Xu Yin
There are twelve genera of famous ginseng, and the flowers go deep into the feathers.
If you keep your word and urge Asahi, you can send a small silver.
I wear a jade crown, and my claws cut gold.
Only the feeling of rice beam, why repay kindness.
This poem describes that the chicken sincerely joined the zodiac. The first four sentences are written with sincerity. Chicken belongs to the zodiac. Its color soaked the feathers, kept the promise of announcing the dawn, sent away the night shadow with its crow, and ushered in the dawn. Write the following four sentences to repay your kindness. The high red crown of the chicken is dotted with auspicious eyes like jasper, and the pointed chicken feet are carved like gold. They were moved by their master's rice breeding for nothing, but what can be used to repay this kindness?
Another way of saying it is "the voice of virtue", which means the cock crows. Refer to The New Edition of Tang Poetry Painting and Calligraphy: Animals with Different Styles? Edited by Zhou Xiqing, Shi Ding and Zhou Yongyi. 296 pages? In ancient China, chickens were called birds with five virtues. According to Han Shi Zhuan, it has a crown on its head, which is a virtue. There is a distance behind the foot to play, which is martial arts; It is brave to dare to fight in front of the enemy; It is benevolence to have food to welcome the same kind; Vigilance and dawn are beliefs. This statement is not unreasonable. In this way, the last two sentences can be translated into: If the chicken is grateful for the kindness of the breeder, why does it have to get up early every day to announce the dawn? This translation is my own understanding and is for reference only.
"Ranked in the zodiac.
Flowers in the depths of feathers are fragrant.
Timely and trustworthy, urging the sunrise to rise every day.
Can sing a good song to meet the shadow of time and dawn.
The high crown is inlaid with jewels.
Sharp claws are like melted gold.
The feeling of eating rice and whole grains for free.
Is there any way to repay Tiandi Deyin?
Figure? (Qing) by Zhu Da.