Peacock: It is said that peacock's feathers and bile are poisonous.
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From: Yuan Liu Jiang Qian Shan Gang Dang Lu Jiang Xiao Lihang Wang Shizhen in Ming Dynasty (Yuefu ed.), which was written by Wang Shizhen to evaluate Yan Song, a powerful minister in Ming Dynasty.
These two sentences take a peacock as a metaphor, which refers to Yan Song, a power traitor in the Ming Dynasty, who is vicious and evil. However, some of his poems are still very literary and cannot be discarded because of people.
Extended information: background story:
In the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen wrote "Yuanjiang Qian Shan Ji" as a petty official of Lujiang. Yuanjiang is the name of Jiangxi Water, which flows through Qianshan, Fenyi County, the hometown of traitor Yan Song in Ming Dynasty. This poem exposes the sins of Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan. It is more than 1500 words long, and it is a five-character ancient poem, imitating the style of "Peacocks flying southeast" in Han Yuefu.
The poem describes in detail all kinds of evil deeds such as Yan and his son forming a party for personal gain, framing loyalty, demanding power and accepting bribes, and being extravagant and extravagant. In the last part of the poem, the author uses the mouth of a fellow villager in Yan Song to angrily reprimand Yan Song, which makes people overjoyed.
As far as its cultural value is concerned, Yan Song's Qian Shan Tangji is eligible to be included in Sikuquanshu, but Sikuquanshu is not. According to the editor, the reason for not accepting it is: "Although chanting is a work, it can clearly show its meaning only with its purpose."
Promoting good and avoiding evil means praising good and evil; The so-called "Ming Tuo's meaning" means that Yan Song is a traitor. Although his poems are hard-working, they are not worth keeping. It is enough to leave a bibliography. This treatment shows the malice of Tuoyansong.
According to legend, Yan Song once wrote a "Zhizhongtang" plaque for a juren examination room. After seeing it, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty ordered the plaque to be taken down, saying, "Yan Song is a traitor and can't hang his plaque." Then I wrote one myself. But looking left and right, I always feel that it is not as good as Yan Song's writing, so I sighed: "One person is a traitor, not a word." Emperor Qianlong originally wanted to abolish words with people, but later he still felt that people belong to people and words belong to words.
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