We don’t want to be born on the same day, but we want to die on the same day
The allusion comes from the famous story of "Three Brothers in Taoyuan", which expresses the will and affection of living and dying together.
Source of the allusion
"Single Sword Club" by Guan Hanqing of the Yuan Dynasty:
Three brothers and I became sworn brothers in the peach garden, slaughtering a white horse to sacrifice to the sky, and a black cow to sacrifice to the earth. , I don’t want to be born on the same day, but I want to die on the same day.
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At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Liu Bei was a distant grandson of the Han royal family. He was twenty-eight years old when Liu Yan, the governor of Youzhou, recruited volunteers. He met two like-minded people, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and they were determined to gather the brave people in the village to apply for the army together and contribute to the country.
Zhang Fei said: "There is a peach garden on my farm, and the flowers are in full bloom. Tomorrow I will pray to heaven and earth in the garden. The three of us will become brothers and work together, and then we can plan for great things. "
Liu Bei and Guan Yu replied in unison: "This is very good."
The next day, they prepared sacrifices such as black cattle and white horses in the Taoyuan, and the three of them burned incense. He bowed and swore: "I think of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. Although they have different surnames, as brothers, we will work together to rescue the poor and help the people in danger. We will report to the country and help the common people. We do not wish to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but only wish to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day." Death. The emperor and the empress have shown this heart. Those who are ungrateful and ungrateful will be killed by heaven and man." After the oath, I worshiped Liu Bei as my brother, Guan Yu as my second, and Zhang Fei as my younger brother.
This is the famous story of "Three Brothers in Taoyuan". From then on, the three of them were loyal to their oaths and to their brotherhood, and indeed shared joys and sorrows and endured hardships. They became an example of sworn brothers in history.
In the oath, "I don't want to be born on the same day, the same year, the same month, but I just want to die on the same day, the same year, the same month." In Guan Hanqing's "Single Sword Club", it was simplified to "I don't want to be born on the same day, but I want to die on the same day." They also became sworn brothers. The necessary words in an oath.
Later generations used the allusion "not to be born on the same day, but to die on the same day" to express the will and affection of living and dying on the same day.
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Plot summary:
During the Three Kingdoms period, in order to regain Jingzhou, Lu Su invited Guan Yu to a banquet, secretly set up an ambush, and invited Guan Yu's old friend Sima Hui to come to the banquet and drink. Hui refused and warned Lu Su not to act recklessly. After receiving the invitation, Guan Yu knew it was a ruse, so he still took Zhou Cang to the meeting alone. Guan Ping and Guan Xing led their troops to respond by the river. During the banquet, the two exchanged words, but Lu Su could not win. Guan Yu's wisdom and bravery shocked Lu Su so that he did not dare to use the ambushed sergeants, and finally returned safely.
Small appreciation:
"Single Sword Club" is not like Guan Hanqing's other dramas that focus on the twists and turns of the plot and pursue ups and downs. Lyrical and freehand, it shows the character of the character in the exaggeration and preparation, and expresses a strong and heroic passion.
General dramas often describe a tortuous process of radical change, displaying the character of the characters in the dynamics and the development and evolution of the plot. "Single Sword Club" is rather unique. Half of the dramatic scenes are over and the main characters have not yet appeared, and the plot has almost no progress.
Guan Hanqing
A playwright of the Yuan Dynasty, nicknamed Ji Zhai.
Together with Ma Zhiyuan, Bai Pu and Zheng Guangzu, they are known as the "Four Great Masters of Yuan Opera", with Guan Hanqing at the top and a representative figure in ancient Chinese opera creation.
"The Injustice of Dou E", "Saving Feng Chen", "Wangjiang Pavilion", "Moon Worship Pavilion", "Lu Zhailang", "Single Sword Club", "Tiao Fengyue", etc. are his representative works. .
Guan Hanqing is also a famous Sanqu writer. His content mainly includes three aspects: describing the prosperity of the city and the life of artists, describing travel and separation, and describing his own ambitions.