The Story of the DoveThere are many allusions to dove:
- In ancient times, there was a dove staff, the head of which was carved with dove patterns. Legend has it that the dove is a bird that does not choke. The dove pattern is carved on the head of the staff, which has the meaning of preventing the old man from choking when eating.
- There was an allusion to the saying,"a huckster occupies a magpie's nest." This idiom came from the Book of Songs, Zhaonan, Magpie Nest. The dove was not a turtledove, but a cuckoo commonly known as a cuckoo (called a turtledove in ancient times). The cuckoo family was a type of bird that parasitized on eggs. Although it was said that magpies belonged to the crow family, which was larger and more ferocious than cuckoos, it was difficult for cuckoos to get close to magpie nests. There were no records of cuckoos parasitizing magpie nests in the wild, but the ancients made such a comparison, which may be purely literary imagination.
- There was an allusion to offering doves in Liezi Shuo Fu. The people of Handan offered doves to Zhao Jianzi on the first day of the first lunar month. Zhao Jianzi wanted to set them free on the first day of the first lunar month to show his kindness, but the guests pointed out that the people would catch them if they knew he wanted to set them free. In this way, more doves would die. If they really wanted the doves to survive, it was better to prohibit the people from catching them.
- There was also an allusion between Su Dongpo and Wang Anshi about the word "dove" and "nine birds." Su Dongpo asked,"What's the allusion to the word 'dove' and 'nine birds'?" Wang Anshi couldn't answer, so Su Dongpo answered on his behalf,"The parents of the bird gave birth to seven children, so there are nine birds." His words were frivolous, which made Wang Anshi unhappy.
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What zodiac does the dove that drinks the dove to quench thirst represent?"Drinking a dove to quench thirst" was the wrong usage. The correct usage was "drinking poison to quench thirst". Poisonous wine did not represent any zodiac. In the explanation related to the zodiac, it was related to the chicken in the twelve zodiac because it was the legendary poisonous bird (from the bird's point of view, it was related to the chicken). However, this connection was based on the interpretation of the idiom "drinking poison to quench thirst" to guess the zodiac. It was not related to the zodiac because there was no such usage as "drinking a dove to quench thirst".
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They story is great, and its progression is perfect, the like how its going except I hate tragedies, I wish it will be lovey dove all the way and the hard to get thing,well done author ,your story is fantastic, I love it