Zhou Song Haotian has a destiny translation and annotation translation. Obviously, there are instructions from heaven, and the king of Wen and the king of Wu are all doomed by heaven. Being a king does not dare to enjoy happiness and manages business day and night. How brilliant! Do your best to protect the destiny, and the country is too safe for the people.
Note 1 Hao Tian: Tian. Fate: a given fate. Two emperors: two kings, referring to Zhou Wenwang and Zhou Wuwang. Acceptance: refers to accepting fate. 30% Wang: Wu Wang. Kang: Happiness and peace. 4 (Su) Night: Day and night, day and night. Krishnamurti: Plan. Life: decree. Your secret: forgiveness and serenity. 5 Yu (wū): exclamation point, expressing praise. Ji: Smart. 6 single: pass "Lu" and do your best. Jue (Jue): refers to becoming a king. 7.4: Consolidation. To: stability.
Zhou Song Haotian was authorized to appreciate this poem with only seven sentences, briefly described the contributions of the three kings at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, and emphatically praised Zhou Chengwang's efforts to complete his predecessor's career. Five of the seven lines in the poem praise the king, and only the first one involves heaven, which shows that Zhou people pay more attention to people's efforts while respecting heaven.
At the beginning of this poem, the sacrifice to become a king does not begin with the sacrifice to the Lord, but dates back to the two kings, Wen and Wu, and then to Haotian, which seems a bit off topic. In fact, this is not difficult to explain. It is the fate of Wenhe, and Wenhe is also the fate of heaven. Therefore, from the perspective of heaven, the explanation is in the same strain as literature and has the truth of heaven. The first two sentences are the introduction of the whole poem, and their functions are like fu bi xing, while the last five sentences are the main body of the whole poem. Wang Cheng was the second generation emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, whose reputation was second only to Wen and Wu, and he was as famous as his son Kang Wang, known as "the rule of Cheng Kang" in history. "Historical Records of Zhou Benji" said: "When you have a successful career, good health and peace in the world, you will not use criminal measures for more than forty years. The reason why the world is peaceful is because "I dare not be healthy for the king", which is just the opposite of "Xia Kang entertains himself" in Li Sao. The secret of night life "extends the meaning of" dare not be healthy ",and one positive and one negative complement each other. This sentence is the most difficult to understand. Confucius lived in seclusion in the Book of Rites: "Confucius said," At night, his life is hidden and he is happy. " Zheng Xuan's Note: "It is based on reading. Cheap, seek also. Dense and quiet. It is said that you seek politics and religion at night and enjoy it. "Chen Zizhan's direct interpretation of the Book of Songs said that" this old interpretation of this sentence is the only way to be more clear "; "Er Ya Shi Shu" also said: "Those who are cheap are also seeking. "It is synonymous with Zheng Zhu. "Ji" in the fifth sentence is a conjunction and should not be decomposed. The word "Ji" in Daya Wang Wen, the word "Ji" in Wei Qing and the word "Ji Chunjian" all have distinct interpretations, and we also rely heavily on them. In the last sentence, "Qi" is equal to "ambition" and "Jing" is equal to "Jing", which means "consolidating it and stabilizing it". Zhou Wenwang and the Zhou Dynasty were consolidated and stabilized when they became kings, which was the result of his life-long sacrifice to the monarch.
Zhou Song Haotian has a creative background. This is an ode to Zhou Chengwang. The foundation of the Zhou Dynasty was laid by Wen Hewu, and its success and prosperity prevailed. Historically, criminal measures have not been used for forty years. This time can be called the golden age of Zhou Dynasty. After Zhao and Mu, the national situation gradually declined. Later, Li was expelled, you Wang was killed, Ping Wang moved to the east, and entered the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the royal family declined, princes merged, barbarians invaded, and society was in turmoil. According to legend, there was an official who collected poems in the Zhou Dynasty in China. Every spring, he shakes Muduo and goes deep into the folk to collect folk songs. After sorting out the works that can reflect people's joys and sorrows, he gave them to the Taishi (the official in charge of music) to compose music and sing them to the emperor as a reference for administration. The Book of Songs, which reflects the social life from the early Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, is an image reflection of China's social life during these 500 years, including the ancestor's ode to entrepreneurship and the movement of offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods; There are also banquet exchanges between nobles and resentment against uneven work and rest; There are also touching chapters reflecting labor, hunting and a lot of love, marriage and social customs. This poem reflects the sacrifice at that time.
This poem was written to sacrifice to become a king, which was originally thought. Zhu's Biography of Poems quoted Guo Yu as saying: "When Tao becomes king, it is virtue." Can prove it. However, Preface to Mao Poems thinks that it is a place to worship heaven: "Heaven has a destiny, and the suburbs worship heaven and earth." The Preface to Mao's Poems comes to this conclusion, firstly, because it firmly believes that Zhou Song is a work after becoming a king and can't be a sacrifice to become a king; Second, because it often judges the theme of a poem only according to its origin, not according to the whole poem. This conclusion in Preface to Mao's Poems is obviously inconsistent with the poems in this article, because there is only one sentence about heaven in the whole poem, so although Mao's poems have occupied a dominant position in poetics for a long time, and Zheng Xuan and Confucius have painstakingly filled in the gaps, they have been criticized by later generations. Modern scholars also abandon the viewpoint of Preface to Mao Poetry and restore its true colors of "sacrificing to become a king".
Poetry: Zhou Song Hao Tian You Cheng Poetry Author: Pre-Qin anonymous poetry classification: The Book of Songs, Sacrifice