Chapter 3 The first animal in the plural form of birds

October 29, 2008 at 22:42 Almost all zoologists have discussed the "de bird" this animal.Without exception, they believe that the bird is the phoenix.The basis for this judgment comes from.The mysterious author of the book once said in the first chapter that the great de bird has gathered all the precious qualities of the human world.On the five parts of its head, wings, back, chest and abdomen, there are gorgeous colorful feathers.The feathers are arranged in a certain order to form five beautiful patterns.These patterns respectively symbolize the five most important virtues: virtue, righteousness, propriety, benevolence and faith.Usually, human beings cannot see this kind of big bird. Only those who have one of the above qualities can see the corresponding part of the phoenix. The more noble and pure qualities they have, the more parts of the phoenix's body they can see.It is believed that only three people have seen the complete image of the phoenix throughout the ages.They are: Fuxi, the founder of civilization; Boyi, or Boyi, the leader of the Qin clan; Zouzi, the founder of the Yin-Yang School.

Han Ying, a Confucian-born naturalist, criticized this judgment.He believes that those who hold the above views obviously did not pay attention to the description of the bird in the "Hainei Jing".In this chapter, the mysterious author suddenly changed his words and said that the four parts of the phoenix's head, wings, chest, and back correspond to virtue, obedience, and benevolence, respectively, but did not mention its soft belly. Han Ying pointed out that if the phoenix is ​​really a bird of virtue, then it is obviously impossible for Confucius, who ranks first among all saints, not to see its whole picture.On the other hand, if you can even see those yin and yang practitioners who pinch talismans and chant mantras, and talk nonsense all day long, it is enough to show that the phoenix is ​​not a great animal.Finally, he gave another explanation for "De Bird".Han Ying said that although the chicken is an ordinary bird, it also has five virtues: literature, martial arts, courage, benevolence, and trustworthiness.In the farming era, chickens used their hoarse roar to help humans establish belief in time, which is another great merit.Based on these, the chicken is enough to be called a bird of virtue.

Regrettably, none of them were able to find out the essence of De Bird.In fact, the bird of virtue has nothing to do with the so-called "five virtues".They are an animal that will always only appear in the plural.A natural history work published in the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty described in detail the real situation of these animals: the phoenix is ​​just a part of the bird, and because it lives in the Central Plains, it is well known to the peoples in the Central Plains.Only through the phoenix, it is impossible to understand the real de bird. The unnamed author of Ye Tuzheng mentions other names of virtuous birds: Invention, Jiaoming, 鹔鹴, and Youchang.They occupy a corner of the map respectively, and served as markers of orientation before the belief in the "four beasts" was born.The shapes of these four birds are similar to those of Phoenix.On their torsos, heads, chests, abdomens and backs, feathers of different colors are also arranged in beautiful patterns symbolizing different characters.However, the order of the character decorations on these big birds is not the same.For example, Invention's torso is decorated with ren, while Jiao Ming puts it on his lower abdomen.This character appeared on You Chang's chest at the same time.Although they look almost indistinguishable from phoenixes, it is not difficult to make the distinction.In fact, only the phoenix is ​​a symbol of auspiciousness, and the appearance of other birds means that swords and famine are about to happen.

No one wants to live in such peril.In order to avoid the occurrence of disasters, it was proposed to try to kill the four de birds in Sifang.In this way, there will be only good news in the world, and no more bad news.It's just that such a proposal was criticized as soon as it was issued.Because although the German birds live in five places, they are still the same species, and the connection between them is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.If any one of these five birds gets sick, the other four will also get sick; if any one sings, the other four will also sing along.In the same way, if any one of them dies, the other four will also disappear.In this way, all the conduct and morality in the world will be completely wiped out with their departure.