Zodiac poems

Master mouse, don't eat my millet. From Feng Shuo's Shu-Anonymous/Zhou Dynasty

Interpretation: vole, vole, don't eat my millet!

The mouse in the official granary is like a bucket of rice. When you see someone, you want to open the granary and don't run. From: Official Hamster-Cao Ye? /Tang dynasty

Interpretation: The mouse in the official granary is as big as a bucket of rice, and it doesn't run when people come to open the granary.

2. Cattle

Boil a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and you have to drink 300 cups at a time. From Into the Wine —— Li Bai/Tang Dynasty

Interpretation: Enjoy cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle, and don't drink too many cups at once.

The sky is gray and wild. See cattle and sheep when the wind blows. From Chile Song-Anonymous/Southern and Northern Dynasties

Interpretation: Four sides are connected with the earth, the blue sky is endless, and the green fields are endless. When the wind blows to the grass, flocks of cattle and sheep appear and disappear.

3. Tiger

Looking back, how powerful he was when he led the Northern Expedition and recovered lost ground! From Yong He Le Jing Kou Gu Bei Ting Nostalgia —— Xin Qiji/Southern Song Dynasty

Interpretation: In the distant past, he commanded a powerful and sophisticated military force and swallowed pride like a tiger.

The wind blows in Shui Han, and the strong men are gone forever. Song from Jing Ke-Anonymous/Pre-Qin Dynasty

Interpretation: The rustling wind blew the bank of Yishui very cold. Jing Ke, a strong man, went and never came back.

4. Rabbit

The male rabbit's feet are confused and the female rabbit's eyes are blurred. From Mulan Poetry-Anonymous/Northern Wei Dynasty

Interpretation: the front foot of the male rabbit is always moving, and the eyes of the female rabbit are always squint.

The white rabbit smashed the medicine and asked who to eat with. From Gulangyu-Li Bai? /Tang dynasty

Interpretation: Who is the fairy medicine that the white rabbit is working on?

5. dragons

I want to report to you on the golden platform, and I want to take Yulong to your death. From the birthday star of Yanmen-Li He/Tang Dynasty

Interpretation: Just to repay the king's kindness, he held a sword and died.

If Wei Qing, who attacked Longcheng, and Li Guang, the flying general, were alive today, the Huns would not be allowed to go south to spend their horses in Yinshan. From Two Embankments-Wang Changling? /Tang dynasty

Interpretation: If Li Guang, the flying general of Longcheng, were still here today, he would never let the Huns go south to herd horses and cross the Yinshan Mountain.

6.snakes

Mountain dancing silver snake, the original red wax elephant. From "Spring and Snow in Qinyuan"-Mao Zedong/1936

Interpretation: The mountains are like flying silver pythons, and the hills on the plateau are like many running white elephants.

There are scary hungry tigers during the day and poisonous reptiles at night; With their teeth and fangs, they kill like hemp. Difficult to travel from Shu-Li Bai/Tang Dynasty

Interpretation: Beware of tigers in the morning; Be alert to the disaster of the long snake at night. Jackals, tigers and leopards have prepared their teeth and fangs, which is really disturbing; Poisonous snakes and beasts kill people like hemp, which makes people tremble with fear.

7. Horse

The ancient road is sparse, the sun sets, and heartbroken people are in the end of the world. From Qiu Si in Tianjin-Ma Zhiyuan/Yuan Dynasty

Interpretation: On the ancient and desolate road, the autumn wind is bleak, and a tired thin horse is carrying a wanderer. The sun is setting slowly, and the extremely sad traveler is still wandering at the end of the world.

Colorful spring flowers will gradually fascinate people's eyes, and shallow spring grass can barely cover the horseshoe. From Spring Tour to Qiantang River to Bai Juyi/Tang Dynasty

Interpretation: Wild flowers can make people see things in a blur. Spring grass has just crossed the horseshoe and has not grown tall.

8. sheep

The chickens have entered the nest, the sun is setting, and sheep and cattle are descending the hillside. From an on-the-job gentleman-Anonymous/Chunqiu

Interpretation: The chicken is in the nest, it's getting late, and the cattle and sheep are back from the pasture.

The sky is gray and wild. See cattle and sheep when the wind blows. From Chile Song-Anonymous/Southern and Northern Dynasties

Interpretation: Four sides are connected with the earth, the blue sky is endless, and the green fields are endless. When the wind blows to the grass, flocks of cattle and sheep appear and disappear.

9.monkeys

The cries of apes on both sides of the strait are still unconsciously crowing in their ears, and the canoe has passed the heavy green hills. From "Early Making Baidicheng"-Li Bai/Tang Dynasty

Interpretation: Apes on both sides of the strait are constantly crying, and canoes have crossed Chung Shan Man.

Smarter than monkeys and apes, as brave as leopards. From a White Horse-Cao Pi/Wei and Jin Dynasties

He is more agile than an ape and as brave and light as a leopard.

10, chicken

There is a towering tower at the top of Feilai Peak. It is said that crows come and the morning sun rises. From Deng Fei's Laifeng —— Wang Anshi/Northern Song Dynasty

Commentary: There is a towering tower at the top of Feilai Peak. It is said that the rooster can see the rising sun when it crows.

Don't laugh at the farmhouse music brewed in the muddled month. In the harvest month, the dishes for guests are very rich. A trip from Shanxi Village-Lu You/Song

Interpretation: Don't laugh at the muddled wine brewed in the twelfth lunar month. In Fengshou Island, hospitality dishes are very rich.

1 1, dog

Chai Men heard dogs barking and went home on a snowy night. From "Lotus Mountain Master in Snow"-Liu Changqing/Tang Dynasty

Interpretation: Suddenly the dog barked outside Chai Men, and the family who stayed at home on a snowy night came back.

Rabbits enter from the dog's sinus and pheasants fly from the beam. From the 10th Five-year Conscription Conference-Anonymous/Korean

Interpretation: I walked to the door and saw rabbits coming in and out of the dog hole and pheasants flying around the roof.

12, pig

Don't laugh at the farmhouse music brewed in the muddled month. In the harvest month, the dishes for guests are very rich. A trip from Shanxi Village —— Lu You/Southern Song Dynasty

Interpretation: Don't laugh at the muddy wine in the farmhouse. In the harvest year, there are a lot of delicious food to entertain guests.

Hearing the news of my daughter, I went out to help Guo; As soon as Sister A heard that Sister Mei was coming, she had to cut her red makeup. When I heard my sister coming, I sharpened my knife at pigs and sheep. From Mulan Poetry-Anonymous/Southern and Northern Dynasties

Interpretation: When parents heard that their daughter was back, they helped each other out of the city (to welcome Mulan). When my sister heard that she was back, she dressed up across the door. When I heard that my sister was back, I sharpened my knife and slaughtered pigs and sheep.