Original text:
Clean the interior to make it clear and shine like the sun and the moon,
Suddenly silent, willing to be loyal, but blocked and incomplete.
You are innocent, you serve the king, you are smart,
I am afraid that I will be alienated and forget that day.
The beauty of the chest can be said to be external.
I yearn for beautiful scenery, and I am willing to think forever and never give up.
Explanation:
Noble in quality, naive and honest, loyal as the sun and the moon. Although full of loyalty and humility, it is difficult to be smooth sailing because of the gap between the monarch and the minister. Serve the king with innocence, and cover up the holy light with hatred and flattery. It is a pity that there is no mysterious tin to polish the mirror, and I am worried that I will be alienated and gradually forgotten. Courtesy brings good wishes, but the king is fascinated by charm. Seeing my gentle and graceful figure makes me feel pity. May the king remember him for a long time and never forget him.
Extended data
First of all, the contents of these inscriptions should be related to commemorating Chao Cuo who was unjustly killed by Emperor Han Jing.
The main reasons are as follows:
(1) The time when this inscription appeared coincides with the time when Chao Cuo was killed unjustly. In the third year of Emperor Jingdi (BC 154), Chao Cuo was killed unjustly, which formed a great political tragedy in the Western Han Dynasty. According to the Biography of Han Dynasty, Deng Gong, a courtier at that time, once said to Jingdi: "Chao Fu has the power of a vassal, so please behead it to respect the capital and benefit the world."
When the plan came out, the pawn was slaughtered, and Du was out to avenge the princes, but I secretly refused to work for your majesty. "So Jingdi suddenly took a long breath and said," I hate it when people say yes. The "Zan" in "The Biography of the Han Dynasty" also said: "Sad husband! Although the mistakes are not finished, the world mourns its loyalty. "
(2) China literature uses vanilla beauty as a metaphor for the tradition of being loyal to officials, and Songs of the South is a typical representative. Han Zeng said in the preface to Li Sao: "Li Sao's writing is based on poetry, which leads to Bi Xing.
Therefore, good birds and fragrant grass are worthy of loyalty, bad birds and smelly things are worthy of comparison, spiritual beauty is worthy of comparison with you, beautiful women are worthy of comparison, virtuous ministers are worthy of comparison, husband and wife are worthy of trust, and floating clouds and neon lights count as villains. This kind of bronze mirror inscription, such as "blocking but not penetrating" and "fearing estrangement and forgetting the sun", has many similarities with the contents of Chu Ci.
(3) Zhao Ming Innocent Mirror came out in the Jingdi period and ended in the late Western Han Dynasty, with two peaks, which happened to be in the Liang Wudi period for half a century, but this cultural content did not exist at all. According to the author's analysis, this kind of mirror inscription commemorating the content of Chao Cuo was not allowed to appear in the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, but it was released in the period of Emperor Zhao.
Second, the taboo culture in this kind of mirror questions.
Avoiding the names of emperors or their relatives is a unique historical and cultural phenomenon in ancient China society, and it is also a political knowledge and social law that all subjects must know. There are many related records in the handed down literature:
"Zuo Zhuan Huan Gong Six Years": "Zhou people will fear the name of God."
"Biography of the Ram in the Year of Min": "The Spring and Autumn Period is taboo for the venerable, the relatives are taboo, and the saints are taboo."
Yan Zhitui's "Yan's Family Training and Wind Exercise": "Anyone who avoids it must change to the same training: Huan Gong's name is white, and Bo has the name of five luxury; Li Wang is famous, and the piano means shortening. "
Cai Yong acted arbitrarily: "A group of ministers with different surnames have made contributions and are called Chehou. Avoid the taboo of Emperor Wu and change to the same Hou. Or "Liehou". "
The most taboo phenomenon is the taboo of the emperor. For example, the Western Han Dynasty changed the mythical "Heng E" to "Chang 'e" because it avoided the taboo of China Emperor Liu Heng. Avoid the taboo of Liu Qizhi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and change "Qi" into "Qi"; In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, avoided the taboo and changed "scholar" to "Cai Mao". Mirror inscriptions also have such a phenomenon, the most typical of which is this mirror inscription. The early inscription was "but not all blocked", and later it was changed to "but not all blocked" in order to avoid Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.