The cock crows and dances(jī míng qǐ wǔ)

The cock crows and dances

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, general zuti was very ambitious when he was young. Every time he talked about the current situation with his good friend Liu Kun, he was always impassioned and full of righteous indignation. In order to serve the country, they got up in the middle of the night when they heard the crowing of chickens, drew swords and practiced hard. Later, he used the words "chicken singing and dancing" to refer to the lofty spirit of being ambitious and working hard in time.

Idiom explanation

Title: jimingqiwu Pinyin: J ī m í ngq ǐ w ǔ explanation: it refers to the heroic spirit of being ambitious and working hard in time.

Idioms and allusions

origin

Volume 62 of the book of Jin, biographies of zuti, 693 - zuti was a scholar and fan Yangqiu was a man. Shi Li Er Qian Shi is the old surname of beizhou. Fu Wu, the king of Jin, and the governor of Shanggu. Tisaogu, six brothers. Brother should be able to accept and open up. Ti's nature is broad-minded, and he doesn't practice physical examination. He is still unknown in his fourteenth five-year plan. However, he is a chivalrous man who is light in wealth and generous. When he comes to the farmhouse, he is often called brother. He scattered grain and silk to make him poor, which is the priority of the local party and clan. Later, he was the Secretary of the Expo. He was supposed to travel between ancient and modern times to and from the capital. Those who saw him said that he had the talent to praise the world. They live in Yangping. In the 24th year of the reign of emperor Yangping, there was no way for him to set up a cadre of filial piety and honesty, and for him to set up a scholar. Liu Kun and Sikong were both the chief bookmen of Szechuan. They were in the same bed for good preparation. In the middle of the night, when he heard the crowing of the barren chickens, he said, "this is not a bad sound. He danced. Ti and Kun are both heroic. They talk about things in the world or sit up in the middle of the night, saying: "if the world is boiling and heroes are rising together, I will stay away from the Central Plains with my feet. 」

Source translation

Zu Ti, a scholar, was born in fan Yangqiu county. His family was an official from generation to generation. He ate two thousand stones and was a famous family in Youzhou in the north. His father, zuwu, served as the king of Jin and the governor of Shanggu. Zuti's father died when he was young, and there were six brothers. His brothers and grandparents are bold, open-minded and talented. Zuti is forthright and suave. He doesn't pay attention to appearance and details. When he was 14 or 5 years old, he didn't know how to study hard. His elder brothers were worried about him. However, zuti despised property, was good at chivalry and justice, was generous and had moral integrity. Every time he went to the Grange, he took out food cloth and silk in the name of his elder brother and scattered it to the poor people to help them. Therefore, the patriarchal clan in the township attached great importance to him. When he grew up, he read the classics and history books, knew the truth of the past and the present, and often went to the capital for activities. People who met him said that he had the ability to help the king govern the world. When he lived in Yangping County, the local officials of Yangping selected him as Xiaolian, and the relevant departments recommended him as a scholar, but he did not accept it. Zuti and Sikong Liukun were the chief bookkeepers of Sizhou at the same time. They had a very close relationship and slept together at night. In the middle of the night, hearing the sound of chickens crowing outside the wilderness, zuti pushed Liu Kun to wake up and said, "this is not a bad sound." So they danced. Zuti and Liu Kun have heroic bearing. When they talk about the affairs of the world, they often get up and sit up in the middle of the night and encourage each other, saying, "if there is something going on all over the world and all the heroes come together, we will lead our troops to meet in the Central Plains. We should give way to each other."

