In ancient China, mandarin ducks were the first to be compared to brothers.
In the "Selected Works" compiled by Liang Xiaotong of the Southern Dynasty, there are excerpts from "Su Wu and Li Ling's Reply Poems", including lines such as "In the past we were mandarin ducks and ducks, now we are participating in business", "Both flesh and blood are close to branches and leaves" and other poems , here is a farewell poem expressing friendship between Li Ling and Su Wu.
Zheng Feng of Jin Dynasty wrote four poems in "Reply to Lu Shilong's Poems". The preface of the first poem "Mandarin Ducks" says: "Mandarin ducks are beautiful and virtuous people. There are two sages flying to Dongyue." Yuanyang is a metaphor for brothers Lu Ji and Lu Yun.
The comparison of mandarin ducks to husband and wife first came from the poem "The Ancient Meaning of Chang'an" by Lu Zhaolin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. In the poem, there is a line "I would like to be a mandarin duck and not envy the immortals", which praises the beautiful love. Later, some literati imitated it. .
Related verses
1. No one is watching the light rain all day long, and the mandarin ducks face each other in red clothes.
2. The half-bed of Shujin is empty, and Yuanyang sleeps alone.
3. The female companion can come to see Xin Nie, and the mandarin duck is about to climb the flower branch.
4. In the blue clouds of the palace, the couple first ordered the couple.
5. The jadeite cultivates its wings in silence, and the mandarin duck performs its duties leisurely.
6. The peacock pine is broken into red amber, and the mandarin duck tile is broken into green colored glaze.
7. The water in the fragrant pond is full of black pupil trees, and the mandarin ducks and ducks are like poultry.
8. It was at the place where the two sides met that the mandarin ducks flew into the rapids.
9. Farewell to the south of the Yangtze River last night tonight, the mandarin ducks' wings are cold and flying.
10. Even though we have collected all the treasures, we hate to see each other apart, but we always fly together.
11. The wine is getting stronger and the spring thoughts are wandering, and the mandarin duck embroidery is turned red.