I never tire of it. My wings are full of purple.
Don't you often work hard? Shame and yellowbirds flock.
When will you become a musical instrument? Will become sacred and wise.
Translation of The Third Gift for My Brother
Phoenix gathers in Nanyue, and they wander in the withered bamboo forest.
My heart is not discouraged, I am trying to spread my wings and soar above the sky.
Can I stop studying hard and practice hard? I think it's a shame to associate with yellowbird.
When will the outstanding people come? I will wait until I meet the monarch.
Notes on "The Third Gift from My Brother"
Phoenix Emperor: Phoenix.
Tired: through "Yan", the meaning of satisfaction.
Purple atmosphere: high altitude, clouds.
Yellowbird: a metaphor for a layman or an idle person.
Lion: It is said that Phoenix comes to dance with graceful posture. The ancients thought it should be auspicious.
Appreciation of The Third Gift for My Brother
This poem is about "Phoenix". Phoenix is a legendary "god bird" (story-telling) and grows in the "Danxue Mountain" in the south. Li Ji said that it is the "long" of the "feather worm", so its habitat and food are also different from any bird: "Unless the phoenix tree is not born, it will not eat unless it is practiced" (Zheng Xuan wrote in the Book of Songs, Daya, Juanjia). This is what the poem says at the beginning: "Phoenix gathers in Nanyue Mountain and wanders around solitary bamboo roots". Poets praise the phoenix not only because of its magical habits, but also because of its incomparable embrace: "I can never get tired of hearing it, and my wings are full of purple." -it despises the custom of "birds eat to death" and is not satisfied with "bamboo" food. On the contrary, it will try to spread its huge wings and fly high above Xia Zi! The last sentence takes the dynamic image of the phoenix flying in the air, showing its great ambition, vigorous brushwork and masculine beauty. Anyone who has read Zhuangzi Xiaoyao Tour and Song Yu Ask the King of Chu will remember that when Mao Peng and Phoenix "climbed to the top of Nine Wan Li", people like "learning pigeons" and "flying birds" once asked them ignorant questions with their opinions. Therefore, Song Yuyou "the Phoenix Emperor struck nine thousand Li, but, negative heaven, soaring above the ghost. How can the arrogance of the hedge be compared with the language of "the height of heaven and earth"? This kind of fighting generation will be scolded. The poet probably felt this, so the next two sentences gave a shocking answer to the ridicule of the ignorant generation through the mouth of the phoenix: "Don't always work hard and be ashamed of the yellowbird!" "It means: Because I don't go along with the secular generation, I don't shy away from hard work and devote myself to fighting the storm! The poet looked up at the clouds and was so excited that he couldn't help asking, "So, when will you come back?" "Phoenix's answer is crisp and neat:" Congsheng Congzhi. "It means: I will return to Wan Li as soon as Mingjun dies! These four sentences express the ambition of Phoenix. After the poet put them in "purple gas", he created a magnificent realm of high-altitude voice. The beautiful Phoenix bird flew away in the air, but the sky in Wan Li is still rumbling, and its proud song is written on the white clouds in the sky!