Why did Cao Cao use crows as a metaphor for talents in Tanka Xing ?

Cao Cao. The "tanka line" is based on the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The forty-eighth chapter records that it is the Battle of Chibi.

The poem given by Cao Cao before. This is a poem describing Cao Cao's desire for talents, and there is a sentence in the poem: "The moon and stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south." Three turns around the tree, what branches can be followed", in which "black magpie" is used to refer to those who are still waiting and seeing, hesitating.

Some people say that the crow is a mourning bird and should not be used to refer to talents, so the "black magpie" here is a combination of the crow and the magpie. Crows and magpies do not appear where there are crows, and crows do not appear where there are magpies. Since the crow and the magpie do not appear at the same time, it is not valid to say that the crow and the magpie are combined.

Since it is not a combination of crow and magpie, it can only be a crow. Why use a mourning bird like a crow to refer to talents? Isn't this an insult to the talents of the world?

It turns out that as early as the Three Kingdoms period, there was no such thing as a crow being a mourning bird, which was formed after the Tang Dynasty. On the contrary, crows were regarded as "ci birds" in early China. From "the raven feeds back, and the lamb kneels to suckle."

You can see it. After the baby crow is born, the big crow will feed the baby crow for 60 days, and when the big crow is old, the young crow will feed the old crow for 60 days. The use of crows here refers to those talents, is to tell the world talents, when the world was peaceful and the country was stable, the country raised you, and now the country is in turmoil and war, it is the time when you talents need to come out to serve the country and "feed" the country.

Looking at the pattern at that time, the only one who could represent the Han family was Cao Cao, who "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes", and Cao Cao used the use of "black magpie" to tell those who were still hesitating and wandering: The country needs you now, and I, Cao Cao, represent the Han family, so come and return to my account to serve the Han court.

The moon stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south. Three turns around the tree, what branches can be followed", describes the image of a black magpie walking alone in the dark and vast world, "the moon and stars are rare" reflects the country is in the darkness of the troubled times, and the image of the black magpie of "three turns around the tree, what branches can be followed" is similar to the image of the talent who hesitates in the troubled times. And Cao Cao wants to describe the miserable situation of this lonely crow to arouse the spiritual and emotional resonance of many talents, so that people are willing to submit to his account.

In the end, Cao Cao used "Duke Zhou."

Spit feed", as the end. It is to tell those who are still hesitant that I have the heart of a corporal like Zhou Gong, as long as it is a talent, it will be reused and will not be buried.

tanka line. Wei Jin.

Land machine. Put the wine in the high hall, and the sad song is coming.

Life expectancy, death is like morning frost.

Time is not heavy, and Hua is no longer yang.

Apple is spring, and Lan is autumn.

The coming days are short, and the going days are long.

I'm not happy today, the crickets are in the room.

Happiness will be prosperous, and sadness will be different.

How can it be said that there is no feeling, and the worry is forgotten.

My wine is the purpose, and my food is the same.

Short songs can be sung, and there is no wilderness in the long night.

Because of the short life span of human beings, even if they are happy, they can only sing about sorrow and generosity, and it is difficult to forget sorrow. Life in the world is like the dew in the morning, which will pass away in a blink of an eye. Time will not come again, and flowers will not be able to bloom again.

Apple only shines in spring, and orchid only fragrances in autumn. The rest of the days are unbearable, and the days of the past are bitter and melancholy. One should enjoy in time, rejoice in the meeting with one's friends, and grieve in separation.

**There will be no such feeling of life, just because I see my friends and forget my sorrows. My food and drink are very good, so let yourself enjoy it! Go and chant tanka, and have fun in time, so that the years will not be wasted.

<> and so on" is an ancient temple. Hidden in the Old Mountain.

Underneath the bamboo forest. Meditate, be silent.

Withered in a long wait.

Ring the evening bell and wait for you for ten thousand years.

Shipwreck" Moonlight leaked through the cracks in the curtains.

My chamber is like a shipwreck.

