Entomology, the main content of entomology, is not only immersed in awe of life, but also contains some spirit. That spirit is seeking truth, that is, pursuing truth and exploring truth. This is Faber's spirit. Without this spirit, there would be no entomology, and the tree of human spirit would lack a fruit of wisdom.
Fables was the first scientist to study insects in the natural environment. He devoted his whole life to the insect world, observed and experimented with insects in the natural environment, recorded the instinct and habits of insects, and wrote Entomology. Fabres's heart is full of love for life and praise for all things in nature. He observed the nature of insects with human nature, and the instinct, habit, labor, marriage, reproduction and death of insects were all permeated with humanistic care. Looking back at social life with the nature of insects, wise philosophical thinking comes to the fore. In his simple pen, a serious academic work, such as beautiful prose, can not only make people gain knowledge and ideas from it, but reading itself is a unique aesthetic process.
Fabres's carefully sketched insect world attracts one child after another, generation after generation-"In this small green world, I don't know how many busy little lives are endless. By the muddy pool, a pile of tadpoles can be seen everywhere playing and chasing in warm water; The red-bellied salamander also swings its wide tail like a rudder and moves slowly. " This passage surprised me, and it is also one of my favorite paragraphs.
The insects written in the Insect Story are all ordinary, and we can all meet them in our lives. It turns out that ordinary insects have such a big mystery. The insect stories written by Fabres in his life include thousands of insects, which he wrote by personally observing the habits of each insect, and he also raised many insects himself. I feel that fabrice has a kind of love for life and a kind of praise for all things in nature. Entomology is one of my favorite books.
This book is one of the classic works handed down from ancient times. Selected insect notes include scorpions and fighting insects. Do you want to sleep? Cochineal balls, gourmet fireflies, peacock moths, dung beetles carrying dung balls, fables of circular caterpillars, cicadas and ants, three kinds of construction bees, mantis in robes, the origin of different skills, beetles that can play dead, long-barreled nut elephants, cricket musicians, robbed tunnel bees, insect paradise, lilac chapel, and strange longicorn larvae.
After reading the Book of Insects, the sun burns on the grass, a touch of unrecognizable light green stands in the swaying leaves, and a touch of light gold halo lingers around. It is semi-upright, dragging its thin wings as hazy and transparent as a veil, shining in the sun, solemn and sacred. Its pale green front legs reach into the air, just like a pious nun holding her head high, and its dignified posture is so beautiful and holy. Therefore, farmers call it "mantis".
"The mantis catches cicadas, and the yellowbird is behind." Most of us know little about mantis catching cicadas. However, mantis is famous for its pale green shell, slender and tall body wrapped by the shell and the graceful lines of the iconic slender forearm. But whether mantis is really as gentle and elegant as it looks, few people can fully understand it. Faced with such a difficult problem, Fables told us the answer.
There was a slight noise in the grass, which was the trophy of a desperate struggle soon. Mantis raised her praying arm and instantly turned into a cold sickle of death. Under the cover of thin wings, it is a bloody shadow, which is the stimulation and cruelty that caused countless bloody moments. The noble and pious nun finally showed her true colors. In Fabres's words, it is "as fierce as a hungry tiger and as cruel as a demon". It only eats live animals and has no interest in abandoned bodies on the roadside. A pair of deadly and aggressive weapons on its front feet are the most important attack and defense tools, which is in incredible sharp contrast with its slender figure. At this point, we really know mantis, a gentle and cruel little animal. With its seemingly slender body, generate has tough and huge energy, and can even control the cold and icy gas field to shock opponents, and use its sharp serrated teeth to divide opponents bigger than itself.
Fabres observed not only the process of mantis's predation, mating and reproduction, but also his rational analysis of its morphology and rich practical experience, which also judged the status of mantis in the natural food chain. In this respect, Fabers' experimental time and experience are rich and clear enough to distinguish the fine serrations and sharp hooks distributed on mantis legs.
Another guest, similar to Mantis, is also a "respectable" person named Red Ant who is self-reliant and studious.
Ants crawling on the ground is the embodiment of smallness and commonness. Working day and night, feeding diligently, feeding in a long line and lifting a thousand kilograms of food, worker ants walk step by step all their lives. Naturally, red ants are also crowned as the world by black ants and praised by people. People praise its persistence. Every few weeks, they can be seen in a long line, marching forward regardless of the wind and rain, but they are going to feed. Or build a new nest? It doesn't matter. Just know its persistence and diligence. People think so.
Fables gave a well-reasoned rebuttal. This so-called self-reliant hardworking worker has walked a long way, not afraid of the wind and rain, with the purpose of stealing the eggs of young black ants, brutally depriving them of their race, and being forced to become a coolie of red ants with weak foraging skills, losing their due status and respect. Red ants, the reproduction of their race and the prosperity of the dynasty are all based on the sacrifices and bloodshed of countless black ants, and their homes have collapsed and been hollowed out. Red ants, branded as self-reliant, are actually shameful and rude predators. However, apart from Fabres, how many people know the true face of red ants and their habits?
This gradually made me understand the purpose of Fabres's writing Insects. People's inaccurate understanding of the actual situation and unrealistic cognition of the insect world actually stem from people's inertia in treating strange things-taking it for granted and easily believing what people say. Whether it is a noble and quiet mantis in people's eyes or a diligent red ant; Whether it's the cruelty of a slender figure or the evil of robbing similar children under loyalty, the publication of these words is Fabres's change and efforts to break the mindset that people jump to conclusions without fully studying the unknown and rely on imagination. Entomology is a novel by Fabres. His every move tells us that the best way to find the answer is to study boldly and find the truth.
