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In the 5,000-year-long history of the mainland, there have been countless idioms and allusions to teaching and educating people, among which "smelling the chicken and dancing" represents a very attractive attitude towards life.
"Smell the rooster and dance" originally meant to get up and dance the sword when the rooster crowed, and it is now also used to urge young people to get up early and work hard.
Everyone knows that the chicken dances, but little is known about the experience of the protagonist of this allusion in his life.
For the final fate of the protagonist of the allusion, the teacher is reluctant to tell the students, why is this?
Brothers are agreed
There are two protagonists in Smelling the Chicken and Dancing, they are called Liu Kun and Zu Ti.
The two of them came from rich backgrounds and lived a pampered life since childhood, but they are not idle playboys, but they are very pragmatic and determined to protect their families and defend the country.
Born in a turbulent era, the two study hard every day, hoping to find a way to save the common people.
Two like-minded people are more likely to have a heart-to-heart relationship, and the two often sit together and talk about life and how to serve the country and the people.
One day, the two talked all night, and when the sky was bright, the two had just fallen asleep, but the sound of roosters crowed outside the window.
If ordinary people are disturbed by noise while sleeping soundly, they will definitely feel very unhappy, but Zu Ti has learned some truth from the sound of chickens.
Zu Li thought to himself that if he could get up every day while the rooster was crowing, he would have a lot of time to be busy with political affairs every day.
If you waste your time on sleep, wouldn't it be a waste of time, so why not take advantage of the good time to do something practical in this troubled world.
Zu Li told Liu Kun what he thought in his heart, and Liu Kun agreed very much with this good brother's proposal.
The two made an agreement that they would do it every day in the future, get up when the rooster crows, or warm up Xi homework, or strengthen the body.
In short, we must use our own strength to serve the country at the right time.
This is the allusion of "smelling the chicken and dancing", we must not only learn Xi the willpower of Liu Kun and Zu Ti to get up early and work hard, but also learn Xi the determination of the two of them to serve the motherland.
Turbulent Era
After Zu Ti became a general, he was not only strict with himself, he smelled the chicken dancing every day, and was also very strict with his soldiers.
Such an ambitious and capable person as Zu Ti has always been the object of competition from all parties in troubled times.
When the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Eastern Jin Dynasty broke out, Zu Ti had already gone through the King of Qi, the King of Changsha and others, and joined Sima Yue's army.
In order to keep Zu Li, Sima Yue said that he wanted to support Emperor Jin Hui before he took the throne, but in fact he wanted to "coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes" to control the government.
After seeing Sima Yue's face clearly, Zu Ti left categorically.
In the troubled times, the commoners were lonely, and in order to protect the family, Zu Ti defected to Sima Rui and became a thorn in history.
Due to the invasion of the barbarian forces from the north, the people had no choice but to abandon their homes and flee for their lives to the south.
With the support of money, the rich and noble families can barely make ends meet, and the most miserable people are the people at the bottom.
The original poor days were even more miserable in the continuous escape, and the people were miserable. When Zu Ti saw such a scene, he decided to do something.
He believed that only by sending troops to the north to recruit barbarians could the people be restored to a beautiful and stable homeland.
But the emperor and ministers at that time did not have the people in their eyes, they just wanted to sit on their thrones, and did not want to have another war.
At Zu Ti's insistence, the imperial court finally symbolically allocated some money, and as for the soldiers and weapons, Zu Ti had to solve it by himself.
Because of the emperor's attitude of staying out of the matter, Zu Ti could only lead his personal followers to the Northern Expedition.
Along the way, many righteous people volunteered to join the ranks after learning of Zu Li's Northern Expedition to expel the barbarians.
The team in the hands of Zu Ti continued to grow, and finally successfully recovered Yuzhou.
The spirit lives on
In the eyes of the people, Zu Ti's prestige is increasing day by day, and winning the hearts of the people is a good thing for the emperor, but it is not a good thing for the courtiers.
In the past, Zu Ti was Sima Rui's subordinate, who was very optimistic about him, but as Zu Ti did too many things for the people, the new emperor Sima Rui no longer valued Zu Ti in the past, but was very jealous.
The suspicion from the royal family made Zu Ti depressed, coupled with working day and night for the life of the people, Zu Ti had already been exhausted after years of travel, this good official who was dedicated to the sake of the people, and finally died of illness at the age of 46.
The ending of Zu Ti in the Smell of the Rooster and Dance seems to have been deliberately ignored by the world, and we seem to have never heard about his experience from the teacher's mouth.
For us, Zu Ti's death in middle age is a complete tragedy, but for Zu Ti, the greatest wish in his life is to do what he can for the people in troubled times.
At the end of his life, Zu Ti was still doing his favorite thing, and for Zu Ti himself, this was a well-deserved death.
Zu Ti has died, but we must continue to pass on the spirit of "smelling the chicken and dancing".