The ancients clouded, the fungus did not know obscure, and the cockroach did not know spring and autumn. This famous sentence from "Zhuangzi" means that the fungus generally does not live at night, and the insect does not know what the spring and autumn seasons look like, describing the short life span of these two organisms. Yes, among animals, the shortest lifespan seems to be bugs and aquatic animals, basically often because of the killing of other animals and life. Starting today and tomorrow, I will tell you the story of insects and aquatic animals during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period.
"Ants and bees can harm people." These eight words are from the Chinese. Jin language" literally means that the four kinds of insects can hurt people. The so-called grasshopper is actually the meaning of shaking mosquitoes, from "fly gnats to aunts." In this sentence that appears in Mencius, we can see that this thing is a pest with flies, and it sucks human blood for a living.
The word ant is relatively simple, for them, we prefer to affectionately call small ants. The legend of ants still originated in the Qi Huangong period. It is said that during the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, the chancellor Kui Peng assisted Duke Huan in supporting the Yan state to defend against the lone bamboo of Shanrong, but unexpectedly because of the lack of water, the war became tight, which made Kui Peng feel very nervous and worried. After thinking about it, he decided to start looking for water by observing the creatures. Later, through the marching route of the little ant, the spring hidden in the deep mountains was found, and this is the origin of the ant sacred spring.
As for bees, their species are more common, and the most closely related to humans is the bee. The words "Mo Yu Li Bee, Seek Self-Fertilization" in the Book of Poetry refers to the sacrificial spirit of bees, although they are weak, but they can fight desperately when encountering difficulties. Why did the ancients respect bees so much? The reason is still because of the word eating and drinking.
"Parents of children, jujube millet and honey to be sweet." During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, due to the difficulty of extracting crops such as sugar beets, most of the sweets eaten by people at that time were made of jujube millet and nectar, etc., the sweetness of red dates and yellow rice was limited, and the caramel and honey were really sweet to the teeth. Honey, in particular, as an animal product, although the degree of non-renewable is greater than that of beets, as long as it can raise bees and destroy honeycombs, it can be eaten, so bees are still very popular in the gardens of the nobility.
There is also a story about bees, legend has it that Shen Shengxian, the prince of the Jin Dynasty, was loyal and filial to people, but lost the support of the State of Qi because of the death of his mother, and in addition, as he grew older, he was gradually disliked by his father. Jin Jun's wife Li Ji was young and beautiful, and she bore a son for Jin Jun. A woman who has a son naturally has ambition. Li Ji very much wanted to make her son the crown prince, but Shen Sheng did not make a mistake, and it was too difficult for her to depose him. Therefore, Li Ji thought of a trick, sent someone to invite Shen Sheng to visit the garden, and before visiting the garden, spray honey on her clothes to attract bees to sting herself.
Sure enough, when visiting the garden, the kind-hearted Shen Sheng saw that his stepmother was stung by bees, and quickly helped his stepmother to beat and throw away his coat to drive away the bees, this scene was seen by Jin jun, who had already stood nearby to watch the "good play", he was very angry, thinking that Shen Sheng was not filial piety and disrespectful to his stepmother, and he hated him more and more from then on. Later, under the repeated frames of Li Ji, he killed his own son.
As for the worm, we should rarely see it, it is actually a poisonous insect such as a scorpion, and the most word counted about it is the later "Fengshen Yanyi", in which the nine-tailed fox once used a pot to mutilate the palace women. In the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in addition to the records in the "Chinese", it is the "Bee Worm is poisonous, but the situation is the country?" in the "Zuo Zhuan". That's it.
Legend has it that in the twenty-second year of the Duke of Lu, the Duke of Lu planned to attack the State of Qi, and the minister Zang Wenzhong resolutely refused this request, believing that the State of Lu was like a bee worm, looking weak and small, but once it was desperate to protect the country, now the strength of the State of Lu was not as strong as before, once the army was raised to attack the State of Qi, even if it was victorious, it would be better to make peace with the State of Qi, and wait for the time to be ripe before deciding. As the saying goes, hitting people is not punching people in the face, that's all.
In addition to the above kinds of bugs, I would also like to tell the two kinds of insects that are more common in the Spring and Autumn Warring States story, mantis and borer. There is a word for borer called borer, but it originally means "righteous son." The Book of Poetry once recorded that the borer often laid its eggs on the grasshopper, and the ancients did not give birth to children, and regarded the borer as if they were their own, so they called the adopted son the borer. In fact, these borers raised on the body of the borer will eat the host when they grow up, and replace it, just like strangling the banyan tree, so now call Yoshiko a borer, but it is not a good word, after all, everyone does not want to be called a white-eyed wolf.
If the borer was often used by the ancients to satirize ungratefulness, then the praying mantis was synonymous with only the immediate interests in the minds of the ancients. Liu Xiang once wrote in his own work that "when you see a cicada, you can get a beautiful shade and forget its body, and the praying mantis clings to it and fights, and it sees and forgets its form; the magpie benefits it, and it sees the benefit and forgets its truth." The story has been adapted, interspersed with the protagonist Wu WangFuchai.
It is said that Wu WangFuchao wanted to attack the Chu State, and at this time the ministers advised that the Wu State attacking the Chu State at this time was like a praying mantis catching cicadas, complacent, and proud, but forgot that there was a yellow bird behind him looking at himself. It was as if the yellow bird of the praying mantis was looking intently, and he did not see the little boy with the slingshot behind him, who was in crisis at any time. At this time, the State of Wu was cutting down Chu, and some other country would take advantage of the opportunity to enter the void, so in such a situation, the State of Wu would be in danger. Helplessly, although Wu Wangfu sent this praying mantis to be dismissed this time, he still made the mistake of going around hunting after that, and finally he was really fought a counterattack war by the Vietnamese country, and there was no power to return to heaven.
After reading these stories of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, my heart suddenly felt emotional. Each of us plays a different role in society, and some people are cockroaches living in the present, even if they feel that life is short, they still cherish the existing life. Some are ants that harm others and harm themselves, and eventually suffer the consequences of evil, and good and evil are rewarded. Some are like ants, leading people forward and saving people from water and fire.
People in society, some like bee stingers, are humble and light,once they are hurt to the bottom line, they will fight back desperately, even if they all die. Some are like borers, borrowing the hands of others, and being ungrateful. Some are like praying mantises, who are complacent when they see the small profits in front of them, but they do not want to make progress, and eventually they are destroyed by others. All sentient beings, like worms, are born of their own character, and because of their own character, they are moving towards a tragic or comedic ending. If it were me, what I would like to do is ants, cockroaches, bee stings, although weak, but able to grasp their self-esteem at all times, with their own strength to lead people to goodness, optimistic about everything, to meet every difficulty and challenge.