A thousand years later, a group of archaeological teams salvaged.

I was amazed at the boatload of silver ingots.

Slingshot: At first, I put pebbles in the rubber bands of the slingshot.

Aim for the bird, swish, fall into the grass and disappear.

Later I put the Earth in the rubber band of the Big Dipper.

Aim for the Milky Way, swish, and disappear into oblivion.

Now I put the vicissitudes of life in your band.

Aim for the clouds, swish, and shoot down the snow.

Female Chicken Song" Female Chicken Song, I said it's still early.

You say that the stars are rotten, and they should go hunting.

I said that the years are quiet, and the piano is in the palace.

The beast is close to the trap, so don't be disturbed.

Elopement is an early riser. Go out and buy salt.

Birdsong in the left hand, waning moon in the right hand.

Your face is in the car around the corner.

The most daring elopement.

It's just a gaze follower.

Eagle Falcon" In the Ten Mile Gallery in Yangshuo, I saw the Eagle Falcon for the first time.

Look around the 100,000 mountains and overlook the bamboo raft.

of tourists. I walked through the curtain of water from the waterfall.

See the falcon grow, grow, grow.

Wings like clouds hanging from the sky.

The key to the correct understanding of the meaning of the "black magpie flying south" must be clear about its source.

Examine the verses of the "Tanka Xing" and use a lot of allusions. For example, the two sentences of "Qingqing", from the words in "The Book of Songs, Zheng Feng, Zijin", the original poem is about a girl who misses her lover, and the four sentences of the first chapter are: "Qingqing Zijin, you are in my heart."

Even if I don't go, Zining won't make a sound? Cao Cao's quotation of this poem is not only a direct metaphor for the longing for the "Magi"; And in a subtle way, he reminded the Magi: "Even if I didn't go to you, why didn't you come to me?"

Another example is to quote four sentences from the Book of Songs, Xiaoya, and Luming, describing the scene of the banquet of the guest and the host, which means that as long as you come to me, I will definitely treat you as a "guest", and we can get along well and cooperate happily. Another example is that the allusion of "Zhou Gong Tufu" comes from "Han Poems Biography", Zhou Gong said to himself: "The son of King Wuwen, the younger brother of King Wu, and the uncle of King Cheng; I am not light in the world.

However, one bath and three grips of hair, one meal and three spit feeding, I am afraid of losing the world. "In order to receive people from all over the world, Zhou Gong sometimes washed his hair and ate a meal, but he interrupted it several times. The author uses this allusion to express the mood of seeking talent, with the aim of making "the world return to the heart".

As Mr. Lin Geng pointed out, Cao Cao's "Tanka Xing", "on the one hand, it is the eternal pursuit of "Chu Ci", and on the other hand, it is a plain life performance", "specifically manifested in becoming the traditional child of "Chu Ci" and "Book of Songs". The "black magpie" of "Black Magpie Flying South" also has its "Chu Ci" canon.

This word comes from "Chu Ci Shijiang": "Luanniao Phoenix, the sun is far away; Bird's nest and magpie, nest hall altar". Wang Yi said in his note:

Swallow finches and black magpies, many mouths of delusional songs, in order to be a metaphor for slander. The king of Yan Chu is stupid and not pro-benevolent. In fact, Cao Cao's poems have a lot of quotations.

For example, "But the East and West Gate Travel" "Ran Ran is coming, when will he oppose his hometown" is from the poem "Chu Ci Lisao" "Old Ran Ran is about to come, I am afraid that the name will not stand", "The fox dies and returns to the first hill, and the hometown can be forgotten" is from the poem "The bird flies against the hometown, and the fox dies and must be the first hill". Another example is "Jinglie", "Who can save Tao Tao?" Gentleman Efu's sorrow" comes from the poem "Chu Ci Nine Thoughts and Mourning Years", "The East Night is Taotao, the rain and snow are dark", and so on.

Therefore, it is natural and logical that the allusion of the word "black magpie" in "Tanka Xing" comes from "Chu Ci Shijiang".

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