英语解析:青色是一种神奇的中国色彩 编者按：青色，在中国文化中，是一种神奇的色彩，它可以用来表色颜色的深浅，也可以用来描写景物的变换我们用英语来对青色做一些解析。 Qing( 青 /qīng) is an interesting color that doesnt appear in the standard western set of colors. Fitting qing( 青 /qīng) into the western spectrum, some Chinese say its a sort of blue, while others say its part of the green family. What color is qing (青/qīng) anyway? Actually, qing( 青 /qīng) is a color that sits anywhere in between blue and green. The character 青 (qīng) can be used to describe different entitles when it goes with different nouns to form fixed words and phrases. In most cases, qing( 青/qīng) refers to green, such as 青 草 (qīngcǎo, green grass), 青 山 (qīngshān, green mountains), 青 菜 (qīngci, green vegetables), and 青 椒 (qīngjiāo, green pepper). Qing( 青 /qīng), like the color of things born,is birth. 青 春 (qīngchūn), literally green spring, means youth. 青草 (qīngcǎo, green grass) 青山 (qīngshān, green mountains) 青菜 (qīngci, green vegetables) 青椒 (qīngjiāo, green pepper) But qing(青/qīng) can also sometimes mean blue. The Confucian philosopher Xunzi( 荀 子 /Xnzǐ) once said: 青，取之于蓝，而青于蓝 (qīng, qǔ zhī y ln, r qīng y ln), or Qing comes from blue, yet excels blue. Blue, in this context, refers to bluegrass, which was used to dye items the color of qing. The sentence 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 (qīng chū y ln r shng y ln) has become a fixed expression, used to describe how the student could excel the teacher. Finally, qing( 青 /qīng) may also refer to the color black. 青 丝 (qīngsī, black silk)means black hair, which was a term that often appears in many ancient literature works. The poem, 将 进 酒(jiāngjnjiǔ/bring in the wine), written by Libai(Lǐbi/李白), a great poet in Tang dynasty, was a good example. 《将进酒》 李白 君不见， 黄河之水天上来， 奔流到海不复回。 君不见， 高堂明镜悲白发， 朝如青丝暮成雪。 ...... Jiāng Jn Jiǔ Lǐbi Jūn b jin,hungh zhī shuǐ tiānshng li, bēnli do hǎi b f hu; Jūn b jin,gāotng mngjng bēi bi f, zhāo r qīngsī m chng xuě. ...... Bringing In The Wine Libai Have you not seen,the Yellow Rivers waters come from upon Heaven, surging into the ocean, never to return again; Have you not seen,in great halls bright mirrors, they grieve over white hair, at dawn like black threads, by evening becoming snow. ...... This is qing(青/qīng), a mysterious green-blue-black color in Chinese. 公众号：HanFan 汉风英语解析:青色是一种神奇的中国色彩
