⑨The river and the sky are of the same color without any dust, and there is a solitary moon in the bright sky. (Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night")
By interweaving the above nicknames and combining them in pairs, many new words are derived - rabbit wheel, rabbit soul, Guilun, Gui soul, Yuan Shu, Yuan Chan, E wheel, mirror wheel, toad wheel, toad plate, toad soul, toad hook, etc. Such as:
① The autumn dew of Gui Po is slightly new, and the light Luo has been thinned and has not changed its clothes. (Wang Wei's "Autumn Night Song")
②The cinnamon wheel comes out of the east in the middle of autumn, and the nesting magpie flies into the night. ("Moon" by Fang Qian of the Tang Dynasty)
③The loving birds crow to people every night, and the rabbits are depressed through the sand windows several times. (Yuan·Fan Cun's "Gift to Judge Guo")
2. Nicknames derived from myths and legends
Many nicknames for the moon are derived from some beautiful and moving myths and legends.
1. Jade Rabbit pounding medicine--a series of nicknames with the character "Rabbit"
It is said that there is a Jade Rabbit pounding medicine on the moon for many years, which gave rise to the series of nicknames with the character "Rabbit" for the moon. --Jade Rabbit, White Rabbit, Silver Rabbit, Ice Rabbit, Gold Rabbit, Black Rabbit, Lying Rabbit, Rabbit Shadow, Rabbit Glow, Rabbit Moon, Moon Rabbit... The "jade pestle" used by the Jade Rabbit to pound medicine has also become another name for the moon. . Such as:
①The jade rabbit has half a liter of soul, and the copper pot has a long drop. (Li Shen's "Reward for the Lottery")
②The golden rabbit is still hanging on, and the bronze dragon is about to open its door. (Mr. Jiang's "Reply to Wang Jun's Early Morning Guards at Jianyang Gate")
③The jade pestle is empty in the autumn, who can steal the medicine and offer it to Chang'e. (Tang Xianzu's "The Peony Pavilion·Mourning")
④The sunken hook shakes the shadow of the rabbit, and the floating osmanthus moves the Danfang. (Lu Zhaolin's "Looking at the Moon in the River")
2. Wu Gang cut down the osmanthus - another name for the "Gui" character series
Legend has it that there is an osmanthus tree in the middle of the moon, but it never fell down despite being cut down by Wu Gang.
From this, a series of nicknames for the moon with the word "Gui" came into being - Gui, Dangui, Laurel, Guiyue, Gui Palace, Gui Cave, Gui Cong, Gui Ying, Gui Hui, Gui Soul...such as:
①The laurel on the long river, the clear color shines on the tall building" (Zhang Zhengjian's "Thin Curtain Appreciating the Bright Moon")
②The laurel is hanging dangerously, and the wind and spring are empty. (Yu Xin's "Yi Gu Ming of Zhongnan Mountain")
③The osmanthus flies to the place where the light shines, soaking it in the cold for a whole day. (Su Shi's "Niannujiao·Mid-Autumn Festival")
④The cinnamon branches fall from the Gui Palace, and the dew is cold and desolate, and the white dew condenses. (Shen Yue's "Looking at the Autumn Moon from the Stage")
3. Chang'e flies to the moon - another name for the series of "E" characters
Legend has it that Hou Yi's wife Chang'e secretly ate the elixir of immortality and rose to the moon. Immortal, thus came into being a series of nicknames for the moon with the word "E" - Chang'e, Chang'e, Yue'e, Jin'e, Su'e, Can'e, Chang'e, Eyue, Eying, Eling... The original name of "Chanjuan" It refers to a beautiful woman and also refers to the fairy Chang'e, so "Chanjuan" has also become another name for the moon. Such as:
① Su'e's pulse turns sad and silent, giving wind chimes and long rainy nights. ("Pillow" by Fan Dacheng of the Song Dynasty)
② Yinxuan was exempted from the emperor's stage and gathered Su'e in the back court. (Xie Zhuang's "Moon Fu")
③ I hope that people will live long and travel thousands of miles to meet the beautiful lady. (Su Shi's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou")
④On the night of Yuan Dynasty in the water temple in the south of the Yangtze River, the moon goddess was seen beside the golden millet fence. (Li Ying's "Zhongyuan Night")
4. Toad becomes a spirit - another name for the "Toad" series
It is said that a toad on the moon became a spirit, which gave rise to A series of nicknames for the word "toad" - toad, jade toad, bright toad, clear toad, cool toad, cold toad, ice toad, golden toad, silver toad, spiritual toad, colorful toad, plain toad, solitary toad, new toad, Toad Cave, Toad Palace, Toad Que, Toad Light, Toad Color...such as:
①The Jade Toad is off the sea, and the white dew wets the flower village. ("The First Moon" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty)
