Autumn Pond Pavilion, wind and curtains. The frost leaves have not faded and not fallen, and the half-startled crow magpie. Self-laughing and superficial name is shallow, and seems to be alienated from the world. A lazy heart and lazy feet, good to teach idle.
Walk three hundred miles, five days to a duration. The time of return on the sixth day is already doubtful, and it should be long to look forward to it. Whip a horse to return also, anxious to move late. Inevitably annoyed with the magpies, first report to the man to know.
The wind rises and blows a pool of spring water. Idle Mandarin Duck Fang Trail, hand red apricot buds. The fighting duck pole is leaning alone, and the jasper scratches its head obliquely. All day long, looking forward to the king, looking up and smelling the magpie.
Of the above three poems, the first one is Su Shi's "Gurudwara - Qiuchi Pavilion"; the middle one is Song Renjie's "Wuling Chun - Walking Around for Three Hundred Miles"; the next is Feng Yanmi's "Gurudwara Gate - The Wind Rises". The careful or level of the official has seen that these three words have different meanings and lyrics, but the birds with one chant are the same, that is, magpies.
Magpies, also known as dry magpies, guest magpies, flying birds, and so on. It is not only a bird of annunciation, but also an auspicious bird, or a beneficial bird, and it is called "sage bird" by relevant Scholars of Confucianism, with a noble status, from ancient times to the present, it is deeply loved by Chinese people.
Chinese folk ancient legend, Pangu opened the heavens and the earth, Nuwa created human beings, at this time, magpies also feel the aura of heaven and earth, get the essence of the sun and the moon, and fly to the yellow land. The first pair of magpies were born in the waxing moon, at that time, the high sky rolled and the cold currents were rapid, the wind was whistling, and the trees withered, only the lamei, the fresh and beautiful lamei, the jade and the cold winter, although it was a cliff and a hundred ice, there were still flowers and branches, just like the incense. And this, heroes cherish each other, beauty loves beauty, proud and independent Lamei, has become a good place for magpies to inhabit, Miao Guangsha. At this time, it did not have a name, because its upper body feathers were black and brown, and people called it "blackbird" because of the color. Also because, Chinese used to do happy things in the waxing moon, the blackbird saw the drums in the courtyard outside the house, the noise was sultry, the joy was joyful, the bustle was extraordinary, the ears were stained, the blackbird was also full of flowers, and could not help but participate, in the tree, in the branches, squeaking, singing and sending joy, attracting the groom's family to rejoice, and the people participating in the wedding were happy, so for such a cute, handsome, and happy bird to call it Blackbird one is not auspicious, the other is wronged, so take the "wax" word of Lamei with the word "bird" on the half side, into " Magpie", and said that the magpie squeaking in the tree, laughing and laughing, is to the newcomer Hexi, is the "magpie", from then on, "hi" is associated with "magpie", "blackbird" becomes "magpie", become a good friend of mankind, a popular role.
Of course, it can only rejoice and announce the good news, not the magpie's housekeeping skills, it also has a strange skill - weather forecasting. Why it is also called "yang bird" and "dry bird", because it has the instinct to sense meteorological changes, can predict the direction of the wind, and predicts the weather and humidity. It should be noted that 300 years ago, human beings were still in the period of agrarianization, no cars and ships, no aircraft cannons, no electric lights and televisions, no... There was nothing in the industrial era, so how could there be a weather forecast? And the magpie can predict the weather, which shows how important its status is, and it is not difficult to understand how popular it is.
