Three Riddle Poems (Part 3)
Lin Daiyu
Why tie the purple rope? Chi Cheng is fierce.
The master instructed the wind to thunder, and the three mountains on the back of the Aobei were independently named.
Why tie the purple rope? 騄駬: also known as "騄耳", "Green Ear", the ancient name of the Thousand Mile Horse. "Huainan Zi · Human Training": "Qi Ji Qi, the world's rapid horse also." It is said that he was one of the Eight Horses driven by King Mu of Zhou when he traveled west to Kunlun. The horse means the time represented by the chiming bell, such as the meaning of the white colt in "Zhuangzi Zhibei Tour". The purple rope is the reins, which refers to the unstoppable and irreparable passage of time. The ancients used twelve branches to represent time, and the twelve branches not only represent the zodiac, but also represent the geographical orientation, and the movement of the hands on the clock is equivalent to the change of the position of the sun, so it is said. Chi Cheng is fierce. Gallop through the city, across the ditch. Vicious, fierce, brave. A good horse, without the spur of its master's rope, can gallop through the city and over the ravines.
"The master instructs the wind to thunder, and the three mountains on the back of the Aobei are independent": This means that once the master's imperial concubine gives an order, the marriage order is issued, and the wind and thunder in Jia Province are moving. Aobei Three Mountains independent name. The three mountains of Aobei are derived from the "Liezi": in the east of the Bohai Sea, there are three sacred mountains of Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou, which are coming and going with the waves, and the Emperor of Heaven is afraid that they will float to the west pole, so he calls fifteen giant ao (big turtles to carry them. During the Ancient Kyoto Lantern Festival, the Mountain of Lights was made of three mountains with a variety of lights on it, which attracted attention. And the fairy of the three mountains of Aobei (Daizhu Immortal Grass) went to the west of the crane independently. Yu refers to the ending of Daiyu's death in tears for Baoyu after the marriage order was given by Concubine Yuan.
The mystery of Daiyu's "The Mystery of the Horse" is not explained, and some people guess that the mystery is "cloud". Wang Xilian and Zhou Chun both guessed that it was a "marquee". Because the horse painted on the marquee lamp does not need to be spurred by a rope, the lamp body turns, and the painted horse also gallops. Others think that the "marquee" is a false mystery. The true mystery is the path of the author's eventual abandonment.