Mr. Fan Jie took the nine-headed bird as a symbol of personnel and cited two historical examples. One is related to Zhang, a native of Hubei in the Ming Dynasty. There are two views here. First, when Zhang was in power, he reorganized his official management and his reputation grew. When he was ill, officials and gentry all over the country built temples for him, which was almost extravagant. They fought tooth and nail in the Do, but Zhang's position did not waver, and the Do was purged by Zhang Yiyi. Therefore, on that day, the folk gave birth to the rumor that "the nine-headed bird in the sky is an underground Hubei guy", thinking that the nine-headed bird is not much better than the Hubei guy. The nine-headed bird in this statement refers to nine suggestions, not Hubei people. Secondly, Zhang sponsored nine censors during the political reform, all of whom were his fellow villagers in Hubei. He severely punished corrupt officials, reformed the political style, and achieved remarkable results. Those corrupt officials who were reorganized were dissatisfied and cursed "nine birds in the sky and Hubei guys underground". It can be seen that the rumor of the nine-headed bird was originally used by political opponents to attack Zhang that day.
As for the folk, this proverb of the nine-headed bird has another meaning. Mr. Fan Jie believes that this is related to the gap between foreigners and Wuhan natives formed by Wuhan as a north-south land and water transportation center. Where transportation is convenient, people's knowledge develops earlier, there is more competition in social life and more cunning in communication. People from other provinces outside the three towns of Wuhan often hate and fear them. Wuhan is also the representative of Hubei. It turned out to be "a bird with nine heads in the sky and a Wuhan guy underground". Because the word Wuhan was relatively strange in the early days, it later became a Hubei guy.