"If there is a flood, the geese will go, and the birds will sing insects" means that if there is a flood in the poem, the geese will go opposite, and if there is a bird, the insects will sing.

This sentence comes from the melody enlightenment written by Che in Qing Dynasty. The complete sentence is: cloud to rain, snow to wind, clear sky at night, coming to swallow, lodging birds to sing insects. ?

Translation:

If there is a cloud in the poem, the next sentence uses "rain" and "cloud" as antithesis, and so on. The snow is against the wind, the night is clear, the arrival of the rainbow is against the swallows, and the accommodation of birds is against the singing insects.

Extended data:

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From single words to multiple words, it reads like singing. Compared with other three-character and four-sentence structures, it is more attractive. This kind of reading is unique and enduring in the enlightenment reading. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, books such as Dream-seeking Parallel Sentences and Liweng Duiyun have been written in this way and have been widely circulated.

Poetry couplets are an important literary form in ancient China. They have been handed down from generation to generation for more than 2,000 years and still have strong vitality. In ancient times, the cultivation of this kind of literary accomplishment began from childhood in private schools, and there were strict requirements for tone, temperament and meter.

Therefore, some works on temperament came into being, among which the Enlightenment of Temperament by Che in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty was a representative one.