The correct verse is: His son is the leader of the country. Meaning: Just such a person, an outstanding candidate for the country.
Source: "Guofeng·Zhengfeng·Laoqiu" is a poem in the "Book of Songs", the first poetry collection in ancient China.
Excerpts from the original text:
The lamb's fur is as wet as wet, straight and straight. His son will sacrifice his life.
Decorated with lamb fur and leopard, Kong Wu is powerful. His son is the commander-in-chief of the state.
The lamb's fur is beautiful, and the three characters are charming.
Translation: Wearing a moist lambskin coat, you are an upright and beautiful person. He is such a person who is not afraid of sacrifice to serve the king. Wearing a leopard-decorated lambskin coat, he is tall, powerful and proud. It is such a person who is a good minister of the country. The lambskin coat is so bright, and the plain silk decoration is even more brilliant.
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Creative background
As for the theme background of the poem "Zheng Feng·Lao Qiu", there are two main opinions: "Preface to Mao's Poems" " said: ""Lao Qiu" refers to the assassination of the dynasty. The gentleman of the ancient times used the wind to express his dynasty." It means praising the past to describe the present, and praising the ancient gentlemen to satirize the officials at that time.
Zhu Xi's "Collected Poems" believes that the Zheng people "praised his officials", that is, they praised Zheng's famous officials Zipi and Zichan. For these two opinions, there is still no unified statement.
In the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Heling, Chen Qiyuan and others believed that this poem was a satirical work of reality. Generally speaking, there are two main reasons:
1. In the Book of Songs, all the poems that refer to "his son" are satirical poems, such as "Wang Feng·Yang Zhi Shui" and "Wei Qi Shui". "Feng·Fen Juhen", "Tang Feng·Jiaoliao", "Cao Feng·Hou Ren", etc. Therefore, "Zheng Feng·Laoqiu" is no exception;
2. Collected in "The Book of Songs" His poems ended in the era of Chen Linggong, while Zipi, Zichan and others lived five or sixty years later than Chen Linggong's era. Besides, in the 16th year of Zhaogong (526 BC), when Zheng Liuqing paid a farewell visit to Han Xuanzi, Zichan once wrote "Zheng Feng·Lao Qiu". If this was a poem praising him, he would not have done it in front of his guests. Use this poem to brag about yourself.
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