花非花

一图一世界，细胞会说话。

常看常新，观图悟道。

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摄影 / 撰文：李铁军

Photomicrography: Li Tiejun

花非花
发育中软骨组织切片，X40，明视野，2020

A flower or not a flower
Developing cartilage, Tissue section, X40, Light field, 2020

花非花，雾非雾。夜半来，天明去。

来如春梦几多时，去似朝云无觅处。

——[唐]白居易《花非花》

这是一首情诗。说花非花，说雾非雾，花有所指，雾有所喻，欲言又止。谁来谁去？隐而不吐。春梦无多，回味无穷；朝云聚散，惋惜惆怅。此诗由一连串的比喻构成，于朦胧中有节律整饬与错综之美。后人曾谱为歌曲，广为流传。

Not the flower, nor the haze, she comes at midnight and leaves at daybreak. She appears brief like a vernal dream, and disappears like morning mist without a trace.
Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty)
The Flower or the Haze?

This is a love poem. Flowers are not flowers, and fog is not fog. They are both mentioned for a kind of innuendo. You want to talk but soon stop, who will come and who will go? The spring dream may not last long but its beauty lingers on. The clouds gather and scatter, conveying a feeling of melancholy sorry. This poem contains a series of metaphors, which have rhythmic and intricate beauty in the obscurity. It has been composed as a musical tune by later generations and has been widely circulated.

摘自《生命如诗如歌：显微镜下的人生四季》

From Life, A Poem, A Song, Four Seasons of Life under the Microscope