rise up upon hearing the crow of a rooster and practise with the sword(wén jī qǐ wǔ)

rise up upon hearing the crow of a rooster and practise with the sword

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To dance at the sound of the crow of a rooster means to get up and dance a sword. Later, it means that people who want to serve their country rise up immediately. According to the biography of zuti in the book of Jin, it is said that zuti, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, 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, as soon as they heard the crowing of chickens in the middle of the night, they got up in their clothes, drew their swords and practiced martial arts.

Basic historical facts

Zuti, a native of fanyangqiu County in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (now Laishui, Hebei Province), was a man with broad mind and great ambition. But when he was a child, he was a naughty boy who didn't like reading. In his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve his country without reading, so he began to study hard. He read books extensively and studied history conscientiously, from which he drew rich knowledge and made great progress. He had been in and out of Kyoto and Luoyang several times, and people who had contact with him said that zuti was a talent who could help the emperor govern the country. When zuti was 24 years old, someone recommended him to be an official, but he didn't agree. He still worked hard to study. Later, "zuti Both Xi Kong and Liu Kun were officials of the state. They were in the same bed. They heard the crowing of chickens in the middle of the night and said, "this is not a bad sound." For dancing (sword). Tikun was also heroic. Every time he talked about world affairs or sat up in the middle of the night, he said: "if the world is boiling and the heroes are rising together, I will stay away from the Central Plains with my feet." That is to say, zuti and his childhood friend Liu Kun served as the Chief Secretary of the state. He and Liu Kun have deep feelings. They not only often lie in the same bed and sleep together, but also share the same lofty ideal: to make contributions, revive the state of Jin, and become the pillars of the country. Once in the middle of the night, zuti heard a rooster crowing in his sleep. He kicked Liu Kun up and said to him, "do you hear the rooster crowing?" "It's unlucky to hear a chicken crow in the middle of the night," Liu Kun said Zuti said, "I don't think so. Why don't we just get up and practice sword when we hear chickens crowing?" Liu Kun readily agreed. So every day after the rooster crows, they get up to practice their swords. The light of the sword is flying and the sound of the sword is sonorous. Spring comes and winter comes, cold comes and summer goes, never stop. After a long period of hard study and training, they have finally become all-round talents. Zuti was appointed as the general of Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country; Liu Kun became the general of Zhonglang in the northern expedition, also in charge of the military affairs of Bingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou, and gave full play to his literary talent and military strategy.

The wind of sword dance

In the period of Jin and southern and Northern Dynasties, sword was replaced by sword in battlefield with the appearance of cavalry, but there was still a tradition of using sword inside and outside the army. According to the records, "the king of Qin (Tuoba) Han, who was rarely high spirited, asked for an expedition when he was 15 years old. Zhaocheng (emperor) Zhuangzhi led the cavalry by 2000. Long time unifies the army, the order is strict, many have the victory Ziyi, seven feet and five inches, has a great face, beautiful beard, and a good sense of calculation. She can rarely dance swords, ride and shoot people If you have great physical strength, you will have ten stones. In addition, the story of zuti and Liu Kun, who are well-known, also reflects the trend of sword dance at that time from one side. The magnificent sword dance and brave temperament reflect the thick and colorful culture of the Northern Dynasty. with the improvement of the performance of fencing, sword dancing has also become an ornamental item of banquets. According to the biography of Wang ruzhuan in the book of Jin: "Wang Ruyi (Wang) Leng, because of the leisure banquet, please dance with the sword for pleasure, and Leng will follow it. As a result, dance for the drama, gradually come before. The edge is evil, but it is not only evil, but also evil. (Wang) when he heard that Yang was startled, he was also arrested and killed. " Wang Ru asked Wang Ling to dance sword for drinking, but Wang Ru, with evil intentions, tried to kill Wang Ling on the ground of dancing sword with Wang Ling. This is another "Hongmen banquet" directed by General Wang dun. But it also reflects the widespread popularity of sword dancing custom and the prevalence of sword learning and love.

Profile

Zuti (266-321) is a scholar. Fanyangfu County, Hebei Province (now Laishui, Hebei Province) people (there are rumors that he was born in Yanshan), Han nationality. 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. In 313, he carried out the northern expedition as general Fenwei and governor of Yuzhou. When he crossed the Yangtze River to the north and reached the middle stream, he looked at the river rolling eastward in front of him and felt a lot of emotion. Thinking of the broken mountains and rivers and the people's suffering, the difficult situation and the indignation of ambition, he was full of courage and enthusiasm, so he knocked on the boat and swore: "zuti is like a river who can't clear the Central Plains and recover."! If you can't pacify the Central Plains and recover the lost land, you will never return to Jiangdong! Zuti's department had strict discipline and received the response of people from all over the world. In a few years, he recovered a large area of land south of the Yellow River, which made shile dare not invade South and became a general in Zhenxi. Later, the Northern Expedition failed because of civil strife. There is a sentence in Wen Tianxiang's Zhengqi song: for the sake of crossing the river, he generously swallows Hujie. That is to say, zuti. Liu Kun (271-318), whose name is Yueshi, was born in Weichang, Zhongshan (now Wuji, Hebei). He was a famous general in the Western Jin Dynasty. After King Jing of Hanzhong mountain, meiziyi and weak crown conquered Luoyang in Kyoto with literary talent, "known as Yiyi in Luozhong and celebrating sun Yueshi". Among the literary and political group "Golden Valley 24 friends", which is famous for its handsome talents, the youngest ranked last. When he was the governor of Sizhou, he danced with zuti. After the eight kings' rebellion and Yongjia's rebellion, China sank and the North fell. Only Liu Kun stayed in Bingzhou, which was the only remaining Han territory in the north at that time. Later, tuobayilu, the leader of Xianbei, was killed by his brother because he loved Liu Kun and sent troops to help him. He had no troops to fight with all ethnic groups and went to northern Liaoning. Later, he died because of the internal struggle for power in northern Liaoning. There are only four poems left, but they are as famous as Zuo Si.

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