Zhan Zhanlusi, the bandits are still bright. I'm tired of drinking at night, and I won't be able to get home until I'm drunk.
Zhan Zhan Lusi, in Bifengcao. If you are tired of drinking at night, you will be tested in Zongzai.
Zhan Zhan Lusi, on the other side of the thorns. A gentleman who shows his approval must always be virtuous.
The paulownia and the chair are actually Lili. As a gentleman, you must obey your rules.
Translation:
The dewdrops are heavy and thick in the morning, and the sun will not evaporate. It's such a grand dinner that I can't go home without getting drunk.
The dewdrops in the morning are heavy and thick, hanging on the lush grass. Such a grand dinner is really grand to be held in the ancestral temple.
The dewdrops in the morning are heavy and thick, spreading on the wolfberry and jujube bushes. All upright gentlemen have a good reputation.
The tall chair trees and sycamore trees bear heavy fruits. A harmonious and generous gentleman always behaves well.
Every poem in "The Book of Songs" is like a painting, and they will tell stories to future generations in an elegant and romantic way, traveling through time and space, allowing people thousands of years apart to get close to each other.
The poem starts with "dewdrops", which is a continuation of the previous poem "Polygonium Xiao", metaphorically referring to the emperor's favor. The first chapter describes the joy of banquets - "If you don't get drunk, you won't come home." Drinking with like-minded people will not diminish your interest. "The sage, Dan Qiusheng, is about to drink, and never stop drinking." Perhaps it is really as Taibai said, " "You will have to drink three hundred cups at a time." However, if you are alone and you are poor, old and sick, the glass of wine in front of you will be harder to swallow than the bitter medicine, and "the wine glass will become muddy when it is full." You won’t be drunk until you get home, and you are in a great mood. This is no ordinary banquet!
The second chapter describes the banquet place - "Zai Zong Zaikao". The ancestral temple was the supreme place in the feudal dynasty, symbolizing power and honor. The scale of such a banquet is very grand, and the guest of honor is the most distinguished person in the country.
Chapters 3 and 4 praise the guests at the banquet - "A gentleman who shows his courtesy will never fail to follow his virtues", "A gentleman who is a younger brother will never fail to follow his etiquette". After taking over the first two chapters, you will know the objects of the next two chapters. "Junzi" is the emperor's laudatory name for the guest princes. It is not an empty and pretentious perfunctory, but a heartfelt praise for their character and manners. This includes the emperor's courtesy and reliance on the princes. Virtue, etiquette and music became the compass that guided the spiritual and ideological development of that era, both from top to bottom, and the customs were pure and true.
In our current era, we should really learn from the ancients. We should not just focus on "money" and "power", but should take a long-term view. In addition, targeted poverty alleviation should first support intellectuals, rather than blindly Provide material support, otherwise it is really impossible to escape poverty.
The historical events in "The Book of Songs·Zhanlu" and "Zuo Zhuan" can echo each other. According to "Zuo Zhuan", in 594 BC, Ning Wuzi went to Lu as an envoy on behalf of Wei. Duke Wen of Lu was very polite and arranged a performance of "Zhan Lu" at the banquet in honor of him. Unexpectedly, Ning Wuzi said nothing and his face was expressionless. Duke Wen of Lu was a little confused and didn't know what he was doing wrong. So he sent someone to inquire privately. Ning Wuzi told the truth, "In the past, the princes courted the king, and the king entertained him, so he wrote "Zhanlu", then the emperor was in the sun, and the princes took their lives. The princes were angry with the king and offered their services, so the king gave him With one red bow, a hundred red arrows, and a thousand arrows with a fine bow, I will repay the banquet with you. Now that my companion has come to carry on the old good deeds, I have humiliated him, and he dares to do such a great gift to get himself into trouble." Ning Wuzi said it very clearly. "Lu" and "Tonggong" "The emperor is in the sun, and the princes are using their lives." These two poems were used by the emperor to entertain and reward the princes when the princes paid homage to the emperor of Zhou. Ning Wuzi did persuade the king of Lu to ridicule him. Ning Wuzi was a small official who defended his country, and Lu was a small vassal state. How could he dare to overstep like this? Maybe you think that Ning Wuzi is really a stubborn and clumsy guy. Shouldn't you be enjoying yourself with such a grand song and dance? In fact, Ning Wuzi is a very smart person who is "unreachable". Confucius praised him specifically, "Ning Wuzi, if the state has the Way, then it is wise; if the state does not have the Way, then it is stupidity. His knowledge is within reach, but his stupidity is beyond reach." Confucius lamented that Ning Wuzi's intelligence can be learned, but his "Stupid" is something that most people cannot learn.
In "The Analects of Confucius·Eight Yi", Confucius once said angrily: "Eight Yi dance in the whole court is tolerable, but who can't be tolerated!" The Ji family, who had overwhelming power in the Lu State, not only did not take the monarch seriously Here, he even compares himself to the emperor and enjoys the performance of the Eight-Yang Dance. According to the ritual and music system of the pre-Qin Dynasty, there were eight 佾 (eight people in a line, called yiyi) for the emperor, and 8864 people for the eight yi, six yi (forty-eight people) for the princes, and four yi (32 people) for the ministers and officials.
Confucius’s indignation, Ji’s rudeness, and Ning Wuzi’s obedience all originated from the hierarchy of rituals and music in the pre-Qin period. At that time, the rulers hoped to use "music" to harmonize people's inner spirits, thereby making them harmonious and respectful to each other, and making the entire society harmonious and unified. Within the ruling class, ritual and music also have an extremely strict hierarchy, divided into four levels: emperor, princes, officials, and scholars. Different ritual and music activities are stipulated according to their status, and according to the different applications of music in etiquette. , strict regulations are made according to different levels. If you do not enjoy or perform ritual music according to your status, it is considered to be "transgression" or "indecent". Therefore, the pre-Qin ritual and music system was actually a hierarchical system with ritual and music as the core. Ritual was the core of music, and music was just the form of ritual.
"Elegance is righteousness." Confucius once lamented the era when rituals and music collapsed. Now when we recite these poems that record the past, we will have more thoughts...