Fabre s insect notes, there are questions!

1: Beetles, praying mantises, spiders, etc.

2: I like beetles because they're so smart that they can play dead.

Spiders, bees, praying mantises, scorpions, cicadas, etc.

Favorite praying mantis !!

It is brave and powerful.

Colloquialisms related to horses.

The domestic version does not straddle the saddle. People have the wrong hand, horses have stumbled, and people run to their hometowns, horses and grass. People are afraid of reason, horses are afraid of whips, and mosquitoes are afraid of fire and smoke.

A man must be refined, and a horse must be ridden. Man is a garment, and a horse is a saddle.

At first glance, the pony is too narrow. Thousands of miles of mules, horses, and cattle.

Immediately do not know the suffering of the horse, and the full man does not know the hunger of the hungry. Immediately fall to death the hero, drown in the river and water people.

The horse does not fight, does not run, and no one does not provoke. Horses to the beach, no whipping.

The horse walked ten steps and turned back nine times. The horse's ass is slapped on the horse's leg.

Horses look at dental boards, trees look at growth rings. The horses galloped and led the way.

See the saddle and think of the horse, see the things and think of the people. Be far from the mark. (The donkey's lips are not on the horse's mouth) is anxious and the horse is late.

Souvenirs Entomologiques, also known as "The World of Insects", "The Tale of Insects", "Entomological Notes" or "The Story of Insects", is a long work of popular science literature written by the French entomologist and writer Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre, with a total of 10 volumes. (UK).

The work is a masterpiece of entomology that summarizes the species, characteristics, habits and marriage habits of insects, and is also a literary treasure rich in knowledge, interesting beauty and philosophy. The French title of the work is literally translated as "Memories of the Insect Practitioners", and the subtitle is "A Study of the Instincts of Insects and Their Customs". Its writing is fresh, natural and funny, its tone is lighthearted and humorous, and its fact-based storyline has bizarre twists and turns.

The author integrates the colorful life of insects with his own life perceptions, and looks at insects with human nature. Reading between the lines reveals the author's respect and love for life.

Title of the work. Insects.

Foreign language name. Souvenirs Entomologiques works aliases. The creation date of "Insect World", "Insect Story", "Entomological Notes" Duan Bo or "The Story of Insects".

Author. Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre.

1. French writer Victor Hugo: "Insects" deserves to be called "the epic of insects".

2. Modern writer Ba Jin: "Insects" integrates the author's lifelong research results and life insights into a furnace, observes insect nature with human nature, and turns the insect world into a beautiful text for human beings to acquire knowledge, interest, beauty and thoughts.

3. Modern writer Zhou Zuoren: Fabriel's book is about the life of insects, but we feel that it is more interesting and meaningful than watching those boring ** dramas after reading it. He did not do the work of dissection and classification (which is enough in ordinary entomology), but used the methods of observation and experimentation to record the life phenomena of insects, as well as the incredible wonder and ignorance of instincts and habits.

We have seen the fate of the same kind depicted in the ** drama, and we have been deeply impressed, and now we have seen these tragicomedies of the insect world, as if we had heard the news of distant relatives—indeed very distant relatives—and it was just as urgent and impressed, and it reminded us of all kinds of things. His narration is particularly literary and artistic, which makes him worthy of the epic name of insects.

4. The dramatist Rothdam criticized him and said, "This great scientist thinks like a philosopher, sees like an artist, and feels and writes like a writer", which can really be said to be the most accurate comment. Mertelink called him "the Homer of insects", which is also a very simple nickname. ("Fabril Insects") - Zhou Zuoren's article published in 1923).

5. Modern thinker and writer Lu Xun: His works have two shortcomings: one is to ridicule anatomists, and the other is to use human morality in the insect world.

But without anatomy, there can be no observation as precise as his, because the basis of observation is still anatomy; It is reasonable for agronomists to divide insects into beneficial insects and pests according to their interests and harms, but based on the morality and laws of human beings at that time, it is superfluous to classify insects as good insects or bad insects. Some serious scientists have a lot of criticism about Fabre, and it is not for nothing. But if we take precautions against these two points, then the ten volumes of his magnum opus, The Book of Insects, will still be a very interesting and useful book to read.

The paradox of "medical giants" and the so-called "famous quotes").

Fabre once said something that showed his attitude towards insects:"A small point of life, a protein that can be happy and sad, can arouse my infinite interest more than the huge inanimate planet. "

Fabre is a French entomologist, writer, and self-taught rural teacher, who spends his life working with insects, and is known as "the Virgil of the insect world" by the French literary community. Fabre spent his life in poverty, frugal, and only wanted to write a "history" of insects - insects.

For a book about tiny bugs to be so widespread and long-lasting, we have to trace back to its author, who must have been an eternally chaste and pure child to make his work touching—past, present, and future.

A long time ago, readers thought that "Insects" was a popular science book for children, because it was concise and clear, simple and humorous, and it was very suitable for children who were curious about their surroundings. However, this does not negate that "Insects" is an immortal world masterpiece. Fabre analyzes insect nature with human nature, and transforms the insect world into a text with knowledge, interest, beauty and thought in the human world.

With an innocent and simple heart, Fabre narrates one interesting insect world after another.

I don't think any writer has a profound knowledge of entomology, and no other entomologist has such a simple and concise expression, and Fabre is an organic combination of a natural scientist and a writer, both in writing and studying insects.

Mr. Luo Ogang wrote in the preface to the first edition of the 1992 Chinese translation of "Insects":

1.It is true, reliable, detailed, and profound;

2.The writing is concise and clear. There is no general literary work, and the general lyrical prose scratches the head and makes a gesture, it has a simple style, unique humor, and a clear land of its own.

Mr. Luo's assessment is very pertinent. Fabre's Insects is not just a rigorous scientific record, it is also a literary achievement (it has won several Nobel Prizes for Literature).

Extended Material: Fabre has been plagued by "poverty" and "prejudice" throughout his life. The first half of his life was poor, and the second half of his life was barely fed. Scholars in the literary and scientific circles despised Fabre's self-taught academic qualifications, let alone recognized his research direction, and the indifference and jealousy from everyone constituted an extreme prejudice against him.

Fabre sacrificed almost everything in order to do "observational experiments" - to write "Insects", he did not use his advantageous subject knowledge to publish some experimental results that were easy to study, but he had to study the psychology of insects with painstaking work. Fabre had many opportunities in life, but he did not use them to make a name for himself, and he remained content with poverty, even at the cost of trapping his family in poverty.

Fabre has almost forgotten everything, forgetting to eat, sleep, and pastime, not knowing the passage of time, the tiredness of the body, the bitterness and happiness of the world, and even can't tell whether the "barren stone garden" is a human house or an insect dwelling, as if insects have thoughts, and Fabre is a "worm man".