"Peacock flies to the southeast, drifting in five miles" I believe all the students who have studied ancient poetry know that this is one of the peaks of Yuefu poetry and the first narrative poem in the history of China literature. He stood out from many literary works and was selected as a Chinese textbook for junior and senior high schools.
The pinnacle of literary history:
The long narrative Peacock Flying Southeast can be said to be a masterpiece of Yuefu poetry, which is as famous as Mulan Poetry, which has been made into movies and TV series for many times. These two articles, also known as "Yuefu Double Wall", have influenced China people from generation to generation and are the crystallization of China traditional culture.
The story of the peacock flying southeast took place during the reign of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The love between the protagonists Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi ended in the tragedy of double suicide, which can be said to be a classic tragic love story bound by feudal ethics. But in fact, it was deleted from the newly compiled Chinese textbook for middle schools. What is the reason?
Speaking of the Eastern Han Dynasty, we have to talk about the cultural and educational policies adopted by Emperor Wu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to restore the country's development and make the country prosperous, Emperor Wudi of the Eastern Han Dynasty recruited wise men from the society and sought the policy of governing the country. However, because the culture at that time was influenced by the theory of Huang Lao in the early Han Dynasty, it paid attention to inaction and let nature take its course, which was obviously inconsistent with the positive political system of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.
However, when Taoism was shining brilliantly in the society, the positive political system of Confucianism was deeply loved by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, so the suggestions on governing the country put forward by Dong Zhongshu in "Loving Virtue and Carrying Things" were adopted by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, which laid the foundation for Confucianism to rule China's ideological circle for thousands of years.