Homologous allusions

Dance in mid night

Discrimination of words

Song Han Yuanji's poem "Bo Xing" said: "don't ask about fame or official position, white hair is gradually like this. Let the chickens sing and dance, where is the village. Go with your high eyes. " Tang Xuanzong's Ode to the party's old palace on the way to visit the province: "don't learn Liu Kun's dance, sing the Han style first." The poem "lying and hearing the crowing of chickens" written by Sun Hua of the Tang Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty: "Liu Kun dances in the dark, while Tian Wenxing dances rapidly." Song Songzhou's poem "niannujiao · zhuzhongshanlou" says: "after all, a hero will win if he strikes a boat and vows to be clean and dances when he hears a chicken." In Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Yu wrote a poem: "it's not today to smell the chicken and dance, but to look at the wine and recall the past years." In "Wanjiang blood · Xingxue" written by sun Yulin of the Qing Dynasty: "the heart is still strong after hearing the chicken dance, and it is necessary to create the situation and not to let the whip go first." Song Xin Qiji's poem "Bodhisattva man" said: "the king of fame promises himself, and he hears the chicken dance in a few days." The poem "inviting flute to walk" written by Du Yi in Qing Dynasty: "either I want to hear the chicken dance, or I want to roar up the building at night." Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty wrote a poem named "Jian Yi, a newly carved collection of Shu'an Sikou", which said: "although the male is still talking about the louse, who can inspire the chicken dance." Sun Zhiwei's poem "staying with guests in an ancient temple" in Qing Dynasty: "Wen Ji thinks of Yue Shi, Hua die laughs at Zhuang Sheng." Xie Juezai's poem "touring Humen in Guangzhou" says: "a general should close the door and call the tiger, and ten thousand people will dance and smell the chicken at night."

Related people

Zuti (266-321) was a scholar. He was a famous general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and a national hero. Fanyangfu County, Hebei Province (now Laishui County, Hebei Province), a native of Han nationality, is recorded in the annals of Dingxing county. At the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the great general of China devoted himself to the northern expedition to restore the Central Plains. His father, zuwu, served as the prefect of Shanggu (now Huailai County, Hebei Province). When his father died, zuti was still young, and his life was taken care of by several elder brothers. Zuti is lively and cheerful. He is active but not quiet. He is 14 or 15 years old and has not read many books. Several brothers are worried about this. However, he is generous, loyal and good at fighting against injustice, which is highly praised by his neighbors. In the name of his elder brother, he often donated his family's rice and cloth to the poor farmers affected by the disaster, but in fact his brothers didn't mean that. The famous "dance at the smell of chicken" is the story of him and Liu Kun. Later, the Northern Expedition failed because of civil strife. Liu Kun (271-318), whose name is Yueshi, was born in Weichang, Zhongshan (today's Wuji northeast of Hebei Province), and was a descendant of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty. Poets, musicians and patriotic generals in the Western Jin Dynasty. Liu Kun had the reputation of "handsome" when he was young, and was famous for his heroism. Together with his elder brother Liu Yu, he was called "Yiyi in Luozhong, qingsun and Yueshi". When he heard that his good friend zuti had been appointed, he wrote a letter to his relatives and said, "I'm waiting for you. I'm always afraid that I'll be the first to whip you." The biography of zuti in the book of Jin also records the story that he and zuti shared the same bed and danced at night. In the first year of Yongjia (307), Emperor Huaidi of Jin Dynasty, Liu Kun was the governor of Bingzhou. He fought against Liu Yuan and won the hearts of all the people. But he was "good at caressing, but shorter than controlling. In one day, although thousands of people returned, those who left also came one after another" (Biography of Liu Kun, book of Jin). However, because Liu Kun was extravagant and dishonest, he was taken advantage of by a sycophant, defeated by Liu Cong, and his parents were also killed. In the third year of emperor Jianxing of Jin Dynasty (315), Liu Kun was the commander of Sikong and the governor of the three prefectures of Hebei, Youzhou, but he was soon defeated by shile. After the defeat, he went to Duan pili, the governor of Youzhou, to help the Jin Dynasty. Later, Duan Piyuan's subordinates and his younger brother Duan mubo secretly communicated with shile, captured kunzi Liu Qun, and forced Liu Qun to write a book about Kun as the inner party to oppose Duan Piyuan. Liu Kun was killed by Duan pili. His son Liu Qun is the heir. Good at literature, good at music. There are 9 volumes of "Liu Kun Ji" and 12 volumes of "BIE Ji" in "Sui Shu · Jing Ji Zhi". In Ming Dynasty, Zhang Pu compiled the collection of Liu Zhongshan, which was included in the collection of three hundred schools in Han, Wei and six dynasties. usage: as predicate and attribute; refers to diligence

Chinese PinYin : jī míng qǐ wǔ