Stupefied, Zhuangzi was published by Sheng Da. It is said that Zhou Xuanwang is particularly fond of watching cockfighting, and he asked the chicken master of Qi State to train an unbeaten cockfighting. This piece
Wang Shijun's Chinese painting "Cockfighting"
Wang Shijun's Chinese painting "Cockfighting"
The chicken stood there calmly, looking like a wooden chicken. When other chickens saw it like this, they all scared away and dared not hit it. The meaning of stupor has evolved into the way people become speechless with fear or surprise.
Mencius was published with a chicken on the moon. There is a man who steals a chicken from his neighbor's house every day. Someone advised him, "This is not a decent act!" "He said," I know it's not good. Well, please allow me to steal less. I used to steal one every day, and I will steal one every month. Next year, I will wash my hands of it completely. " Metaphor means knowing that you are wrong, but deliberately delaying time and refusing to correct it in time.
In the morning, Pheasant Company published "Shangshu Pastoral Oath". So are chickens and hens. Crowing is the "patent" of roosters, and it is considered unlucky for hens to crow in the morning. In the past, people thought that this indicated the decline of the family. In feudal times, it was used to describe women's usurpation of power and chaos.
The queen of chicken mouth is also called "dead chicken and cow". "It is better to be the queen of chicken mouth and do nothing." Code "Warring States Policy, North Korea Policy". I would rather be a small and clean chicken mouth than a big and smelly cow anus. It is better to be independent in a small situation than to be controlled by others in a big situation.
The rooster broke his tail and published Twenty-two Years of Zuo Gong. Here refers to the rooster who is afraid of sacrifice and self-mutilation, and later refers to the man who is afraid of being killed and self-mutilation.
The cock crows and the dog thieves "Historical Records Biography of Meng Changjun". Being detained for going to the State of Qin, Meng Yi, a diner, pretended to be a dog, sneaked into the military camp of the State of Qin, stole the concubine given by the fox skin and pleaded with Meng. When Meng fled to Hangu Pass, he was ordered to chase him. Another diner pretended to be a chicken, asked the chicken to sing together, and tricked him into opening the city gate, so Meng was able to escape back to Qi. Nowadays, crowing and stealing dogs refer to trivial skills and furtive behavior.
Chicken and dog ascend to heaven, also known as "one person gets the Tao, chicken and dog ascend to heaven" and "chicken and dog are immortals". Canon out the immortal biography of Liu An. According to the book, when Liu An, the king of Huainan, was about to ascend to heaven, "the rest of the medicine was put in the atrium and licked by chickens and dogs", and all of them ascended to heaven. Later generations used the metaphor of chickens and dogs ascending to heaven to describe that one person benefited and his relatives and friends were exposed.
Niu Ding cooked chicken and published the story of the later Han Dynasty. Cook chicken in a cauldron with cows. Metaphor is overqualified.
It tastes like chicken ribs. The Annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, Liang Wudi and Pei Songzhi quote Kyushu Chunqiu. Chicken ribs have no meat, which means it's a pity not to do one thing, but it's not good to do it.
When I heard chickens dancing, I wrote a biography of Zu Ti in the Book of Jin. It is said that Zu Ti and Liu Kun are teenagers with strong feelings. When they heard the cock crow in the middle of the night, they got up to practice martial arts and prepared to serve their country. Later generations used this as a metaphor for people with lofty ideals to eat, drink and be merry in time.
Stand out from the crowd and make it "unique". The Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, which is a golden book. Said Ji Shao was "as proud as a wild crane in a flock". A metaphor for a person's appearance or talent to stand out among a group of people around him.
Pheasant Pheasant Canon published Jin and Fa Sheng's "The Book of Jinzhong". The original intention was that Jin compared his calligraphy to a domestic chicken and Wang Xizhi's calligraphy to a pheasant to show closeness and nobility, and also to compare different styles of calligraphy and painting.