Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix
What is the decline of He De?
Don't blame the past,
You can still chase what you have come.
Only, there is (2)!
Today's politicians are at stake!
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Phoenix! Phoenix!
Why is your virtue getting worse every day?
The past cannot be discouraged,
There is still time to guard against the future.
Give it up! Give it up!
How dangerous it is to be an official now!
This song "Songs of the South of China are madly connected" first appeared in The Analects of Confucius. Later, Sima Qian wrote Records of the Historian, which was recorded in The Confucius' Family. The word "Xi" was added under "remonstrance" and the word "Ye" was added under "pursuit". In addition, there is a song with the same name in Zhuangzi's Life on Earth, which is a perfunctory song in The Analects of Confucius, increasing to 28 sentences. "Chu Kuang" is a hermit in Chu who pretends to be crazy and sells stupidity. The original meaning of "Jieyu" is to pick up Confucius' car, not the name of "Chu Kuang". "Jieyu" in Zhuangzi is the name of Chu Kuang, which is actually a misunderstanding. Many works in the pre-Qin classics mentioned "Chu Ci". In addition to Life on Earth, Zhuangzi can also be found in Free Travel and The Emperor. Andy and Qu Yuan's Nine Chapters on the River are also involved. In the Jin Dynasty, Huangfu Mi wrote "The Biography of Gao Shi". At first, his surname was Lu, but there was no basis for his registration, so he made it up.
The whole song has six sentences and three grades. The first two sentences are the first level. This is a satire on Confucius. Phoenix bird is a legendary auspicious bird, which only appears when the politics is clear. Confucius once said: "Before the phoenix arrived, the river did not draw pictures, and I was a husband." (The Analects of Confucius Zi Han) This refers to Confucius as a "phoenix bird". "Moral decline" means that there are fewer and fewer good moral qualities and worse moral cultivation. Phoenix bird is not like phoenix bird, and Confucius is not like Confucius. The phoenix bird should have appeared at the time of political clarity, but now it has also appeared at the time of world chaos, in order to satirize Confucius' untimely behavior of running around and seeking the world. The use of interrogative adverb "He" strengthens the suspicion and negation of Confucius' behavior. The middle two sentences are the second level, which is an exhortation to Confucius. The phrase "the past" refers to the past and cannot be discouraged; The phrase "newcomer" means that there is still time to prevent and avoid things from happening in the future, which means asking Confucius to correct his mistakes and avoid chaos and seclusion. When the two sentences are combined, the focus is on the latter one, which is exactly the same as the idiom "It's never too late to mend". The last two sentences are the third level, which is a warning to Confucius. "I have stopped" is to persuade Confucius not to go his own way again, which is equivalent to what people say today: "forget it" and "give up" What is the reason? "Today's politicians are in danger", although this refers to today's politicians in danger, is specially sung for Confucius. The main intention is to warn and remind Confucius.