But in the early years, such Fabres was not recognized by the academic circles. Due to his poor family, Fables can only solve the problem of food and clothing by working for many years. It can be said that he was poor in the first half of his life and barely had enough food and clothing in the second half. Educational and scientific authorities look down on his self-taught degree in his bones and cannot see through his research direction. This indifference is in harmony with hypocrisy, vulgarity and jealousy, which is a long-standing prejudice against Fabres. However, Fabres never belittled himself because of "poverty", nor was he depressed because of "prejudice". Still diligent in self-study, eager for knowledge, persistent observation and experiment for many years, and constantly publishing new achievements that shocked the world. One meticulous paper after another is a constant stab in the back and a powerful counterattack.
Ba Jin, a famous writer, said: "It (insect story) integrates the author's lifelong research results and life feelings in one furnace, observes the nature of insects with human nature, and turns the insect world into a beautiful article for human beings to acquire knowledge, interests, emotions and thoughts."
Entomology is not only a documentary academic novel, but also an inestimable literary heritage. It not only tells the life story of the predatory insects, but also reflects the unfathomable nature of the world. It is the embodiment of the author's rich feelings and the revelation of his wisdom and philosophy. It is a relaxed and humorous popular science work, and it is also a masterpiece with diverse meanings.
Fortunately, this great entomologist, in this thin novel by China, included his extensive knowledge, meticulous exploration, unswerving belief, persistent and tenacious personality, charming and brilliant personality, and his interpretation and harvest of insect social humanity. Now, when we pick up that familiar picture again, what we see, associate and sink into it is no longer just the world of insects.
Further reading: insect notes appreciation 1 But when the poor locust moved to the point where the mantis just touched it, the mantis immediately used its weapon mercilessly, hitting the poor insect hard with its powerful "palm", and then pressing it hard with those two saws. Therefore, no matter how doggedly the little prisoner resisted, it was of no help. Next, the brutal demon ghost winner began to chew his booty. Of course it will feel very proud. In this way, treating the enemy like autumn leaves is mantis's unchanging creed.
Appreciation: In the author's simple pen, a serious academic work, such as a beautiful essay, readers can not only gain knowledge and ideas from it, but reading itself is a unique aesthetic process. In this clip, the author focuses on the action of mantis, vividly showing readers a scene in the tiny insect world, which not only embodies the bravery and fierceness of mantis, but also expresses the author's praise for mantis and love for life, and subtly reflects some characteristics of human beings by using insects.
2. On the water, we can see a group of shiny "mussel spiders" twirling happily. No, that's not a mussel spider. Actually, it was a black bean bug having a party!
Appreciation: Using anthropomorphic rhetoric, it shows the lively scene of black bean worms in the pond.
Not far from here, there is a team of pond fish swimming around here, and their paddling style is as fast and powerful as sewing needles in the hands of tailors.
Appreciation: compare the swimming style of pool rays to the sewing needle of a tailor, highlighting its speed, strength and proficiency.
The water in the pool is shallow and warm, and the mounds above the water are like small islands.
Appreciation: Warm reduplication shows the author's love for the pond, and metaphor shows the author's rich imagination and love for nature.
5, sometimes it will make a small sheath with tiny shells, just like a small white dress; Sometimes, it is also piled up with rice grains. Decorated as an ivory tower nest, this is its most gorgeous residence.
Appreciation: vivid metaphors and personification show the artistic talent of the stone silkworm, which makes people smile.
6. The savage water beetle continued to tear at the small sheath fiercely until it knew that it had lost the food it wanted and was cheated away by the stone silkworm. Only then did he show a look of chagrin and frustration, and left the empty sheath with infinite nostalgia and helplessness to forage elsewhere.
Appreciation: The anthropomorphic rhetoric vividly describes the struggle between the water beetle and the stone silkworm, which is "infinite nostalgia and helplessness" and vivid.
7. Their bodies are bulging, like half a pea, and their sheath wings are smooth or fluffy. Usually there are red or yellow stripes on the black coleoptera, or black stripes on the red and yellow coleoptera, but some ladybugs have yellow, red or brown coleoptera without spots. These bright colors are used as warnings to scare away natural enemies.
Appreciation: This passage vividly shows the appearance of insects in front of readers by means of metaphor, enumeration and other rhetorical devices, vividly explains the reasons why they "can scare off natural enemies" and plays a role in pointing out the main idea. I envy and admire its indomitable quality.
8. There is also the phenomenon of cannibalism. It is true that in my cage, I have never seen the cruelty of killing my sister and swallowing my husband like a mantis, but if a slug dies, the living will never miss the opportunity to taste its corpse, just like eating ordinary prey. This is not because of lack of food, but because of gluttony for dead companions.
Appreciation: Fabers adopts the methods of observation and experiment. An on-the-spot record of incredible surprise and ignorance of insect life phenomena, instincts and habits. We saw it and were very impressed. Now we see these tragicomedy in the insect world, as if hearing the news of distant relatives, it is as urgent as being tempted, which reminds people of all kinds.
9, it has a chest wing under the chest, shining in the sun, like a shining silver breastplate worn by a mighty general.
Appreciation: The chest and wings of the water beetle are vividly depicted by using vivid rhetorical devices.