Xihua Mountain used to be the capital of the Emperor of Heaven, where there was a kind of magpie with red feathers, which was different from others since it hatched.
It thinks that among all the birds in the world, only the behavior of the phoenix is worth imitating, so it takes the way of the phoenix as its way, takes the ambition of the phoenix as its ambition, and wants to send out the call of the phoenix to alert the world.
Knowing this, the pigeon advised the magpie bird, "Do you know idol puppets and clay dolls? Ancient saints used wooden statues to serve the gods, but later generations used clay dolls made of clay. It's not that the ancient sages were not as thoughtful as the later generations in serving the gods, just because they pursued sincerity and piety, and they didn't care whether they were similar in appearance. People in later generations are completely different from them, only care about appearance similarity, not sincerity. Now you follow the ancient convention and run counter to these people. If you succeed, it will definitely lead to disaster! "
Later, the magpie bird finally turned into a phoenix song, skimming the branches and leaves of the phoenix tree and soaring into the sky. The sound echoed in the cave and filled the cliff. Even pine trees, fir trees, cypress trees and maple trees are all branches and leaves trembling, which is in harmony with this sound; The birds and animals that heard this sound were ready to move, showing the color of panic.
The bird became very alert after hearing the sound. Afraid that the magpie bird would shake its position, it sent a kite to see the angel of the Queen Mother and said, "It is obviously a magpie bird, but its sound is so strange, which is really ominous."
Hearing this, the queen mother sent larks to drive out magpies and chase them far away every day.
At the seaside, the magpie bird lost all its feathers in the struggle, and was found by the thrush bird, with an arrow in the middle of its neck, dying and almost dying.
The author Li Yu (Liu Bowen's name) got a beautiful pony and gave it to the emperor happily, but the servants around the emperor said that the horse was not made in a good place and didn't take it seriously.
Li Yu's good friend Nangongzi told this fable to comfort him.
Ancient saints served God and paid attention to sincerity, which was the intersection of spirit and God. Nowadays, people serve God only for appearances, care about fame and fortune, and forget the essence.
Magpie with feathers is obviously a genius among birds. As a magpie bird, dedicated to the phoenix. It is not what it looks like, so it can make an earth-shattering song. Unfortunately, they were also afraid of being vilified, and they didn't end well in the end.
This tragedy of being jealous of talents exists not only in the world, but also in the heaven (implying the imperial court), which is really sad.
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