"Zhou Yi" Yun: "Magpie, Yang Bird, move first, and respond to things first." "Huainanzi" says: "The magpie's nest knows where the wind rises." "Fu Que first recognized the many winds of the year, and went to the tall wood and nested to support the branches." The Bird Sutra says: Magpies "sing on their backs are yin, when they sing down, they rain, and when people hear their voices, they are happy." "This innate, peculiar, and powerful skill of magpies became a means for ancient people to use phenology to predict meteorology. At that time, people, especially those with high cultural standards, often used the magpie's nest to inspect the water and drought, and the magpie song to clear the turbidity to test the rain and sunshine, and then extended into the auspiciousness of the zhao's examination of personnel. Because, the ancient traffic and rain shelter conditions are very backward, people can only judge the weather of the day by the sound of the magpie, the main sunny, they arrange to visit friends as guests, provincial relatives to Ning and other out-of-home travel activities; on the contrary, suspend or delay the going out of the house and other activities. Further, pushing people by themselves, the magpie sound becomes a harbinger of the approaching of pedestrians. Especially those soldiers on the edge, the coolies who serve in the army, the langjun who travels far away... Almost every family has it, and if you can return safely, it is naturally a great joy, so "dry magpies noisy and pedestrians arrive", joy, joy, joy, joy are hidden, how can you not be happy? Therefore, the black bird naturally became a knight, and the brocade covered its body and became a "spirit magpie", "divine magpie" and "magpie". Southern Dynasty Xiao Ji's "Yong Que Poem": "To avoid the new branches slipping, they also flew to the old nest." Now that the voice is heard, the letter of the family will return. Tang Wuming's "Que Ta Zhi": "The Que Nai Ling Magpie has many rumors, and how can he have evidence for sending joy?" Pi Rixiu: "Abandon the body in the courtroom, and the two magpies come to wag their tails." Want to peck at people to be surprised, happy words in the clear light. Qian Qi: "Leave the water behind people's backs, and the magpies will be close to their homes." The most interesting thing is that Qianlong Nagu, who composed many poems and had the most tasteless taste, the magpie with the dragon's heart, and the people," also composed the poem "Magpie", with the good love of Emperor Zhao's joy: "The magpie chirps, and the common cloud announces the joy of the sound." But in any case, it is enough to prove that it is a person, no matter whether rich or poor, hongru baiding, love magpies, and the common ear of man.
It is precisely because Chinese like magpies, and there are many legends and anecdotes attached to its body, and look at the Savior of the Annunciation: According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, in the vicinity of the Jingshi Chang'an, there lived a Xiucai surnamed Li, who looked beautiful, weak and moderate, read poetry and books, and was a humble gentleman. There was a large elm tree in front of his family's court, with deep branches and thick leaves, and there was a big magpie's nest at the fork of the branch, and there was an old magpie and a small magpie, a nest of magpies. Usually, Li Sheng often reads sage books under the tree, chanting Song poems, magpies go around in front of and behind him, Li Sheng feels that these magpies are very cute, very flattering, especially when they are tired of reading and tired of being tired, playing with the little magpies, they can also wake up and refresh their minds, great comfort, sometimes, throw some food to feed them, they sing and thank, quite gentlemanly. Over time, between people and birds, there is friendship, there is affection, and there is concern. Suddenly, the wind was angry, the walls were destroyed, strange disasters fell from heaven, and jiren was killed, and Li Xiucai was unjustly arrested by the government, and the official did not ask for a name, so he was put in a big prison to await trial. Seven or eight days have passed, Li Sheng was locked up with yellow skin and thin skin, and he sighed for a long time, not knowing when and where he could clear his grievances and go home again, and he did not know how the magpies on the big elm tree were now, and could his family feed him? He was thinking wildly, and when he didn't know what to do, he heard the familiar cries of magpies. Looking out of the small window of the big prison, the big magpie and the little magpie were singing to him on the roof and the edge of the window, chirping, and shouting, as if to persuade him not to worry, good things will come soon, and he will be "liberated." In this way, for three consecutive days, the magpies "performed" in this way, and on the morning of the fourth day, the cell boss greeted him with joy, saying that the guilty man had been caught, that he was innocent and could go home. It turned out that the old magpie he fed had become a rich man, and he had done some work for him up and down in the official palace, coupled with the fact that the official had accepted bribes and bribed the official, and the new official was honest and upright, not only released him, but also gave him a large amount of compensation. Since then, the feelings and friendship between Li Sheng and Magpie Er have deepened, and soon, Li Sheng has become a lifter, and Li Ju ren has become Li Tanhua, and this, all relying on magpie Savior annunciation, is it strange?