②The old rabbit and the toad weep in the sky, and the cloud tower is half open and the wall is slanting white. (Li He's "Dream Sky")
③The moon waves are rising and the sky is wet, and all the cold toads have fallen and the stars have entered. (Li Shangyin's "Yantai Poems: Autumn")
④The lonely toad has not been here for a long time, and it has not returned after five writings. ("Moon Pavilion" by Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty)
⑤ Several times the swan geese come and go, and the toad will not return until its heart is broken. (Liu Shang's "Eighteen Beats of Hujia")
In addition to the above four series of nicknames, there is also a new nickname composed of "Free", "Gui" and "Toad" - Rabbit Toad , Toad Rabbit, Toad Gui, Gui Chan, Gui Rabbit...such as:
① When I went out to chat, I saw Toad Gui leaning towards people. (Tang Luo Yin's "Traveler's Dream")
②The moon is full on the third and fifth days, and the toads and rabbits are missing on the fourth and fifth days. ("Nineteen Ancient Poems")
5. Others
There are many myths and legends about the moon, and the resulting nicknames are very rich. Legend has it that the god who drives the moon is called "Wangshu", the moon god is named "Jie Lin" (also called "Jie Lin"), the five ladies in the middle of the moon are named "Yuehun", and the moon's destination is "Yue Cave" in the middle of the moon. There is a palace named "Guanghan Palace"... These have become nicknames for the moon. Such as:
①The stars and moon accompany hibiscus late at night, as if sleeping in Guanghan Palace. (Bao Rong's "Sushui Pavilion")
②The sun suddenly rises to the west, and the flame candle continues to look good. (Cao Pi's "In Mengjin")
③The ground and the roots of the mountain are split, and the river comes from the Moon Cave. (Du Fu's "Qutang Nostalgia")
3. Another name derived from the theory of yin and yang
The ancients believed that the moon is the essence of yin energy, and the sun is the essence of yang energy, so the word "yin" is used. "Yang" refers to the moon and the sun respectively, which gave rise to a series of nicknames for the moon: Taiyin, Yueyin, Yueling, Yinguang, Yinling, Yinbao, Yinpo, Yinjing, Yintu, Yinpo...
①The eternal taiyin essence comes from the sea during the Mid-Autumn Festival. (Zhang Hu's "Wanying at the Moon in Hangzhou on a Mid-Autumn Night")
②The ghost comes out of the sea and groans bitterly when looking at it. (Ma Dai's "Mid-Autumn Moon")
③Autumn rhyme begins, the moon moves overcast, and the curtain falls. (Song Dynasty Mao Pang's "Revelation of Heartfelt Feelings")
01. Luminous Light - Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci Tianwen": "What virtue is luminous luminescence? When it dies, it will be nourished?"
02. Jade Toad - Fang Qian's "Mid-Autumn Moon": "Outside of the mist of the cool night, the Jade Toad is autumn."
03. Moon - Li He's "Dream Sky": "The moon is wet with dew." In the light of the group, the luan meets the fragrance of osmanthus."
04. Jade Plate: "Looking at the Moon at Junshan in the Mid-Autumn Festival": "The jade plate is covered with sweat and blurred."
05. Gu. Sou - Li Bai's "Shang Le Yun": "The Yang Bird has not come out of the valley, Gu Sou is half hiding.
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06. Chanjuan - Su Shi's "Water Melody Songtou, When Will the Bright Moon Come": "I hope that people will live long and travel thousands of miles to visit Chanjuan." "
07. Gui Po - Su Shi's "Remembering the Double Bridge·Mid-Autumn Festival": "Gui Po flies to the place where the light shines, and soaks in the autumn green for a day. "
08. Gui Palace: Shen Yue's "Standing on the Stage to Look at the Autumn Moon": "Gui Palace has fallen cinnamon branches, and the dew is cold and desolate, and the white frost condenses. "
09. Ice Mirror: Kong Pingzhong's "Wanying with the Moon": "The round ice mirror Ye Qinghui. "
10. Bingjian: Yuan Zhen's "Moon": "The ice of Jianghe River is bright, and the moon of the zodiac is majestic. "
11. Ice Wheel: Fan Chengda's "The Remaining Night on the Peak": "The ice wheel refused to go, but we still looked at each other. "
Lu You's "Moonlight Works": "The jade hook determines who hangs it, and the ice wheel is gone. "
12. Toad - Jia Dao's "Recollections of Wu Chushi on the River": "When the country sails away, the toad recovers from its losses. "
13. Su'e - "Young Learning Qionglin": "Su'e is the moon. "
14. Jade Rabbit - Xin Qiji's "Man Jiang Hong·Mid-Autumn Festival": "If you want to climb the tower to see the Jade Rabbit, who's tent will cover the silver palace. ”