Peacock Flying Southeast is the first narrative poem in the history of China literature, and it is also the pinnacle of Yuefu poetry. Later generations called it "Mulan Poetry" of the Northern Dynasties. Yuefu Shuangbi? .
Peacock Flying Southeast is based on a marriage tragedy that happened in Lujiang County (now in Huaining and Qianshan, Anhui Province) during the reign of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original title is "Ancient Poetry for Jiao Zhongqing's Wife", because the first sentence of the poem is? Peacock flies southeast, wandering five miles? , so I got this name again. The whole poem has more than 350 sentences, 1700 words. It mainly tells the story of being forced to separate and both committed suicide, accusing the ruthlessness of feudal ethics and praising Jiao and Liu's sincere feelings and rebellious spirit.
When the peacock hovers with wandering and caring feelings, why does it only fly to the southeast and not to other places?
According to textual research, the marriage tragedy between Jiao and Liu occurred in Xiaoligang, Huaining County. Xiaoguan Port, a small city port, was named after Jiao Zhongqing, a small official of Lujiang in Han Dynasty? Located 20 kilometers north of Huaining County, bordering Qianshan County. Jiaojia is located in Jiaojiaban (now Qianshan County) on the other side of Xiaoshigang River, and Liu Jia is half a mile east of Xiaoshigang. Geographically, Liu Jia is located in the southeast of Jiaojia. The tragic ending is that Liu Lanzhi drowned in a small town port, and Jiao Zhongqing finally died? Wandering under the courtyard tree, hanging from the southeast branch? . Jiao Zhongqing hanged himself in a tree, but what was it? Hanging in the southeast branch? Just echoed the opening sentence. Because his hometown is in the southeast, and Liu's corpse is also by the Xiaoshigang River in the southeast, Jiao Chuqing died facing the southeast. So the peacock flew southeast.
1935, Lu Kanru, a young international student from China, is defending his doctoral thesis. The examiner was satisfied with the answer all the way. Suddenly the examiner asked a strange question:? Why don't you say "Peacock flies southeast" in the first sentence of the poem "Peacock flies southeast"? Anyone who has studied classical Chinese knows that the meanings of many locative words in poetry and prose are illusory and it is impossible to read the meaning of the text. The sword is put in storage, and the horse is put in Nanshan. ? You can't release your horse until you get to Beishan. But it's embarrassing for you to answer like this. Lukan, after a thorough examination, answer:? Because there is a tall building in the northwest. 」 ? This sentence is quoted from Nineteen Ancient Poems. ? Northwest? Just easy to understand? Southeast? On the other hand, the building in the northwest was too high for Confucius to fly, so he had to change to the southeast. This is the answer to the brain teaser why peacocks fly southeast.
Of course, there are other answers:
1. Peacocks go to the southeast because the southeast is a happy place in people's minds. The four seasons are warm and full of vitality. The story of Liu Jiao and his wife is so touching that even peacocks are on their way to the land of happiness. Wandering five miles away? Looking back and caring; 2. Think about this? Peacock? It is the embodiment of Jiao and Liu, and flying to the southeast means that they have gone to a happy place.
3. Southeast means none. In fact, there is nothing wrong with peacocks flying southeast and northwest. As the snake catcher said, "clamoring for something, suddenly south and north." It's not really clamoring for something, nor is it sudden north and south, but it refers to one direction. Here, east, west, north and south can be interpreted as ubiquitous.