Look at the one who has been wronged and caught:
This happened in the Ming Dynasty. One day, when Old Master Qiao of Zhixian was trying a case in the ascending hall, suddenly two magpies flew around in front of the public case, screaming sadly, and they could not drive away. Old Master Qiao said in his heart, "Ping genus, magpies are all shouting with joy, but today they are whispering, this bird is both a happy bird and a spirit bird, is there any grievance?" Therefore, Old Master Qiao suspended the trial, looked up to the magpie and said, "If you two have an unjust case, I will send someone to handle it, otherwise, don't make a fuss about the court." The two magpies listened and nodded their heads, the mother magpie was still mourning, and the male magpie had already shown a joyful sound. When Mr. Joe saw the situation, he knew that what he expected was not false, and he was proud of his wisdom, so he ordered 2 tolerances to follow the magpies forward to see what was going on. In this way, 2 magpies fly in the sky, fly stop and stop, identify the direction and then fly, 2 tolerances ride fast horses on the ground when fast and slow to follow, when it is nearly noon, in front of a large reservoir, magpies do not fly, just on the surface of the water non-stop chirping, the voice is very sad and miserable, smelling sad. The 2 tolerances saw this situation and discussed it, one stayed where it was, and one returned to the county to report. Mr. Qiao sent a few fishermen down to the reservoir to salvage, and after a while, a male corpse was salvaged. Mr. Joe said to the 2 magpies, "Magpie, Magpie, if you two can point out who did it, I will file a complaint for you." Only to see that the 2 magpies seemed to understand The words of Old Master Joe, and they kept nodding their heads. Therefore, Mr. Joe still sent the 2 tolerances just now, and the old horse knew the way and continued to accompany the magpie to find the thief. Flying and walking, I don't feel the sunset in the mountains, the evening wind is getting cooler, the woods are overcast, the shadows are scattered, the birds are chirping, and the 2 little magpies are above a big house, not flying, like the chirping on the reservoir. The two tolerances did not hesitate, broke through the door, saw a man named Zhang Xing, a thief with rat eyes, a good person at a glance, searched around, found a large bag of money, took it to the courtyard, and looked at the 2 magpies on the eaves, they both kept nodding, chirping, indicating the meaning of affirmation. Zhang Xingyi looked up and saw these 2 little magpies, his face suddenly became pale, listless, and a criminal who was alive and free.
The next day, the sky was clear, the wind was harmonious, And Joe was in good spirits, and the trial began, 2 tolerances and others stood on both sides with large sticks, and 2 magpies stood on the beams of the hall, and did not chirp, quietly looking down. That was an ordinary little citizen, He had seen the majestic battle of the county grand master's trial of the case, and in addition, the person who was responsible for the case knew that his sins were deep and that it was difficult to escape the doom, so his body was like a sieve of chaff and trembling. Only to hear Old Master Qiao's voice like thunder, he passed it over: "Bold Zhang Xing, the existing magpies are singing injustice, and the dirty things are in front of you, if you recruit truthfully, you can be exempted from stick punishment." 2 tolerances and other people echoed in unison, the big stick hit the ground, the crackling only sounded, Zhang Xing involuntarily, in front of the case of Old Master Qiao, one hundred and fifty, beckoned out.
It turned out that this Zhang Xing was a "big truck" who rented out a "big truck", and his family had a big mule, transporting goods on behalf of people and collecting "rent". One day, he delivered goods for the merchant Yi Xiao'er, found that Yi Xiao'er had more money with him, and unconsciously felt evil, so he poisoned his hands and murdered Yi Xiao'er under a large locust tree. Although there is no one nearby, but the 2 magpies on the tree fly around and scream non-stop, making him upset, lingering, not leaving, simply picked the magpie's nest, but screamed louder, and followed to the reservoir, followed to the home, at night, only to not sound, do not know their tracks, have not just slept a sound, do not want to report to the county today, it seems that the little life will not be guaranteed. It is exactly: evil has evil retribution, good has good retribution, Hui Yuan three retribution, immediately arrived. And that magpie is jealous of evil like a vendetta, the road is uneven, stands up, exposes the evil, seeks injustice for the people, eliminates the evil, not to mention ancient times, even today, many people are not better than it, is it not ashamed? (Lisk)