Origin of "Autumn Waves" and "Gu Panshenghui"

1. The flow of autumn waves: from "Zhuangzi Autumn Waters".

Meaning: Autumn waves come from autumn water.

2. Gu Pan Shenghui: From "Giving Talents to Enter the Army" by Ji Kang of Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms.

Meaning: When you look back, you will see a wonderful appearance. Describes expressive features and moving posture.

Autumn water first comes from "Zhuangzi Autumn Water". Around the Tang Dynasty, it became popular among literati to compare a woman's eyes to autumn water. There is a line in Li He's "Tang Children's Songs" that says, "A pair of pupils can cut off the autumn water". Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, wrote three poems "Bodhisattva Man" for the enchanting eyes of his concubine Xiao Zhou. One of them wrote: "The eyes are dark and the eyes are about to flow."

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"Gu Panshenghui" comes from "Giving Scholars to Join the Army", the creative background of "Giving Scholars to Join the Army":

In the second year of Jingyuan, they were both members of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest Shan Tao was promoted from the position of Zhong Lang to the Minister of Civil Service, and recommended Ji Kang to take his place. Ji Kang therefore wrote the famous "Book of Severing Diplomacy with Shan Juyuan" to clarify his aspirations.

Ji Kang was originally friends with brothers Lu Xun and Lu An of Dongping. Lu An's wife was raped by his brother Lu Xun. Lu An originally planned to divorce his wife and sue Lu Xun. Lu Xun asked Ji Kang to persuade him and vowed not to complain first, so Ji Kang persuaded Lu An to calm down the matter.

After Ji Kang was imprisoned, public opinion immediately aroused dissatisfaction, and many heroes asked to be imprisoned with Ji Kang. After being advised by Yousi, everyone dispersed for a while, but in the end Ji Kang and Lu An were sentenced to death. On the day of execution, 3,000 Taixue students collectively petitioned for Ji Kang’s pardon and requested that Ji Kang be allowed to come to Taixue as a teacher. But in the end Sima Zhao sentenced him to death.

Before execution, Ji Kang’s expression remained unchanged, as usual. He looked at the shadow of the sun and saw that there was still some time before the execution, so he asked his brother for his favorite piano and played "Guangling San" on the execution ground.

After finishing the song, Ji Kang put down his qin and sighed: "In the past, Yuan Xiaoni tried to learn Guangling San from me. I always learned it, and Guangling San is now perfect!" After that, Ji Kang calmly killed him in 262 AD at the age of thirty-nine.

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