What does the Duke of Zhou mean by spitting on the world?

It means: Only by being polite to talented people like Duke Zhou can the whole world turn to me for help. "The Duke of Zhou spat and fed, and the world returned to the heart" comes from the poem "Short Song" written by Cao Mengde-Cao Cao, a statesman, strategist, writer and poet in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

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"Biography of Han Poetry" Volume III: "When I became a king, I was sealed (the son of the Duke of Zhou) in Lu, and the Duke of Zhou remonstrated:' The past is gone! Lu has no way to be arrogant. I am the son of King Wen, my brother, and I became the king's uncle. I am also in the world, I am not the light. However, if you hold your head three times and spit for food three times, you will still be afraid of losing people in the world. " "

In order to recruit talents and receive visitors, the Duke of Zhou pulled his hair many times in the bath and spit out food from his mouth many times during a meal. Later, he used the words "The Duke of Zhou vomited, bathed three times, vomited three times at a meal" to show that he was thirsty for talents, polite to men and women, and busy recruiting talents.

Extended information "Baihou" sentence: Listening to the rumors of Baihou Hu, Xibo Jichang was imprisoned in Youli (now Tangyin, Henan). These two sentences refer to this matter. However, Cao Cao's allusions here are not ordinary, but imply that the queen Fu Shi and her father Tunqi, a captain, who he knew had colluded with Dong to punish Cao Cao.

See: Yes. Forgive the original: forgive the past. Shang Zhouwang wanted to prove whether Jichang could become a saint, so he killed Boyi, Ji Chang's eldest son in Yin, and cooked it as soup for Ji Chang. Ji Kang knew what Zhou Wang meant, endured grief and joy, and drank the soup. On this basis, Zhou Wang believed that Xibo had no divine power, so he gave birth to forgiveness. After the rescue of Xibe ministers such as Yao Hong and San Yisheng, Xibe was pardoned.

"Give it" sentence: After Xibojichang was released, he gave Zhou Wang the land of Luoxi to show his loyalty and demanded the abolition of the punishment of branding. Zhou Wang thought Ji Changcheng believed him, agreed to his request, gave him a bow, an arrow, an axe and a cymbal, and granted him the right to collect taxes. Thirty-three years of Di Xin Bamboo Records: "Wang Xi ordered Sibert to make an expedition." In the 18th year of Jian 'an (2 13), Emperor Xian of Han wrote in May, "Jun (Cao Cao) corrects the heavenly punishment, and Zhang Jue is guilty, and he will be punished if he violates the discipline of Guan Gan." In this move, Cao Cao tells the story of Wang Wen, which is actually a self-praise for Di Xian's extraordinary conquest ability. Yuè is an ancient weapon, shaped like a hatchet, but bigger. Conquest, a kind of "special expedition", was granted by the ancient emperor to the princes, and the generals had the privilege of mastering the army. They had to make a special expedition without waiting for the emperor's life.